Entering the academy as an older woman, the author had not foreseen the challenges that awaited her when she left behind a successful career as a public school Spanish teacher/department head to pursue a Ph.D.

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Gresilda A. Tilley-Lubbs (Ph.D., Virginia Tech) is Associate Professor of ESL and Multicultural Education at Virginia Tech. Her work troubles the role of researcher/teacher power and privilege in vulnerable communities. She uses alternative literary genres, including narrative, poetry, and ethnodrama, published in both English and Spanish.

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Foreword - Write a Book About What?! - Navigating Through the Academy with Critical Autoethnography - Taking the Leap - Settling In - Am I Still an Appalachian Coal Miner's Daughter? - Moving Forward, Not Running Away - They Do Hire Their Own - 4/16: Public Tragedy Collides With Personal Trauma - Finding a Place to Belong - Body and Spirit Reunited: Now What?.