Trauma and the PhD

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dc.contributor.authorSmart-Smith, Pamela Cristinaen
dc.contributor.committeechairTilley-Lubbs, Gresilda A.en
dc.contributor.committeememberMcCloud, Jennifer Sinken
dc.contributor.committeememberGarrison, James W.en
dc.contributor.committeememberKreye, Bettibel Carsonen
dc.contributor.departmentEducation, Vocational-Technicalen
dc.date.accessioned2021-06-16T08:01:30Zen
dc.date.available2021-06-16T08:01:30Zen
dc.date.issued2021-06-15en
dc.description.abstractIn writing this autoethnography, I invite you to enter into my world. It is not a world that is easy, or altogether happy. In the end, though, it is a story of survival and of perseverance. Trauma touches almost every person in some way. War, sexual abuse, physical and emotional abuse, death, and difficult life events color how we make sense of the world. Trauma may happen in one blinding moment or slowly eat away at us for years. Writing is often a way to cope with that trauma. This dissertation represents a small portion of my traumatic lived experiences that led me up to the doctoral process, and those that occurred in the ten years it took me to complete my dissertation.en
dc.description.abstractgeneralIn writing this autoethnography, I invite you to enter into my world. It is not a world that is easy, or altogether happy. In the end, though, it is a story of survival and of perseverance. Trauma touches almost every person in some way. War, sexual abuse, physical and emotional abuse, death, and difficult life events color how we make sense of the world. Trauma may happen in one blinding moment or slowly eat away at us for years. Writing is often a way to cope with that trauma. This dissertation represents a small portion of my traumatic lived experiences that led me up to the doctoral process, and those that occurred in the ten years it took me to complete my dissertation.en
dc.description.degreeDoctor of Philosophyen
dc.format.mediumETDen
dc.identifier.othervt_gsexam:30677en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/103887en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjecttraumaen
dc.subjectadoptionen
dc.subjectchronic illnessen
dc.subjectborderline personalityen
dc.subjectautoethnographyen
dc.subjectfamily secrecyen
dc.titleTrauma and the PhDen
dc.typeDissertationen
thesis.degree.disciplineCurriculum and Instructionen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.leveldoctoralen
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophyen

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