Recommended Readings

Additional readings provide a jumping-off point for course assignments, papers, research, group work, and class discussion.

This is a listing of SAGE journal articles cited and referenced in Qualitative Research: Analyzing Life, second edition.

In addition to these entries, check SAGE's complete journal catalogue for titles devoted exclusively to the topic (e.g., Qualitative Inquiry, Qualitative Research), journal titles with a disciplinary focus (e.g., Qualitative Health Research, Qualitative Social Work), and journals that regularly feature qualitative research articles (e.g., American Educational Research Journal, Field Methods, New Media & Society).

Allen Q. (2012). “They think minority means lesser than”: Black middle-class sons and fathers resisting microaggressions in the school. Urban Education, 48(2), 171-197. https://doi.org/10.1177/0042085912450575

Back, M. D., Küfner, A. C. P., & Egloff, B. (2010). The emotional timeline of September 11, 2001. Psychological Science, 21(10), 1417–1419. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797610382124

Berbary, L. A. (2011). Poststructural writerly representation: Screenplay as creative analytic practice. Qualitative Inquiry, 17(2), 186–196. https://doi.org/10.1177/1077800410393887

Berbary, L. A. (2012). “Don’t be a whore, that’s not ladylike”: Discursive discipline and sorority women’s gendered subjectivity. Qualitative Inquiry, 18(7), 602–625. https://doi.org/10.1177/1077800412450150

Boden, Z. V. R., Gibson, S., Owen, G. J., & Benson, O. (2016). Feelings and intersubjectivity in qualitative suicide research. Qualitative Health Research, 26(8), 1078-1090. https://doi.org/10.1177/1049732315576709

Bonilla-Silva, E. (2002). The linguistics of color-blind racism: How to talk nasty about Blacks without sounding ‘racist.’ Critical Sociology, 28(1–2), 41–64. https://doi.org/10.1177/08969205020280010501

Bryman, A. (2006). Integrating quantitative and qualitative research: How is it done? Qualitative Research, 6(1), 97–113. https://doi.org/10.1177/1468794106058877

Casey, R. C. (2018). Hard time: A content analysis of incarcerated women’s personal accounts. Affilia: Journal of Women and Social Work, 33(1), 126-138. https://doi.org/10.1177/0886109917718233

Colditz, J. B., Welling, J., Smith, N. A., James, A. E., & Primack, B. A. (2017). World Vaping Day: Contextualizing vaping culture in online social media using a mixed methods approach. Journal of Mixed Methods Research, 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1177/1558689817702753

Connolly, K., & Reilly, R. C. (2007). Emergent issues when researching trauma: A confessional tale. Qualitative Inquiry, 13(4), 522–540. https://doi.org/10.1177/1077800406297678

Crosset, V., Tanner, S., & Campana, A. (2019). Researching far right groups on Twitter: Methodological challenges 2.0. New Media & Society, 21(4), 939-961. https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444818817306

Eastman, J. T. (2012). Rebel manhood: The hegemonic masculinity of the southern rock music revival. Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, 41(2), 189–219. https://doi.org/10.1177/0891241611426430

Finley, S., & Finley, M. (1999). Sp’ange: A research story. Qualitative Inquiry, 5(3), 313–337. https://doi.org/10.1177/107780049900500302

Fox, R. (2014). Are those germs in your pocket, or am I just crazy to see you? An autoethnographic consideration of obsessive-compulsive disorder. Qualitative Inquiry, 20(8), 966–975. https://doi.org/10.1177/1077800413513732

Fredricks, J. A., Alfeld-Liro, C. J., Hruda, L. Z., Eccles, J. S., Patrick, H., & Ryan, A. M. (2002). A qualitative exploration of adolescents’ commitment to athletics and the arts. Journal of Adolescent Research, 17(1), 68–97. https://doi.org/10.1177/0743558402171004

Goldman, R. E., Mennillo, L., Stebbins, P., & Parker, D. R. (2017). How do patients conceptualize chronic obstructive pulmonary disease? Chronic Respiratory Disease, 14(3), 245-255. https://doi.org/10.1177/1479972316680845

Hall, J. A. (2019). How many hours does it take to make a friend? Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 36(4), 1278–1296. https://doi.org/10.1177/0265407518761225

Hanauer, D. I. (2015). Being in the second Iraq war: A poetic ethnography. Qualitative Inquiry, 21(1), 83–106. https://doi.org/10.1177/1077800414542697

Hlava, P., & Elfers, J. (2014). The lived experience of gratitude. Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 54(4), 434–455. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022167813508605

Jacobs, T. (22 May 2019a). Women perform better on tests when rooms are warmer. https://psmag.com/education/the-battle-of-the-thermostat-women-perform-better-on-tests-when-rooms-are-warmer.

Jacobs, T. (24 May 2019b). Having a sense of purpose helps you live longer. https://psmag.com/news/having-a-sense-of-purpose-helps-you-live-longer.

Lunnay, B., Borlagdan, J., McNaughton, D., & Ward, P. (2015). Ethical use of social media to facilitate qualitative research. Qualitative Health Research, 25(1), 99-109. https://doi.org/10.1177/1049732314549031

Lynch, M., & Mah, C. (2018). Using Internet data sources to achieve qualitative interviewing purposes: A research note. Qualitative Research, 18(6), 741-752. https://doi.org/10.1177/1468794117731510

Miller, D. L., Creswell, J. W., & Olander, L. S. (1998). Writing and retelling multiple ethnographic tales of a soup kitchen for the homeless. Qualitative Inquiry, 4(1), 469–491. https://doi.org/10.1177/107780049800400404

Morris, E. W. (2008). “Rednecks,” “rutters,” and ’rithmetic: Social class, masculinity and schooling in a rural context. Gender & Society, 22, 728–751. https://doi.org/10.1177/0891243208325163

Nordmarken, S. (2014). Becoming ever more monstrous: Feeling transgender in-betweenness. Qualitative Inquiry, 20(1), 37–50. https://doi.org/10.1177/1077800413508531

Park, H.-Y. (2009). Writing in Korean, living in the U.S.: A screenplay about a bilingual boy and his mom. Qualitative Inquiry, 15(6), 1103–1124. https://doi.org/10.1177/1077800409334184

Patton, D. U., Lane, J., Leonard, P., Macbeth, J., & Smith Lee, J. R. (2017). Gang violence on the digital street: Case study of a south side Chicago gang member’s Twitter communication. New Media & Society, 19(7), 1000-1018. https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444815625949

Reyes, D. V. (2015). Inhabiting Latino politics: How colleges shape students’ political styles. Sociology of Education, 88(4), 302–319. https://doi.org/10.1177/0038040715602753

Robards, B., & Lincoln, S. (2017). Uncovering longitudinal life narratives: Scrolling back on Facebook. Qualitative Research 17(6), 715-730. https://doi.org/10.1177/1468794117700707

Roulston, K., deMarrais, K., & Lewis, J. B. (2003). Learning to interview in the social sciences. Qualitative Inquiry, 9(4), 643–668. https://doi.org/10.1177/1077800403252736

Santos-Guerra, M. A., & Fernández-Sierra, J. (1996). Qualitative evaluation of a program on self-care and health education for diabetics. Evaluation, 2(3), 339–347. https://doi.org/10.1177/135638909600200307

Speedy, J., & “The Unassuming Geeks.” (2011). “All Googled out on suicide”: Making collective biographies out of silent fragments with “The Unassuming Geeks.” Qualitative Inquiry, 17(2), 134–143. https://doi.org/10.1177/1077800410392333

Sweet, J. D., & Carlson, D. L. (2018). A story of becoming: Trans* equity as ethnodrama. Qualitative Inquiry, 24(3), 183-193. https://doi.org/10.1177/1077800417704467

Topinka, R. J. (2018). Politically incorrect participatory media: Racist nationalism on r/ImGoingToHellForThis. New Media & Society, 20(5), 2050-2069. https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444817712516

Tracy, S. J., Lutgen -Sandvik, P., & Alberts, J. K. (2006). Nightmares, demons, and slaves: Exploring the painful metaphors of workplace bullying. Management Communication Quarterly, 20(2), 148–185. https://doi.org/10.1177/0893318906291980

True, G., Rigg, K. K., & Butler, A. (2015). Understanding barriers to mental health care for recent war veterans through photovoice. Qualitative Health Research, 25(10), 1443-1455. https://doi.org/10.1177/1049732314562894

Wallace, T. L., & Chhuon, V. (2014). Proximal processes in urban classrooms: Engagement and disaffection in urban youth of color. American Educational Research Journal, 51(5), 937–973. https://doi.org/10.3102/0002831214531324

Weinstein, E. (2018). The social media see-saw: Positive and negative influences on adolescents’ affective well-being. New Media & Society, 20(10), 3597-3623. https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444818755634

Wierzbicka, A. (2012). Is pain a human universal?: A cross-linguistic and cross-cultural perspective on pain. Emotion Review, 4(3), 307–317. https://doi.org/10.1177/1754073912439761

Yang, C., Brown, B. B., & Braun, M. T. (2014). From Facebook to cell calls: Layers of electronic intimacy in college students’ interpersonal relationships. New Media & Society, 16(1), 5–23. https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444812472486