Craft of Qualitative Research

Steven W. Kleinknecht is an associate professor of sociology at Brescia University College. He is also an approvals editor for the ,Qualitative Sociology Review. His qualitative research has focused on the computer hacker and Old Order Mennonite subcultures. With Antony Puddephatt and William Shaffir, he co-edited Ethnographies Revisited (2009). He has been involved in the Qualitative Analysis Conference as a participant, session chair, and organizer for the past 18 years.Lisa-Jo K. van den Scott is an assistant professor of sociology at Memorial University of Newfoundland. Her work centres around space, place, and time, and argues for a sociology of walls. Her empirical focus has been the introduction of housing in Arviat, Nunavut. She has published in such journals as the Journal of Contemporary Ethnography and American Behavioral Scientist. She is currently an associate editor for the Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics.Carrie B. Sanders is an associate professor of criminology at Wilfrid Laurier University. She is an interpretive theorist and qualitative researcher with an interest in studying policing, technology, police cultures, and surveillance. Her research has received funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada and has been published in high impact journals, such as British Journal of Criminology, Policing and Society, and Gender and Society.