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The Narrative Study of Feminist Psychologist Identities

Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, crawfoes{at}muohio.edu

Elizabeth A. Harrick

Earlham College, harribe{at}earlham.edu

Ann Fuehrer

Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, fuehrea{at}muohio.edu

The struggle involved in identifying as both feminist and psychologist has previously been explored. This project, which grew out of our experiences in a graduate course entitled `Theory and Practice of Narrative Research', examined our identities as Feminist Psychologists. In the tradition of social constructionist, hermeneutic, narrative work, we told stories, conducted interviews and engaged in dialogue based on our identities. The results indicate that it is not only feasible, but necessary for us, and possibly others, to identify as Feminist Psychologists. Based on the functional, multiple-case analysis of our narratives, we concluded that the meanings constructed through narratives, interviews and dialogues are our identities; conducting feminist psychological research enacts our identities. We found that combining identities was important, feminist process was essential, critiquing dominant paradigms was significant and creating and maintaining a safe space to do this identity work was necessary.

Key Words: feminist • feminist methodology • identity • narrative • psychologist • social constructionism

Feminism & Psychology, Vol. 12, No. 2, 221-246 (2002)
DOI: 10.1177/0959353502012002011


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