I Get by with a Little Help from my Girlfriends: An Autoethnographical Report of a Nontraditional Writing Group for Female Scholars

Session Submission Type: Alternative Format Session

Abstract

In this alternative format session, the all-female collective of scholars will describe how participation in their supportive and productive, nontraditional writing group helped them to challenge and operate in academia as supported by feminist epistemological perspectives. Aligned with the goals of autoethnographies, they will use their “personal experience as a way of investigating and understanding the sub-cultures and wider-cultures of the societies we live and work within” (Hayler, 2011).

Content Area

• Area 7: Social, Cultural, and Political Issues of Literacy Practices In and Out of School

Individual Presentations

• I Get by with a Little Help from my Girlfriends: An Autoethnographical Report of a Nontraditional Writing Group for Female Scholars - Ashley Dallacqua, The University of New Mexico; Sara Diane Kersten, The University of Nevada-Reno; Eileen Buescher, The Ohio State University; Sarah Campbell Lightner, The Ohio State University; Karly Marie Grice, The Ohio State University