This essay and video introduce an autoethnographic study of my life as a deaf child in Finland learning sign language.
This is from the experience of losing someone who you thought would be a part of your family, only to realize their journey was different.
This work addresses the issue of young women being underserved as health care patients, specifically through the lens of medical gaslighting.
It recounts vignettes of my’s dad’s life, his final week, the deep bond with family and friends and the ease with which he let go of life.
The essay tells the story of the author's attempt to bridge the gap in political beliefs between himself and his uncle.
I explore the intersection of queer identity and popular culture through the lens of my adolescent crush on rock legend Tina Turner.
Emerging Immigrant’s Accents is about how language impacts our self image as we come to understand ourselves and our cultural beings.
“Entanglements of the Mind, Soul, and Body” details our journey as researchers utilizing narrative collage and collage portraits as a tool for data analysis.
Patricia Leavy·
All ContentAutoethnographic EssaysCelebrating Dr. Patricia Leavy's Social Fiction 2024Reflections on Method
··11 min readWriting fiction allows me to document reality and to reimagine it, just as we can always reimagine ourselves. And that is why we need stories.
Laurel Richardson and U. Melissa Anyiwo·
All ContentAutoethnographic EssaysCelebrating Dr. Patricia Leavy's Social Fiction 2024Reflections on Method
··14 min readLaurel Richardson and U. Melissa Anyiwo writes the introduction to this special issue celebrating Dr. Patricia Leavy’s work.
I provide context by referencing theory and practice in narrative medicine and current literary criticism around trauma plots.
In this final installment, I recount my second month dieting with Roland Barthes.