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📢Call for Proposals! SQIP 2026 conference "Narrating the Needs of Our Time: Inquiries of Hope, Connection, and Possibility" will be held July 17-18, 2026, at Duquesne University. Keynote speakers @saramcclelland.bsky.social & Joseph Gone. Deadline is February 23, 2026.
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"A Consideration of the Ethics and Methodological Integrity of Generative Artificial Intelligence in Qualitative Research: Guidelines for Qualitative Psychology" by @heidilevitt.bsky.social QP does not publish articles in which AI was used for six specific activities psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...

📚 𝐒𝐇𝐄𝐋𝐅-𝐑𝐞𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐯𝐞 📚

This month’s pick is 𝑬𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒂𝒍𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑵𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝑨𝒏𝒂𝒍𝒚𝒔𝒊𝒔 by Ruthellen Josselson & Phillip L. Hammack.

Josselson and Hammack invite us to listen closely to stories.

Through careful textual attention, stories become sites where identity, power, and lived experience intersect. 📖

🔆“Methodological Retrospectives” in Qualitative Psychology are teaching-friendly articles written by leaders in the field in a compelling format for students - psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/..., psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/..., psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/..., psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/...

A critically important article from Qualitative Psychology and excellent, thoughtful scholars @vicclarke.bsky.social @ginnybraun.bsky.social. I love that it made such waves - top 3 for APA Publishing! @qualpsy.bsky.social

📢Call for Proposals! SQIP 2026 conference "Narrating the Needs of Our Time: Inquiries of Hope, Connection, and Possibility" will be held July 17-18, 2026, at Duquesne University. Keynote speakers @saramcclelland.bsky.social & Joseph Gone. Deadline is February 23, 2026. www.sqip.org/call-for-sub...

🔍 𝐌𝐄𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐃/𝐎𝐋𝐎𝐆𝐘 𝐈𝐍 𝐅𝐎𝐂𝐔𝐒: 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻-𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗡𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗔𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘆𝘀𝗶𝘀
✨ 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗶𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀: PCNA centers subjectivity, voice, and social context, resisting the tendency to fragment lives into categories.

💡 Scan the QR code to learn more about person-centered narrative analysis in qualitative psychology.

🔆𝐒𝐐𝐈𝐏 𝐌𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭: 𝐈𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐫

🔶Meet Irene Strasser, Associate Professor of Psychology and Chair of the Psychology Department at SUNY Cortland. She is currently President-elect of @qualpsy.bsky.social and will assume the presidency for the 2026-2027 term. www.linkedin.com/in/irene-str...

Call for Proposals! SQIP 2026 conference "Narrating the Needs of Our Time: Inquiries of Hope, Connection, and Possibility" will be held July 17-18, 2026, at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh. Deadline for proposal submissions is February 23, 2026. Submit here bit.ly/4aG7Nhw

#3 - “Being Really Confidently Wrong”: Qualitative Researchers’ Experiences of Methodologically Incongruent Peer Review Feedback by @vicclarke.bsky.social et al.

Call for Proposals! SQIP 2026 conference "Narrating the Needs of Our Time: Inquiries of Hope, Connection, and Possibility" will be held July 17-18, 2026, at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh. Deadline for proposal submissions is February 23, 2026. Submit here bit.ly/4aG7Nhw

🎈 🎈 Searching for the Joy of the Crowd: Field Social Psychology During the Reopening of Danish Society🎈 🎈

w/Sofie Roest, Esben Ronan, Sigrid S. V., Signe Vangkilde, Laura Vangkilde, & Thomas Morton in @qualpsy.bsky.social

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📚 𝐒𝐇𝐄𝐋𝐅-𝐑𝐞𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐯𝐞! 📚

This month’s pick is 𝑬𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒂𝒍𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐏𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐬 by Jonathan A. Smith & @Isabella E. Nizza.

Smith and Nizza guide us through a step-by-step method to explore how people make sense of their lived experiences.

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In Qualitative Psychology from @apajournals.bsky.social, "The double-edged scalpel: The stress and responsibility of being a surgeon" by Leeat Granek et al. — Addressing surgeons' burdens to improve the quality of their lives & the quality of patient & family care. psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?d...

In @apajournals.bsky.social, "Client experiences of drama therapy: A systematic review and qualitative meta-analysis" by Tobias Constien, Akhila Khanna, & Amélie Wiberg - Symbolic, creative, & playful experiences found supportive. Some find them difficult, obstructive psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?d...

Proposal Deadline: November 23 — 2025 RUTHELLEN JOSSELSON STUDENT RESEARCH GRANTS — SQIP is offering 5 awards up to $500 each to support graduate students currently enrolled in programs in psychology or related fields to complete projects based in #qualitative approaches www.sqip.org/post/2025-ru...

"Simply Being: A Found Poem for the Trans Community From Trans Mental Health Professionals and Trainees" by Pease & Galupo - Implications for research & the power of poetry, creative methodologies, & diverse epistemologies in advancing trans equity & liberation psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...

This is one of four excellent articles intended for use in the classroom. The others in that special issue focus on decolonial, phenomenological, and critical participatory action research. They are student-friendly and historically embedded descriptions that make clear how to do each one well!

"Person-centered narrative analysis: A methodological retrospective and primer" by Phillip Hammack & Ruthellen Josselson in @apajournals.bsky.social. Situates PCNA within the qualitative revolution in psychology to restore a focus on individual meaning awspntest.apa.org/doiLanding?d...

In @apajournals.bsky.social Qualitative Psychology, "Decolonial qualitative enactments and modes of inquiry: A methodological retrospective" by Christopher Sonn & Sunil Bhatia — We aim to demonstrate “how” to undo and “unlearn” Eurocentric forms of colonial knowledge psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?d...

"Methodological retrospective: Critical participatory action research" by Jesica Silham Fernández and Michelle Fine, in Qualitative Psychology. "We feature contemporary examples of CPAR and end with reflections, challenges, and dilemmas of engaging CPAR" psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?d...

In Qualitative Psychology, "Phenomenological method in psychological science: A methodological retrospective" by Frederick J. Wertz - Forward movement requires the presentation and integration of phenomenological method in psychology’s methodological curricula, psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?d...

"Utilizing qualitative methods to detect validity issues in clinical experience sampling methodology (ESM)" by @leonieschorrlepp.bsky.social et al. in @apajournals.bsky.social Psychological Assessment - Illustrates the usefulness of qualitative validity checks in ESM psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?d...

2025 RUTHELLEN JOSSELSON STUDENT RESEARCH GRANTS - SQIP is offering 5 awards of up to $500 each to support graduate students who are currently enrolled in programs in psychology or related fields to carry out projects based in #qualitative approaches-Proposals due Nov 23 www.sqip.org/post/2025-ru...

The Fall 2025 SQIP newsletter is now available.

It includes the Presidential statement and vision for the forthcoming year by @seamusapower.bsky.social, a message from @heidilevitt.bsky.social, a spotlight on @saramcclelland.bsky.social, & much more. You can read it here: www.sqip.org/newsletters

Home - International Society for Theoretical Psychology International Society for Theoretical Psychology The International Society for Theoretical Psychology (ISTP) is an international forum for theoretical, meta-theoretical and philosophical discussions i...

The International Society for Theoretical Psychology (ISTP, www.istpsychology.org) will host its 2026 conference at @pratt.edu Conference theme “Theorizing in Dark Times – Art, Narrative, Politics” Submit your proposal at www.pratt.edu/ISTP-2026. The final deadline is extended to December 10, 2025.

New special section of Qualitative Methods on Methodological Retrospectives—a new initiative launched by the journal. Explore articles on person-centered narrative analysis, decolonial qualitative enactments and modes of inquiry, and more: https://bit.ly/3J5eD4V @qualpsy.bsky.social

This month’s SHELF-reflexive pick is 𝑬𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒂𝒍𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑪𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝑷𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝑨𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑹𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒉 by Michelle Fine & María Elena Torre.

Fine and Torre invite us to reimagine research as a collaborative act that centers lived experience, amplifies marginalized voices, & turns inquiry into action for justice

📚 Introducing 𝐒𝐇𝐄𝐋𝐅-𝐑𝐞𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐯𝐞! 📚

A new monthly series to feed your hashtag#qualitative curiosities!

Each month, we’ll feature thought-provoking reads that challenge how we think about and do hashtag#qualitative research.

In Qualitative Psychology, "Understanding the Attack on Science as a Discrediting of Minoritized Lived Experiences: The Vital Importance of Qualitative Methods at This Time" by @heidilevitt.bsky.social — The role of QR as an affirmation of minoritized experiences psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...