SHARLENE NAGY HESSE-BIBER Department of Sociology, Boston College 140 Commonwealth Avenue Chestnut Hill, MA. 02467-3807 Phone: (617) 552-4139 Email: hesse@bc.edu EDUCATION The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Ph.D. in Sociology The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor M.A. in Sociology The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor B.A. in Sociology RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS SHORT CURRICULUM VITAE Women and Health, Genetic Testing, Women and Men s Health, Women and Body Image, Feminism and Methodology, Feminist Theory, Qualitative Methods, Mixed Methods and Emergent Methods, Microcomputing and Qualitative and Mixed Methods Data Analysis BOOK AWARDS Alpha Sigma Nu Book Award (Awarded April, 2016). Waiting For Cancer To Come: Genetic Testing And Women s Medical Decision Making For Breast And Ovarian Cancer (University Of Michigan Press, 2014). The Handbook of Feminist Research. Selected by Choice Magazine for 2008 Outstanding Academic Title. The Handbook of Feminist Research. Selected by American Educational Studies Association for 2007 Critics Choice Award. Am I Thin Enough Yet? The Cult of Thinness and the Commercialization of Identity. Selected by Choice Magazine for 1996 Outstanding Academic Books. GRANT AWARD/OTHER AWARDS: Ignite Grant (for 2015-16 academic year). Genetic Testing and Post-Testing Decision Making Among BRCA-Positive Mutation Women: A Psycho-Social Standpoint Mixed Methods Approach. Ignite Grant (for 2016-17 academic year). Genetic Testing and Post-Testing Among BRCA-positive Young Mutation Women: Psychosocial Impacts.
SHARLENE NAGY HESSE-BIBER PAGE 2 HONORARY INDUCTEE: ALPHA SIGMA NU HONOR SOCIETY 2016 Mixed Methods International Research Association (MMIRA) Service Award 2016 recipient of the Service Award. Presented by the Mixed Methods International Research Association (MMIRA) for outstanding contributions to the organization. University of Durham, Durham, U.K., August, 2016. 2016-17 Sabbatical Fellowship Boston College BLOGGER: Official Blogger for the Huffington Post (3 posts in 2014). BOOK AWARD NOMINATIONS Waiting for Cancer to Come: Genetic Testing and Women s Medical Decision Making for Breast and Ovarian Cancer. Nominee by International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry for 2014 Best Qualitative Research Book. PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION MEMBERSHIPS NAWCHE National Association for Women I Catholic Higher Education (Founded organization in 1992. NAWCHE: Executive Director: 1992-2009. MMIRA The Mixed Methods International Research Association (MMIRA). Executive Board Member 2013-present MMIRA Founding Board Member. 2013 Board Member: Graduate Consortium in Women s Studies (MIT and Harvard University) Member, Sociologists for Women in Society; American Sociological Association; National Women s Studies Association EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERSHIPS Editorial Board Member, Sociological Methodology, Qualitative Health Research (2013-2015) Associate Editor, Journal of Mixed Methods Research (2012-present) Consulting Editor: Sex Roles (2015-present) EDITORIAL BOARDS OF NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS: Editorial Board Member (2016-present) Qualitative Research Consulting Editor (2015-present) Sex Roles 2
SHARLENE NAGY HESSE-BIBER PAGE 3 Editorial Board Member (2013-present) Qualitative Health Research Editorial Board (2008 present) Education as Change Conference Chair for MMIRA Conference (2014-2016) Appointed by MMIRA Board to help oversee the operations for the first and second Mixed Methods International Research Association Conferences. Editorial Board Member (2013-2016) Mixed Methods International Research Association (MMIRA) Associate Editor (2012-2016) Journal of Mixed Methods Research Editorial Board Member (2013-2015) Sociological Methodology PEDAGOGY CONTRIBUTIONS: EXPERT PANEL MEMBER: The UK s National Centre for Research Methods (NCRM) has undertaking a new research project into the teaching and learning of advanced research methods within the international social science community. I was selected as one of ten international expert panel members who participated in interviews and focus groups on the pedagogy of research methods. See link: http://pedagogy.ncrm.ac.uk/ EXPERT CONTRIBUTOR TO DOCUMENTARY PINK & BLUE: THE COLORS OF HEREDITARY CANCER. I appear in this documentary speaking about the psychosocial impacts of hereditary cancer. I was one of a few science and social science experts around the U.S. that was asked to contribute to the documentary Pink & Blue: The Colors of Hereditary Cancer (see: http://www.prnewswire.com/news- releases/documentary-pink--blue-colors-of-hereditary-cancer-to-screen-in-san-antonio- 300189677.html), which is now qualified for two academy award considerations. It just won Best Feature Documentary award at the Women s Independent Film Festival. KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS (2015/2016 only): Utilizing Hybrid Methodologies in RCT s: Using mixed methods to enhance credibility and social Justice. American Evaluation Association Annual Meeting. Keynote Presentation, Business Meeting of the Mixed Methods in Evaluation TIG. October 26, 2016, Atlanta, Georgia. Hesse-Biber, S. (September. 2016). Marshall McLuhan s Medium Theory: Insights and Impacts on Social Science Research. Keynote address presented at the Qualitative Methods and Research Technologies ESA RN 20 Qualitative Methods Conference, September 1-3, 2016, Krakow, Poland. 3
SHARLENE NAGY HESSE-BIBER PAGE 4 Towards Effective Team-Based Interdisciplinary Mixed Methods Research: The Art of Strengthening Interdisciplinary (Inter-Professional) Engagement. Keynote address presented at the Mixed Methods Conference, The University of Texas, August 2015. MOST RECENTLY PUBLISHED BOOKS Hesse-Biber, S. (2017). The Practice of Qualitative Research: Engaging Students in the Research Process. 3 rd edition. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. Hesse-Biber, S. 2014. Waiting for Cancer to Come: Genetic Testing and Women s Medical Decision Making for Breast and Ovarian Cancer. Ann Arbor, MI: The University of Michigan Press. Hesse-Biber, S. Co-Editor (2013). Mixed Methods and Credibility of Evidence in Evaluation. New Directions for Evaluation, Number 138. New York: Wiley (co-edited with Donna Mertens). Hesse-Biber. S. (2014) Editor. Feminist Research Practice: A Primer, 2 nd Edition, Sage Publications. Hesse-Biber, S. (2012) Editor, Handbook of Feminist Research: Theory and Praxis 2 nd edition. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. Hesse-Biber, Editor (2011), Handbook of Emergent Technologies in Social Research New York: Oxford University Press. Hesse-Biber S, (2010) Mixed Methods Research: Merging Theory with Practice. New York: Guilford. Hesse-Biber, S. & Leavy, P (2010). The Practice of Qualitative Research 2 nd Edition. Thousand Oaks, CA.: Sage Publications. Hesse-Biber S., & Leavy, P. (Eds) (2008), Handbook of Emergent Methods in Social Research. New York: Guilford. Hesse-Biber, S. & Leavy, P. (Eds). 2007, Feminist Research: A Primer. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications Hesse-Biber, S. N (2007) Editor. Handbook of Feminist Research. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. Hesse-Biber, S. N. (2007) Cult of Thinness. New York: Oxford University Press. Co-Author, Hesse-Biber, S. N. (2006). The Practice of Qualitative Research. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. Co-Editor, Hesse-Biber, S. N (2006). Emergent Methods in Social Research. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage 4
SHARLENE NAGY HESSE-BIBER PAGE 5 Co-Author, Hesse-Biber, S. N. and Carter, G. (2005) Working Women in America: Split Dreams. 2nd Edition. New York: Oxford University Press Hesse-Biber, S. and Yasier, M. Eds. (2004). Feminist Perspectives in Social Research. New York: Oxford University Press, Co-Editor, Hesse-Biber, S. and Leavy, P. (2004). Approaches to Qualitative Research. New York: Oxford University Press. PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES (2015, 2016 AND FORTHCOMING) Hesse-Biber, S. (2015). Navigating a turbulent research landscape: working the boundaries, tensions, diversity, and contradictions of multimethod and mixed methods inquiry. In: Sharlene Hesse-Biber and R. Burke Johnson (eds.) The Oxford handbook of multimethod and mixed methods research inquiry. New York: Oxford University Press. Hesse-Biber, S., Rodriguez, D., & Frost, N. (2015). Qualitatively-driven approaches to mixed methods research. In: Sharlene Hesse-Biber and R. Burke Johnson (eds.) The Oxford handbook of multimethod and mixed methods research inquiry. New York: Oxford University Press. Hesse-Biber, S. & Griffin, A. (2015). Feminist approaches to multimethod and mixed methods research: theory and praxis.. In: Sharlene Hesse-Biber and r. Burke Johnson (eds.) The Oxford handbook of multimethod and mixed methods research inquiry. New York: Oxford University Press. Hesse-Biber, S. (2015). Qualitative or mixed methods research inquiry approaches: some loose guidelines for publishing in sex roles. Sex Roles, 1-4. Hesse-Biber, S. (2015). Mixed methods research: the thing-ness problem. Qualitative Health Research Hesse-Biber, S. (2015). The problems and prospects in the teaching of mixed methods research. International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 18(5), 463-477. Hesse-Biber, S., & An, C. (2015). Within-gender differences in medical decision making among male carriers of the BRCA genetic mutation for hereditary breast cancer. American journal of Men's Health. Bamberger, M., Tarsilla, M. & Hesse-Biber, S (Forthcoming, 2016). Why so many "rigorous" evaluations fail to identify unintended consequences of development programs and what mixed-methods can contribute. Evaluation and Program Planning. Hesse-Biber, S. & Others (Forthcoming, 2016). 1, 2, 3, 4, 5... 43: Justice! Ay! Ay! Ayotzinapa: A Challenge For New Critical Qualitative Inquiry. Qualitative 5
SHARLENE NAGY HESSE-BIBER PAGE 6 Hesse-Biber, S. Accepted and forthcoming, 2016). Gender differences in psychosocial and medical outcomes stemming from testing positive for the BRCA1/2 mutation for Breast Cancer: An explanatory sequential mixed methods study. Journal of Mixed Methods Research Hesse-Biber, S. and Chen An (forthcoming, 2016). Genetic testing and post-testing decision making among BRCA-positive mutation women: A Psycho-social approach Journal of Genetic Counseling, January 13 online ahead of print. Hesse-Biber, S. (forthcoming, 2016). Doing interdisciplinary mixed methods health care research: Working the boundaries, tensions and synergistic potential of team-based research. Qualitative Health Research. Hesse-Biber, S. (Forthcoming, 2016). Gender differences in psychosocial and medical outcomes stemming from testing positive for the BRCA 1/2 mutation for breast cancer: An explanatory sequential mixed methods study. Journal of Mixed Methods Research, online ahead of print. JOURNAL ARTICLES AND PEER-REVIEWED CHAPTERS PUBLISHED BETWEEN 2014-2010 ONLY Published 2014-2012: Hesse-Biber, Sharlene (2014) The Genetic Testing Experience of BRCA Positive Women: Deciding Between Surveillance and Surgery Qualitative Health Research Vol. 24(6) 773 789. Hesse-Biber, Sharlene (2014). Thinking inside and outside the austerity economic box: Applying a feminist praxis lens to austerity policy in Eurozone countries. British Psychological Society. Psychology of Women Section Review Vol. 16:1:9-23. Hesse-Biber, Sharlene, and Griffin. A. (2013). Internet-Mediated Technologies and Mixed Methods Research: Problems and Prospects Journal of Mixed Methods Research. Journal of Mixed Methods Research Vol.7,1:43-61. Hesse-Biber, Sharlene (2013) Thinking Outside the Experimental Box: Strategies for Enhancing Credibility and Social Justice. New Directions in Evaluation Research. Special Issue on Evidenced Based Practice in Evaluation Research Special Issue Editors, Donna Mertens and Sharlene Hesse- Biber. Hesse-Biber, Sharlene (2013) An Invitation to Feminist Research. In. Sharlene Hesse-Biber (Editor) The Practice of Feminist Research: A Primer. Thousand Oaks, CA. Sage Publications. Hesse-Biber, Sharlene (2013). Feminist Approaches to Mixed Methods Research. In Sharlene Hesse- Biber (Ed) The Practice of Feminist Research: A Primer. Thousand Oaks, CA. Sage Publications. 6
SHARLENE NAGY HESSE-BIBER PAGE 7 Hesse-Biber, Sharlene (2013. The Practice of In-depth Interviewing. In Sharlene Hesse-Biber (Ed) The Practice of Feminist Research: A Primer. Thousand Oaks, CA. Sage Publications. Hesse-Biber, Sharlene (2013). Putting your Feminist Research Project Together. In Sharlene Hesse- Biber (Ed) The Practice of Feminist Research: A Primer. Thousand Oaks, CA. Sage Publications. Mertens, Donna and Sharlene Hesse-Biber (2012). Triangulation and Mixed Methods Research: Provocative Positions. Journal of Mixed Methods Research. Hesse-Biber, Sharlene (2012). Weaving a Multi Methodology Praxis to Further the Credibility of Mixed Methods Randomized Control Trials. New Directions in Evaluation Research. Submitted for a Special Issue on Evidenced Based Practice in Evaluation Research Special Issue Co-Editor: (2012) Special Issue on Triangulation and Mixed Methods. Co-editor (with Donna Mertens) Journal of Mixed Methods Research. Volume 6. Number 2. Mertens, Donna and Sharlene Hesse-Biber (2012). Triangulation and Mixed Methods Research: Provocative Positions. Journal of Mixed Methods Research Vol,6,2:75-79. Hesse-Biber, Sharlene (2012). Feminist Approaches to Triangulation: Uncovering Subjugated Knowledge and Fostering Social Change in Mixed Methods Research. Journal of Mixed Methods Research. Vol. 6 no. 2 137-146. Hesse-Biber, Sharlene, (2012). Feminist Research: Exploring, Interrogating, and Transforming the Interconnections of Epistemology, Methodology, and Method. In Sharlene Hesse-Biber, The Handbook of Feminist Research: Theory and Praxis. 2 nd Edition. Thousand Oaks, CA. Sage Publications. Hesse-Biber, Sharlene & Deborah Piatelli (2012). The Synergistic Practice of Theory and Method. In Sharlene Hesse-Biber, The Handbook of Feminist Research: Theory and Praxis. 2 nd Edition. Thousand Oaks, CA. Sage Publications. Hesse-Biber, Sharlene & Abigail Brooks (2012). Challenges and Strategies in Feminist Knowledge Building, Pedagogy, and Praxis In Sharlene Hesse-Biber, The Handbook of Feminist Research: Theory and Praxis. 2 nd Edition. Thousand Oaks, CA. Sage Publications. Hesse-Biber, Sharlene & Deborah Piatelli (2012). The Feminist Practice of Holistic Reflexivity In Sharlene Hesse-Biber, The Handbook of Feminist Research: Theory and Praxis. 2 nd Edition. Thousand Oaks, CA. Sage Publications. Published in 2011: Hesse-Biber, Sharlene (2011). Emergent Technologies in Social Research: Pushing Against the Boundaries of Research Praxis. PP. 3-22. In. Sharlene Hesse-Biber, Editor. Handbook of Emergent Technologies in Social Research. New York: Oxford University Press. 7
SHARLENE NAGY HESSE-BIBER PAGE 8 Published in 2010: Hesse-Biber, S.N., Livingstone, S., Ramirez, D., E.B. Barko, & A.L. Johnson (2010) Racial Identity and Body Image Among Black Female College Students Attending Predominately White Colleges. Sex Roles, Volume 63, Numbers 9-10: 697-711. Hesse-Biber, S.N. (Editor) Special Mixed Methods Issue, Qualitative Inquiry. June 2010. Hesse-Biber, S.N. (2010) Qualitative Approaches to Mixed Methods Practice." Qualitative Inquiry, July 2010 16: 455-468. Most Downloaded Qualitative Inquiry Articles in 2010/2011: Hesse-Biber, S.N. (2010) Emerging Methodologies and Methods Practices in the Field of Mixed Methods Research." Qualitative Inquiry July 2010 16: 415-418. Hesse-Biber, Sharlene (2010) Feminist Approaches to Mixed Methods Research: Linking Theory and Praxis Sage Handbook of Mixed Methods in Social & Behavioral Research. Edited by, Abbas Tashakkori and Charles Teddlie, Second Edition. Sage Publications, pp. 169-192. Hesse-Biber, Sharlene, Stacey Livingstone, Daniela Ramirez, Emily Brooke Barko, and Alicia Lorene Johnson. (September, (2010). Racial Identity and Body Image Among Black Female College Students Attending Predominately While Colleges. Sex Roles. 63:697-711. Hesse-Biber, S.N. (Editor) Special Mixed Methods Issue, Qualitative Inquiry. June, 2010. Hesse-Biber, S. N. (2010). Feminist Approaches to Mixed Methods. In Tashakkori and Teddlie (Eds.), Handbook of Mixed Methods Research. Second Edition. Sage JOURNAL ARTICLES AND PEER-REVIEWED CHAPTERS PUBLISHED BEFORE 2010 Hesse-Biber, S. and Leavy, P.(2008).n Pushing on the Methodological Boundaries: The Growing Need for Emergent Methods within and across the Disciplines. In Hesse-Biber and Leavy (Eds.), Handbook of Emergent Methods in Social Research. Hesse-Biber, S. and Leavy, P. Historical Context of Emergent Methods and Innovation in the Practice of Research Methods (pp. 17-22). In Hesse-Biber and Leavy (Eds.), Handbook of Emergent Methods in Social Research. 2008. Hesse-Biber, S. Innovation in Research Methods Designs and Analysis (pp. 359-264.) In Hesse-Biber and Leavy (Eds.), Handbook of Emergent Methods in Social Research. 2008. Hesse-Biber, S. The Impact of Emergent Technologies on research Methods (pp. 517-524). In 8
SHARLENE NAGY HESSE-BIBER PAGE 9 Hesse-Biber and Leavy, Handbook of Emergent Methods in Social Research. 2008. Hesse-Biber, S. and Crofts, C. User-Centered Perspectives on Qualitative Data Analysis Software: emergent Technologies and Future Trends (pp. 655-674). In Hesse-Biber and Leavy, Handbook of Emergent Methods in Social Research. 2008. Hesse-Biber, S. N. Teaching Grounded Theory. In Bryant and Charmaz (Eds.), The Handbook of Grounded Theory. Sage Publications, 2007. Hesse-Biber, S. N. Handbook of Feminist Research (editor). Sage Publications, 2007. Hesse-Biber, S. N. Cult of Thinness. Oxford University Press, 2007. Hesse-Biber, S., Leavy, P., Quinn, C.E., and Zoino, J. The Mass Marketing of Disordered Eating and Eating Disorders: The Social Psychology of Women, Thinness and Culture. Women s Studies International Forum. 2006. Hesse-Biber, S. N. The Practice of Qualitative Research (co-author). Sage, 2006. Hesse-Biber, S. N. Emergent Methods in Social Research (co-editor). Sage, 2006. Hesse-Biber, S. N. and Carter, G. Working Women in America: Split Dreams. 2nd Edition. Oxford University Press, 2005. Hesse-Biber, S. and Yaiser, M. (Editors). Feminist Perspectives in Social Research. Oxford University Press, 2004. Hesse-Biber, S. and Leavy, P. (Editors). Approaches to Qualitative Research: A Reader on Theory and Practice. Oxford University Press, 2004. HyperRESEARCH: A Computer Program for the Analysis of Qualitative Data: Manual and Software for McIntosh and Windows/IBM Version 3.01. With Paul Dupuis and T. Scott Kinder (Mountain View, CA. Sage Publications, 2000). Website: researchware.com. HyperTranscribe (transcribing tool). Website: researchware.com. This is a state of the art computer software transcription tool for transcribing both audio and video data. COMMERCIAL SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT Hesse-Biber, S. and Leavy, P. (Editors). Approaches to Qualitative Research: A Reader on Theory and Practice. Oxford University Press, 2004. HyperRESEARCH: A Computer Program for the Analysis of Qualitative Data: Manual and Software for McIntosh and Windows/IBM Version 3.01. With Paul Dupuis and T. Scott Kinder (Mountain View, CA. Sage Publications, 2000). Website: researchware.com. 9
SHARLENE NAGY HESSE-BIBER PAGE 10 HyperTranscribe (transcribing tool). Website: researchware.com. This is a state of the art computer software transcription tool for transcribing both audio and video data. CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS (YEAR 2015 ONLY): Hesse-Biber, S., & An, C. (2015). Genetic Testing and Post-Testing Decision Making Among BRCA-positive Mutation Women. Paper Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Chicago, IL., August 23 rd, 2015. Hesse-Biber, S., & An, C. (2015). Within Gender Differences in the Lived Experiences of BRCA-positive Mutation Males. Paper Presented at the the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Chicago, IL., August 23 rd, 2015. Hesse-Biber, S. (2015). Enhancing Investigations of Women s Empowerment: Feminist Issues in Evaluation. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Evaluation Association, November, 9-14 th, 2015, Chicago, IL. Hesse-Biber, S. (2015). Pragmatic Mixed Methods in Program Evaluation. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Evaluation Association, November 9-14 th, 2015. Chicago, IL. Hesse-Biber, S. (2015). Synergy in Mixed Methods Research: Thinking outside the randomized control trial box. Paper presented at the Mixed Methods Conference, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio San Antonio, Texas. August 3 rd, 2015. Updated 12/2016 10