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Direct linkMoore, Adam; Kern, Victoria; Carlson, Alexis; Vaccaro, Annemarie; Kimball, Ezekiel W.; Abbott, Jordan A.; Troiano, Peter F.; Newman, Barbara M. – Educational Forum, 2020
Using grounded theory, we examined the ways in which undergraduate teacher candidates with disabilities developed a sense of purpose and constructed professional identities. Our findings suggest K-12 experiences with advocacy as well as exclusionary school experiences influenced their emerging professional identities. Resistance to a deficit view…
Descriptors: Professional Identity, Teaching (Occupation), Preservice Teachers, Undergraduate Students
Kimball, Ezekiel W.; Moore, Adam; Vaccaro, Annemarie; Troiano, Peter F.; Newman, Barbara M. – Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, 2016
Despite rapid growth in the numbers of students with disabilities enrolling in higher education, there is limited research about their experiences in colleges and universities, and information about their collegiate activism is even more limited. Through a constructivist grounded theory study of 59 college students and recent graduates, we…
Descriptors: College Students, Disabilities, Activism, Self Advocacy
Vaccaro, Annemarie; Daly-Cano, Meada; Newman, Barbara M. – Journal of College Student Development, 2015
Higher education research suggests that the development of a sense of belonging is key to academic success and persistence, yet we know little about how first-year students with disabilities develop a sense of belonging as they transition into and through their first year in postsecondary environments. Themes from a grounded theory study of 8…
Descriptors: College Students, Disabilities, Models, Group Membership
