Using collaborative autoethnography to overcome the issues that nontraditional authors face in writing for academic publication

• Project/Area Number: 25K04244
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 02100:Foreign language education-related
• Research Institution: Waseda University
• Principal Investigator: MULLER THERON 早稲田大学, 人間科学学術院, 准教授(テニュアトラック) (10726277)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): タランディス・ジュニア ジェラルド 富山大学, 学術研究部教養教育学系, 教授 (00600892) ; 大場 エリザベス 富山高等専門学校, その他部局等, 講師 (01003029) ; Henwood Jason 立命館大学, 言語教育センター, 嘱託講師 (11010976) ; Adamson John 新潟県立大学, 国際地域学部, 教授 (90562306)
• Project Period (FY): 2025-04-01 – 2028-03-31
• Project Status: Granted (Fiscal Year 2025)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,680,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,080,000); Fiscal Year 2027: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000); Fiscal Year 2026: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000); Fiscal Year 2025: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
• Keywords: teacher research / autoethnography / research support / nontraditional authors

Outline of Research at the Start

Much is known about the difficulties that authors face in writing for publication but less is known about how to address such difficulties. Hence, this research seeks to understand how such difficulties can be overcome through creating and investigating a collaborative ethnographic community.