Melissa Freeman

I study and teach qualitative research and evaluation theories and methodologies. My research into different philosophically-informed research traditions has been to understand the variety of interpretive and critical strategies used to make sense of the world, to disrupt conventional ways of thinking about research and the social world, and to open up new theoretical and practical trajectories for qualitative research and evaluation. Find out more in this short video: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJIKhM1LvBM)

*Freeman, M. (2025). Modes of thinking for qualitative data analysis (2nd Ed.). NY: Routledge.

*Freeman, M. (2025). Interstitial ruptures: A décollage. In K. Guyotte, C. Coogler, & M. Flint (Eds.), Inquiring artfully: Provoking possibilities with/through/for qualitative encounters. Qualitative Inquiry, Online First. https://doi.org/10.1177/10778004251319459

*Freeman, M. (2025). Spinning thematic webs: The plasticity of diagrammatical analysis. In J. Wolgemuth, K. Guyotte, and S. Shelton (Eds.), Expanding approaches to thematic analysis: Creative engagements with qualitative data (pp. 60-73). Routledge.

*Freeman, M. (2024). Reading, rhetoric, rhythm. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, 37(6), 1639-1646. DOI: 10.1080/09518398.2024.2342693

*Freeman, M. (2021, November 24). Art’s speculative perturbations. Journal of Applied Hermeneutics. DOI: https://doi.org/10.11575/jah.v2021i2021.73781