Interweaving Intersectional Biographical Vignettes Into Qualitative Research as Reflexivity Tools

Session Type: Workshop

Abstract

“Empiricists believe the validity of educational research is measured predominantly by the study’s alignment to positivism” (Matias, 2021, 3). Nevertheless, scholars and educational researchers of color’s realities and truths in the work that they do have often been muted, discredited, or deemed unworthy (Matias, 2021; Muhs et al, 2012). Recent scholarly works have corroborated the importance of highlighting the intersectionality and biographical vignettes in qualitative research (see references). The objective of this workshop is to create interactive discourses among BIPOC educational researchers so that they can: 1) reclaim their voice with their intersectionality, 2) construct a create intersectional biographical vignettes at the workshop, and 3) interweave the vignettes as reflexivity tool in their research projects (samples will be shared).

Sub Unit

• SIG-Qualitative Research

Chair

• Yin Lam Lee-Johnson, Webster University

Papers

• A Phenomenographical Investigation of Teacher Burnout Theories and Narratives - Kerri Lynn Fair, Washington University in St. Louis

• Confronting White Epistemology: A Counter-Storytelling Analysis of African American Graduates of a Predominantly White High School - Tamara Keisha-Ann Rodney, Webster University

• Radical Transformation of the Power-Language Dynamic in the K–6 classroom: A Mixed-Method Study of Elementary School Teachers in the United States - Jennifer M. Ono, Kirkwood School District

Discussant

• Hsiao-Chin Kuo, Northeastern Illinois University