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Still You Resist: An Autohistoria-Teoria Of A Vietnamese Queer Teacher To Meditate, Teach, And Love In The Coatlicue State, Ethan Trinh
Middle and Secondary Education Faculty Publications
This piece will be walking, writing, meditating in in-between spaces with me. I call this act queer walking meditation, which blended autohistoria, the Coatlicue State, and meditation to examine my own queer self. This queer walking meditation helps me move between stories, initiates dialogues with a self, recognizes my self's confusion, and leads to a series of actions to fight against the struggles and complicatedness in my identities. As a result, I learned how to mediate and take actions for myself and with my students from the standpoint of a Vietnamese queer, accented, Teaching English to Speakers of Other …
Teacher Education Nepantlera Work: Connecting Cracks-Between-Worlds With Mormon University Students, G. Sue Kasun
Teacher Education Nepantlera Work: Connecting Cracks-Between-Worlds With Mormon University Students, G. Sue Kasun
Middle and Secondary Education Faculty Publications
Teacher educators work with students of various backgrounds, often distinct from their own. This paper explores how one teacher educator examines her positionality in relation to Mormon students and how, despite not sharing their faith, she is able to work the “cracks-between-worlds” of difference and commonality toward understanding and learning. Through Anzaldúa’s concept of autohistoria-teoria, theorizing through one’s biography, the author explores and theorizes her experiences. She encourages educators to consider how they engage students, learn from other nepantleras (bridge-builders), and create more opportunities toward shared understanding while also complicating and letting go of a dogged sense of teaching students …