A Concise Introduction to Mixed Methods Research - International Student Edition

About John W. Creswell

John W. Creswell PhD is a Professor of Family Medicine and Senior Research Scientist of the Michigan Mixed Methods Program. He has authored numerous articles and 34 books on mixed methods research qualitative research and research design. While at the University of NebraskaLincoln he held the Clifton Endowed Professor Chair served as Director of the Mixed Methods Research Office co-founded SAGEs Journal of Mixed Methods Research and was an Adjunct Professor of Family Medicine at the University of Michigan and a consultant to the Veterans Administration Health Services Research Center in Ann Arbor Michigan. He was a Senior Fulbright Scholar to South Africa in 2008 and to Thailand in 2012. In 2011 he co-led a National Institutes of Health working group on the best practices of mixed methods research in the health sciences served as a Visiting Professor at Harvards School of Public Health and received an honorary doctorate from the University of Pretoria South Africa. In 2014 he was the founding President of the Mixed Methods International Research Association. In 2015 he joined the staff of Family Medicine at the University of Michigan to Co-Direct the Michigan Mixed Methods Program. In 2017 he coauthored the American Psychological Association standards on qualitative and mixed methods research. The fourth edition of this book on Qualitative Inquiry & Research Design won the 2018 McGuffey Longevity Award from the U.S. Textbook & Academic Authors Association. During the COVID-19 pandemic he gave virtual keynote presentations to many countries from his office in Osaka Japan. Updates on his work can be found on his website at johnwcreswell.com.