A copy of the 6th edition of the SAGE Handbook of qualitative research (Denzin et al., 2024) arrived in my mailbox recently. And just like earlier editions, it is big and heavy! Divided into five parts, with 34 chapters, and spanning over 700 pages, the volume provides updated and new chapters. Parts include: Locating the … Continue reading The SAGE handbook of qualitative research
Category: Reading qualitative research
Qualitative Research Design
Uwe Flick (Freie Universität, Berlin) completes his set of handbooks on qualitative research this year with the publication of the two-volume set, The SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Research Design (Flick, 2022a, 2022b). At over 1,200 pages, this volume is much larger than either of the two prior handbooks on qualitative data collection (Flick, 2018) and … Continue reading Qualitative Research Design
Invitation to Student Editorial Board
The editors of The Routledge International Handbook of Critical Participatory Inquiry in Transnational Research Contexts, to be published in 2023, welcome volunteers to their Student Editorial Board. If you are interested in gaining more experience reviewing manuscripts, please email Dr. Meagan Call-Cummings (mcallcum@gmu.edu) for more information. As a member of the Student Editorial Board, you would be … Continue reading Invitation to Student Editorial Board
Learning how to read as a doctoral student
For new doctoral students, learning about new theories and concepts can present a challenge. However, take heart! There are lots of resources that can assist with grasping new ideas and concepts, and theoretical approaches. Today, let's look at some strategies to make sense of new material. In the mid-90s when I was a doctoral student … Continue reading Learning how to read as a doctoral student
Outstanding Book Awards: ICQI 2019
At this year's International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, it was my great honor to present the outstanding book awards. This year, my colleagues Pat Sikes and Ron Pelias and I reviewed 24 nominations for the book award. This was an exceedingly tough competition, as we had so many excellent books to consider. Honorable mentions were … Continue reading Outstanding Book Awards: ICQI 2019
Tips for reading difficult texts
Elizabeth St. Pierre’s (2011) chapter on post qualitative research talks about reading difficult texts. St. Pierre points out that “we hesitate to read outside our comfort areas and too casually reject texts that seem too hard to read” (p. 614). St. Pierre’s advice to her student is to: take seriously Lacan’s (as cited in Ulmer, … Continue reading Tips for reading difficult texts
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