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Autoethnography, a qualitative research methodology in which an author uses self-reflection and writing to explore their personal experience situated within wider cultural, political, historical, and social contexts, is an apt research method to explore issues of importance to marginalized communities. Psychological research has explored issues of psychological phenomena employing methodologies that have been critiqued as further colonizing marginalized groups. There have been recent moves toward the use of decolonizing research methods in psychology to address these concerns. In this case study, this author will discuss the need for decolonizing research methodologies, explain autoethnography as one such approach and discuss an autoethnography conducted in examining cultural phenomena.

In this case study, the author discusses the use of secondary data in completing a dissertation that explores the impact of cultural competence on treatment outcomes for depressed youth of color. The challenges faced in the PhD process, as well as the pros and cons of the use of secondary data, are also discussed. In addition, the author bullets several things to consider with the use of secondary data to complete one's dissertation.