Noematic Inquiry in the Mexico-U.S. Borderlands

This phenomenological project seeks to understand the lived experience of one bilingual, bi-national female community college student as she develops literacy skills to enable her successful completion of college courses. The researcher works under the assumption that life history and current situation make a difference in the development of the participant as a student and as a writer. The Mexico-U.S. border, where the participant lives, is seen also as an influential context in the lived experience of the participant.

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Kirstin Ruth Bratt is assistant professor of literacy education at the Pennsylvania State University, Altoona campus. This phenomenological study is the result of her literacy work with residents of one border area, where the states of Sonora, Baja California, California, and Arizona merge and separate across the River Colorado.