Maria K. E. Lahman is a professor in the Department of Applied Statistics and Research Methods at the University of Northern Colorado, USA. Maria has taught writing and representing qualitative research for twenty years and specializes in creating ethical solutions for culturally complex situations, aesthetic representation of research, and advancing ethical research with young children and diverse groups. A graduate of Eastern Mennonite University, she challenges herself to weave aspects of social justice and peacebuilding into her pedagogy and scholarship.
This book addresses foundational areas of qualitative writing (such as journal articles and dissertations), aesthetic representations (including poetry and autoethnography), publishing, and reflexivity in representation in one practical and engaging text based on real experiences. Author Maria K.E. Lahman draws on her experiences as a qualitative research professor and writing instructor, and as someone who has published widely in scholarly journals, employing both traditional and more innovative forms of writing. The first part of the book covers writing tips; how to represent data; how to write a qualitative thematic journal article; how to write a qualitative dissertation; and provides guidance on the publication process. The second part encourages the qualitative researcher to move beyond traditional forms of writing and consider how qualitative research can be represented more aesthetically: as poems, autoethnographies, and visually. The book concludes with a chapter on reflexivity in research representations. Throughout, the author provides vivid examples from her own work, and that of graduate students and colleagues.
