Emilie Clucas Leaderman, Boston College.Jennifer S. Jefferson, Endicott College.Jo Ann Gammel, Lesley University.Sue L. Motulsky, Lesley University.Amy Rutstein-Riley, Lesley University.

The third volume in the I Am What I Become series, Narratives on Becoming: Identity and Lifelong Learning invites readers into the lives of educators from around the world. This book includes important narratives from students, secondary educators, and post-secondary educators alike, highlighting how race, class, gender, and a wide range of other intersectional identities shape the diverse lived experiences of educators and their students. This volume also serves as an important reminder for all of us that the learning process continues across a lifetime and transcends the limits of the traditional classroom."" —Brian Bicknell, President, Manchester Community College""We all pay lip service to the importance of lifelong learning, but what is it exactly and how does it come about? The connections between identity and learning are intriguing and complex, especially when it comes to adult learners. In this very thoughtfully organized collection, researchers present qualitative and narrative studies, along with personal narratives, to explore identity development in formal and informal learning environments. Contributions from varied cultural contexts, most with powerful and moving stories to tell, provide insight into how identity, meaning-making, and adult learning and development intersect and influence each other. Psychologists, scholars and educators interested in identity development and meaning-making will find inspiration and fresh understanding in this innovative and enlightening series."" —Ruthellen Josselson, Author, Paths to Fulfillment: Women's Search for Meaning and Identity""This innovative series on adult development is inspiring and substantive. We hear voices from the margins and stories of courage. We read identity-formation narratives by young adults and experienced professionals who share impressive capacities for transparency, vulnerability, and self-reflection. Many of the narratives are embedded in rigorous qualitative research that highlights diverse ways that identity is shaped through social positionality, lived experience, the quest for individuation, and willingness to encounter life as a dynamic learning process."" —Jared D. Kass, Lesley University, Author, A Person-Centered Approach to Psychospiritual Maturation: Mentoring Psychological Resilience and Inclusive Community in Higher Education

• Preface; Jo Ann Gammel, Sue L. Motulsky, Amy Rutstein-Riley, Emilie Clucas Leaderman, and Jennifer S. Jefferson.Chapter 1. I Am the Warrior I Am Becoming Through Currere and Transformative Adult Learning; Susan R. Adams.Chapter 2. Behind the Blackboard: Voices of Migrant Teachers; Maria Aurora C. Bernardo, Diana-Lea Baranovich, and Maria Khristina Manueli.Chapter 3. Four Daughters, One Mother: Stories of Revising Identities; Gail Simpson Cahill.Chapter 4. Negotiating the Transition from High School to College: Two Narrative Accounts; Patrick Flynn and Gabrielle Comeau.Chapter 5. Confessions of a Transplanted Mind: Second Street Stories of Transgressing, Transforming, and Integrating; Allyson Eamer.Chapter 6. The Intersectionality of Race, Gender, and Urban Leadership: Four School Leaders (Re)constructing Self and Identity; Yesenia Fernandez, Kitty M. Fortner, Antonia Issa Lahera, and Anthony H. Normore.Chapter 7. Why We Must Continue in the Journey: A Conversation Between Two Literacy Educators; Lorena Germán and R. Joseph Rodrí­guez.Chapter 8. Can a Bad Apple Lose Its Rot? Sharon J. Hamilton.Chapter 9. Narrative of a White Middle-Class Male Principal: An Apologia; James F. Lane, Jr.Chapter 10. Walking (Backward): Giving Identity a Moving Place; Kate McCabe.Chapter 11. Our Brief Shared Narrative: Identity Development in the Context of Our Shared Environment and Individual Experiences; Kathryn Medill and Anne Medill.Chapter 12. Developing a Professional Identity Among Your Perceived Own: An African American Woman's Journey From Public School Educator to HBCU Professor; Denelle L. Wallace.Chapter 13. Teaching as Becoming: A Relational Way of Working With Undergraduate Students; Zitong Wei.Chapter 14. Transformative Learning as Teachers: The Narratives of Two Teachers Becoming Critical Pedagogues; Injeong Yoon and Benjamin Ramirez.About the Editors and Contributors.

Emilie Clucas Leaderman, Boston College.Jennifer S. Jefferson, Endicott College.Jo Ann Gammel, Lesley University.Sue L. Motulsky, Lesley University.Amy Rutstein-Riley, Lesley University.

The third volume in the I Am What I Become series, Narratives on Becoming: Identity and Lifelong Learning invites readers into the lives of educators from around the world. This book includes important narratives from students, secondary educators, and post-secondary educators alike, highlighting how race, class, gender, and a wide range of other intersectional identities shape the diverse lived experiences of educators and their students. This volume also serves as an important reminder for all of us that the learning process continues across a lifetime and transcends the limits of the traditional classroom."" —Brian Bicknell, President, Manchester Community College""We all pay lip service to the importance of lifelong learning, but what is it exactly and how does it come about? The connections between identity and learning are intriguing and complex, especially when it comes to adult learners. In this very thoughtfully organized collection, researchers present qualitative and narrative studies, along with personal narratives, to explore identity development in formal and informal learning environments. Contributions from varied cultural contexts, most with powerful and moving stories to tell, provide insight into how identity, meaning-making, and adult learning and development intersect and influence each other. Psychologists, scholars and educators interested in identity development and meaning-making will find inspiration and fresh understanding in this innovative and enlightening series."" —Ruthellen Josselson, Author, Paths to Fulfillment: Women's Search for Meaning and Identity""This innovative series on adult development is inspiring and substantive. We hear voices from the margins and stories of courage. We read identity-formation narratives by young adults and experienced professionals who share impressive capacities for transparency, vulnerability, and self-reflection. Many of the narratives are embedded in rigorous qualitative research that highlights diverse ways that identity is shaped through social positionality, lived experience, the quest for individuation, and willingness to encounter life as a dynamic learning process."" —Jared D. Kass, Lesley University, Author, A Person-Centered Approach to Psychospiritual Maturation: Mentoring Psychological Resilience and Inclusive Community in Higher Education

• Preface; Jo Ann Gammel, Sue L. Motulsky, Amy Rutstein-Riley, Emilie Clucas Leaderman, and Jennifer S. Jefferson.Chapter 1. I Am the Warrior I Am Becoming Through Currere and Transformative Adult Learning; Susan R. Adams.Chapter 2. Behind the Blackboard: Voices of Migrant Teachers; Maria Aurora C. Bernardo, Diana-Lea Baranovich, and Maria Khristina Manueli.Chapter 3. Four Daughters, One Mother: Stories of Revising Identities; Gail Simpson Cahill.Chapter 4. Negotiating the Transition from High School to College: Two Narrative Accounts; Patrick Flynn and Gabrielle Comeau.Chapter 5. Confessions of a Transplanted Mind: Second Street Stories of Transgressing, Transforming, and Integrating; Allyson Eamer.Chapter 6. The Intersectionality of Race, Gender, and Urban Leadership: Four School Leaders (Re)constructing Self and Identity; Yesenia Fernandez, Kitty M. Fortner, Antonia Issa Lahera, and Anthony H. Normore.Chapter 7. Why We Must Continue in the Journey: A Conversation Between Two Literacy Educators; Lorena Germán and R. Joseph Rodrí­guez.Chapter 8. Can a Bad Apple Lose Its Rot? Sharon J. Hamilton.Chapter 9. Narrative of a White Middle-Class Male Principal: An Apologia; James F. Lane, Jr.Chapter 10. Walking (Backward): Giving Identity a Moving Place; Kate McCabe.Chapter 11. Our Brief Shared Narrative: Identity Development in the Context of Our Shared Environment and Individual Experiences; Kathryn Medill and Anne Medill.Chapter 12. Developing a Professional Identity Among Your Perceived Own: An African American Woman's Journey From Public School Educator to HBCU Professor; Denelle L. Wallace.Chapter 13. Teaching as Becoming: A Relational Way of Working With Undergraduate Students; Zitong Wei.Chapter 14. Transformative Learning as Teachers: The Narratives of Two Teachers Becoming Critical Pedagogues; Injeong Yoon and Benjamin Ramirez.About the Editors and Contributors.