Preface 1. Introduction by the Editor: Patricia Leavy Part One: The Qualitative Tradition 2. Historical Overview of Qualitative Research in the Social Sciences: Svend Brinkmann, Michael Hviid Jacobsen, and Soren Kristiansen 3. The History of Historical-Comparative Methods in Sociology: Chares Demetriou and Victor Roudometof 4. The Centrality of Ethics in Qualitative Research: Anna Traianou Part Two: Approaches to Qualitative Research 5. Philosophical Approaches to Qualitative Research: Renee Spencer, Julia M. Pryce, and Jill Walsh 6. Applied Interpretive Approaches: Sally E.Thorne 7. The Grounded Theory Method: Antony Bryant 8. Feminist Qualitative Research: Toward Transformation of Science and Social Justice: Maureen C. McHugh 9. Critical Approaches to Qualitative Research: Kum-Kum Bhavnani, Peter Chua, and Dana Collins 10. Decolonizing Research Practice: Indigenous Methodologies, Aboriginal Methods, and Knowledge/Knowing: Mike Evans, Adrian Miller, Peter Hutchinson, and Carlene Dingwall Part Three: Narrative Inquiry, Field Research, and Interview Methods 11. Practicing Narrative Inquiry II: Making Meanings Move: Arthur P. Bochnerand Andrew F. Herrmann 12. Ethnography: Anthony Kwame Harrison 13. Practicing Autoethnograhy and Living the Autoethnographic Life: Carolyn Ellis and Tony E. Adams 14. Duoethnography: A Polytheoretical Approach to (Re)Storing, (Re)Storying the Meanings that One Give: Joe Norris and Rick Sawyer 15. Unstructured and Semi-Structured Interviewing: Svend Brinkmann 16. Oral History Interviewing: With Purpose and Critical Awareness: Valerie J. Janesick 17. Focus Group Research: Retrospect and Prospect: George Kamberelis and Greg Dimitriadis 18. Museum Studies: Erica L. Tucker Part Four: Text, Arts-Based, and Internet Methods 19. Content Analysis: Lindsay Prior 20. Photography as a Research Method: Gunilla Holm 21. Arts-Based Research Practice: Merging Social Research and the Creative Arts: Gioia Chilton and Patricia Leavy 22. Qualitative Approaches in Internet-Mediated Research: Opportunities, Issues, Possibilities: Claire Hewson Part Five: Multi-Method, Mixed Methods, and Participatory Designs 23. Case Study Research: In-Depth Understanding in Context: Helen Simons 24. Program Evaluation: Paul R.Brandon and Anna L. Ah Sam 25. Community-Based Research: A Grass-Roots and Social Justice Orientation to Inquiry: Margaret Boyd 26. Complex Teams and Qualitative Research: Judith Davidson 27. Qualitative Disaster Research: DeeDee M. Bennett, Mark R. Landahl, Brenda D.Phillips 28. Conducting Mixed Methods Research: Using Dialectical Pluralism and Social Psychological Strategies: Susan A. Tucker, R. Burke Johnson, Tony Onwuegbuzie, and Marjorie L. Icenogle Part Six: Analysis and Interpretation 29. Qualitative Data Analysis Strategies: Johnny Saldana 30. Computer-Assisted Analysis of Qualitative Research: Christina Silver and Ann F. Lewins 31. Interpretation Strategies in Qualitative Research: What, Why, How: Allen Trent and Jeasik Cho Part Seven: Representation and Evaluation 32. Writing Up Qualitative Research: Jane F.Gilgun 33. Transforming Field Notes into Text: Jessica Smartt Gullion 34. Creative Approaches to Writing: Sandra L. Faulkner and Sheila Squillante 35. Scripting Ethnodrama: Joe Salvatore 36. Write-Reach-Repeat: The Role and Rise of Public Intellectualism in Qualitative Research: Robin M. Boylorn 37. Evaluating Qualitative Research 2.0: Jeasik Cho and Allen Trent Part Eight: Conclusion: Politics, Pedagogy, and the Public 38. The Politics of Research: Michael D. Giardina and Joshua I. Newman 39. Superheroes and Superpowers: Contemplative, Creative, and De/Colonial Approaches to Teaching Qualitative Research: Kakali Bhattacharya 40. A Changing Terrain: Qualitative Research in the Age of Transdisciplinarity and Public Scholarship: Patricia Leavy