“I should have …”:A Photovoice Study With Women Who Have Lost a Man to Suicide

While the gendered nature of suicide has received increased research attention, the experiences of women who have lost a man to suicide are poorly understood. Drawing on qualitative photovoice interviews with 29 women who lost a man to suicide, we completed a narrative analysis, focused on describing the ways that women constructed and accounted for their experiences. We found that women’s narratives drew upon feminine ideals of caring for men’s health, which in turn gave rise to feelings of guilt over the man’s suicide. The women resisted holding men responsible for the suicide and tended to blame themselves, especially when they perceived their efforts to support the man as inadequate. Even when women acknowledged their guilt as illogical, they were seemingly unable to entirely escape regret and self-blame. In order to reformulate and avoid reifying feminine ideals synonymous with selflessly caring for others regardless of the costs to their own well-being, women’s postsuicide bereavement support programs  hould integrate a critical gender approach

Best Practices in Adolescent Literacy Instruction, Third Edition

Bryan Ripley Crandall (with Kelly Chandler-Olcott and Elizabeth Carol Lewis) is a contributing author, Creating and Sustaining Inclusive Writing Communities for Adolescents, Chapter 9. With 50% new material reflecting current research and pedagogical perspectives, this indispensable course text and teacher resource is now in a thoroughly revised third edition. Leading educators provide a comprehensive picture of reading, writing, and oral language instruction in grades 5–12. Chapters present effective practices for motivating adolescent learners, fostering comprehension of multiple types of texts, developing disciplinary literacies, engaging and celebrating students\u27 sociocultural assets, and supporting English learners and struggling readers. Case examples, lesson-planning ideas, and end-of-chapter discussion questions and activities enhance the utility of the volume. New to This Edition Chapters on new topics: building multicultural classrooms, Black girls’ digital literacies, issues of equity and access, and creating inclusive writing communities. New chapters on core topics: academic language, learning from multiple texts, and reading interventions. Increased attention to issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion. The latest knowledge about adolescents\u27 in- and out-of-school literacies.https://digitalcommons.fairfield.edu/education-books/1068/thumbnail.jp