Navigating Graduate Education as a First-generation, Hmong American Woman: An Autoethnography.
Author(s):
Moua, Manee
Format:
Journal article
Publisher:
2018.
Language:
English
Abstract:
This study highlights the various identities of a Hmong American woman in graduate education by deconstructing the intersectionality of race, gender and culture that influences the way I navigated academia. Through a critical race feminist lens, my autoethnographic research highlights the diverse stories and experiences of me as a Hmong American woman, and illuminates the struggles and challenges I have encountered in graduate school. Furthermore, I deconstruct the gender and racial discourses that also revolve around culture and academia to create space and agency that will illuminate my personal stories as political learning. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]