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Enacting Feminist Alliance Principles in a Doctoral Writing Support Group
Author(s) -
Swadener Beth Blue,
Peters Lacey,
Eversman Kimberly A.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
new directions for higher education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1536-0741
pISSN - 0271-0560
DOI - 10.1002/he.20146
Subject(s) - alliance , narrative , social justice , higher education , power (physics) , group dynamic , sociology , pedagogy , power structure , group (periodic table) , psychology , public relations , political science , social science , social psychology , philosophy , linguistics , physics , chemistry , organic chemistry , quantum mechanics , anthropology , ethnography , law
This study utilizes a multivocal narrative approach to analyze the dynamics, accomplishments, and challenges of an interdisciplinary doctoral support group consisting primarily of female members. The authors raise issues of power, alliance, troubling expert‐novice models of mentoring, and the role of social justice pedagogy in the group.