Marilyn Lichtman

Lichtman's diverse experience teaching and conducting qualitative research in educational agencies and communities worldwide makes her the perfect person to write about the field. She writes in a user-friendly, accessible style, often incorporating her own experiences in the text.

**Her latest text Qualitative Research for the Social Sciences (SAGE, 2014) incorporates her perspective on social science, art, and a global perspective (published in September 2013).

**Her experience as a docent at The Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, DC and student of art history and criticism influences her to weave together art and qualitative research. She actively pursues of drawing and painting in courses at the Corcoran College of Art and Design.

**Her extensive travels inform her worldwide perspective. In the 1970s, she taught research in Santiago, Chile and Caracas, Venezuela. In 1987 she attended a conference on special education in Beijing, China. She and her husband lived in Germany and Italy in 1985-86 teaching and conducting research. Her consulting activities took her to Jamaica to study the educational system for the World Bank. She also conducted evaluations in Panama and Gaeta, Italy. Personal growth continues to lead her around the globe. From Vienna and Berlin (2004) attending great opera, to Russia (2006) on the journey of Peter the Great, to Basel, Switzerland to Venice (2007) for Art Basel and the Venice Biennale, to Eastern and Central Europe (2008) exploring the culture, to Israel and Jordan (2010) learning about life in this war torn region. She traveled to Paris for a study of French art and to Normandy to learn about the D-Day invasion (2012). In 2013 she led a group to London and the British countryside for a study of art and culture. In December 2013 she will travel to Florence for a deeper view of Renaissance art.

**In 2013 she presented a workshop at TQR with James Bernauer, Cynthia Jacobs, and Stuart Robertson. Recently published in TQR, you can read it at Bernauer, J. A., Lichtman, M., Jacobs, C., & Robertson, S. (2013). Blending the old and the new: Qualitative data analysis as critical thinking and using Nvivo with a generic approach. The Qualitative Report, 18(How To Art. 2), 1-10. Retrieved from http://www.nova.edu/ssss/QR/QR18/bernauer2.pdf

**In 2014, she, James Bernauer, and Valery Keibler will present a dramatized interpretation inside an Institutional Review Board hearing at TQR in Ft. Lauderdale, FL.

**In 2013, she interacted via Skype with Angus Mungal's qualitative research class at the University of Texas, El Paso. She is available for other such Skype interactions.

**The third edition of Qualitative Research in Education (SAGE, 2012) published in January 2012. New chapters include technology and social media as well as expanded examples of a variety of research approaches.

**You might also find Understanding and Evaluating Qualitative Educational Research (SAGE, 2011) helpful as you study the field. It includes examples of research articles with commentary representing 7 qualitative research approaches.