Humanizing Methodologies in Educational Research

Cynthia C. Reyes, Shana J. Haines, and Kelly Clark/Keefe are all associate professors at the University of Vermont.

• Foreword IntroductionInterrogating the Term "Refugee"Who We Are: Self-Location StoriesIntroducing the Student ResearchersFamilies, School Personnel, and Home School LiaisonsCentering Connection Purpose: Examining Relationships between Refugee Families and EducatorsAn Iterative and Humanizing Process for Re-Hearing StoriesOverview of the BookA Note about Reflection and Writing1. Listening With Heads and Hearts: Tensions of Self-Location and Locating OthersThe Significance of CarromPrior Ways of KnowingConceptual and Theoretical SituatednessConclusion2. Interrogating the Term "Vulnerable Participant": Addressing Limitations of and Implications From the Ethics Board in Studies With Families With Refugee BackgroundsConsiderations for Negotiating the IRBThe Purpose of the Follow-Up InterviewFurther Recommendations for a Qualitative Research ProtocolConclusion3. Extending the Circle of Relationship-Building With Student ResearchersBenefits and Tensions of Working with StudentsStrategies for Working with Student ResearchersConclusion4. Navigating, Negotiating, and Reciprocating: Working With Interpreterswith Hemant GhisingRoles of InterpretersTypes of InterpretersBenefits and Tensions of Working with InterpretersStrategies to Ensure Transparency in InterpretationConclusion5. Reciprocity: Tensions of Learning With Participantswith Alexandra Reed & Grace L. Francis, and Sarah ChildsResearcher Learning: Problematizing ReciprocityParticipant Learning: Ways of Self-Reflecting from Participation in the StudyIncommensurability and Negotiating Reciprocity With ParticipantsConclusion6. Considerations for Expanding Work With Other "Vulnerable" CommunitiesConsiderations for Engaging in Research With Individuals with Disabilities Research CycleCreating Space for the Me and Us in Research With Undocumented StudentsResearch with a Vulnerable Population: Undocumented StudentsHumanizing Connections with my ParticipantsConclusion7. Toward a Humanizing Approach: An Open EndingEssential LearningHumanizing Engagements and Moving ForwardReferencesIndexAbout the Authors

“ Humanizing Methodologies in Educational Research provides an in-depth account of the ethical, political, affective, and personal landscape of conducting educational research. The authors provide both a framework for and illustrations of conducting research responsibly in the context of power dynamics that cannot be avoided and should not be ignored.”—Teachers College Record