A Performative Memoric Investigation of YoungGiftedandFat: Power and Politics in the Doing and Teaching of Autoethnography in Academia

Sharrell D. Luckett is Assistant Professor in the Department of Theatre and Dance at California State University–Dominguez Hills. Correspondence to: Sharrell D. Luckett, Department of Theatre and Dance, California State University–Dominguez Hills, 1000 E. Victoria Street, Carson, CA 90747, USA. Email: sluckett@csudh.edu.

Audrey Edwards is an undergraduate senior majoring in Drama and Dance in the Department of Theatre and Dance at California State University–Dominguez Hills. Correspondence to: Audrey Edwards, Department of Theatre and Dance, California State University–Dominguez Hills, 1000 E. Victoria Street, Carson, CA 90747, USA. Email: audrey_edwards91@yahoo.com.

Megan J. Stewart is an undergraduate senior majoring in Drama and Dance in the Department of Theatre and Dance at California State University–Dominguez Hills. Correspondence to: Megan J. Stewart, Department of Theatre and Dance, California State University–Dominguez Hills, 1000 E. Victoria Street, Carson, CA 90747, USA. Email: ubms.stewart.m@gmail.com.

This performative paper was presented at the 2015 Doing Autoethnography conference at Angelo State University in San Angelo, TX. The authors would like to thank Stacy Holman Jones, the Promoting Excellence in Graduate Studies Office (PEGS), the Faculty Scholars Program, and Student Research Day at California State University–Dominguez Hills.