Leavy is more than the mother of the social fiction movement in the social sciences; she’s its fairy godmother.
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Jessica Smartt Gullion, PhD, is Associate Dean of Research for the College of Arts and Sciences at Texas Woman’s University. She is also Professor of Sociology and Affiliate Faculty of Multicultural Women’s and Gender Studies. She teaches a variety of courses on qualitative research methods. She has published more than 35 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters. Her writing has appeared in such journals as the International Review of Qualitative Research, the Journal of Applied Social Science, and Qualitative Inquiry. Her essays and Op-Eds have appeared in a variety of outlets, including Newsweek, The Conversation, Alternet, and Inside Higher Ed, and she is regularly quoted by national media. Her books include: Doing Ethnography (forthcoming); Qualitative Research in Health and Illness (forthcoming); Researching With: A Decolonizing Approach to Community-Based Action Research; Diffractive Ethnography: Social Science and the Ontological Turn; Writing Ethnography; Fracking the Neighborhood: Reluctant Activists and Natural Gas Drilling; October Birds: A Novel about Pandemic Influenza, Infection Control, and First Responders; Redefining Disability; In Sickness and in Health: Sociological Perspectives on Healthcare; and Voices in Sociology: An Introduction to the Core Concepts.
"Horse, Therapy is a story of my own experience and is a commentary on trauma, both in animals and humans."
This video explores how editors have developed their approach to reviewing creative autoethnography and highlights strategies for contributors.
What is autoethnography? The AutoEthnographer's international team of editors offer definitions & suggested readings.
"We began this autoethnographic essay thinking about the love the teachers have for their students."
"One way to reach broader audiences is to embrace creative nonfiction and use storytelling as academic writing."
"When I review evocative autoethnography I look for that layer in the contribution that will entertain and connect to a cultural issue."
