Feminist Research Practice

Sharlene Nagy Hesse-Biber, Ph. D. University of Michigan, is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Women's and Gender Studies Program at Boston College. Her monograph, Am I Thin Enough Yet? (Oxford, 1996), was selected as one of Choice Magazine's best academic books for 1996. She is author of The Cult Thinness (Oxford, 2007) and Mixed Methods Research: Merging Theory with Practice (Guilford Publications, 2010). She is the co-author of Working Women in America (Oxford, 2005) and The Practice of Qualitative Research (Sage, 2006; 2011). She is the co-editor of Approaches to Qualitative Research (Oxford, 2004), Feminist Perspectives on Social Research (Oxford, 2004), Emergent Methods in Social Research (Sage, 2006) and The Handbook of Emergent Methods (Guilford, 2008). She is editor of The Handbook of Feminist Research (Sage, 2007), an AESA Critics' Choice Award winner and selected one of Choice Magazine's Outstanding Academic titles for 2007, and co-author of Feminist Research Practice: A Primer (Sage, 2007; Second Edition forthcoming, 2012). She is editor of The Handbook of Emergent Technologies in Social Research (Oxford, 2011). She is co-developer of HyperRESEARCH, a software tool for analyzing qualitative data, and HyperTRANSCRIBE, a transcription software tool (researchware.com).

The fully revised and updated Second Edition of Feminist Research Practice: A Primer, edited by Sharlene Nagy Hesse-Biber, draws on the expertise of a stellar group of interdisciplinary scholars who cover cutting-edge res

Chapter 1. A Re-Invitation to Feminist Research - Sharlene Hesse-BiberChapter 2. Feminist Empiricism and Standpoint Theory: Approaches to Understanding the Social World - Nancy A. Naples and Barbara GurrChapter 3. Feminist Postmodernism, Poststructuralism and Critical Theory - Nollaig Frost and Frauke ElichaoffChapter 4. Ethics and Feminist Research - Linda BellChapter 5. What Is Feminist Ethnography? - Elana D. Buch and Karen M. StallerChapter 6. Feminist Practice of Action and Community Research - M. Brinton Lykes and Alison CrosbyChapter 7. Feminist Approaches to In-Depth Interviewing - Sharlene Hesse-BiberChapter 8. The Practice of Feminist Focus Groups - Jennie MundayChapter 9. Feminist Media Research - Heather McIntosh and Lisa M. CuklanzChapter 10. Feminist Survey Research - Kathi Miner and Toby JayaratneChapter 11. The Feminist Practice of Program Evaluation - Donna M. Mertens and Nichole StewartChapter 12. Feminist Approaches to Mixed Methods Research - Sharlene Hesse-BiberChapter 13. Conclusion: Putting Together Your Research Project - Sharlene Hesse-Biber