🔆“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

The International Society for Theoretical Psychology (ISTP, www.istpsychology.org) will host its 2026 conference at @pratt.edu Conference theme “Theorizing in Dark Times – Art, Narrative, Politics” Submit your proposal at www.pratt.edu/ISTP-2026. The final deadline is extended to December 10, 2025.

New special section of Qualitative Methods on Methodological Retrospectives—a new initiative launched by the journal. Explore articles on person-centered narrative analysis, decolonial qualitative enactments and modes of inquiry, and more: https://bit.ly/3J5eD4V @qualpsy.bsky.social

This month’s SHELF-reflexive pick is 𝑬𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒂𝒍𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑪𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝑷𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝑨𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑹𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒉 by Michelle Fine & María Elena Torre. Fine and Torre invite us to reimagine research as a collaborative act that centers lived experience, amplifies marginalized voices, & turns inquiry into action for justice

📚 Introducing 𝐒𝐇𝐄𝐋𝐅-𝐑𝐞𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐯𝐞! 📚 A new monthly series to feed your hashtag#qualitative curiosities! Each month, we’ll feature thought-provoking reads that challenge how we think about and do hashtag#qualitative research.

In Qualitative Psychology, "Understanding the Attack on Science as a Discrediting of Minoritized Lived Experiences: The Vital Importance of Qualitative Methods at This Time" by @heidilevitt.bsky.social — The role of QR as an affirmation of minoritized experiences psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...

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...

Please save the dates for our next annual conference, which will be held at Duquesne University on July 17–18, 2026. We will share more details, including the conference theme and calls for proposals, in the coming months. www.sqip.org/conferences

Please save the dates for our next annual conference, which will be held at Duquesne University on July 17–18, 2026. We will share more details, including the conference theme and calls for proposals, in the coming months. www.sqip.org/conferences

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 research projects based in #qualitative approaches. www.sqip.org/post/2025-ru...

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 research projects based in #qualitative approaches. www.sqip.org/post/2025-ru...

The first book is out: Making Meaning of Justice and Peace It's been a journey, but very thankful to those who supported its development and possibility of it making a good academic text: Margaret Beale Spencer, Fathali Moghaddam, Seamus Power www.cambridge.org/us/universit...

The University of West Georgia Psychology Program is hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Psychology, effective Fall 2026. The program emphasizes qualitative inquiry, social justice, and studies of consciousness and spirituality. Read more and apply here: tinyurl.com/5b2cvfen

"Making Deep-Structure Adaptations: A Community-Engaged Qualitative Study for Culturally Adapting Suicide Prevention Interventions for Black Youth" by Richardson, S. C. et al. Findings illuminate need for racial socialization & validating the strengths of Black youth psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...

“Methodological Retrospectives” is a new initiative at Qualitative Psychology by @heidilevitt.bsky.social & the AEs to support professors teaching #qualitative methods. One such paper is "Person-centered narrative analysis: A methodological retrospective and primer" psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?d...

“Methodological Retrospectives” is a new initiative at Qualitative Psychology by @heidilevitt.bsky.social & the AEs to support professors teaching and training students in #qualitative methods. One such paper is "Decolonial qualitative enactments and modes of inquiry" psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?d...

“Methodological Retrospectives” is a new initiative at Qualitative Psychology by @heidilevitt.bsky.social & the AEs to support professors. 1 in a series of papers is "Phenomenological method in psychological science: A methodological retrospective" by Frederick Wertz psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?d...

“Methodological Retrospectives” is a new initiative at Qualitative Psychology by @heidilevitt.bsky.social & the AEs to support professors working with students in #qualitative methods. One such paper is "Critical participatory action research" by Fernández & Fine psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?d...

For all of you at the American Psychological Association 2025 convention today, there is an update on the room for the Division 5 Presidential Address and Awards Ceremony at 11:30. Please note the room is in Convention Center Room 205 (Not 212-210) !

#APA2025 starts tomorrow! We’ll be in the “Research” corner of the APA Publishing booth #123 in the Solutions Center. Come for the free giveaways, stay for the author talks and expert insights into publishing. www.xcdsystem.com/apa/program/...

In @apajournals.bsky.social "Toward Dismantling Anti-Blackness in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Through Photovoice: Examining How Black Womxn in STEM Protected Their Mental Health and Wellness Through Resistance" by Kerrie Wilkins-Yel et al. psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?d...

Amazing, useful, relevant round table with Dr. Cynthia Lubin Langtiw on teaching qualitative methods. Great resource sharing among all here!

Monika Naslund on emotional labor in doing research. An under explored and important topic. #SQIP2025

Colonial Patriarchies: Gender and Class in the Colonial Mentality Study Dr Daniel Gaztambide #SQIP2025

Getting day two started in the best way possible! Can't miss presentation by the brilliant Giazú Enciso Domínguez, VOCES Narrating the South: Geopolitics of knowledge production

Closing the day at #SQIP2025 with @gmvelez.bsky.social leading the conversation on applying AI to Qualitative Methods

Embodied Knowledge in Crisis: Qualitative Methods as Resistance, Refuge, and Renewal - Dr Katia Henrys of CUNY GC #SQIP2025

Politics of (dis)embodiment: Privilege and our (In)Ability to Witness and Respond to Social Crises - Dr Friederike Windel

Today and tomorrow we are hosting #SQIP2025 meetings at Marquette University. It's been great to welcome so many students and other scholars to Milwaukee to share about qualitative methods and psychological science!