Contact Information
Room G-3D Aderhold
College of Education
The University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602
Phone: (706) 542-6446
kathleen@uga.edu
Research Interests
- Impact of conservative foundations on educational policy
- Qualitative research methodology
- Qualitative research pedagogy
- Equity issues in education (as related particularly to race, social class, and gender)
Courses Typically Taught
- ERSH 8400 Qualitative Research Traditions
- ERSH 8410 Qualitative Research Design
- ERSH 8420 Qualitative Data Analysis
- ERSH 8540 Participant Observation
Selected Publications
Books
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Bennett deMarrais, K., & Lapan, S.D. (Eds.) (2004). Foundations for research: Methods of inquiry in education and the social sciences. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. |
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O’Reilly, P., Penn, B., & Bennett deMarrais, K (Eds.). (2001). Educating young adolescent girls. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
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Bennett deMarrais, K., & LeCompte, M.D. (1990, 1995, 1999). The way schools work: A sociological analysis, (1st, 2nd, 3rd Editions). NY: Longman. [currently revising for 4th edition]
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Bennett deMarrais, K. (Ed.) (1998). Inside Stories: Reflections on qualitative research. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. |
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Merrifield, J., Hemphill, D., Bingman, B., & Bennett deMarrais, K. (1997). Life at the margins: Profiles of diverse adults. NY: Teachers College Press. |
Chapters
deMarrais, K. (2004). Qualitative interview studies: Learning through experience. In K. deMarrais, & S. Lapan (Eds.). Foundations for research: Methods of inquiry in education and the social sciences (pp.51-68). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Bennett deMarrais, K. (1999). Colonization of the self: The construction of gender in patriarchal, capitalist America. In D. A. Gabbard (Ed.). Power/knowledge and the politics of educational meaning: A teacher’s guide. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Bennett deMarrais, K. Lewis, J.B. & Oran, S. (1999). Educating teachers for an urban/multicultural context: Growing through diversity. In M. Wideen & P. Lemma (Eds.). Ground level reform in teacher education: Changing schools of education. Calgary, Canada: Temeron Books.
Bennett deMarrais, K. (1998). Urban Appalachian children: an “Invisible Minority” in city schools. In S. Books (Ed.). Invisible Children. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Refereed Journal Articles
deMarrais, K. (2006). The haves and the have mores: Fueling a conservative ideological war on public education. Educational Studies, 39(3), 203-242.
deMarrais, K. (2004). Elegant communications: Sharing qualitative research with communities, colleagues, and critics. Qualitative Inquiry, 10(2), 281-297.
Roulston, K., K. deMarrais, & J. Lewis. (2003). Learning to Interview: The Student Interviewer as Research Participant. Qualitative Inquiry, 9(4), 643-668.
deMarrais, K. & Crowder, K. (2002). What happens when researchers inquire into 'difficult' emotions?: Reflections on studying women's anger through qualitative interviews. Educational Psychologist, 37(2), 115-123.
deMarrais, K. (2001). When social foundations is really the foundation of teacher education: An introduction. Educational Foundations, 15(2), 3-5.
Bennett deMarrais, K., & LeCompte, M. (1992). The Disempowerment of empowerment: Out of the revolution and into the classroom. Educational Foundations, 6(3), 5-31.
Major Service
President, American Educational Studies Association
Board of Examiners, National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education
Links and URLS specific to discipline
American Education Studies Association
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