The Landscape of Qualitative Research
Norman K. Denzinis Distinguished Professor of Communications, College of Communications Scholar, and Research Professor of Communications, Sociology, and Humanities at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Denzin is the author or editor of more than two dozen books, includingIndians  on Display;Custer on Canvas;The Qualitative Manifesto;Qualitative Inquiry Under Fire;Searching for Yellowstone;Reading Race;Interpretive Ethnography;The Cinematic Society;The Voyeur’s Gaze; andThe Alcoholic Self. He is past editor ofThe Sociological Quarterly, co-editor (with Yvonna S. Lincoln) of four editions of theHandbook of Qualitative Research, coeditor (with Michael D. Giardina) of eight  plenary volumes from the annual Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, co-editor (with Lincoln) of the methods journalQualitative Inquiry, founding editor ofCultural Studies/Critical MethodologiesandInternational Review of Qualitative Research, and editor of three book series.Yvonna S. Lincolnis Professor of Higher Education and Educational Administration at Texas A & M University. She is author, coauthor, or editor of such books as Naturalistic Inquiry and Fourth Generation Evaluation (both with Egon G. Guba), and Organizational Theory and Inquiry. Vice President of Division J (Postsecondary Education) of the American Educational Research Association, Dr. Lincoln formerly served as president of the American Evaluation Association and is the recipient of many prestigious awards. Dr. Lincoln coedited, with Dr. Denzin, the Handbook of Qualitative Research.