This research described the retrospective formation of identity and manifestation of responsibility of four African-American female leaders who served as urban school principals. Cross (1971, 1991) determined that African-Americans undergo a four step process of identity development that he coined Nigrescence. Within these four stages of identity…

We examine what happened when a researcher worked with four African-American middle-school girls to critique the ways girls' bodies are implicated in the schools' hidden curriculum. We analyse an example of instruction around "The Beauty Walk", a school-sponsored fundraiser. Drawing on critical and feminist pedagogies we ask: how did the…

This paper explores auto-photography as a form of research practice in the area of identity and self-esteem research. It allows researchers to capture and articulate the ways identity guides human action and thought. It involves the generation and examination of the static images that participants themselves believe best represent them.…