Writing Qualitative Inquiry: Self, Stories, and Academic Life

by H.L. Goodall Jr.

Now issued as a Routledge Education Classic Edition, Bud Goodall’s Writing Qualitative Inquiry responds to the rapid growth of personal narrative as a method of inquiry among qualitative scholars by offering a concise volume of practical advice for scholars and students seeking to work in this tradition. He provides writing tips and strategies from a well-published, successful author of creative nonfiction and concrete guidance on finding appropriate outlets for your work. For readers, he offers a set of criteria to assess the quality of creative nonfiction writing. Goodall suggests paths to success within the academy―still rife with political sinkholes for the narrative ethnographer―and ways of building a career as a public scholar. Goodall’s work serves as both a writing manual and career guide for those in qualitative inquiry. A new foreword by Christopher N. Poulos reflects on Bud Goodall’s life and work, and the impact of this book on narrative writing.

Genres: Research

204 pages, Hardcover

First published May 15, 2008

About the author

Harold Lloyd Goodall Jr. (Bud) was an American scholar of human communication and a writer of narrative ethnography. He was a professor in the Hugh Downs School of Human Communication at Arizona State University. He is survived by his wife Sandra Goodall and their son, Nicolas Saylor Goodall.

Reviews

[Alisha White · Rating 4 out of 5]

The first three chapters were very helpful for my purposes, refreshing my memory of narrative writing in social science. The last few chapters are geared towards PhD students preparing for dissertations and academic careers.

[melbobyes · Rating 4 out of 5]

A practical guide for writing and academic life, Writing Qualitative Inquiry is a helpful resource for writers across many disciplines.