Thriving Together in a Writing Group: Stress and Coping of Asian Immigrant Female Art Educators

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Abstract

Grounded in collaborative autoethnography, this chapter highlights how four Asian immigrant female art educators supported one another in coping with stress as minorities by forming and maintaining a writing group. As researcher–participants, we all work for teaching-oriented universities in the U.S. In this study, the concept of a minority is explored in the four contexts: 1) ethnicity, 2) gender, 3) language, and 4) field: art education. This paper explores the following research question: How did we support one another in managing stress and coping with professional and personal challenges by organizing a writing group? We hope this study encourages fellow minoritized educators to thrive together through collaborations.

Authors

• Borim Song, East Carolina University

• Ahran Koo, California State University - Fresno

• Eunjung Chang, Francis Marion University