In this performance autoethnography, the author explores her positionality (Davies, 2000; Spry, 2001 ) in the Spanish-speaking community, moving from her outsider role as an interpreter at the Health Department to her relationships with some of the women and their families to her current position as the grandmother of a Mexican American grandson.…

Presents a double-voiced narrative that represents a collaborative experiment to rewrite the traditional relationship of a professor and a graduate student. Represents an open invitation to the voices of others, women and men, who will wind their stories with the lines and notes of this story, expanding the collaboration. (PA)

Shows how comparison and contrast of cultures yields poetry from bilingual elementary students. Provides samples of student poems. (RL)

A group of graduate students led by their professor attempted to explore the interrelationship between the Navajo and their reservation environment. The four-week seminar, a prototype for a curriculum in environmental education, is presented in diary form and makes use of the creative expressions of poetry from graduate students and mythology from…

Focuses on how the migration of Vietnamese to the United States affected the women's roles within their families and society. Discusses how Vietnamese women ensured familial stability by maintaining a balance between U.S. and Vietnamese cultures. Provides an annotated bibliography. (CMK)