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Encounter Stories

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Drawing from the notion of counterstories, personal stories that challenge privileged meta-narratives, encounter stories explore experiences that deepen our understandings of others. While recognizing that these understandings are never complete, encounter stories enable people to make connections among marginalized identities while honoring differences. Davis and Kellinger (The Qualitative Report, 19(10), 1–18, 2014) write about how they separately have used encounter stories in their teaching and research as well as for personal growth. With the increasing demographic divide between teachers and their students, encounter stories can be a powerful means by which teachers can reach new understandings of their students.

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  1. University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA, USA

    Janna Jackson Kellinger

  2. Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ, USA

    Danné E. Davis

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  1. Department of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, The College of New Jersey, Ewing, New Jersey, USA

    Nelson M. Rodriguez

  2. Critical Policy, Equity, and Leadership Studies, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada

    Wayne J. Martino

  3. Critical Policy, Equity, and Leadership Studies, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada

    Jennifer C. Ingrey

  4. Department of Teaching and Curriculum, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, USA

    Edward Brockenbrough

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Kellinger, J.J., Davis, D.E. (2016). Encounter Stories. In: Rodriguez, N., Martino, W., Ingrey, J., Brockenbrough, E. (eds) Critical Concepts in Queer Studies and Education. Queer Studies and Education. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-55425-3_9

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