Books by Kathy-Ann C. Hernandez
It sounds like a paradox: How do you engage in autoethnography collaboratively? Heewon Chang, Fai... more It sounds like a paradox: How do you engage in autoethnography collaboratively? Heewon Chang, Faith Ngunjiri, and Kathy-Ann Hernandez break new ground on this blossoming new array of research models, collectively labeled Collaborative Autoethnography. Their book serves as a practical guide by providing you with a variety of data collection, analytic, and writing techniques to conduct collaborative projects. It also answers your questions about the bigger picture: What advantages does a collaborative approach offer to autoethnography? What are some of the methodological, ethical, and interpersonal challenges you’ll encounter along the way? Model collaborative autoethnographies and writing prompts are included in the appendixes. This exceptional, in-depth resource will help you explore this exciting new frontier in qualitative methods.
Papers by Kathy-Ann C. Hernandez
In this collaborative autoethnography, two immigrants interrogate their evolving self-definitions... more In this collaborative autoethnography, two immigrants interrogate their evolving self-definitions as Black women in the U.S. academy. Using a variety of data sources, they uncover several commonalities and differences in their experiences which have coalesced into a four-part model in their journey towards a different construction of Black identity: positioning themselves in the Black box, apprehending their outsider-within positionalilty, navigating the “us/them” to “we” switch, and integrating a different construction of Blackness while remaining true to their cultural/ethnic identity. In elaborating on these themes, they critique the journey towards apprehending minority identity status for people like them.
KEYWORDS: Black Identity, Women of Color, Immigrant, Intersectionality, collaborative autoethnography
ILA Member Connector Newsletter , Apr 2015
The first article in this series about leadership research explored the issue of rigorous and rel... more The first article in this series about leadership research explored the issue of rigorous and relevant leadership research, encouraging ILA members to engage in leadership research to advance knowledge about leadership. Rebecca J. Reichard, Scott J. Pine, and David M. Rosch argued “Rigorous and relevant scholarship is important to ultimately have a positive impact on society through narrowing the research-practice gap in the area of leadership and leader development.” (2014, p.4) We totally agree, and suggest that autoethnographic methods are appropriate towards accomplishing this goal. Below, we provide a brief outline of autoethnographic methods, summarized from our recent book Collaborative Autoethnography (Chang, Ngunjiri, & Hernandez, 2013) and other recent publications.
Journal of Research, Vol 6 Issue 1, Jan 1, 2010
Autoethnography is a qualitative research method that utilizes data about self and context to g... more Autoethnography is a qualitative research method that utilizes data about self and context to gain an understanding of the connectivity between self and others. This introductory article exposes the reader to our own praxis of collaborative autoethnography which we used to interrogate how we navigate the US academy as immigrant women faculty. Before introducing the articles in this special issue, we explore the autoethnography continuum, provide sample areas covered by autoethnographers, and explicate the practice of collaborative autoethnography. We conclude this piece with implications for future use of autoethnography as research method.
International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education
In a collaborative autoethnographic process, we, three foreign-born female professors from the Re... more In a collaborative autoethnographic process, we, three foreign-born female professors from the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, Kenya, and Korea explore how our personal status as immigrant women of color and social–institutional factors in US higher education affect our experiences in the academy. Based on experiences as graduate students and later as faculty and leaders, we trace the development of three empowering and transforming navigational strategies we utilized to survive and thrive at a US institution – exploiting multifocal lenses, reconfiguring identities, and engaging tempered radicalism. We discuss how the cultivation of a unique standpoint as outsiders/within can be a valuable resource for foreign-born women of color to advance active research agendas and to leverage their position in the academy.
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Spirituality in Higher Education, 2011
I contend that it is useful for faculty to examine ecosystems that have shaped their grading prac... more I contend that it is useful for faculty to examine ecosystems that have shaped their grading practices…. The epistemological base of my views on teaching, assessment and evaluation stems from the complex interplay of my various socio-identities…. In this essay, I reflect on how my academic journey and spiritual background have contributed to these views and influenced my actions in the academy.....
Other Writings by Kathy-Ann C. Hernandez
Caribbean Perspectives, Jan 2014
Adventist Review, p. 31, Jan 16, 2014
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Books by Kathy-Ann C. Hernandez
Papers by Kathy-Ann C. Hernandez
KEYWORDS: Black Identity, Women of Color, Immigrant, Intersectionality, collaborative autoethnography
To request copy of paper, please send me a message on academia.edu or email: [email protected]
Other Writings by Kathy-Ann C. Hernandez
KEYWORDS: Black Identity, Women of Color, Immigrant, Intersectionality, collaborative autoethnography
To request copy of paper, please send me a message on academia.edu or email: [email protected]