18th National Students in Transition Conference October 8, 2011 How Explicit Focus on Identity Affects Students’ Transition to College (34-CR) Presented by: Michelle Bass E-mail: [email protected] College: An Educational Context to Study Adolescent Identity Development Identity Model: Côté & Levine (2002) Viable Social Identity First Year Interest Group Representing Self Through Media: A Personal Journey through “This American Life” Digital Literacy What aspects of identities do students’ focus on when creating digital artifacts of self? Findings In Progress: How, if at all, does directly discussing and focusing on issues of individual identity affect late adolescent college Researcher Reflections Narrative Analysis