Sarah Symonds LeBlanc
Biographic Data
| ID | 6208890 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sarah Symonds LeBlanc |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sarah Symonds |
| FAMILY NAME | LeBlanc |
| SIGNATURE | LEBLANC S S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Purdue University Fort Wayne |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2654-2126 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
You Can Get Pregnant!”
This study explores mother-daughter communication about menstruation within Ghanaian families. Using the theory of memorable messages (Rubinsky & Cooke-Jackson, 2017) as a guiding framework, we conducted one-on-one semi-structured interviews with 30 Ghanaian mothers and daughters. Data were analyzed following Braun and Clarke (2021) six-step thematic analysis. Findings reveal that menstruation is rarely discussed within Ghanaian families. When it…
Coming to Terms with Our Racecar Brains
This collaborative autoethnography explores the experiences of women academics and mothers who received late diagnoses of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Due to the historical underdiagnosis of women, little research has focused on this specific demographic. We shed light on how ADHD presents in women, interweaving our stories with extant literature and emphasizing the need to understand this demographic's experiences better. Thi…
Crystalizing Layered Approaches to MotherScholar Expressions in Covid-19
The MotherScholar identity demonstrates tensions, subjectivities, pluralities, and embodiment of multiple identities exacerbated by the sheltering at home conditions of COVID-19, in which MotherScholars simultaneously enact maternal and professional roles. Drawing on Ellingson’s work with crystalized approaches to qualitative research, this study layers photovoice with autoethnographic methods to produce both data and MotherScholar representation…
Disconnect-Connect
This narrative is a work of disconnect and connect during the morning of September 20, 2018. Around 10:04 a.m. my sister, Abby, told me that my mother had died that morning and was found by our brother, Andy. My narrative chronicles that morning from 10:04 a.m. through 10:35 a.m., and then summarizes most of the rest of the day. I ground this autoethnography in relational ethics, detailing how I grapple with writing about Dolly, my mother, my sib…
Surveilling the Maternal Body”
This article analyzes my personal experience of having a maternal body through autoethnographic means. Being pregnant is a time of celebration, but moms experience private and public changes in their bodies. These public changes continue during the postpartum period. Ground in Foucault’s panopticon, this paper explores how the maternal body undergoes self-surveillance as well as surveillance by the proverbial others. I provide vignettes and perso…
The bright and dark side of Joseph Fenton
The death of Joe "Sudharman" Fenton sparked competing narratives leaving some members of the family wondering who Joe Fenton was, the man who died as Sudharman. During the night of July 4, 2010, Sudharman was murdered as he slept in his yoga studio in Union County, Pennsylvania. This piece examines his death in order to examine how communication was used to describe Joe Fenton. We used autoethnographic and ethnographic methods to collect the medi…
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The bright and dark side of Joseph Fenton
The death of Joe "Sudharman" Fenton sparked competing narratives leaving some members of the family wondering who Joe Fenton was, the man who died as Sudharman. During the night of July 4, 2010, Sudharman was murdered as he slept in his yoga studio in Union County, Pennsylvania. This piece examines his death in order to examine how communication was used to describe Joe Fenton. We used autoethnographic and ethnographic methods to collect the medi…
Disconnect-Connect
This narrative is a work of disconnect and connect during the morning of September 20, 2018. Around 10:04 a.m. my sister, Abby, told me that my mother had died that morning and was found by our brother, Andy. My narrative chronicles that morning from 10:04 a.m. through 10:35 a.m., and then summarizes most of the rest of the day. I ground this autoethnography in relational ethics, detailing how I grapple with writing about Dolly, my mother, my sib…
Surveilling the Maternal Body”
This article analyzes my personal experience of having a maternal body through autoethnographic means. Being pregnant is a time of celebration, but moms experience private and public changes in their bodies. These public changes continue during the postpartum period. Ground in Foucault’s panopticon, this paper explores how the maternal body undergoes self-surveillance as well as surveillance by the proverbial others. I provide vignettes and perso…
Crystalizing Layered Approaches to MotherScholar Expressions in Covid-19
The MotherScholar identity demonstrates tensions, subjectivities, pluralities, and embodiment of multiple identities exacerbated by the sheltering at home conditions of COVID-19, in which MotherScholars simultaneously enact maternal and professional roles. Drawing on Ellingson’s work with crystalized approaches to qualitative research, this study layers photovoice with autoethnographic methods to produce both data and MotherScholar representation…
You Can Get Pregnant!”
This study explores mother-daughter communication about menstruation within Ghanaian families. Using the theory of memorable messages (Rubinsky & Cooke-Jackson, 2017) as a guiding framework, we conducted one-on-one semi-structured interviews with 30 Ghanaian mothers and daughters. Data were analyzed following Braun and Clarke (2021) six-step thematic analysis. Findings reveal that menstruation is rarely discussed within Ghanaian families. When it…
Coming to Terms with Our Racecar Brains
This collaborative autoethnography explores the experiences of women academics and mothers who received late diagnoses of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Due to the historical underdiagnosis of women, little research has focused on this specific demographic. We shed light on how ADHD presents in women, interweaving our stories with extant literature and emphasizing the need to understand this demographic's experiences better. Thi…
Psychology (6 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Narrative (4 works) · Art (3 works) · Autoethnography (3 works) · Literature (3 works) · Visual arts (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works)