"A Qualitative Exploration of Disability Appraisals in Pediatric Spinal Cord Injury" by Stewart et al.This qualitative study explored the substance and context of disability appraisals held by youth with chronic spinal cord injury (SCI) and their parents/caregivers. psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?d...

📢Registration for our 2026 conference at @duquesneuniversity.bsky.social is now open! A not-to-be-missed conference with keynote speakers Joseph Gone and @saramcclelland.bsky.social Please go to www.sqip.org/registration to register. See you in July!

🔆The Spring 2026 SQIP Newsletter has arrived! In this issue, you will ▶️ Discover more information about the SQIP 2026 conference ▶️ Hear from the current SQIP president @seamusapower.bsky.social & the president-elect, Irene Strasser ▶️ Find so much more! Enjoy! www.sqip.org/post/spring-...

🏆The 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐲 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 recognizes outstanding dissertations that make significant contributions to qualitative research methods. We celebrate @jwlee9209.bsky.social (@uwmadison.bsky.social) & the study on "Transness is Our Salve" for receiving this honor.

🏆 The 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐄𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐲 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 recognizes exceptional early career scholars whose work significantly advances qualitative research. We celebrate Zenobia Morrill, PhD (@williamjamesedu.bsky.social) for receiving this honor for exceptional contributions

📢 Speaker Series Event #2 - Intersectionality in Qualitative Inquiry and Mixed Methods Designs: Advancing Socially Just Research - Featuring @jionilewis.bsky.social Free event for anyone interested in equity-focused scholarship. Saturday, April 11, 2026 9am-10am PT bit.ly/speakerserie...

🏆 The 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐲 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 recognizes exceptional contributions to the teaching, mentorship, and development of qualitative researchers. We celebrate Lisa Osbeck (@uwestga.bsky.social) for receiving this honor.

🏆 The 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐲 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 recognizes a lifetime of outstanding contributions that have shaped and advanced qualitative research. We celebrate Deborah Tolman for receiving this honor. Dr. Tolman has been a trailblazer in qualitative inquiry in psychology

Our warmest congratulations to the recipients of the 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 𝐀𝐏𝐀 𝐃𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝟓 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬! 🏆 𝐃𝐫. 𝐃𝐄𝐁𝐎𝐑𝐀𝐇 𝐓𝐎𝐋𝐌𝐀𝐍 🏆 𝐃𝐫. 𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐀 𝐎𝐒𝐁𝐄𝐂𝐊 🏆 𝐃𝐫. 𝐙𝐄𝐍𝐎𝐁𝐈𝐀 𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐑𝐈𝐋𝐋 🏆 𝐌𝐫. 𝐉𝐎𝐎𝐍𝐖𝐎𝐎 𝐋𝐄𝐄 🔗 Read more about their work here: www.sqip.org/post/2026-ap...

📚 𝐒𝐇𝐄𝐋𝐅-𝐑𝐞𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐯𝐞 📚 This month’s pick is 𝑬𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒂𝒍𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑨𝒖𝒕𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒏𝒐𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒑𝒉𝒚 by Christopher N. Poulos. Poulos invites us to turn inward—carefully, critically, and courageously. Storytelling grounded in lived experience makes it possible to trace how personal moments are shaped by broader social worlds.

🔍 𝐌𝐄𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐃/𝐎𝐋𝐎𝐆𝐘 𝐈𝐍 𝐅𝐎𝐂𝐔𝐒: 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗱𝘀 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴? Decolonial methods invite researchers to question whose knowledge counts and whose voices have been marginalized. 📌 Sonn and Bhatia (2025) highlight five orientations guiding this work. Scan QR code.

📢 SQIP QP Special Section: Women and NonBinary Womxn's Sexuality and Sexualization "Portraits of Wanting: A Listening Guide Analysis of Young Women’s Struggles for Desire" by @jennchmielewski.bsky.social How young women grapple with contradictions of desire psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?d...

From the Qualitative Psychology Special Section: Women and NonBinary Womxn's Sexuality and Sexualization "Eluding the Madonna–Whore Complex: A Listening Guide Analysis of Women Breaking Their Own Hymens in Turkey" by Sedef Ozoguz at @thenewschool.bsky.social psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?d...

SQIP QP Special Section: Women and NonBinary Womxn's Sexuality and Sexualization "A Narrative Case Study of Pleasure Activism and Black Women’s Sexual and Intimate Journeys" by Seanna Leath et al. Exploring Black women's meaning-making around sexual pleasure psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?d...

Qualitative Psychology February Special Section: Women and NonBinary Womxn's Sexuality and Sexualization "A Qualitative Study on Biracial Black East Asian American Women and Their Experiences of Hypersexualization" by Kalya Castillo et al. Offers novel insights psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?d...

Check out some great new work we are highlighting in #QualitativePsychology. Proud to be helping lead it with a great editorial team. @qualpsy.bsky.social

🔆Deadline extended! The SQIP 2026 conference "Narrating the Needs of Our Time: Inquiries of Hope, Connection, and Possibility" - July 17-18, 2026 at Duquesne University. Keynote speakers - @saramcclelland.bsky.social & Joseph Gone. New proposal deadline is March 2, 2026. www.sqip.org/call-for-sub...

Qualitative Psychology February Special Section: Women and NonBinary Womxn's Sexuality and Sexualization Sexual Healing (and Harming): The Radical Transformative Potentialities of Nonbinary Black Womxn’s Sexuality by Monyae Kerney et al at @universityofky.bsky.social psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?d...

"'修己安人 Cultivating Oneself to Benefit Others': A Qualitative Study on Self-forgiveness in China" by Feng Zhao et al. at @flindersuniversity.bsky.social — Thematic analysis identified four themes that encapsulate the phenomenon of self-forgiveness in Chinese culture psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?d...

"Commitment, integrity, (climate) action! An explorative inquiry of persons’ everyday choices and trade-offs" by Lise Isabella Meistrup & Jacob Klitmøller How people are actively engaging in a complicated puzzle of integrating proenvironmental actions w/in their lives psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?d...

"Toward Meaningful Networks: How Qualitative Research Can Inform Idiographic Assessment and Personalized Care" by @melissadesmet.bsky.social et al. Using adolescent depression — leading cause of illness & disability among adolescents — as a critical clinical example psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...

“'The Unexpected Wheelchair': Exploring U.K. University Students’ Social Perceptions of Dating and Physical Disability Using Story Completion" by @vicclarke.bsky.social and @ginnybraun.bsky.social A narrative design to understand negative social perceptions psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...

🔆Deadline extended! The SQIP 2026 conference "Narrating the Needs of Our Time: Inquiries of Hope, Connection, and Possibility" - July 17-18, 2026 at Duquesne University. Keynote speakers - @saramcclelland.bsky.social & Joseph Gone. New proposal deadline is March 2, 2026. www.sqip.org/call-for-sub...

The Ruthellen Josselson Chair for Qualitative Inquiry at Fielding Graduate University is pleased to launch the Culture & Innovation in Qualitative Research Speaker Series with a presentation by @dradames.bsky.social Saturday, February 21, 2026 9am-10am PST. Register bit.ly/speakerseriesadames

AI and qualitative research... our concerns and guidance at Qualitative Psychology...

📢Call for Proposals! SQIP 2026 conference "Narrating the Needs of Our Time: Inquiries of Hope, Connection, and Possibility" will be held July 17-18, 2026, at Duquesne University. Keynote speakers @saramcclelland.bsky.social & Joseph Gone. Deadline is February 23, 2026. www.sqip.org/call-for-sub...

"A Consideration of the Ethics and Methodological Integrity of Generative Artificial Intelligence in Qualitative Research: Guidelines for Qualitative Psychology" by @heidilevitt.bsky.social QP does not publish articles in which AI was used for six specific activities psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...

📚 𝐒𝐇𝐄𝐋𝐅-𝐑𝐞𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐯𝐞 📚 This month’s pick is 𝑬𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒂𝒍𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑵𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝑨𝒏𝒂𝒍𝒚𝒔𝒊𝒔 by Ruthellen Josselson & Phillip L. Hammack. Josselson and Hammack invite us to listen closely to stories. Through careful textual attention, stories become sites where identity, power, and lived experience intersect. 📖

🔆“Methodological Retrospectives” in Qualitative Psychology are teaching-friendly articles written by leaders in the field in a compelling format for students - psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/..., psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/..., psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/..., psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/...

A critically important article from Qualitative Psychology and excellent, thoughtful scholars @vicclarke.bsky.social @ginnybraun.bsky.social. I love that it made such waves - top 3 for APA Publishing! @qualpsy.bsky.social

📢Call for Proposals! SQIP 2026 conference "Narrating the Needs of Our Time: Inquiries of Hope, Connection, and Possibility" will be held July 17-18, 2026, at Duquesne University. Keynote speakers @saramcclelland.bsky.social & Joseph Gone. Deadline is February 23, 2026. www.sqip.org/call-for-sub...

🔍 𝐌𝐄𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐃/𝐎𝐋𝐎𝐆𝐘 𝐈𝐍 𝐅𝐎𝐂𝐔𝐒: 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻-𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗡𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗔𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘆𝘀𝗶𝘀 ✨ 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗶𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀: PCNA centers subjectivity, voice, and social context, resisting the tendency to fragment lives into categories. 💡 Scan the QR code to learn more about person-centered narrative analysis in qualitative psychology.

🔆𝐒𝐐𝐈𝐏 𝐌𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭: 𝐈𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐫 🔶Meet Irene Strasser, Associate Professor of Psychology and Chair of the Psychology Department at SUNY Cortland. She is currently President-elect of @qualpsy.bsky.social and will assume the presidency for the 2026-2027 term. www.linkedin.com/in/irene-str...

Call for Proposals! SQIP 2026 conference "Narrating the Needs of Our Time: Inquiries of Hope, Connection, and Possibility" will be held July 17-18, 2026, at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh. Deadline for proposal submissions is February 23, 2026. Submit here bit.ly/4aG7Nhw

#3 - “Being Really Confidently Wrong”: Qualitative Researchers’ Experiences of Methodologically Incongruent Peer Review Feedback by @vicclarke.bsky.social et al.

Call for Proposals! SQIP 2026 conference "Narrating the Needs of Our Time: Inquiries of Hope, Connection, and Possibility" will be held July 17-18, 2026, at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh. Deadline for proposal submissions is February 23, 2026. Submit here bit.ly/4aG7Nhw

🎈 🎈 Searching for the Joy of the Crowd: Field Social Psychology During the Reopening of Danish Society🎈 🎈 w/Sofie Roest, Esben Ronan, Sigrid S. V., Signe Vangkilde, Laura Vangkilde, & Thomas Morton in @qualpsy.bsky.social psycnet.apa.org/record/2027-...

📚 𝐒𝐇𝐄𝐋𝐅-𝐑𝐞𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐯𝐞! 📚 This month’s pick is 𝑬𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒂𝒍𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐏𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐬 by Jonathan A. Smith & @Isabella E. Nizza. Smith and Nizza guide us through a step-by-step method to explore how people make sense of their lived experiences. go.apa.org/qualitative-... #qualitative

In Qualitative Psychology from @apajournals.bsky.social, "The double-edged scalpel: The stress and responsibility of being a surgeon" by Leeat Granek et al. — Addressing surgeons' burdens to improve the quality of their lives & the quality of patient & family care. psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?d...

In @apajournals.bsky.social, "Client experiences of drama therapy: A systematic review and qualitative meta-analysis" by Tobias Constien, Akhila Khanna, & Amélie Wiberg - Symbolic, creative, & playful experiences found supportive. Some find them difficult, obstructive psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?d...

Proposal Deadline: November 23 — 2025 RUTHELLEN JOSSELSON STUDENT RESEARCH GRANTS — SQIP is offering 5 awards up to $500 each to support graduate students currently enrolled in programs in psychology or related fields to complete projects based in #qualitative approaches www.sqip.org/post/2025-ru...

"Simply Being: A Found Poem for the Trans Community From Trans Mental Health Professionals and Trainees" by Pease & Galupo - Implications for research & the power of poetry, creative methodologies, & diverse epistemologies in advancing trans equity & liberation psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...

This is one of four excellent articles intended for use in the classroom. The others in that special issue focus on decolonial, phenomenological, and critical participatory action research. They are student-friendly and historically embedded descriptions that make clear how to do each one well!

"Person-centered narrative analysis: A methodological retrospective and primer" by Phillip Hammack & Ruthellen Josselson in @apajournals.bsky.social. Situates PCNA within the qualitative revolution in psychology to restore a focus on individual meaning awspntest.apa.org/doiLanding?d...

In @apajournals.bsky.social Qualitative Psychology, "Decolonial qualitative enactments and modes of inquiry: A methodological retrospective" by Christopher Sonn & Sunil Bhatia — We aim to demonstrate “how” to undo and “unlearn” Eurocentric forms of colonial knowledge psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?d...

"Methodological retrospective: Critical participatory action research" by Jesica Silham Fernández and Michelle Fine, in Qualitative Psychology. "We feature contemporary examples of CPAR and end with reflections, challenges, and dilemmas of engaging CPAR" psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?d...

In Qualitative Psychology, "Phenomenological method in psychological science: A methodological retrospective" by Frederick J. Wertz - Forward movement requires the presentation and integration of phenomenological method in psychology’s methodological curricula, psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?d...

"Utilizing qualitative methods to detect validity issues in clinical experience sampling methodology (ESM)" by @leonieschorrlepp.bsky.social et al. in @apajournals.bsky.social Psychological Assessment - Illustrates the usefulness of qualitative validity checks in ESM psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?d...

2025 RUTHELLEN JOSSELSON STUDENT RESEARCH GRANTS - SQIP is offering 5 awards of up to $500 each to support graduate students who are currently enrolled in programs in psychology or related fields to carry out projects based in #qualitative approaches-Proposals due Nov 23 www.sqip.org/post/2025-ru...

The Fall 2025 SQIP newsletter is now available. It includes the Presidential statement and vision for the forthcoming year by @seamusapower.bsky.social, a message from @heidilevitt.bsky.social, a spotlight on @saramcclelland.bsky.social, & much more. You can read it here: www.sqip.org/newsletters