With contributions from over 80 of the biggest names and rising stars of the field, this Handbook is an essential resource for anyone interested in the contemporary, emerging, and evolving practice of mixed methods research and scholarship. Exploring new and novel applications of existing mixed methods research design practices, the handbook provides comprehensive integration guidance while showcasing how design innovations inspire and contribute to investigating previously under-researched social issues and populations. Through its unique focus on design and the diverse contexts in which mixed methods research is being applied, this Handbook prepares researchers for the changing conditions in which they will conduct studies. Newcomers and seasoned mixed methods researchers alike will find this Handbook a go-to source for tools to think and act ‘complexively’ and creatively in research design. Using accessible language and illustrative examples, this Handbook is written for those with various roles and experience in mixed methods research design. The in-depth discussions led by the interdisciplinary group of 11 internationally renowned editorial section leads project our collective thinking of mixed methods research design into the future across the following six sections:
Section 1: Inspiring Diversity and Innovation in Mixed Methods Design
Section 2: The Craft of Mixed Methods Research Design
Section 3: Expanding Mixed Methods Design Approaches
Section 4: Designing Innovative Integrations with Technology
Section 5: Navigating Research Cultures in Mixed Methods Design
Section 6: Exploring Design Possibilities and Challenges for Mixed Methods Research
Cheryl N. Poth, PhD, is a Professor in the Faculty of Education and faculty member of the
research-intensive Centre for Research and Applied Measurement and Evaluation at the
University of Alberta. In this role, she has developed and taught graduate-level research methods
and program evaluation courses in addition to supervising and mentoring students, faculty,
and local as well as global community members in qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods
research. She is the author of over 50 peer-reviewed journal articles, three books as well as
numerous book chapters. Her work has been recognized by the American Educational Research
Association with the Division D Significant Contributions to Research Methodology Award
in 2023 (with Peggy Shannon-Baker) and by the Textbook & Academic Authors Association
with the Most Promising New Textbook Award in 2020 and the McGuffey Longevity Award
for Qualitative Research book in 2018 (with John Creswell). She served as Editor of the SAGE
Handbook of Mixed Methods Research (2023) and as Guest Coeditor of several journal special
issues, including the International Journal of Qualitative Methods. In addition to more than
40 invited talks and 150 conference presentations, she has led research methods workshops
with diverse audiences on four continents. She served as an Advisory Board Member of the
International Institute of Qualitative Methodology (2014–2020); the President of the Mixed
Methods International Research Association (2017–2018); a Research Fellow at the University
of South Africa (2018–2020); a Helen Glass Scholar in the College of Nursing within the Rady
Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Manitoba (2022); and as a MERIT Visiting
Professor in the Faculty of Health Sciences at McMaster University (2023–2025). In 2009, she
cofounded the interdisciplinary Alberta Clinical and Community-Based Evaluation Research
Team to advance innovative community–university research partnership supports for program
planning and impact assessments of service delivery for individuals with complex needs. She
serves as the Methodologist on several cross-disciplinary research teams and has led federally,
provincially, and locally funded research projects. She is an Associate Editor of the Journal of
Mixed Methods Research and is an editorial board member of several journals. Updates on her
work can be found on her website at https://sites.google.com/ualberta.ca/cheryl-poth/.
