Justice-Centered Mixed Methods Research
Anna S. CohenMiller and Kelly Grace
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- Chapter-opening guiding questions.
- Within-chapter sidebars, topic boxes, and “Insights from Practice.”
- Critical self-reflection questions for individual or class use.
- Bolded key terms and an end-of-book glossary.
- End-of-chapter suggested readings.
“A powerful book! This text is a much-needed resource to help emerging mixed methods researchers engage in critical self-reflection and decision making through a justice-centered lens. It integrates explanations of the research process with case examples and reflection questions that will prepare students to better serve communities.”
—Cherie M. Avent, PhD, Department of Educational Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
“This book takes both a practical and theoretical approach to designing and implementing MMR for social justice. Reflections and cases from current MMR practitioners around the world make the book stand out. Bringing in these varied voices—instead of relying on the authors' perspectives alone—aligns with the justice-centered philosophy and makes the book more practical and applied than most other introductory MMR texts.”
—Peggy Shannon-Baker, PhD, College of Education, Georgia Southern University
“The sequencing of the chapters is logical and pedagogically sound. The authors lay the groundwork for embedding a justice-oriented lens into MMR and discuss everything from going into the field to generate data in relationship with participants to co-interpreting data and sharing findings. The book includes stimulating reflection questions and carefully designed tables that compare justice-oriented MMR with other MMR approaches. Readers of all levels of research experience will be engaged by the 'Insights from Practice' from a range of international scholars.”
—Norma Romm, DLitt et Phil, Research Associate and Professor Extraordinarius, College of Education, University of South Africa
“The 'Insights from Practice,' pedagogical features, and approachable writing make this text a clear choice for any methods instructor. Chapter-opening guiding questions offer the reader a nice roadmap of what they can expect to learn. End-of-chapter self-reflection questions are useful for instructors and students using the book in a course, as well as for researchers reading the book on their own.”
—Olivia G. Stewart, PhD, School of Education, St. John's University
“This book's accessible structure, practical guidance, and rich case studies make it an invaluable resource for researchers, educators, and community partners committed to ethical and impactful inquiry. Importantly, the authors integrate attention to Indigenous evaluation and decolonization, demonstrating how mixed methods research can be respectful of diverse knowledges and challenge entrenched inequities. A thread of relationality that is particularly resonant in Indigenous contexts runs through the book, showing how research can become transformative when built on long-term relationships of trust, reciprocity, and connection.”
—Fiona Cram, PhD, Director, Katoa Ltd., Aotearoa New Zealand
Table of Contents
1. An Introduction to Justice-Centered Mixed Methods Research- Justice-Centered Decision Making and the Limitations of What We Know
- Reflexivity and Critical Self-Reflection
- Insights from Practice: Exploring Positionality and Justice-Centered Decision Making
- Exploring Our Positionality and How It’s Affected Our Research, Anna S. CohenMiller & Kelly Grace
I. Preparing Justice-Centered Mixed Methods Research
2. Worldviews and Paradigms for Framing Equitable and Justice-Centered Mixed Methods Research
- Coming to Terms with Our Worldview
- Exploring Paradigms in Mixed Methods Research
- Insights from Practice: Reflections and Case Studies about Conceptualizing Equitable and Justice-Centered Mixed Methods Research
- Connecting Community Stories to Social Justice in Zoonotic Malaria Research: A Public Health Exploration in Rural Sabah, Malaysia, Nurul Athirah Naserrudin
- Linking Insights to Justice-Centered Ways Forward in Framing Equitable and Justice-Centered Mixed Methods Research
- Critical Self-Reflection Questions about Framing Equitable and Justice-Centered Mixed Methods Research
3. Assumptions and Approaches in Justice-Centered Mixed Methods Research
- A Brief History of Mixed Methods Research
- How to Find Our Guiding Steps for Justice-Centered Mixed Methods Research?
- Insights from Practice: Reflections and Case Studies about Assumptions and Approaches in Justice-Centered Mixed Methods Research
- Some Reflections on Our Transformative Mixed Methods Research Approach Set in Zambia, Veronica McKay & Norma R. A. Romm
- Justice-Centered Mixed Methods Research: Insights and Application of Reflexivity and Critical Self-Reflection, Donna M. Mertens
- Linking Insights to Justice-Centered Ways Forward in Assumptions and Approaches
- Critical Self-Reflection Questions about Assumptions and Approaches in Justice-Centered Mixed Methods Research
4. Designs in Justice-Centered Mixed Methods Research 
- What Can a Mixed Methods Research Design Look Like? Where Does a Justice-Centered Lens Fit?
- Insights from Practice: Reflections and Case Studies about Designs in Justice-Centered Mixed Methods Research
- Reflecting on My Practice, Ato Rockcliffe
- Conceptualizing and Designing Justice-Centered Mixed Methods Research Studies of Complex Phenomena, Cheryl Poth
- Linking Insights to Justice-Centered Ways Forward in Mixed Methods Research Designs
- Critical Self-Reflection Questions about Designing Justice-Centered Mixed Methods Research
II. Research in the Field
5. Sampling and Triangulation/Crystallization Approaches in Justice-Centered Mixed Methods Research
- Sampling
- Triangulation/Crystallization
- Insights from Practice: Reflections and Case Studies about Sampling and Triangulation/Crystallization Approaches in Justice-Centered Mixed Methods Research
- Reflexivity’s Critical Role in Fostering Triangulation in Mixed Methods Research: Humble Reflections on an Uncomfortable, Collective Journey, Caitlin Bletscher
- Hyper-Emic Design for Justice: Representative Intersectional Sampling and Triangulation, Sharon Ravitch, Vinay Mallikaarjun, & Usama Mahmud
- Linking Insights to Justice-Centered Sampling and Triangulation/ Crystallization Approaches in Mixed Methods Research
- Critical Self-Reflection Questions about Sampling and Triangulation/ Crystallization for Justice-Centered Mixed Methods Research
6. Data Generation (Collection) in Justice-Centered Mixed Methods Research
- Making Decisions in Justice-Centered Data Collection
- Data Collection for QUAL Strands of Mixed Methods Research
- Data Collection for QUAN Strands of Mixed Methods Research
- Justice-Centered Data Generation (Collection) Approaches
Insights from Practice: Reflections and Case Studies about Data Generation (Collection) in Justice-Centered Mixed Methods Research
- A Critical Self-Reflection Overview, Manijeh Badiee
- Justice-Centered Approaches to Research: Transformative Child–Parent Explorations, Charlotte Abrams & Madeline L. Abrams
- Linking Insights to Ways Forward in Justice-Centered Data Generation (Collection)
- Critical Self-Reflection Questions about Data Generation (Collection) in Justice-Centered Mixed Methods Research
7. Data Management in Justice-Centered Mixed Methods Research
- Justice-Centered Data Management
- Data Transformation in Mixed Methods Research
- Insights from Practice: Reflections and Case Studies of Data Management in Justice-Centered Mixed Methods Research
- Seeing the Symphony: Data Management across Multiple Types and Multiple Levels, Joshua Travis Brown
- Data as Messenger: Uncovering Narratives of Justice in Educational Research, W. Ian O’Bryne
- Linking Insights to Justice-Centered Ways Forward in Data Management
- Critical Self-Reflection Questions about Data Management in Justice-Centered Mixed Methods Research
8. Data Analysis in Justice-Centered Mixed Methods Research
- QUAN Data Analysis in Justice-Centered Mixed Methods Research
- QUAL Data Analysis in Justice-Centered Mixed Methods Research Community-Based Participatory Research and Mixed Methods Research
- Intersectionality and Justice-Centered Mixed Methods Research Analysis
- Artificial Intelligence in Justice-Centered Data Analysis in Mixed Methods Research
Insights from Practice: Reflections and Case Studies of Data Analysis in Justice-Centered Mixed Methods Research
- Using Mixed Methods to Investigate Fairness in Educational Testing, Julie Corrigan & Elaheh Zaferenieh
- Conceptualization and Data Analysis in Justice-Centered Quantitative Research, Sothy Eng
- Linking Insights to Justice-Centered Ways Forward in Data Analysis
- Critical Self-Reflection Questions about Data Analysis in Justice-Centered Mixed Methods Research
III. Interpreting and Discussing Results for Justice-Centered Mixed Methods Research
9. Integration in Justice-Centered Mixed Methods Research
- Conceptual Foundations of Justice-Centered Mixed Methods Integration Considerations for Integration in Justice-Centered Mixed Methods Research
- Practices and Tools for Justice-Centered Integration in Mixed Methods Research
- Checking for Fit in Justice-Centered Mixed Methods Research
- Future Directions in Justice-Centered Integration in Mixed Methods Research
- Evaluation of Integration Quality in Justice-Centered Mixed Methods Research
- Insights from Practice: Reflections and Case Studies of Integration in Justice-Centered Mixed Methods Research
- Beyond the Reflection: Justice-Centered Explorations of Qualitative and Quantitative Perspectives, Madeline L. Abrams, Sandra Schamroth Abrams, & Anthony J. Onwuegbuzie
- Triumphs and Learning Opportunities in Creating an Online International Global Learning Exchange with American and Ukrainian Graduate Students, Olivia G. Stewart & Ekaterina Midgette
- Linking Insights to Justice-Centered Ways Forward in Justice-Centered Integration
- Critical Self-Reflection Questions about Integration in Justice-Centered Mixed Methods Research
10. Data Visualization for Justice-Centered Mixed Methods Research
- Data Visualization for Justice-Centered Mixed Methods Research
- Insights from Practice: Reflections and Case Studies of Data Visualization for Justice-Centered Mixed Methods
- Visualizing during the Mixed Methods Process, Peggy Shannon-Baker
- Integrating a Community of Practice in Data Visualizations, Jessica Davison
- Linking Insights to Justice-Centered Ways Forward in Data Visualization in Analysis and Reporting
- Critical Self-Reflection Questions about Data Visualization for Justice-Centered Mixed Methods Research
11. Reporting and Sharing for Justice-Centered Mixed Methods Research
Communicating Research and Justice-Centered Language Choices
- Approaches for Sharing Findings with a Justice-Centered Lens
- Insights from Practice: Reflections and Case Studies of Reporting and Sharing for Justice-Centered Mixed Methods Research
- Equipped to Call for Change, Meagan Call-Cummings
- Relationship between Mental Health and the Social Security System: Reflections on Research, Katie Pybus & Maddy Power
- Linking Insights to Finding Justice-Centered Ways Forward
- Critical Self-Reflection Questions about Reporting and Sharing in Justice-Centered Mixed Methods Research
IV. A Step beyond the Research Project
12. Beyond the “End” of a Research Study in Justice-Centered Reflective Mixed Methods Research, with Nettie Boivin
- Coalition Building and Maintaining Relationships with Justice-Centered Aims
- Into Practice: Justice-Centered Reflective Methods
- A Sample Framing for Justice-Centered Reflective Mixed Methods Practice
- Insights from Practice: Reflections and Case Studies from the Field
- Unheard Voices: Seeing a Fuller, More Socially Just Picture with Mixed Methods Educational Research, Azyan Shafee
- Lessons Learned on the Road toward Equity and Justice, P. Paul Chandanabhumma
- Linking Insights to Justice-Centered Ways Forward in the Field
- Critical Self-Reflection Questions about Moving beyond the “End” of a Research Project and Building Coalitions
Glossary
References
Index
About the Authors
About the Authors
Anna S. CohenMiller, PhD, is a transnational, award-winning justice-centered researcher and community-builder, TEDx speaker, and educational leader. Drawing inspiration from Indigenous wisdoms and arts-based research, Dr. CohenMiller has experience in the United States, Central Asia, and European higher education contexts, bridging disciplinary lines to demystify research and empower researchers and practitioners. She is Full Professor at Nord University, Norway, where she is Research Lead at PLUS: Centre for Professional Development and Learning.Kelly Grace, PhD, specializes in issues of equity and social justice in comparative and international education, with particular interests in innovative methodology and applying quantitative methods to the examination of power dynamics and inequity. She has international research and evaluation experience in gender and social inclusion in Cambodia and Kazakhstan. Dr. Grace serves as Educational Assessment Specialist at The University of Texas Medical Branch.