Into the Labyrinth : A PhD Comprehensive Portfolio

Labyrinth as Metaphor

When I applied and was accepted into the Joint PhD program, I considered how I would capture the story of this journey. I knew it was going to be a long process, with many forgotten moments that I wanted to capture along the way. As I was familiar with blogging, and was aware of others in my personal learning networks who blogged through their PhD process, I started a new blog site titled Step By Step on January 3, 2018 with a few posts about First Steps. It's an explicit connection to how a labyrinth is experienced - step by step.

This comprehensive portfolio captures my journey, step by step, into the center of the labyrinth, the center of the PhD experience. This journey is one of becoming - an academic, a scholar, a writer, a researcher, - of becoming literate in my field of study. Saldana (2016) suggests the "products we create embody who we are ... the environments we establish for ourselves may also embody who we are" (p. 61). This labyrinthine portfolio is an embodiment of not only the steps taken, but my reflexivity as I step into these PhD spaces, places, and experiences.
 

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