Doing Research in Life-Writing and Education: Diverse Perspectives in Methodology

Session Type: Virtual Symposium

Abstract

Summary:
This session provides a space for researchers to discuss the various complexities in carrying out life writing projects. The facilitator will set the stage for the discussion through introducing varied puzzles, issues, and questions that scholars have encountered in doing research in the field. Panelists and audience members can then pose questions and share strategies from their own field encounters.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Biographical and Documentary Research

Chair

• Lucy E. Bailey, Oklahoma State University

Papers

• Engaging With Family Objects - Becky M. Atkinson, University of Alabama

• Biographical Inquiry - Autumn Brown, Oklahoma State University

• Biographies for Youth - KaaVonia Hinton, Old Dominion University

• Inquiry With Colleagues and Collage - Taylor Woodall-Greene, Oklahoma State University