Participating Core Faculty

College of Education

Elizabeth Bondy
Research Interests: applied qualitative research; improving teacher education and professional development
Email: bondy@coe.ufl.edu

Silvia Echevarria-Doan
Research Interests: grounded theory; focus groups
Email: silvia@coe.ufl.edu

Mirka Koro-Ljungberg
Research interests: Qualitative research methodology, validity, participant driven research methods, theories and epistemologies
Email: mirka@ufl.edu
Website: http://education.ufl.edu/Faculty/Mirka/index.html

Ana Puig
Research Interests: focus groups, grounded theory, constructivism
Email: anapuig@coe.ufl.edu
Websites: http://education.ufl.edu/faculty/puig-ana/
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Sondra Smith-Adcock
Research interests: Child & adolescent mental health, creative arts and play therapy, and family—school—community relationships.
Email: ssmith@coe.ufl.edu

Health Science Center

Barbara Lutz
Research Interests: grounded theory, qualitative research methodology, participatory methods, methods of data analysis, dimensional analysis, health care delivery systems, caregiver health
Email: bjlutz@ufl.edu
Website: http://www.nursing.ufl.edu/faculty_detail.aspx?ID=53

Sharleen Simpson — retired

Mary Ellen Young
Research interests: grounded theory, narrative analysis, interview studies, computer-assisted data analysis
Email: meyoung@phhp.ufl.edu

Bridget Rahim-Williams

College of Engineering

Elliot P. Douglas
Research interests: Qualitative research methodology
Email: edoug@mse.ufl.edu
Website: http://douglas.mse.ufl.edu