Understanding Identities in Practice

English teachers in higher education face a range of challenges and rewards related to institutional and sociocultural contexts. They juggle multiple identities, including teacher, researcher, scholar, and lecturer. Teacher identityTeacher identity is related to teaching commitment, while researcher identityResearcher identity pertains to research commitment. This chapter reviews the notion of identity and emphasizes the importance of using identityIdentity as a lens for education research. The focus of this chapter is to understand identities in practice.