Incorporating Transformative Frameworks into Mixed Methods Research: Challenges, Insights, and Recommendations

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

Transformative frameworks for conducting research address social inequities and injustices by elevating the perspectives of individuals who have been marginalized due to gender, race/ethnicity, disability, coloniality, and identity (Mertens, 2007). The intersection of transformative frameworks and mixed methods research (MMR) can help researchers elucidate complexities of a research topic and be used to identify pathways to social change. This session will share the work of three panelists in how they apply transformative frameworks in their empirical research. These presenters will describe their process for identifying a transformative framework, challenges encountered, and how to address these when conducting transformative MMR to further advance this vital methodological dialogue.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Mixed Methods Research

Chairs

• Analay Perez, University of Michigan

• Matthew T. McCrudden, Pennsylvania State University

• Sergi Fàbregues2, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya

Papers

• Advancing Equity for Disabled College Students: An Application of Guiding Questions for Transformative Mixed Methods - Elisabeth Kutscher, The George Washington University; Valerie Mazzotti, University of Oregon

• Critical Race Mixed Methodology (CRMM) As A Transformative Method: The Benefits and Challenges - Jessica T. Decuir-Gunby, University of Southern California

• Reframing Sampling as a Transformative Act in Explanatory Sequential Mixed Methods Research - Tashane Haynes-Brown, University of the West Indies, Mona

Session Organizer

• Analay Perez, University of Michigan

Discussant

• Peggy Shannon-Baker, Georgia Southern University