Keeping Them Out, Letting You In: Fighting Academons Through Critical Queer Reflexivity, Performative Poetics, and Uncovering a Scholar of Color Identity. (May 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Alvarez, Antonia R. G.
• Is Part Of: Affilia. Volume 32:Number 2(2017:May)
• Page Start: 251
• Page End: 258
• Publication Date: 2017-05
• Subjects: autoethnography -- cultural competence/cultural humility -- intersectionality -- macro -- research -- social work practice -- women in higher education; Social work with women -- Periodicals; Women social workers -- Periodicals; 362.8305
• DOI: 10.1177/0886109916678029
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0886-1099

Abstract

As a first-year doctoral student in my first quarter, I expected to be challenged, not rocked to my core. I entered the program with what I would have described as a strong, salient, and clear understanding of who I am and how I move in the world. At the end of my first year, I can say with conviction that I have more to learn. There were four critical moments that shifted/altered/jolted my learning forward. This article is structured around each of these moments and is an exploration of the themes and questions that emerged.