Kim Pyne, assistant professor of English and education, and Melanie Shoffner (Purdue University) published a chapter in The Doctoral Degree in English Education, edited by Allen Webb.
“Living in the Liminal Spaces: Lessons Learned in the Supervision of English Student Teachers” explores the challenges and identity conflicts that arise when teachers move from classroom to graduate school, and from graduate school to working as researchers, professors, and supervisors of pre-service teachers.
Through both narrative and theory, it investigates the insider/outsiderness of crossing barriers of space, authority, and being.