“…A majority of work has examined LAs in writing and composition courses for undergraduate students (Schmertz, 2018; Scott, 1997; Sharkey, 2004; Steinman, 2007), and additional research has explored LAs within teacher education courses (Bokhorst‐Heng et al, 2014; Brown, 1999; Burke et al, 2019; Kist, 2017). Scholars have identified such assignments as LAs (McCrary, 2005; Steinman, 2007), language portraits (Busch, 2012), literacy narratives (Scott, 1997), digital LAs (McTavish & Filipenko, 2016), multimodal memoirs (Kist, 2017), and racial LAs (Sealey‐Ruiz, 2011). When thoughtfully and carefully implemented, literacy autobiographies can: - Support students' development of multiple languages and discourses (Schmertz, 2018; Steinman, 2007).
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