University of South Florida Scholar Commons Graduate Theses and Dissertations Graduate School January 2021 Persistence Like a Mother: Nursing the Narrative toward Doctoral Completion in English Education—A Poetic Autoethnography Krista S. Mallo University of South Florida Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd Part of the Other Education Commons, and the Teacher Education and Professional Development Commons Scholar Commons Citation Mallo, Krista S., "Persistence Like a Mother: Nursing the Narrative toward Doctoral Completion in English Education—A Poetic Autoethnography" (2021). Graduate Theses and Dissertations. https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/8560 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at Scholar Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Graduate Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Scholar Commons. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Persistence Like a Mother: Nursing the Narrative toward Doctoral Completion in English Education—A Poetic Autoethnography by Krista S. Mallo A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Curriculum and Instruction with a concentration in English Education Department of Teaching and Learning College of Education University of South Florida Major Professor: Patricia Daniel Jones, Ph.D. Mandie Dunn, Ph.D. Michael Sherry, Ph.D. Jennifer Wolgemuth, Ph.D. Date of Approval: November 4, 2020 Keywords: EE DocMama, Motherscholar, Pragmatist Feminism, Autonomous Learner Copyright © 2021, Krista S. Mallo DEDICATION This project is wholly dedicated to my incredible children, the fantastic five, without whom I would have no concept of what it means to have persistence like a mother.