William Germano’s (2021) book, “On revision: The only writing that counts” is a wonderful addition to an academic writer's library. In seven chapters, Germano advises writers on how to think about “revision”—the process by which we all some of us many of us struggle to make our writing clearer and develop stronger arguments. For anyone … Continue reading Learning to be a better writer
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Kathy Roulston is a professor in the Qualitative Research program in the Department of Lifelong Education, Administration and Policy at the University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA. She teaches qualitative research methods, and has written on qualitative interviewing.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9429-2694
Kathryn J. Roulston on ResearchGate
My books include:
Interviewing: A guide to theory and practice, see:
https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/interviewing/book272521
Interactional studies of qualitative interviews. See:
https://benjamins.com/catalog/z.220
Designing studies using walking interviews
For researchers exploring research questions to do with space, place, and people’s mobility and everyday routines, walking interviews can be a useful method. Although going along with participants during daily activities and asking them questions about activities and routines has long been part of an anthropologist’s toolkit, there has been a surge in interest and … Continue reading Designing studies using walking interviews
“Orwell’s Roses”: A Rhizomatic Journey
Writers outside higher education make use of the same methods used by qualitative researchers – those of participant observation, interviewing and document analysis. In her book Orwell’s Roses, Rebecca Solnit (2021) used these methods, along with a rhizomatic thought process (p. 125) to explore the connections emanating from author George Orwell’s mention of planting roses … Continue reading “Orwell’s Roses”: A Rhizomatic Journey
Asian Critical Race Theory as an Analytical Framework
This week's guest blogger is Ji Hyun Hong, who is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Georgia in Language and Literacy Education. Ji Hyun is a transnational Korean who has been traveling back and forth between Korea and the United States since the age of seven. Her continued experiences with racism in the U.S … Continue reading Asian Critical Race Theory as an Analytical Framework
Resources for teaching feminist theory
For anyone revising syllabi for next semester, the journal Signs provides lots of resources for teaching feminist theory and #feminist resistance. The Feminist Public Intellectuals Project includes: Short takes -- discussions of current books on gender, feminism, and sexuality. Feminist frictions -- essays on current concepts and controversies; and Ask a feminist -- a podcast … Continue reading Resources for teaching feminist theory
Examining Interviews in Cinematic Society
We mostly think of interviews as question-answer sequences. Because of the ubiquity of “interviews” in contemporary society —job interviews, clinical interviews, research interviews, journalistic interviews, and more —we tend to take what an interview is at face value. Sometimes, however, interviews are not really interviews at all. Such is the case of what was known … Continue reading Examining Interviews in Cinematic Society
Designing interview studies
When researchers design qualitative interview studies they make a range of decisions. These decisions relate to pre- and post- elements of a study and impact what happens during the conduct of a study. This infographic represents decision points arranged in five areas. Although presented linearly, answering these questions can occur concurrently. It is important for … Continue reading Designing interview studies
A beginner’s guide to concepts used in post qualitative research
Post-qualitative approaches to research challenge our understandings of concepts that we typically take for granted. In this blog post, I bring together some initial definitions from authors for concepts that you will see in writing about new materialisms. You'll notice that I've focused on concepts that Karen Barad has written about, which I’ve listed in … Continue reading A beginner’s guide to concepts used in post qualitative research
Tips for organizing a qualitative research project
Older researchers like I am are likely to have numerous boxes or filing cabinets filled with records from prior research projects. These boxes or file folders include printed transcripts, fieldnotes, or drafts of manuscripts writing up findings, and copies of published articles relative to the topic. For scholars in 2022, however, records are likely to … Continue reading Tips for organizing a qualitative research project
Using Photovoice in Qualitative Research
This week's screencast and blogpost are authored by Ana Soler. Ana Soler is the Chairperson of the National Association of Educational Translators and Interpreters of Spoken Languages (NAETISL: https://naetisl.org/). She completed her degree in Social Work at Georgia State University, her Master’s Degree in Public Health at Emory University, and is a Ph.D. in Special Education … Continue reading Using Photovoice in Qualitative Research
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