About

The Journal of Autoethnography (JoAE) is a refereed, international, and interdisciplinary journal devoted to the purposes, practices, and principles of autoethnography. JoAE publishes scholarship that foregrounds autoethnography as a method of inquiry; highlights themes and issues of past and contemporary autoethnographic research; discusses theoretical, ethical, and pedagogical issues in autoethnography; identifies future directions for autoethnography; and highlights innovative applications of autoethnography. JoAE also features reviews of books and media relevant to autoethnographic research and practice. JoAE is published quarterly in an online-only format.

eISSN: 2637-5192

Journal Award

 
Council of Editors of Learned Journals, Best New Journal, 2022

 

Award-winning articles from Journal of Autoethnography:

On [Be]coming in Boystown

Billy Huff

Winner of the the 2023 National Communication Association's Ethnography Division Best Article Award and the 2023 Outstanding Journal Article, Honorable Mention, from the International Association of Autoethnography and Narrative Inquiry

A Suburban Funeral

Joe Cleary

Winner of the 2023 Outstanding Journal Article, Honorable Mention, from the International Association of Autoethnography and Narrative Inquiry

Writing with Grief: Coping with My Father’s Death

Joe Cleary

Winner of  the 2022 Journal of Autoethnography Article of the Year Award, from the International Association of Autoethnography and Narrative Inquiry

The Scoutmaster's Son: Queering the Personal and Professional

David Dooling

Winner of an Outstanding Scholarship Award from the the Central States Communication Association Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Interest Group

Highlighting Numbers: Students Stalking Faculty and the Lasting Impacts of a Flawed System

Anonymous

Winner of the 2021 Journal of Autoethnography Article of the Year Award from the International Association of Autoethnography and Narrative Inquiry

Contemporary Autoethnography Is Digital Autoethnography: A Proposal for Maintaining Methodological Relevance in Changing Times

Tasha R. Dunn ; W. Benjamin Myers

Winner of the 2021 Outstanding Article in Autoethnography Award from the Central States Communication Association Performance Studies and Autoethnography Interest Group

 

Cut, Snap: Tales of Queer Face and Privacy

Dominic Pecoraro

Winner of an Outstanding Scholarship Award from the the Central States Communication Association Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Interest Group

 

The Essay

Devika Chawla

Winner of the 2020 Journal of Autoethnography Article of the Year Award from the International Association of Autoethnography and Narrative Inquiry