Expanding Approaches to Thematic Analysis: Creative Engagements with Qualitative Data - Paperback

by Jennifer R. Wolgemuth (Editor), Kelly W. Guyotte (Editor), Stephanie Anne Shelton (Editor)

Each chapter introduces readers to a different approach to thematic analysis, explores that approach's theoretical and disciplinary roots, and illustrates how that approach can be used to generate themes. The book also includes 'methodologies in action;' helpful examples of creative theming from doctoral students and early career scholars

Author Biography

Jennifer R. Wolgemuth is Associate Professor of qualitative research at the University of South Florida. Drawing on critical, poststructural, and new materialist theories, she explores inquiry as an agential process that simultaneously investigates and creates lives and communities to and for which researchers are responsible.

Kelly W. Guyotte is Associate Professor of Qualitative Research at The University of Alabama. Always inspired by her background in the visual arts, her research interests include issues of gender and equity in higher education, artful inquiry practices, as well as qualitative pedagogy and mentoring.

Stephanie Anne Shelton is Associate Professor of Qualitative Research at The University of Alabama. Guided by her extensive background in K12 and teacher education, and situated within queer and feminist theories, she often engages in interview, focus group, and observation based research that explores LGBTQ+ issues in educational research.