Women Becoming Practitioner Researchers

Su Lyn Corcoran taught at secondary level in the UK and internationally for over a decade before starting her doctoral studies. Alongside her teaching and research, has worked with community-based and international non-governmental organizations focused on inclusive education. She is currently a Research Associate at Manchester Metropolitan University.

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Acknowledgments



Introduction: Tugging at the Thread: Navigating the Journey from Teacher to Academic?

Alexandra Hay, Anna Olsson Rost, Claire Goodley and Su Lyn Corcoran



Chapter 1. Saved by the REF?: The Invisible Academic

Anna Olsson Rost



Chapter 2. Exploring the Dialogic Identity of a Female Early Career Researcher

Corinne Woodfine



Chapter 3. The Pink Panther Roaming the Halls: Semiotic Mediation for the Doctoral Researcher Navigating the Investigation of their School

Alexandra Hay



Chapter 4. Becoming a Black Female Academic

Paris Brown-Gardner



Chapter 5. Finding a Place to Speak Comfortably

Rebecca Patterson



Chapter 6. Conflicting Identities: Learning to Navigate the Field of Academia as an Early Career Researcher

Rachel Stenhouse



Chapter 7. Academia Beyond the Ivory Tower: ADHD Meets Interdisciplinary and Cross-sectoral Research

Su Lyn Corcoran and Alice Bloom



Chapter 8. (Not) Becoming: (In)Fertility, Motherhood and Precarity as Early Career Researchers in Higher Education in the UK

Jessica R. Hawkins and Helen Underhill



Chapter 9. Why Here and Why Now? The Road to the Professional Doctorate: A UK and International Perspective

Alexandra Hay and Samira Nicolas



Chapter 10. The Glass Labyrinth: Navigating the Transition from Teacher to Academic Through Support, Guidance and Identity Work

Claire Goodley



Chapter 11. Ending Up in Academia: A Story of Multiple Transitions

Dimitrina Kaneva



Chapter 12. Rethreading the Tapestry: The Importance of Storytelling in Developing an Identity as an Early Career Researcher and Academic

Claire Goodley, Su Lyn Corcoran, Alexandra Hay and Anna Olsson Rost