... of California 2023 autoethnography anorexia nervosa eating disorders therapy In 1998, four years after anorexia nervosa (AN) almost took my life, I wrote a poem in my journal titled “Moonlight Woman.” At the time I was a straight-A student, getting my master’s degree in counseling, and serving...

... student’s noncompliance as a strategy for maintaining his sense of self and of culture in an environment that threatened both. I use autoethnography as a method to learn what my student was teaching me, and consider how classroom teachers might learn from and be changed by the resistive actions...

...Peter Joseph Gloviczki In this autoethnography, written mid-pandemic in 2021, I make sense of time, space, and place within the context of loss in our pandemic moment. I hope it encourages others to make sense of emotional landscapes in our changing times. email: pj-gloviczki@wiu.edu ©...

... the social construction of race affects the author’s perception of self and others. email: Mia016@shsu.edu © 2023 by The Regents of the University of California 2023 autoethnography racial identity looking-glass self On May 31, 2019, Netflix released When They See Us , a four-part...

...Grace Giorgio This autoethnography is about the author’s arranged marriage to a Jewish, Soviet scientist, a transaction meant to release him and his family from their home country at a time when leaving for Jews was nearly impossible. Arranged marriages offered possibility but brought subjective...

...Al Evangelista; KG Hutchins; Kathleen Ragon The label “autoethnography” has been applied to a wide range of knowledge-producing practices, from what might be considered “normal” science to narrative-driven writing to performance. These debates highlight some of the most fundamental tensions about...

...Cimmiaron F. Alvarez Sexual violence in its many forms is experienced by an overwhelming number of women and men in the United States. 1 Yet, women who are survivors of sexual violence who are then accused of similar sexual violence lack a voice in the literature. In this autoethnography...

... to become a gendered and sexual body at all. © 2022 by The Regents of the University of California 2022 transgender queer critical erotic/a autoethnography psychoanalysis I am bent over a cold wooden table in the dark outdoor backroom of Manhandler Saloon, a dive fag bar on the outskirts...

...Alicia Smith-Tran This article explores the complexities and contingencies of pregnancy during the COVID-19 pandemic. The author uses autoethnography to describe the lived experience of navigating the conflicting feelings and nuances of daily life as an expectant person during a global health...

.... In contrast to these two works, in form and style the Dialogues have hitherto been thought of as one of a kind, an unparalleled anomaly. In this essay, it will be argued that the Dialogues are an early example of autoethnography. It will be shown how the concept of autoethnography may help us to better...

...Michaela D.E. Meyer In this essay, I narrate my experience with secondary infertility through autoethnography. Nearly three million women in the United States struggle with secondary infertility, defined as the inability to become pregnant and/or carry a child to term after the successful birth...

..., and to spark dialogue with health care leaders that may result in improved care for others. © 2022 by The Regents of the University of California 2022 narrative writing expressive writing the model of transformation through writing patient experience patient engagement health care autoethnography...

...Lauren M. Sardi; Kathy Livingston The experience of loss and grief during the COVID-19 pandemic provided an opportunity to explore the connections between the individual and society through the use of the autoethnographic method. In writing this autoethnography, the authors confront questions about...

... as a means to form bonds among researchers, readers, and participants. 6 This study is thus about self-identity through loss, and through the methodology of autoethnography it facilitates self-understanding and allows for personal experience to be the data others can learn from. In doing so, it draws...

... captive and seeks to encourage reflection on how to move forward toward a living existence. © 2022 by The Regents of the University of California 2022 critical autoethnography autoethnography relationality identity border theory Vietnam veteran childhood death life My father died...

... death, as well as the loss of the second most important woman in his life sixteen months later, realizing that these two events have resulted in a form of PTSD. © 2022 by The Regents of the University of California 2022 grief autoethnography bereavement love heartbreak My mom had...

.... The authors offer autoethnographic accounts of their CCP-centered emotional labor, and then draw conclusions from a critical communication pedagogy perspective. © 2022 by The Regents of the University of California 2022 emotional labor critical communication pedagogy autoethnography reflexive care...

...Christina E. Saindon; Yea-Wen Chen This essay discloses the journey of two women as they become faculty-in-residence (FIR) at different institutions. Though far apart physically, the authors utilize a method of collaborative autoethnography to reflect on how their experiences marked boundaries...

... in the context of the author’s personal experiences and inherent values as a mental health nurse and educator. Key reflections regarding the use of memory as method along with procedural, relational, and ethical considerations determine how the autoethnography and its portrayal may have been shaped. (This had...

..., and the chronotope are explored. © 2022 by The Regents of the University of California 2022 representation letters Bakhtin ethics autoethnography As I write this letter I can see the full moon which so fascinated you. Its full face seems to be grinning at me and I think if it had the power...