Doing Qualitative Research in a Digital World

About Jessica Nina LesterTrena M. Paulus

Trena M. Paulus Ph.D. is a professor in the Research Division of Family Medicine Quillen College of Medicine East Tennessee State University. She is affiliate faculty with the Applied Social Research Laboratory at ETSU where she works in the areas of research support and innovation for the university. She is a co-author of Digital Tools for Qualitative Research (SAGE) and Looking for Insight Transformation and Learning in Online Talk (Routledge). Dr. Paulus has published over 70 peer-reviewed journal articles and numerous book chapters focused on the intersection of technology and qualitative research online learning and teaching and language-based research methodologies. She has recently has co-edited special issues on these topics in Qualitative Inquiry The Qualitative Report and the Journal of Pragmatics which won the Neal R. Norrick special issue award. She is a certified professional trainer for ATLAS.ti. Jessica Lester is a Professor of Inquiry Methodology in the School of Education at Indiana University Bloomington. Having been trained in cultural studies and qualitative research methodology she takes an interdisciplinary approach to her scholarship including both the methodological and substantive foci of her research program. In her methodological work Lester focuses on the study of language-based methods digital tools in qualitative research and disability in qualitative inquiry. Her substantive research has focused on examining interactional practices in clinical and educational contexts that involve children and youth. Lester has received numerous awards for her scholarship among them the 2014 AERA Division D Early Career Award in Measurement and Research Methodology the 2018 APA Distinguished Early Career Contributions in Qualitative Inquiry Award and the 2022 American Educational Studies Association Critics Choice Book Award. At Indiana University Lester teaches qualitative methods courses and was recently recognized by the 2022 Gorman Distinguished Teaching Award.