title: Engaging racial autoethnography as a teaching tool for womanist inquiry.
abstract: Racial autobiography, self-narratives on how one learned about the idea of race, has been underutilized as a tool to familiarize and orient students in the process of critical inquiry for nursing research. The aims of this article are to explore how racial autoethnography: (1) repositions students to effect an epistemological change, (2) challenges dominant ideology, and (3) functions as a link between the student and critical theories for use in nursing research. Students engage in and share reflective narrative about a variety of instructional materials used in the course. Reflective narratives are presented in a framework that addresses white racial identity development.
authors.affiliation: Obermann Center for Advanced Studies, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA. janette-taylor@uiowa.edu
authors.forename: Janette Y
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.forename: Melissa A Lehan
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Mackin
authors.forename: Angela M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Oldenburg
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American / Q000208:ethnology; D000884:Anthropology, Cultural / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel / Q000208:ethnology; D001294:Attitude to Health / Q000208:ethnology; D001325:Autobiographies as Topic; D003479:Curriculum; D004511:Education, Nursing, Graduate / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005181:Faculty, Nursing; D019513:Feminism; D006801:Humans; D033262:Narration; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration; D009742:Nursing Theory; D010687:Philosophy, Nursing; D011209:Power, Psychological; D011287:Prejudice; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012107:Research Design; D012649:Self Concept; D012935:Social Justice; D013663:Teaching / Q000458:organization & administration; D013850:Thinking; D014481:United States; D044465:White People / Q000208:ethnology