Qualitative Inquiry & Research Design
- Anfara, V. A., & Mertz, N. T. (2006). Theoretical frameworks in qualitative research. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. (Reading Notes)
- Creswell, J. W. (2013). Qualitative inquiry and research design: Choosing among five approaches. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. (Reading Notes)
- Glesne, C. (2010). Becoming qualitative researchers: An introduction (4th ed). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson.
Philosophical Assumptions and Interpretive Frameworks
- Philosophical Assumptions
- Burrell, G., & Morgan, G. (1979). Sociological paradigms and organizational analysis. London: Heinemann.
- Guba, E., & Lincoln, Y. S. (1988). Do inquiry paradigms imply inquiry methodologies? In D. M. Fetterman (Ed.), Qualitative approaches to evaluation in education (pp. 89-115). New York: Praeger.
- Lincoln, Y. S., Lynham, S. A., & Guba, E. G. (2011). Paradigmatic controversies, contradictions, and emerging confluences. In N. K. Denzin & Y. S. Lincoln (Eds.), The SAGE handbook of qualitative research (4th ed., pp. 97-128). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
- Slife, B. D., & Williams, R. N. (1995). What's behind the research? Discovering hidden assumptions in the behavioral sciences. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
- Postmodern Thinking
- Bloland, H. G. (1995). Postmodernism and higher education. Journal of Higher Education, 66, 521-559.
- Clarke, A. E. (2005). Situational analysis: Grounded theory after the postmodern turn. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
- Rosenau, P. M. (1992). Post-modernism and the social sciences: Insights, inroads, and instructions. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
- Critical Theory and Critical Race Theory
- Agger, B. (1991). Critical theory, poststructuralism, postmodernism: Their sociological relevance. In W. R. Scott & J. Blake (Eds.), Annual review of sociology (Vol. 17, pp. 105-131). Palo Alto, CA: Annual Reviews.
- Carpecken, P. f., & Apple, M. (1992). Critical qualitative research: Theory, methodology, and practice. In M. L. LeCompte, W. L. Millroy, & J. Preissle (Eds.), The handbook of qualitative research in education (pp. 507-553). San Diego, CA: Academic Press.
- Madison, D. S. (2005). Critical ethnography: Method, ethics, and performance. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
- Morrow, R. A., & Brown, D. D. (1994). Critical theory and methodology. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
- Parker, L., & Lynn, M. (2002). What race got to do with it? Critical race theory's conflicts with and connections to qualitative research methodology and epistemology. Qualitative Inquiry, 8(1), 7-22.
- Thomas, J. (1993). Doing critical ethnography. Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
- Feminist Research
- Ferguson, M., & Wicke, J. (1994). Feminism and postmodernism. Durham, NC: Duke University Press.
- Harding, D. (1987). Feminism and methodology. Blooming ton: Indiana University Press.
- Lather, P. (1991). Getting smart: Feminist research and pedagogy with/in the postmodern. New York: Routledge.
- Moss, P. (2007). Emergent methods in feminist research . In S. N. Hesse-Biber (Ed.), Handbook of feminist research methods (pp. 371-389). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
- Nielsen, J. M. (Ed.). (1990). Feminist research methods: Exemplary readings in the social sciences. Boulder, CO: Westview Press.
- Olesen, V. (2011). Feminist qualitative research in the Millennium's first decade: Developments, challenges, prospects. In N. K. Denzin & Y. S. Lincoln (Eds.), The SAGE handbook of qualitative research (4th ed., pp. 129-146). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
- Reinharz, S. (1992). Feminist methods in social research. New York: Oxford University Press.
- Queer Theory
- Plummer, K. (2011a). Critical pedagogy, and qualitative research: Moving to the bricolage. In N. K. Denzin & Y. S. Lincoln (Eds.), The SAGE handbook of qualitative research (4th ed., pp. 195-207). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
- Plummer, K. (2011b). Critical humanism and queer theory: Postscript 2011: Living with the tensions. In N. K. Denzin & Y. S. Lincoln (Eds.), The SAGE handbook of qualitative research (4th ed., pp. 208-211). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
- Tierney, W. G. (1997). Academic outlaws: Queer theory and cultural studies in the academy. London: Sage.
- Watson, K. (2005). Queer theory. Group Analysis, 38(1), 67-81.
- Disability Theory
- Mertens, D. M. (2003). Mixed methods and the politics of human research: The transformative-emancipatory perspective. In A. Tashakkori & C. Teddie (Eds.), Handbook of mixed methods in social and behavioral research (pp. 135-164). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
- Mertens. D. M. (2009). Transformative research and evaluation. New York: Guilford Press.
Designing a Qualitative Study
- American Psychological Association. (2010). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.). Washington, DC: Author.
- Creswell, J. W. (2009). Research design: Qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approaches (3rd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. (Reading Notes)
- Creswell, J. W. (2011). Educational research: Planning, conducting, and evaluating quantitative and qualitative research (4th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education. (Reading Notes)
- Hatch, J. A. (2002). Doing qualitative research in educational settings. Albany: State University of New York Press. (Reading Notes)
- LeCompte, M. D., & Schensul, J. J. (1999). Designning and conducting ethnographic research (Ethnographer's toolkit, Vol. 1). Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira.
- Lincoln, Y. S. (2009). Ethical practices in qualitative research. In D. M. Mertens & P. E. Ginsberg (Eds.), The handbook of social research ethics (pp. 150-169). Los Angeles: Sage.
- Marshall, C., & Rossman, G. B. (2010). Designing qualitative research (5th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. (Reading Notes)
- Maxwell, J. (2005). Qualitative research design: An interactive approach (2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
- Mertens, D. M., & Ginsberg, P. E. (2009). The handbook of social research ethics. Los Angeles: Sage.
- Morse, J. M., & Richards, L. (2002). README FIRST for a user's guide to qualitative methods (2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
- Weis, L., Fine, M. (2000). Speed bumps: A study-friendly guide to qualitative research. New York: Teachers College Press.
Narrative Research
- Clandinin, D. J. (Ed.). (2006). Handbook of narrative inquiry: Mapping a methodology. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
- Clandinin, D. J., & Connelly, F. M. (2000). Narrative inquiry: Experience and story in qualitative research. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
- Riessman, C. K. (2008). Narrative methods for the human sciences. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. (Reading Notes)
Phenomenology
- Moustakes, C. (1994). Phenomenological research methods. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
- van Manen, M. (1990). Researching lived experience: Human science for an action sensitive pedagogy. Albany: State University of New York Press.
Grounded Theory
- Charmaz, K. (2006). Constructing grounded theory: A practical guide through qualitative analysis. London: Sage. (Reading Notes)
- Corbin, H. F. (2008). Basics of qualitative research (3rd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Ethnography
- Fetterman, D. M. (2010). Ethnography: Step-by-step. (3rd ed.). Los Angeles: Sage.
- Wolcott, H. F. (2008). Ethnography: A way of seeing (2nd ed.). Lanham, MD: AltaMira.
Case Study
- Stake, R. (1995). The art of case study research. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
- Yin, R. K. (2013). Case study research: Design and methods (5th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.