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Kathleen deMarrais
Professor and Associate Dean for Students, Curriculum, and Accreditation
Department of Lifelong Education, Administration, and Policy
Qualitative Research Program

Education
Ed. D. in Social Foundations of Education
The University of Cincinnati


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

book cover 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.
book cover O’Reilly, P., Penn, B., & Bennett deMarrais, K (Eds.). (2001). Educating young adolescent girls. Mahwah, NJ:  Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.    
book cover 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]
book cover Bennett deMarrais, K. (Ed.) (1998). Inside Stories: Reflections on qualitative research.  Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
book cover 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

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