Section 1. Research of the self. Chapter 1. Self-as-subject for doctoral research ; Chapter 2. Researcher positionality: individual and social consciousness amid heuristic introspection ; Chapter 3. Autoethnography: internal dialogue and research of the self ; Chapter 4. Heuristic inquiry: the internal research pathway -- Section 2. Self as subject, self as other. Chapter 5. Self-discovery: data collection from self and others for individual and societal implications ; Chapter 6. The implications: data representation and interpretation in self-as-subject research ; Chapter 7. The contribution: meaning for self and others from self-as-subject research.