Qualitative Conversations

Author: AERA Qualitative Research SIG

A podcast from the Qualitative Research Special Interest Group of the American Educational Research Association. Sponsored by International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE).
Be a guest on this podcast

Language: en-us

Genres: Education, Science, Social Sciences

Contact email: Get it

Feed URL: Get it

iTunes ID: Get it

Get all podcast data

Listen Now...

Episode 44: Episode 44. Research With, Not On: Inside Critical Participatory Inquiry
Episode 44
Tuesday, 17 February, 2026

Join us in this episode of Qualitative Conversations as Melissa Hauber-Özer (University of Missouri) hosts Meagan Call-Cummings (Johns Hopkins University) and Giovanni Dazzo (University of Georgia) to explore the transformative approach of critical participatory inquiry. Discover how this methodology promotes equitable knowledge production and social change, rooted in global South perspectives and critical theory. Their work, Critical Participatory Inquiry: An Interdisciplinary Guide, was honored with the AERA Qualitative Research SIG Book Award for 2025. Featured Resources:Call-Cummings, M., Dazzo, G. P., & Hauber-Özer, M. (2023). Critical participatory inquiry: An interdisciplinary guide. Sage Publications. Fals-Borda, O., Rahman, M.A. (1991). Action and Knowledge: Breaking the Monopoly with Participatory Action-Research. Bloomsbury Academic Call-Cummings, M., Hauber-Özer, M., & Dazzo, G. P. (Eds.). (2023). The Routledge International Handbook of Critical Participatory Inquiry in Transnational Research Contexts. Taylor & Francis Group. Kirk, J., & Miller, M. L. (1986).Reliability and validity in qualitative research (Vol. 1). Sage. Scholars mentioned: Paulo Freire Frantz FanonWalter D. Mignolo Sharrell Hassell-Goodman Production Credits:Melissa Hauber-Özer - Host Meagan Call-Cummings - Co-Host Giovanni Dazzo - Co-Host Jacob Bunch - Editor Pallavi Chhabra and Jacob Bunch - Show Notes and Resources Qualitative Research SIG Podcast Committee - Production AdvisoryQualitative Research SIG Podcast Committee Members: Laetitia Adelson Jacob Bunch, Committee Chair Pallavi ChhabraJonathan Coker Joshua Cruz Melissa Hauber-Özer Emma McMain Seth McCall Elizabeth Morgan Elizabeth Pope