On this episode, Katie is joined by Dr. Ali Black, senior lecturer in the School of Education, USC. Dr. Black is a narrative researcher and early childhood educator. Her arts-based research and scholarly work seeks to foster connectedness, community, wellbeing and meaning-making through the building of reflective and creative lives and identities. Ali is interested in storied and visual approaches for dismantling personal/professional binaries and representing lives. Her research and writing is concerned with the power and impact of collaborative and relational knowledge construction.   Segment 1: The Women Who Write [00:00-17:39] In this first segment, Ali shares about a group of women writers she created. Segment 2: Narrative-based Research [17:40-32:33] In segment two, Ali discusses her experience as a narrative-based researcher. Bonus Clip #1 [00:00-04:30]: Ali Requests Feedback for a 2018 Conference Project To share feedback about this podcast episode, ask questions that could be featured in a future episode, or to share research-related resources, contact the “Research in Action” podcast: Twitter: @RIA_podcast or #RIA_podcast Email: riapodcast@oregonstate.edu Voicemail: 541-737-1111 If you listen to the podcast via iTunes, please consider leaving us a review. The views expressed by guests on the Research in Action podcast do not necessarily represent the views of Ecampus or Oregon State University.