“Students with Families” Four Years Later: A Participatory Action Research Study of Mother Scholar Activists & Community Building

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Abstract

Two graduate mother scholars used participatory action research (PAR) to discuss the challenges and triumphs in the creation and sustainability of Students with Families, a community building and advocacy group at their university. While this is a study of one institution and one organization, it has implications across institution types.

Authors

• Marielisbet Perez, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

• Francena F Turner, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign