James M. Salvo y deLeón 

Clinical Assistant Professor

Education

  • Ph.D. Communications, University of Illinois at Urbana-Campaign, 2011
  • B.A. English Literature, Minor in Women's Studies, Purdue University Calumet, 2000

Professional Appointments

  • International Review of Qualitative Research (University of California Press & SAGE journal) Editor (with M. Giardina), 2023–Present Associate Editor, New Directions, 2020–2023 Managing Editor, 2003–2008, 2016–2020 Editorial Assistant, 2007–2008, 2012–2016
  • Handbook of Qualitative Research, 6th ed. (SAGE Publications) Managing Editor, 2019–2022
  • Studies in Symbolic Interaction (Emerald Insight research biannual) Managing Editor, 2002–2008, 2010, 2017–2020
  • Qualitative Inquiry (SAGE journal) Associate Editor, New Directions, 2020–Present Managing Editor, 2003–2008, 2012–2020 Editorial Assistant, 2002 Editorial Board, 2014–2020
  • Cultural Studies ⬄ Critical Methodologies (SAGE journal) Associate Editor, New Directions, 2020–Present Managing Editor, 2003–2008, 2012–2020 Editorial Assistant, 2002 Editorial Board, 2014–2020
  • Wayne State University, Detroit, MI College of Education Assistant Professor of Teaching, 2019–Present
  • Routledge Founding Book Series Co-editor (with J. Ulmer), Developing Traditions in Qualitative Inquiry, 2019–Present
  • Myers Education Press Founding Book Series Co-editor (with N. Denzin), New Directions in Theorizing Qualitative Inquiry, 2018–Present
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL Media and Cinema Studies, College of Media Lecturer, 2018–present [FTE: 0.0] Visiting Lecturer, 2017–2018
  • University of Pittsburgh, Bradford, PA Speech Communications and Film Studies, Communication & the Arts Assistant Professor (Teaching), 2013–2017
  • Handbook of Qualitative Research, 5th ed. (SAGE Publications) Managing Editor, 2013–2016
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL Institute of Communications Research Visiting Scholar, 2012–2013
  • Grand Valley State University, Grand Rapids, MI School of Communications Visiting Scholar, 2010–2012
  • Grand Valley State University - Strategic Planning and Assessment Committee, School of Communications, 2010
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Teaching Internship Supervisor, Spring 2009
  • Handbook of Qualitative Research, 4th ed. (SAGE Publications) Managing Editor, 2008–2010
  • Handbook of Critical and Indigenous Methodologies (SAGE Publications) Managing Editor, 2005–2007
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Graduate Student Mentor, Summer Research Opportunities Program, Office of Educational Equity, Summer 2002–Summer 2006
  • International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry Associate Director, 2005–Present
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Assistant Mentor, McNair Summer Research Institute, Summer 2003
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Graduate College Fellowships for Underrepresented Students, Fall 2002—Spring 2003
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Office of Educational Equity, Summer Pre-Doctoral Institute, Fellowship, Summer 2002

Selected Publications

Papers
  • Salvo, J. (2024). Speaking of movement: Podcasts as departing radically in academic writing. In E. Mackinlay & K. Madden (Eds.). D.R.A.W.: Departing radically in academic writing (pp. 137–144). Routledge.
  • Salvo, J. (2023). Measure for measure for measure: What counts with qualitative research and writing. In D. Carlson, A. Vasquez, & A. Romero (Eds.), Writing and the articulation of postqualitative research (pp. 27–34). Routledge
  • Salvo, J. (2022). Ishmael’s oatmeal. In S. Chen (Ed), Norman Denzin’s festschrift (pp. 173–174) [Studies in Symbolic Interactionism series]. Emerald.
  • Salvo, J. (2022). Thinking through rejection: Reflections on writing and publishing autoethnography. In T. E. Adams, S. H. Jones, & C. Ellis (Eds.), Handbook of autoethnography (2nd ed.) (pp. 241–248). Routledge.
  • Salvo, J. (2018). Musical chairs: Method, style, tradition. In N. K. Denzin & M. Giardina (Eds.), Qualitative inquiry in the public sphere (pp. 200–210). Routledge.
  • Salvo, J. (2010). Intellectual inquiry in the age of the efficient network. In M. Levina & G. Kien (Eds.), Everyday life in the (post)global network (pp. 27–40). Peter Lang.
  • Salvo, J. (2023). Qualitative research in the age of machine learning. Keynote [online]. The International Research Summer School 2023, ‘Qualitative Research and Academic Integrity in Education,’ University of Warsaw, Poland.
Books / Book Chapters
  • Salvo, J., & Ulmer, J. (2023). Please subscribe (could we just not peer review, though?). Paper presented at the Podcast Studies Research Preconference at the International Communications Association, Toronto, Canada.
  • Salvo, J. (2023). The third side of triangulation. In D. Carlson (Chair), Writing and the articulation of qualitative research. Paper presented at the International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, Urbana- Champaign, Illinois.
  • Salvo, J. (2022). On narratives of hope and anxiety in times of high-stakes uncertainty. Paper presented at the hybrid meeting of the Association for the Psychoanalysis of Culture and Society, Rutgers University, New Brunswick. (Paper not presented due to video conference technologies not working during presentation)
  • Ulmer, J. & Salvo, J. (2022). Podcasting and the meaning of scholarly voice. Paper presented at the virtual meeting of the American Comparative Literature Association.
  • Salvo, J., & Ulmer, J. (2022). A rhetoric of preservation: Artistic interventions in a damaged world. In T. Konrad (Chair). Paper presented at the virtual conference on Planetary Precarity and Future Habitability (as part of the Challenging Precarity international network). School of Liberal Arts and School of Management, Bennett University, Greater Noida, India.
  • Yarema, S., Ulmer, J., Tate, M., Chadde, J., Emmert, A., Teisan, J., Ram, J., & Salvo, J. (2021). Community-based design research to promote equity-oriented science education and STEM careers. Paper presented at the Association for Science Teacher Education, Greenville. (Non-presenting author)
  • Ulmer, J., & Salvo, J. (2021). Saving the seeds. In P. Lopes de Almeida & I. Zhao (Chairs), Leaky ontologies. Panel paper presented at the virtual meeting of the American Comparative Literature Association.
  • Salvo, J., & Ulmer, J. (2021). Writing and happiness. Critical Autoethnography Virtual Conference, Melbourne, Australia.
  • Salvo, J. (2017). The cost of page numbers. International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL.
  • Salvo, J. (2014). Home, moving, mess. National Communication Association, Chicago, IL.
  • Ceisel, C., & Salvo, J. (2013). The interesting case of Pinterest. International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL.
  • Salvo, J. (2013). The company we keep: Occupy Wall Street and feeding the homeless. International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL.
  • Salvo, J. (2013). Crisis and opportunity in our media. Media Studies Symposium, Cazenovia College, NY.