Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 3
5. 1 Storying Longitudinal Research 14
6. 2 Weaving Reflexivity, Relationality, and Time in a Decade-Long Study of Writing Development and Learning Transfer 30
7. 3 Following Participants as Leaders in Long Research 45
8. 4 Mission-Driven Longitudinal Research 63
9. 5 Understanding Imbricated Contexts 81
10. 6 Researching for Capital 97
11. 7 More Simple Gifts 116
12. 8 The Precarious Method 133
13. 9 Radically Longitudinal, Radically Contextual 150
14. 10 Becoming History 167
15. Epilogue Why we Tell Stories 190
16. Index 199
17. About the Authors 209