“…Issues of power in the research relationship have been written about extensively in relation to insider research (Merriam et al, 2001), feminist research (Stacey, 1988), and participatory action research (e.g., Fine, 1994; Greene, 2013). Although hypothetically insider status contributes to a levelling of power differentials as a result of shared identity (often one associated with marginalization), an intersectional lens calls us to consider the multiplicity of identifications and experiences we as researchers bring to this relationship—including those associated with academic institutional power (Maxwell, Abrams, Zungu, & Mosavel, 2016). We must attend to the power inherent in our role as the producers of knowledge; as those tasked to interpret and in so doing, re-tell the stories and experiences of our participants (Stacey, 1988; Tilley, 1998; Karnieli-Miller, Strier, & Pessach, 2009).…”