As reflective practitioners, how often do we take the time to examine the motivations behind our chosen areas of research? This interactive discussion will use a narrative inquiry approach to examine the sacred, cover, and secret stories that shape research in the field of the scholarship of teaching and learning. Using these sets of stories as a conceptual framework, my session will work with participants to have a better understanding of how we view our work within the SoTL field and the hierarchy of evidence that we accept as legitimate.