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Despite 2021 being a challenging year, the University of Michigan Mixed Methods Program has continued to offer live, online workshops, building off of the success of previous online workshops and continuously adapting to give participants a rich experience. The Summer 2021 workshop, Designing and Conducting a Mixed Methods Dissertation or Thesis (June 16-18, 2021) focused on helping students propose, conduct, and write a mixed methods dissertation or thesis. By utilizing various Zoom video conferencing features, we have maintained our workshop structure of short presentations followed by hands-on work time using provided worksheets and small-group consultation sessions with program faculty. Participants left many positive reviews about the online format, such as that it allowed for flexibility in that individuals around the globe could attend without paying travel costs. Overall, participants found the online workshop to be engaging and left the workshop as stronger researchers.
Following the Summer workshop, the Mixed Methods Program hosted a live, online workshop in the Fall titled Designing a Mixed Methods Research Project (November 10-12, 2021). In this course, participants learned and gained a foundation for developing a rigorous mixed methods research study. During the workshop, participants were able to improve their ongoing research project through group work and consultation sessions. The interdisciplinary faculty of the workshop presented on major mixed methods topics including data collection, designs, implementation matrices, and integration strategies. Similar to the Summer workshop, participants left many positive comments making it one of the highest rated workshops among the online Mixed Methods workshops.
This coming Spring, we will continue to hold our workshops online during these uncertain times, starting with an Advanced Analysis and Integration workshop, followed by a one day MAXQDA workshop that introduces fundamentals of MAXQDA software with hands-on activities. As we monitor the COVID-19 situation, we continue to plan and adapt our workshops to best fit the needs and desires of our workshop participants. We look forward to another great year of Mixed Methods Workshops!
To learn more about our upcoming Spring, Summer, and Fall 2022 workshops, visit our website at: https://www.mixedmethods.org/workshops.html
See what past workshop participants have to say: https://www.mixedmethods.org/testimonials.html
For more information on advanced mixed methods analysis techniques:
 Tyler G. James, PhD, CHES, a Fall 2018 workshop participant, has joined the Mixed Methods Program team as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Family Medicine and Associate Editor for Media Reviews for the Journal of Mixed Methods Research. Upon the completion of the workshop in 2018, Dr. James told himself and the Mixed Methods Program faculty that he wanted to become a part of the team as a postdoc. A few years later, after winning numerous awards and completing his mixed methods dissertation, Tyler was accepted to the program, writing that the opportunity fits his methodological training goals.
In 2021, Tyler G. James was awarded the Ph.D. Student of the Year award from the Department of Health Education and Behavior at the University of Florida, and the 2021 Student Award in the Disability Section of the American Public Health Association. He writes that winning the Disability Section Student Award was the most meaningful because "first, nominators included not only faculty at the University of Florida and University of Michigan, but also staff and peers who I have had an impact on, in addition to deaf community members." He added that to him "these awards don’t only represent my effort – it represents the community work and the investment that community members and mentors have invested me."
Despite the pandemic, Dr. James mentions that he feels lucky that he has been able to maintain focus on his research, recognizing that peers who "live in multi-generational homes, where academic family members were responsible for 24/7 caregiving, did not have the same chance." One of the most meaningful pieces of work from the year was his paper “They’re not willing to accommodate Deaf patients:” Communication experiences of Deaf American Sign Language users, published in Qualitative Health Research. This piece, which was inspired by life experiences he had witnessed, sheds light on the def community's experiences in healthcare and how they are largely not recognized in peer-reviewed medical literature.
Currently, Dr. James is working with Elham Mahmoudi, PhD, Assistant Professor of Health Economics at the University of Michigan Department of Family Medicine and Associate Member of the Mixed Methods Program, on a project focused on the onset of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia among people with traumatic spinal cord injury. In this study, he writes that they are using a " convergent mixed methods design and some pretty advanced quant methods to assess timing of onset of Alzheimer’s disease and dementias among civilians and Veterans, and planning interviews focused on the preventive, treatment, and rehabilitative services they engage in."
Overall, Dr. James has accomplished a lot this past year, from receiving his PhD, being accepted as a postdoc with the Mixed Methods Program, and publishing many papers, such as ones on recognition of American Sign Language, experiences of the deaf community in healthcare, among more. Beyond the Mixed Methods Program, he also works with the MDisability program at Michigan Medicine. We look forward to continuing to working with him and are excited to see what 2022 has in store for him!
To learn more about Dr. Tyler G. James and his work, please use the following resources:
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MMP International Visiting Scholar Spotlight
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Welcoming Dr. Manfred Max Bergman to the University of Michigan Mixed Methods Program
Manfred Max Bergman, PhD is Chair of Social Research and Methodology at the University of Basel, and joins the University of Michigan Mixed Methods Program as one of our international visiting scholars. Holding titles of as Research Councilor of the Swiss National Science Foundation and member of the Uganda National Academy of Sciences and the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), Dr. Bergman is also Section Editor in Chief of Sustainability and Editor in Chief of World. In close collaboration with faculty at the Mixed Methods Program, Dr. Bergman is working on expanding mixed methods research designs and applications by "reconceptualizing mixed methods ingredients, specifically, the underpinnings and applications of older and newer qualitative and quantitative approaches."
Currently, Dr. Bergman is researching real-world sustainability, with a focus on sustainable and positive relations between social and economic issues. As opposed to the majority of the studies in the area that propose solutions difficult to adopt due to funding and ideological constraints, Dr. Bergman is taking an approach of studying specific programs or institutions that foster successful sustainable business-society relations. In doing so, Dr. Bergman is able to take advantage of real-word context through exploration of context-sensitivity and culture-sensitivity. Ultimately, with his colleagues, the goal is to conduct a meta-analysis of these success stories to better understand successful projects contributing to sustainability.
When asked about how the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic as affected his research, Dr. Bergman writes "Despite the current challenges associated with economic, political, social, and cultural turmoil – engendered or exacerbated by the global health crisis – this geographic region provides a unique opportunity for my teaching and research agenda. Global external developments have created among many researchers a desire and need to think differently about institutions, including universities and research. I firmly believe that we are at the cusp of a new world that none of us can quite see or understand yet, of new challenges but also of new ways to create knowledge, develop new skills, engage new stakeholders or engage known stakeholders in new ways. I am very much looking forward to the many exchanges in the next few years with my colleagues in Michigan and beyond."
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Drs. Justine Wu and P. Paul Chandanabhumma join a Family Medicine Research Team Investigating Racial Inequities in Newborn Drug Screening
Justine Wu, MD, MPH and P. Paul Chandanabhumma, PhD, MPH
Justine Wu, MD, MPH is Assistant Professor of Family Medicine and Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Michigan, and P. Paul Chandanabhumma, PhD, MPH is Assistant Professor in the Department of Family Medicine, are both Program Faculty with the Michigan Mixed Methods Program. Recently, a research team based in the University of Michigan's Department of Family Medicine investigating racial inequities in newborn drug screening (also known as ENDS study) received an anti-racism research, awarded by the Office of the Vice President for Research in partnership with the National Center for Institutional Diversity. This grant will support the project by bringing Mixed Methods Program faculty Drs. Wu and Chandanabhumma on board for conceptual and methodological support. This project, using mixed methods, community-engaged, and justice-informed approaches, will examine trends in newborn drug testing by race and ethnicity at Michigan Medicine. The study will also take the perspectives of patient-providers to further examine newborn drug testing.
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The Mixed Methods Research Series at Harvard's School of Public Health by Dr. John W. Creswell:
 
A Concise Introduction to Mixed Methods Research (Second Edition) by Dr. John W. Creswell
- For students and researchers new to mixed methods, A Concise Introduction to Mixed Methods Research 2e by renowned author John W. Creswell provides a brief and practical introduction to mixed methods
- New to this edition includes separate chapters on Core Mixed Methods Designs and Complex Mixed Methods Designs, useful templates to help readers organize and plan their own mixed methods studies, among more!
The Mixed Methods International Research Association is calling for abstracts (DEADLINE: March 15th, 2022)
- The Mixed Methods International Research Association (MMIRA) is holding its biennial global conference, with the theme ‘Mixed Methods: Reconnecting and looking to the Future’ on 3rd and 4th of August, 2022. This will be a virtual conference and mixed methods researchers from around the globe are invited to participate.
- Academics, students, and others with an interest in mixed methods are invited to submit abstracts addressing the main conference theme!
- Follow their Twitter @MMIRAssociation for updates and details or visit mmira.org!
Qualitative & Mixed Methods Learning Lab (QMMLL)
- University of Michigan's Qualitative and Mixed Methods Learning Lab (QMMLL) is a learning-based group seminar that meets twice per month from September-June each year.
- QMMLL is designed for students and faculty interested in conducting mixed methods research. Originally formed by Dr. Jane Forman and Dr. Arden Morris and currently led by Dr. Forman, Dr. Melissa Dejonckheere, Dr. Paul Chandanabhumma, it offers expert panel review and peer feedback, and advocacy for the use of mixed methods within our research community.
New mixed methods research articles published by Mixed Methods Program members and affiliates:
Haynes-Brown TK, Fetters MD. Using Joint Display as an Analytic Process: An Illustration Using Bar Graphs Joint Displays from a Mixed Methods Study of How Beliefs Shape Secondary School Teachers’ Use of Technology. IJQM, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1177/1609406921993286.
Daniel M, Park Y, Sifert CM, Chandanabhumma PP, Fetters MD, Wilson E, Singh H, Pasupathy K, Mahajan P. Understanding Diagnostic Processes in Emergency Departments: A Mixed Methods Case Study Protocol. BMJ Open 11(9): e044194, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-044194.
Abe M, Tsunawaki S, DeJonckheere M, Cigolle CT, Phillips K, Rubinstein EB, Fetters MD, Inoue M. Practices and Perspectives of Primary Care Physicians in Japan and the United States About Diagnosing Dementia: A Qualitative Study. BMC Geriatrics 21(540), 2021. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-021-02457
Chang T, DeJonckheere M, Vinod Vydiswaran VG, Li J, Buis LR, Guetterman TC. Accelerating mixed methods research with natural language processing of big text data. Journal of Mixed Methods Research, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1177/15586898211021196
Norcott A, Chan CL, Nyquist L, Bynum JP, Min L, Fetters MD, DeJonckheere M. Behaviours of older adults and caregivers preparing for elective surgery: a virtually conducted mixed-methods research protocol to improve surgical outcomes. BMJ Open 11(10): e048299, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-048299
Fàbregues S, Escalante-Barrios E-L, Molina-Azorin J-F, Hong Q-N, Verd J-M. Taking a critical stance towards mixed methods research: A cross-disciplinary qualitative secondary analysis of researchers’ views. PLoS One 16(7): e0252014, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0252014
Guetterman T, Fàbregues S, Sakakibara R. Visuals in joint displays to represent integration in mixed methods research: A methodological review. Methods in Psychology 100080, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.metip.2021.100080
Lowe C, Sing HH, Browne M, Alwashmi MF, Marsh W, Morrissey D. Usability Testing of a Digital Assessment Routing Tool: Protocol for an Iterative Convergent Mixed Methods Study. JMIR Research Protocols 10(5), e27205, 2021.
Todd M, Guetterman T, Sigge G, Joubert E. Multi-stakeholder perspectives on food labeling and health claims: Qualitative insights from South Africa. Appetite 167: 105606, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2021.105606.
Creamer EG, Guetterman TC, Govia I, Fetters MD. Challenging procedures used in systematic reviews by promoting a case‐based approach to the analysis of qualitative methods in nursing trials. Nursing Inquiry 28(2): e12393, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1111/nin.12393.
**See our "Resources" page for more mixed methods research publications**
Check out these collections in the Journal of Mixed Methods Research:
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Publish a Media Review with the Journal of Mixed Methods Research!
The Journal of Mixed Methods Research (JMMR) invites potential reviewers to write media reviews for the journal. The media review, up to 1,000 words, provides critical reviews of books and software that are of interest to mixed methods researchers.
Interested reviewers should have some familiarity with mixed methods research. If interested, please contact Tyler G. James, Associate Editor for Media Reviews at jamesty@med.umich.edu.
JMMR serves as a premiere outlet for ground-breaking and seminal work in the field of mixed methods research. Of primary importance will be building an international and multidisciplinary community of mixed methods researchers. JMMR invites articles from a wide variety of international perspectives, including academics and practitioners from psychology, sociology, education, evaluation, health sciences, geography, communication, management, family studies, marketing, social work, and other related disciplines across the social, behavioral, and human sciences.
Recent Editorials from JMMR
Books on Mixed Methods Research: A Window on the Growth in Number and Diversity
José F. Molina-Azorin, Michael D. Fetters
First Published December 15, 2021
https://doi.org/10.1177/15586898211068208
In This Issue: Intersection of Realist Inquiry and Structural Equation Modeling, Multilevel Participatory Social Justice Mixed Methods Design, Qualitative Vignette Experiments, Mixed Methods Research Systematic Methodological Reviews, and Mixed Methods in Randomized Controlled Trials
José F. Molina-Azorin, Michael D. Fetters
First Published October 21, 2021
https://doi.org/10.1177/15586898211049622
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Upcoming training opportunities:
Advances in Mixed Methods Integration and Analysis
March 9-11, 2022 (LIVE ONLINE)
This workshop is currently FULL - join the waitlist through the registration link
MAXQDA Workshop
March 18, 2022 (LIVE ONLINE)
This workshop is currently FULL - join the waitlist through the registration link
Designing and Conducting a Mixed Methods Dissertation or Thesis
June 15-17, 2022 (LIVE ONLINE)
Registration coming soon
Qualitative Research Workshop
November 1, 2022 (Location TBD)
Registration coming soon
Designing Your Mixed Methods Research Project
November 2-4, 2022 (Location TBD)
Registration coming soon
Qualitative and Mixed Methods Learning Lab (QMMLL)
A learning-based group seminar that meets online twice per month from September - June each year. QMMLL is designed for students and faculty interested in conducting mixed methods research, and is open to learners from the University of Michigan AND outside institutions. Led by Dr. Jane Forman, Dr. Melissa DeJonckheere, and Dr. Paul Chandanabhumma, it offers expert panel review and peer feedback, and advocacy for the use of mixed methods within our research community.
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