The light and shadow of feminist research mentorship: A collaborative autoethnography of faculty-student research

Journal of Research Practice

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 5-

  Moore, Julia ^a   Scarduzio, Jennifer A ^b   Plump, Brielle ^c   Geist Martin, Patricia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b LAMAR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoethnography; Critical qualitative research; Feminist mentorship; Independent study; Mentoring; Research assistantships; Research collaboration; Researcher identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887288782     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1712851X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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