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Resident Advisors React: Autoethnographic Reflections On High-Intensity Situations, Brenna A. Merrill
Resident Advisors React: Autoethnographic Reflections On High-Intensity Situations, Brenna A. Merrill
Sustainability and Social Justice
Resident Advisors (RAs) are paraprofessional peer leaders who are trained to respond to high-intensity incidents. Upon witnessing a crisis situation, I found it difficult to reflect and maintain my own personal wellness. The intent of this research has been to learn of and to give voice to the multiple ways in which RAs respond to such scenarios.
Utilizing autoethnography, I incorporate my experience with the perspectives of my coworkers and multidisciplinary literature. Seven current RAs, who had self-identified experiencing such an incident, volunteered to be interviewed. These narratives are embodied in the text in order to establish a dialogue between …