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Sandra L. Faulkner
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Sandra L. Faulkner is professor of communication at Bowling Green State University where she writes, teaches and researches about close relationships. Her interests include qualitative methodology, poetic inquiry, and the relationships among culture, identities, and sexualities in close relationships. Her research focuses on how individuals navigate gender and sexuality through interpersonal communication and personal narrative. She often uses poetry, creative nonfiction, and autoethnography to explore her own negotiation of identity as a parent, partner, and professor. She received the 2013 Knower Outstanding Article Award from the National Communication Association, the 2016 Norman K. Denzin Qualitative Research Award, and the 2020 Trujillo and Goodall “It’s a Way of Life Award” in Narrative Ethnography. https://www.sandrafaulkner.online/ and https://bgsu.academia.edu/SandraFaulkner
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Middle Age Blues

Sandra L. Faulkner·
All ContentAutoethnographic EssaysCelebrating Dr. Patricia Leavy's Social Fiction 2024Special Issues
·May 5, 2024·21 min read
As a feminist poet and (auto)ethnographer, I found Leavy's themes of Film Blue speak to what I want my work to do and be.
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The Value of Celebrating Poetic Voice in Middle Age

Sandra L. Faulkner·
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·April 30, 2023·12 min read
I offer the following five poems to you. I hope that when you read/hear them you see a way into your own stories and ideas of poetic voice.
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Exciting Opportunity To Participate in National Poetry Month

Sandra L. Faulkner·
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·March 24, 2023·4 min read
We invite you to participate in National Poetry month with us by reading and writing over at The AutoEthnographer's new Facebook group.
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Collage and Erasure Poems: “Bringing Up Baby”

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·February 15, 2023·15 min read
"Bringing up Baby” is a collection of collage and erasure poems that function as praise for and critique of (white) mothering. 
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What Do Editors Look for When Reviewing Creative Autoethnography?

Marlen Harrison, Odessa Ogo, Shanita Mitchell, Dilek Isler Hayirli, Sandra L. Faulkner, Jessica Smartt Gullion, Jacob Meadows, Nadine Khair and Lina Fe Simoy·
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·January 12, 2023·7 min read
This video explores how editors have developed their approach to reviewing creative autoethnography and highlights strategies for contributors.
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New Podcast: How Can Collage Be Utilized in Autoethnography?

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·January 6, 2023·16 min read
In The AutoEthnographer’s latest podcast, Marlen Harrison talks with Sandra Faulkner about collage and visual poetry.
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What Is Autoethnography? How Can I Learn More?

Marlen Harrison, Sandra L. Faulkner, Jessica Smartt Gullion, Nadine Khair, Lina Fe Simoy, Dilek Isler Hayirli and Ulla-Maija Matikainen·
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·December 12, 2022·14 min read
What is autoethnography? The AutoEthnographer's international team of editors offer definitions & suggested readings.
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Autoethnographic Literary Nonfiction: Cooking with Cannabis

Sandra L. Faulkner·
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·November 20, 2021·19 min read
"When I return to Sam’s place with the cheesecloth, I smell our “soup” pot. Shit. I envision the blotter headline: ECU Professor busted for marijuana. What a way to make my graduate mentors proud and to show success at this professor business."
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