Narratives of TESOL Professionals

Experiences Navigating the Doctoral Program

Hayriye Kayi-Aydar, Angel Steadman, Kate Shea, Hayriye Kayi-Aydar, Angel Steadman, Kate Shea

• Publisher: Information Age Publishing
• Year: 2023
• Print ISBN:
  9798887304151
  9798887304168
• eBook ISBN:
  9798887304175
• Topic: Didattica
• Subtopic: Teoria e pratica della didattica

Through insiders' perspectives and narratives, this edited collection provides insight into the lived experiences of recent graduates of various English Applied Linguistics and/or TESOL doctoral programs in North America. The authors document how their personal and professional identities intersected during their doctoral studies and how these doctoral programs, as learning environments, supported them in their professional development and dissertation research. As such, their insider perspectives and narratives are of special value to those contemplating pursuing such a program, or are in progress towards their own degree, as well as the faculty members who advise and support these doctoral students. Chapters focus on topics immediately relevant to success and persistence in a doctoral program, such as developing a network of mentors, establishing a work-life balance, and professional socialization, among others. All authors are recent graduates of their programs who have been intentionally selected for their recent memories in navigating the process. At a time when doctoral program persistence declines at the intersection of students' gender and racial background (see Okahana & Zhou, 2019) there is a pressing need to share the insights and lived experiences of those less commonly featured in narratives of the successful doctoral scholar. This need is especially true among TESOL professionals who will teach and learn in diverse, global settings throughout their careers following their graduation. This book contributes to that need, and it is an essential resource for scholars in TESOL/English Applied Linguistics and other similar doctoral programs.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half title page
• Series title
• Title page
• Copyright page
• Contents
• Foreword
• Preface
• Why this book?
• Narratives and counternarratives
• Overview of the chapters
• References
• 1: Interlude to a degree
• 2: En la brega
• 3: A third space where I wentinto a slump
• 4: Phd PURSUIT
• 5: Spatializing researcher identity through the multiple spaces during dissertation writing and motherhood life
• 6: Affordances and constraints of pursuing a tesol phd in an english studies model
• 7: Learning to teach as an outsider
• 8: Grappling with native-speakerism as an international multilingual researcher
• 9: A virtual writing community
• 10: International first generation college students pursue tesol phds in the u.s.
• 11: Developing a network of support through collaboration
• 12: Spreading my wings in academia
• 13: Unveiling the hidden curriculum
• A few final words and future directions
• Biographies