Chapter 1 Introduction 1.1 A Personal Story 1.2 Background 1.3 Chapter Overview Chapter 2 Literature Review and Theoretical Framework 2.1 A Review of Research on Identity and Teacher Identity 2.2 Research Questions 2.3 Theoretical Framework Chapter 3 Methodology 3.1 Qualitative Research Methods 3.2 The Research Site and the Freshmen Composition Class 3.3 Participants 3.4 The Researcher and the Researched 3.5 Data Collection 3.6 Data Analysis Chapter 4 “Translingual” ITAs: Learning to Become Professionals of English 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Introducing the Participants 4.3 Linguistic Identity: “ESL Person”, Chinese, or Translingual? 4.4 Chapter Summary Chapter 5 Nexus of Multi-membership: Becoming a Competent Composition Teacher 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Who Are Teachers of College Composition? 5.3 Learning to Teach College Composition 5.4 Chapter Summary Chapter 6 Translingual Identity-as-Pedagogy in Classroom Discourse 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Ming’s Translingual Identity-as-Pedagogy 6.3 Bo’s Translingual Identity-as-Pedagogy 6.4 Sara’s Translingual Identity-as-Pedagogy 6.5 Change in Situated Identities in Sara’s Class 6.6 Chapter Summary Chapter 7 Conclusion and Implications 7.1 Summary of Findings 7.2 Theoretical Contribution 7.3 Implications 7.4 Directions for Future Research Bibliography Afterwords