Centering Diverse Bodyminds in Critical Qualitative Inquiry - Hardcover

by Jessica Nina Lester (Editor), Emily a. Nusbaum (Editor)

This book advances qualitative methods and methodological discussions from the ways in which "disabled people" are viewed primarily as research subjects without input of their own, to a place where disability embodiment and the lived experience of disability are potential sources of method and methodological advancement.

Author Biography

Jessica Nina Lester, PhD is an associate professor of inquiry methodology in the School of Education at Indiana University, Bloomington. Much of her scholarship focuses on methodological concerns at the intersection of discourse and conversation analysis and disability studies. She has most recently published in journals such as Qualitative Inquiry, Qualitative Research in Psychology, and Discourse Studies. Most recently, she co-authored a book with Sage publications titled Doing Qualitative Research in a Digital World.

Emily A. Nusbaum, PhD currently teaches at Mills College and University of San Diego. She has worked in teacher education and special education departments, has taught undergraduate and graduate level courses in disability studies in education and interdisciplinary disability studies, as well as qualitative research methods. Her research focuses on the advancement of critical, qualitative research through the centering of disability and disabled researchers, the ideology of inclusive education, and the experiences of post-secondary students who identify as disabled. Emily is invested in supporting individuals and families in accessing general education and higher education environments, which they have historically been denied access to.