Culturally responsive approaches to focus groups

Jori N. Hall's recently published book, Focus groups: Culturally responsive approaches for qualitative inquiry and program evaluation (2020) is a timely and much-needed contribution to the literature on focus groups. Sociologist Robert Merton and his colleagues (Merton, Fiske, & Kendall, 1990) introduced the term "focused interview" in 1940s research on participants’ responses to watching a … Continue reading Culturally responsive approaches to focus groups

Interviews with qualitative researchers

The Society for Qualitative Inquiry in Psychology website hosts a Distinguished Researcher Interview Series. The series features podcasts and video-recorded interviews where an up-and-coming member of the field interviews an established methodologist about their approach to qualitative research. The series includes interviews with Michelle Fine on Critical Participatory Action Research, Amedeo Giorgi on the Descriptive … Continue reading Interviews with qualitative researchers