SHARLENE NAGY HESSE-BIBER
Mailing Address: Department of Sociology, Boston College 140 Commonwealth Avenue Chestnut Hill,
MA. 02467-3807 | Tel: (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
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
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.
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
Founding Member and Board and Executive Member,
The Mixed Methods International Research Association (MMIRA).
Founder and Former Director, National Director of National
Association of Women in Catholic Higher Education (NAWCHE)
Board Member, Mixed Methods International Research Association
(MMIRA)
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
SHARLENE NAGY HESSE-­‐BIBER PAGE 2 EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERSHIPS
Editorial Board Member, Sociological Methodology, Qualitative Health Research
Associate Editor, Journal of Mixed Methods Research
MOST RECENTLY PUBLISHED BOOKS (2014- 2004) & FORTHCOMING BOOKS (2015)
Co-Editor (forthcoming 2015), The Oxford Handbook of Multi and Mixed Methods Research.
New York: Oxford University Press. (co-edited with R. Burke Johnson).
Author, 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
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).
Editor, Feminist Research Practice: A Primer, 2
nd
Edition, Sage Publications, 2012
Editor, Handbook of Feminist Research: Theory and Praxis 2
nd
Edition. Sage Publications 2012.
Editor, Handbook of Emergent Technologies in Social Research. Oxford University Press, 2011
Author, Mixed Methods Research: Merging Theory with Practice. Guilford, 2010.
Co-Author, The Practice of Qualitative Research 2
nd
Edition. Sage Publications, 2010.
Co-Editor, Handbook of Emergent Methods in Social Research. Guilford, 2008.
Co-Author, Feminist Research: A Primer. Sage Publications, 2007.
Editor, Hesse-Biber, S. N. Handbook of Feminist Research. Sage Publications, 2007.
Author, Hesse-Biber, S. N. Cult of Thinness. Oxford University Press, 2007.
Co-Author, Hesse-Biber, S. N. The Practice of Qualitative Research. Sage, 2006.
Co-Editor, Hesse-Biber, S. N. Emergent Methods in Social Research. Sage, 2006.
Co-Author, Hesse-Biber, S. N. and Carter, G. Working Women in America: Split Dreams. 2nd
Edition. Oxford University Press, 2005.
Co-Editor, Hesse-Biber, S. and Yaiser, M. Feminist Perspectives in Social Research. Oxford University
Press, 2004.
MOST RECENTLY PUBLISHED ARTICLES: (2014-2011) & FORTHCOMING ARTICLES
(2015).
Hesse-Biber, Sharlene (2015 forthcoming). “The problems and prospects in the teaching of mixed
methods research.” International Journal of Social Research Methodology.
SHARLENE NAGY HESSE-­‐BIBER PAGE 3 Hesse-Biber, Sharlene (2015, forthcoming) “ The thingness problem in mixed methods research.”
Qualitative Health Research
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 and Amy Griffin (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 HesseBiber (Editor) The Practice of Feminist Research: A Primer. Thousand Oaks, CA. Sage Publications.
Hesse-Biber, Sharlene (2013. The Practice of In-depth Interviewing. “ In. Sharlene Hesse-Biber (Editor)
The Practice of Feminist Research: A Primer. Thousand Oaks, CA. Sage Publications.
Hesse-Biber, Sharlene ( 2013). Putting your Feminist Research Project Together. “In. Sharlene HesseBiber (Editor) 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
SHARLENE NAGY HESSE-­‐BIBER PAGE 4 Interconnections of Epistemology, Methodology, and Method.” In Sharlene Hesse-Biber, The Handbook
of Feminist Research: Theory and Praxis. 2nd 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. 2nd 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. 2nd 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. 2nd 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.
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 ARTICLE 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. Feminist Approaches to Mixed Methods. In Tashakkori and Teddlie (Eds.),
SHARLENE NAGY HESSE-­‐BIBER PAGE 5 Handbook of Mixed Methods Research. Second Edition. Sage, Forthcoming 2010.
Hesse-Biber, S. and Leavy, P. 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. 2008.
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
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.
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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.