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However, on a positive note, contributing authors share their understanding of the core purpose of the higher education institution and its mission as purveyors of that purpose through adherence to the university’s stated triad of goals: teaching, research, and service.
However, on a positive note, contributing authors share their understanding of the core purpose of the higher education institution and its mission as purveyors of that purpose through adherence to the university’s stated triad of goals: teaching, research, and service.
Contributors are: Tasha Austin, Lena Barrantes-Elizondo, Kisha Bryan, Quanisha Charles, May F. Chung, Ayanna Cooper, Tanya Cowie, Taslim Damji, Darlyne de Haan, Su Yin Khor, Sarah Henderson Lee, Gloria Park, Ana-Marija Petrunic, Doaa Rashed, Kate Mastruserio Reynolds, Teri Rose Dominica Roh, Mary Romney-Schaab, Amira Salama, Cristina Sánchez-Martín, Xatli Stox, Debra Suarez, Shannon Tanghe, Lan Wang-Hiles, Marie Webb and Amea Wilbur.
Contributors are: Tasha Austin, Lena Barrantes-Elizondo, Kisha Bryan, Quanisha Charles, May F. Chung, Ayanna Cooper, Tanya Cowie, Taslim Damji, Darlyne de Haan, Su Yin Khor, Sarah Henderson Lee, Gloria Park, Ana-Marija Petrunic, Doaa Rashed, Kate Mastruserio Reynolds, Teri Rose Dominica Roh, Mary Romney-Schaab, Amira Salama, Cristina Sánchez-Martín, Xatli Stox, Debra Suarez, Shannon Tanghe, Lan Wang-Hiles, Marie Webb and Amea Wilbur.
Contributors are: Geir Aaserud, Åsta Birkeland, Bodil H. Blix, Sidsel Boldermo, Mimesis Heidi Dahlsveen, Nanna Kathrine Edvardsen, Rikke Gürgens Gjærum, Tona Gulpinar, Carola Kleemann, Tove Lafton, Mette Bøe Lyngstad, Elin Eriksen Ødegaard, Anna-Lena Østern, Alicja R. Sadownik, Tiri Bergesen Schei and Vibeke Solbue.
Contributors are: Geir Aaserud, Åsta Birkeland, Bodil H. Blix, Sidsel Boldermo, Mimesis Heidi Dahlsveen, Nanna Kathrine Edvardsen, Rikke Gürgens Gjærum, Tona Gulpinar, Carola Kleemann, Tove Lafton, Mette Bøe Lyngstad, Elin Eriksen Ødegaard, Anna-Lena Østern, Alicja R. Sadownik, Tiri Bergesen Schei and Vibeke Solbue.
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I write this autoethnography to narrate and analyze experiences from my professional life’s history that I believe have shaped my identity as a female leader in my context. I describe my identity development within the framework of professional identity tensions, cultural contexts of gender and age. I reflect on language as a cultural lens that can influence interactions and practices of non-native speakers in the TESOL context and describe emerging as a young female leader in a context that associates competence with age and leadership with males. I hope this analysis and reflections of my autoethnography as a female leader from Egypt and Africa will help in understanding the complex processes of leadership identity construction for women in similar contexts and contribute to the literature about TESOL leadership by bringing an experience of a leader from a context that is rarely researched.
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In this collaborative autoethnography (CAE), we, three educators in post-secondary institutions in British Columbia, Canada, explore our attempts to decolonize our work. This research is informed by the Calls to Action of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and our engagement with reconciliation. Methodologically, CAE allowed us to examine each other’s assumptions and experiences as we work to decolonize and address social injustice in our practices as educational leaders. We begin our piece with critical incidents that have led us to rethink and reframe our work as educators. Addressing our research questions, we observed the messiness and complexity in our work. To begin the process of decolonizing our work, what is needed is self-reflection, a re-imagining of current practices, active engagement through relational approaches and strong communities of practice.