Kathryn J. Roulston

I come from Queensland, Australia, and moved to Athens, Georgia in 2000. In 2001 I took a tenure-track position at UGA after spending one year as a post-doctoral fellow in the Qualitative Research program. My books include “Qualitative research design and methods: An introduction” (2024, with Kathleen deMarrais and Janie Copple), “Interviewing: A guide to theory and practice” (2022), “Exploring the archives: A beginner’s guide for qualitative researchers” (2021, with Kathleen deMarrais), and the edited collections, “Quests for questioners: Inventive approaches to qualitative interviews” (2023) and “Interactional studies of qualitative research interviews” (2019). I have contributed chapters to “The SAGE handbook of qualitative research” (6th ed., edited by Denzin, Lincoln, Giardina, and Cannella), “The SAGE handbook of interview research: The complexity of the craft” (2012, 2nd ed. edited by Gubrium, Holstein, Marvasti & McKinney), “The SAGE handbook of qualitative data analysis” (2014), “The SAGE handbook of data collection” (2018) and the “SAGE Handbook of qualitative research design” (2022, all edited by Uwe Flick) as well as articles to the journals Qualitative Research and Qualitative Inquiry, among others. In my spare time, I enjoy textile arts, including fabric dyeing and quilting, spinning and hand weaving.