Polmear, M., & Simmons, D. (2022, August), A Collaborative Autoethnography: Examining Professional Formation and Workplace Sustainability in Discipline-based Engineering Education Research  Paper presented at 2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Minneapolis, MN. 10.18260/1-2--40495

\bibitem{asee_peer_40495}
  Polmear, M., \& Simmons, D. (2022, August), \emph{A Collaborative Autoethnography: Examining Professional Formation and Workplace Sustainability in Discipline-based Engineering Education Research}
  Paper presented at 2022 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Minneapolis, MN.
  10.18260/1-2--40495

Madeline Polmear and Denise Simmons.  "A Collaborative Autoethnography: Examining Professional Formation and Workplace Sustainability in Discipline-based Engineering Education Research".  2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Minneapolis, MN, 2022, August.  ASEE Conferences, 2022.  https://peer.asee.org/40495 Internet.  11 Dec, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_40495}
  Madeline Polmear and Denise Simmons.
  "A Collaborative Autoethnography: Examining Professional Formation and Workplace Sustainability in Discipline-based Engineering Education Research".
  \emph{2022 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Minneapolis, MN, 2022, August}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2022.
  https://peer.asee.org/40495 Internet.  11 Dec, 2024

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TY  - CPAPER
AB  - In this paper, we explore challenges faced by early-career researchers in developing and sustaining a robust discipline-based research enterprise and strategies to overcome those challenges. We use collaborative autoethnography methods of self-reflection and shared discourse to navigate a conversation between a mid-career engineering education researcher and her postdoctoral researcher. The paper weaves our stories to explore experiences in the culture of engineering education related to professional formation and research sustainability. In narrating our interactions, we embark on dialogue regarding the complex, relational, and emergent nature of forming strategies that grow and strengthen a research group. The outcome is a collective understanding of the main challenge faced in developing a research group (namely, uncovering the hidden norms of academia) and strategies deployed to seed and sustain discipline-based engineering education research. Another outcome is illuminating the mentorship process to support a new engineering education scholar in developing research, anticipating challenges, and strategizing career paths. The findings from our systematic dialogue have implications for early and mid-career faculty in engineering education. The personal and relational process of autoethnography reveals broader cultural experiences related to the support required to be successful in the field, mentorship, and research capability development. 
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