Jane Mills - Qualitative Methodology

Robin Adeneycompleted her doctorate at the University of Regina in Saskatchewan in 2011 using a narrative inquiry methodology for her research design on children's play. She has worked as a singer/songwriter, storyteller, pre-school, kindergarten and grade one teacher and museum educator. Her varied interests include children's play, histories of childhood, the arts as ways of knowing, folklore and games, inclusive education, and understanding children's culture. Recently, Robin's attention shifted to include post-secondary education and she is currently employed with the provincial government in the colleges and private vocational schools area.Melanie Birksis recognised internationally for her work in grounded theory methodology. In addition to the text co-authored with Jane Mills, Melanie has published numerous journal articles that address methodological processes in qualitative research, in particular in grounded theory. She has a number of other publications in the form of books, book chapters and peer reviewed articles. Melanie has worked and researched extensively in the area of nursing education and is passionate about instilling a culture of evidence based practice in health care professionals both in Australia and overseas. Melanie is a recipient of the Australian Defence Medal for her work in educating Royal Australian Air Force personnel. She has spent time teaching and researching in the international environment, particularly in East Malaysia, which was the setting for her PhD research.Simon Burgessreceived his PhD in moral and political philosophy from Monash University in 2006. Since then he has worked in policy development, project management, and academia. He is currently the head of Central Queensland University's Master of Indigenous Studies program. He has published in philosophy, curriculum evaluation and workplace management but his principal research interests are in philosophy, particularly as it relates to moral evaluation and the wider social world.Ysanne Chapmanis an independent scholar and consultant in education. She currently holds adjunct appointments with James Cook University, Charles Sturt University and Monash University in Australia. Professor Chapman has an extensive history in academia including experience in working in the international environment. Professor Chapman has produced numerous books, book chapters and journal articles, and has been commissioned to co-author further books, including a textbook on communication.Bob Dickis an independent scholar, an occasional academic, a consultant and facilitator in the fields of participative community and organizational change and evaluation, and a concerned citizen. For the past 40 years he has helped people (and himself) improve their own performance and satisfaction, and that of their organisations and communities. As educator, consultant and facilitator, Bob has used action research, action learning and participative methods in communities, organisations and university classrooms. He has published in the areas of facilitation, action research, and change. Much of his current work has involved the use of action research and action learning to bring about change, leadership development, and the enhancement of organizational and community resilience.Urmitapa Duttais an Assistant Professor of Psychology and a member of the graduate committee of Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. Informed by a critical social justice agenda, her research tries to understand and address marginality where it is intimately connected to violence. Urmitapa's doctoral dissertation was a critical ethnographic investigation of the struggles over cultural representations and their relationship to varied expressions of ethnic violence in Northeast India. As part of this project, Urmitapa has worked with youth to develop innovative, community-based approaches to address everyday violence and to promote everyday peace. While continuing her critical ethnographic research in Northeast India, Urmitapa's current research also focuses on developing participatory action research projects with people from marginalized contexts in the greater Boston area. She was recently awarded the 2012 Exemplary Diversity Scholar Citation from the National Center for Institutional Diversity, University of Michigan Ann Arbor.Karen Hoareis a Nurse Practitioner for Children and Young People and partners with five general practitioners in a clinic in South Auckland. Additionally she has a joint appointment as a Senior Lecturer across the School of Nursing and the Department of General Practice and Primary Health Care within the University of Auckland. Karen is developing her research expertise as a constructivist grounded theorist. Originally trained as primarily a children's nurse at Great Ormond Street hospital, London, her experiences working with children and young people span the globe, emigrating to New Zealand from the UK in 2003. She has lived in South and West Africa and also worked in Peru. In 2000 she set up the charity and company Development Direct Global Partnerships (see www.developmentdirect.org.uk), the aim of this organization is to alleviate global poverty and improve the health of children.Janice Huberis an Associate Professor in Preservice and graduate teacher in education at the University of Regina. Growing from doctoral and postdoctoral study, her relational narrative inquiries and coauthored publications, including