...Barbara J. Jago This evocative autoethnography explores the role of informal social support for a woman (Laurie) recovering from intimate partner violence (IPV). It also examines how a survivor of IPV moves from a victim narrative to a survivor narrative and the importance of support from others...

...Dan Strasser The narratives within this autoethnography reiterate a time in the author’s life and describe the feelings, emotions, and (mis)understandings formed surrounding returning home. The author explores the implications of multiple “passings” experienced during that time: passing as working...

... autoethnography grief diary What follows is a story told in two time periods and focuses on the firsthand written accounts of the two protagonists, my mother and myself. The first period takes place in early 1996, mostly in the town of Ridgefield, Connecticut, about an hour’s drive north of Midtown...

... by The Regents of the University of California 2025 autoethnography postpartum depression suicide postnatal I started my journey with my doctorate while trying to balance a full-time job, studying, and, well, a baby. It has been no easy feat and is a struggle every day. Will I or won’t I be able...

...Susan A. Comerford This descriptive, nonlinear autoethnography is the second in a series analyzing my experiences as a social worker parenting a neurodiverse child through the educational system. It continues my story of accompanying my daughter Belle from Early Essential Education to and through...

...An-Hua Yeh The reflective writing of autoethnography helps crystalize the author’s experiences spanning five decades as the only typically developing child in her natal family with two mentally challenged brothers. In this essay, the author reports the chaos in her memory of growing up with her...

... with over the summer as I start planning for the next school year. As can be seen through the previous reflections, autoethnography is a research method combining scientific analysis, reflexive thinking, cultural context, and compelling writing. For this article, I joined my reflexive journals about...

...Christopher N. Poulos This essay is an autoethnography about why anyone might write autoethnography. It proceeds in a series of “takes.” Each take offers a slightly different set of motivations for writing autoethnography, or at least for why I do it, and by extension, maybe, why you might choose...

... research with practical implications. © 2024 by The Regents of the University of California 2024 benevolent sexism autoethnography stereotypes gender equity All knowledge of reality starts from experience and ends in it.…The only source of knowledge is experience.—Albert Einstein...

... of feminist revolution, I traveled the road from the house that used to be my home to the home of my parents, the home of my sister, or the homes of my friends, seeking loved ones to share in the burden of my shattered life. © 2024 by The Regents of the University of California 2024 autoethnography...

...Brandon R. Isome This book review uses autoethnography to review the autoethnographic reflections of Boylorn’s Sweetwater: Black Women and Narratives of Resilience through folk epistemologies. In this book review, I recapture the essence of Black folk traditions and employ these expressions...

... 2024 narrative inheritance covering family communication family narratives autoethnography This autoethnographic project interrogates my familial context in regard to the concepts of covering and narrative inheritance. According to Yoshino, “to cover is to tone down a disfavored identity...

...Suraj Kumar This essay presents an autoethnography of a gay man’s experiences in an open relationship. While one’s relationship with their partner is the primary way in which one experiences and lives one’s sexuality, in an open relationship one can also form connections with others. This essay...

... difficulty redeeming themself and restoring their reality primarily because society is reluctant to let the person move past the injured or addicted identity. The author utilizes autoethnography and the idea of the antihero to show the social process where a spoiled identity can be reinterpreted into a new...

...Julie L. Pennington Using autoethnography, this study examines the author’s perspectives and understandings of their learning during a reading professional development program. Findings demonstrate the importance of understanding teacher career stages, types of teacher knowledge, and stages...

...Roslyn S. Fraser In this autoethnography, the author uses racial formation theory to contextualize her family experiences and the life story told to her by her grandmother. In an effort to clarify some aspects of family history after her grandmother passed away, the author searched Australian...

... they diverge while also detailing a personal journey from frustration to integration, identity reformation, and resilience. email: [email protected] © 2024 by The Regents of the University of California 2024 autoethnography sight privilege vision loss identity resilience I sit...

...Elizabeth Case This essay presents a visual journal that I created for a field season on Thwaites Glacier, Antarctica, as a way both to record states of dissociation/depersonalization and track my gender identity. Drawing on autoethnography as a method of inquiry, I created a pocket-sized journal...

...Robert C. Mizzi; Jordan Laidlaw This article explores the nuances of applying Actor-Network Theory (ANT) to autoethnography. The authors argue that ANT-informed autoethnography may broaden the understanding of how social and material networks are interrelated and can influence research. Two...

... by The Regents of the University of California 2024 Autoethnography is a transformative research method 7 with many practical implications. Specifically, autoethnography “changes time, requires vulnerability, fosters empathy, embodies creativity and innovation, eliminates boundaries, honors subjectivity...