bibliography on academic interviewing techniques

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Interviewing Overviews of interviewing Alvesson, M. (2011). Interpreting interviews. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE. Fontana, A., & Frey, J. H. (2000). The interview: From structured questions to negotiated

text. In N. Denzin & Y. S. Lincoln (Eds.), Handbook of qualitative research (2nd ed., pp. 645-672). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Fontana, A., & Prokos, A. H. (2007). The interview: From formal to postmodern. Walnut Creek, CA: Left Coast Press.

Gubrium, J., & Holstein, J. A. (Eds.). (2012). Handbook of interview research: the complexity of the craft (2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks: Sage.

Guides to qualitative interviewing Briggs, C. (1986). Learning how to ask: A sociolinguistic appraisal of the role of the

interview in social science research. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. Douglas, J. D. (1985). Creative interviewing. Beverly Hills: Sage. Holstein, J. A., & Gubrium, J., F. (1995). The active interview (Vol. 37). Thousand Oaks:

Sage. King, N., & Horrocks, C. (2010). Interviews in qualitative research. Los Angeles, CA: SAGE. Kvale, S. (1996). InterViews: An introduction to qualitative research interviewing.

Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. Kvale, S., & Brinkmann, S. (2009). InterViews: Learning the craft of qualitative research

interviewing (2nd ed.). Los Angeles, London, New Delhi & Singapore: Sage. McCracken, G. (1988). The long interview. Beverley Hill, CA: Sage. Mishler, E. G. (1986). Research interviewing: Context and narrative. Cambridge, MA:

Harvard University Press. Roulston, K. (2010). Reflective interviewing: A guide to theory and practice. London &

Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Rubin, H. J., & Rubin, I. S. (2012). Qualitative interviewing: The art of hearing data (3rd

ed.). Thousand Oaks: Sage. Seidman, I. (2006). Interviewing as qualitative research: A guide for researchers in

education and the social sciences (3rd ed.). New York and London: Teachers College.

Spradley, J. (1979). The ethnographic interview. Fort Worth: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich College Publishers.

Witzel, A., & Reiter, H. (2012). The problem-centered interview. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE.

Weiss, R. S. (1994). Learning from strangers: The art and method of qualitative interview studies. New York: The Free Press.

Wengraf, T. (2001). Qualitative research interviewing: Biographic narrative and semi-structured methods. London: Sage.


Theorizations and critiques of qualitative interviews Alvesson, M. (2003). Beyond neopositivists, romantics, and localists: A reflexive

approach to interviews in organizational research. Academy of Management Review, 28(1), 13-33.

Atkinson, P., & Silverman, D. (1997). Kundera's Immortality: The interview society and the invention of the self. Qualitative Inquiry, 3(3), 304-325.

Clarke, S. (2002). Learning from experience: Psycho-social research methods in the social sciences. Qualitative Research, 2(2), 173-194.

Denzin, N. K. (2001). The reflexive interview and a performative social science. Qualitative Research, 1(1), 23-46.

Faircloth, C. A. (2012). After the interview: What is left at the end. In J. F. Gubrium, J. A. Holstein, A. B. Marvasti & K. D. McKinney (Eds.), The SAGE handbook of interview research: The complexity of the craft (pp. 269-277). Los Angeles: Sage.

Hammersley, M. (2003). Recent radical criticism of interview studies: Any implications for the sociology of education. British Journal of Sociology of Education, 24(1), 119-126.

Hammersley, M., & Gomm, R. (2008). Assessing the radical critique of interviews. In M. Hammersley, Questioning qualitative inquiry: Critical essays (pp. 89-100). Los Angeles, London, New Delhi & Singapore: Sage.

Holstein, J. A., & Gubrium, J., F. (1995). The active interview (Vol. 37). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Hunt, M. R., Chan, L. S., & Mehta, A. (2011). Transitioning from clinical to qualitative research interviewing. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 10(3), 191-201.

Kvale, S. (2006). Dominance through interviews and dialogues. Qualitative Inquiry, 12(3), 480-500.

Kvale, S. (1999). The psychoanalytic interview as qualitative research. Qualitative Inquiry, 5(1), 87-113.

Ljungberg, M. K. (2008). A social constructionist framing of the research interview. In J. A. Holstein & J. F. Gubrium (Eds.), Handbook of constructionist research (pp. 429-444). New York, NY: Guilford Press.

Olsen, B. (2006). Using sociolinguistic methods to uncover speaker meaning in teacher interview transcripts. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, 19(2), 147-161.

Rapley, T. (2012). The (extra)ordinary practices of qualitative interviewing. In J. F. Gubrium, J. A. Holstein, A. Marvasti & K. McKinney (Eds.), The SAGE handbook of interview research: The complexity of the craft (pp. 541-554). Los Angeles, CA: Sage.

Scheurich, J. J. (1995). A postmodernist critique of research interviewing. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, 8(3), 239-252.

Vandermause, R. K., & Fleming, S. E. (2011). Philosophical hermeneutic interviewing. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 10(4), 367-377.


Feminist perspectives & interview studies Best, A. L. (2003). Doing race in the context of feminist interviewing: Constructing

whiteness through talk. Qualitative Inquiry, 9(6), 895-914. Cotterill, P. (1992). Interviewing women: Issues of friendship, vulnerability, and power.

Women's Studies International Forum, 15(5, 6), 593-606. DeVault, M. L. (1990). Talking and listening from women's standpoint: Feminist

strategies for interviewing and analysis. Social Problems, 37(1), 96-116. Kezar, A. (2003). Transformational elite interviews: Principles and problems. Qualitative

Inquiry, 9(3), 395-415. Naples, N. A. (1996). A feminist revisiting of the insider/outsider debate: The "outsider

phenomenon" in rural Iowa. Qualitative Sociology, 19(1), 83-106. Reinharz, S. (1992). Feminist interview research, In, Feminist methods in social research.

New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 18 - 45 Tang, N. (2002). Interviewer and interviewee relationships between women. Sociology,

36(3), 703-721. Wilkinson, S. (1999). How useful are focus groups in feminist research? In Barbour, R.,

S., & Kitzinger, J. (Eds.). (1999). Developing focus group research: Politics, theory, and practice. Thousand Oaks: Sage.

Designing interview studies

Sensitive topics Corbin, J., & Morse, J. M. (2003). The unstructured interactive interview: Issues of

reciprocity and risks with dealing with sensitive topics. Qualitative Inquiry, 9(3), 335-354.

Dickson-Swift, V., James, E., Kippen, S., & Liamputtong, P. (2009). Researching sensitive topics: qualitative research as emotion work. Qualitative Research, 9(1), 61-79.

Dickson-Swift, V., James, E. L., Kippen, S., & Liamputtong, P. (2006). Blurring Boundaries in Qualitative Health Research on Sensitive Topics. Qualitative Health Research, 16(6), 853-871.

Dickson-Swift, V., James, E. L., Kippen, S., & Liamputtong, P. (2008). Risk to Researchers in Qualitative Research on Sensitive Topics: Issues and Strategies. Qualitative Health Research, 18(1), 133-144. Enosh, G., & Buchbinder, E. (2005). The interactive construction of narrative styles in sensitive interviews: The case of domestic violence research. Qualitative Inquiry, 11(4), 588-617.

Sturges, J. E., & Hanrahan, K. J. (2004). Comparing telephone and face-to-face qualitative interviewing: A research note. Qualitative Research, 4(1), 107-118.

Interviewing children and adolescents Cappello, M. (2005). Photo interviews: Eliciting data through conversations with

children. Field methods, 17(2), 170-182. Caputo, V. (1995). Anthropology’s silent “others”: A consideration of some conceptual

and methodological issues for the study of youth and children’s cultures. In V. Amit-Talai & H. Wulff (Eds.), Youth cultures: A cross-cultural perspective. London, UK: Routledge.


Clark-Ibéňez, M. (2004). Framing the social world with Photo-Elicitation Interviews. Americal Behavioral Scientist, 47(12), 1507-1527. doi:10.1177/0002764204266236

Corsaro, W. A. (1981). Entering the child’s world: Research strategies for field entry and data collection in a preschool setting. In J. Green & C. Wallet (Eds.), Ethnography and language in educationd settings (pp. 117-146). Norwood, NJ: Ablex.

Corsaro, W. A., & Eder, D. (2005). The development and socilazation of children and adolescents. In K. S. Cook, G. A. Fine, & J. S. House (Eds.), Sociological perspectives on social psychology (pp. 421-451). Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon.

Danby, S., Ewing, L., & Thorpe, K. (2011). The Novice Researcher: Interviewing Young Children. Qualitative Inquiry, 17(1), 74-84.

Darbyshire, P., MacDougall, C., & Schiller, W. (2005). Multiple methods in qualitative research with children: More insight or just more? Qualitative Research, 5(4), 417-436.

Davies, B. (1989). Frogs and snails and feminist tails: Preschool children and gender. Boston, MA: Allen & Unwin.

Dayan, Y. (2008). Interviewing young children. Exchange, 179, 54-58. Eckert, P. (1989). Jocks and burnouts: Social categories and identity in the high school.

New York, NY: Teachers College Press. Eder, D., & Fingerson, L. (2000). Interviewing children and adolescents. In N. K. Denzin,

& Y. S. Lincoln (Eds.), Handbook of qualitative research (2nd ed.) (pp. 181-201). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Fine, G. A., & Sandstrom, K. L. (1998). Knowing children: Participant observation with minors. Newbury Park. CA: Sage.

FrØnes, I. (1994).Dimensions of childhood. In J. Qvortrup, M., Bardy, G. Sgritta, & H. Wintersberger (Eds.), Childhood matters: Social theory, practice and politics (pp. 145-164). Aldershot, England: Avebury.

Freeman, M., & Mathison, S. (2009). Researching children’s experiences. New York, NY: The Guildford Press.

Gilligan, C., Lyons, N. P., & Hanmer, T. J. (Eds). (1990). Making connections: The relational worlds of adolescent girls at Emma Willard School. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

Graue, M. E., & Walsh, D. J. (1998). Studying children in context: Theories, methods, and ethics. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Holmes, R. M. (1998). Fieldwork with children. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. Irwin, L. G., & Johnson, J. (2005). Interviewing young children: Explicating our practices

and dilemmas. [Article]. Qualitative Health Research, 15(6), 821-831. doi: 10.1177/1049732304273862

Larsson, A. S., & Lamb, M. E. (2009). Making the most of information-gathering interviews with children (Vol. 18, pp. 1-16): John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Mauthner, M. (1997). Methodological aspects of collecting data from children: Lessons from three research projects. Children & Society, 11(1), 16-28.


Mayall, B. (1999). Children and childhood. In S. Hood, B. Mayall, & S. Oliver (Eds.), Critical issues in social research: power and prejudice. Philadelphia, PA: Open University Press.

Montgomery, H. (2009). An introduction to childhood: Anthropological perspectives on children’s lives. West Sussex, UK: Wiley-Blackwell.

Nespor, J. (1998). The meaning of research: Kids as subjects and kids as inquirers. Qualitative Inquiry, 4(3), 369-388.

Parkinson, D. D. (2001). Securing trustworthy data from an interview situation with young children: Six integrated interview strategies. Child Study Journal, 31(3), 137. Peterson, G. W., & Peters, D. F. (1983). Adolescents’ construction of social reality: The impact of television and peers. Youth & Society, 15, 67-85. Prout, A., & James, A. (1997). A new paradigm for the sociology of children? Provenance, promise, and problems. In A. James, & A. Prout (Eds.), Constructing and reconstructing childhood: Contemporary issues in the sociological study of childhood (pp. 7-33). London, UK: Falmer. Sieber, J. E. (1992). Community intervention research on minors. In B. Stanley, & J. E. Sieber (Eds.), Social research on children and adolescents: Ethical issues. Newbury Park, CA: Sage. Tammivaara, J., & Enright, D. S. (1986). On eliciting information: Dialogues with child informants. Anthropology and Education Quarterly, 17, 218-238. Thompson, P. (Ed.). (2008). Doing visual research with children and young people. New York, NY: Routledge. Tobin, J. J. (2000). “Good guys don’t wear hats”: Children’s talk about the media. New York, NY: Teachers College Press. Tobin, J., Wu, D., & Davidson, D. (1989). Preschool in three cultures: Japan, China, and the United States. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. Weisner, T. S. (1996). Why ethnography should be the most important method in the study of human development. In R. Jessor, A. Colby, & R. A. Shweder (Eds.), Ethnography and human development: Context and meaning in social inquiry. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press. Zentella, A. C. (1998). Multiple codes, multiple identities: Puerto Rican children in New York City. In S. M. Hoyle, & C. T. Adger (Eds.), Kids talk: Strategic language use in later childhood (pp. 95-112). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

Interviewing women Ayers, M. (2003). Fact of fiction: Notes of a man interviewing women online. In E. A.

Buchanan (Ed.), Readings in virtual research ethics: Issues and controversies (pp. 62-273). Hershey: Idea Group.

Acker, J., Barry, K., & Esseveld, J. (1983). Objectivity and truth: Problems in doing feminist research. Women’s Studies International Forum, 6(4), 423-435.

Cotterill, P. (1992). Interviewing women: Issues of friendship, vulnerability, and power. Women's Studies International Forum, 15(5, 6), 593-606.


Devault, M. L. (1990). Talking and listening from women's standpoint: Feminist strategies for interviewing and analysis. Social Problems, 37(1), 96-116.

Edwards, R. (1990). Connecting method and epistemology: A white woman interviewing black women. Women’s Studies International Forum, 3(5), 477-490.

Finch, J. (1984). 'It's great to have someone to talk to': The ethics and politics of interviewing women. In C. Bell & H. Roberts (Eds.), Social researching: Politics, problems, practice (pp. 70-87). London: Routledge & Kegan Paul.

Johnson-Bailey, J. (1999). The ties that bind and the shackles that separate: Race, gender, class and color in a research process. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, 12(6), 659-670.

Lyons, L., & Chipperfield, J. (2000). (De)constructing the interview: A critique of the participatory model. Resources for Feminist Research, 28(1/2), 33-48.

Oakley, A. (1981). Interviewing women: A contradiction in terms. In H. Roberts (Ed.), Doing feminist research (pp. 30-61). London: Routledge.

Padfield, M., & Procter, I. (1996). The effect of interviewer’s gender on the interviewing process: A comparative enquiry. Sociology, 30(2), 355-366.

Reinharz, S., & Chase, S. E. (2002). Interviewing women. In J. Gubrium & J. A. Holstein (Eds.), Handbook of interviewing: Context and method (pp. 221-238). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Riessman, C. K. (1987). When gender is not enough: Women interviewing women. Gender and Society, 1(2), 172-207.

Ribbens, J. (1989). Interviewing—An “unnatural situation”? Women’s Studies International Forum, 12(6), 579-592.

Tang, N. (2002). Interviewer and interviewee relationships between women. Sociology, 36(3), 703-721.

Interviewing men Arendell, T. (1997). Reflections on the researcher-researched relationship: A woman

interviewing men. Qualitative Sociology, 20(3), 341-368. Bernstein, K. T., Kai-Lih, L., Begier, E. M., Koblin, B., Karpati, A., & Murrill, C. (2008).

Same-sex attraction disclosure to health care providers among New York City men who have sex with men: Implications for HIV testing approaches. Archives of Internal Medicine, 168(13), 1458-1464.

Bradford, J. B., Cahill, S., Grasso, C., & Makadon, H. J. (2012). Why gather data on sexual orientation and gender identity in clinical settings. Boston: The Fenway Institute.

Bradford, J. B., Cahill, S., Grasso, C., & Makadon, H. J. (2012). How to gather data on sexual orientation and gender identity in clinical settings. Boston: The Fenway Institute.

Briggs, C. L. (1986). Learning how to ask: A sociolinguistic appraisal of the role of the interview in social science research. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Brittan, A. (1989). Masculinity and power. New York, NY: Basil Blackwell. Brown, S. (2001). What makes men talk about health? Journal of Gender Studies, 10(2),

187-195.


Campbell, E. (2003). Interviewing men in uniform: A feminist approach? International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 6(4), 285-304.

Connell, R. (1995). Masculinities. Berkeley: University of California Press. Connell, R. W. (1992). A very straight gay: Masculinity, homosexual experience, and the

dynamics of gender. American Sociological Review, 57, 735-751. Cunningham-Burley, S. (1984). ‘We don’t talk about it’: Issues of gender and method in

the portrayal of grandfatherhood. Sociology, 18(3), 325-338. Gailey, J. A., & Prohaska, A. (2011). Power and gender negotiations during interviews

with men about sex and sexually degrading practices. Qualitative Research, 11(4), 365-380. doi: 10.1177/1468794111404315

Douglas, J. D. (1985). Creative interviewing. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage. Goffman, E. (1967). Interaction ritual: Essays on face-to-face behavior. New York, NY:

Pantheon. Goffman, E. (1959). The presentation of self in everyday life. Garden City, NY: Doubleday. Green, G., Barbour, R., Barnard, M., & Kitzinger, J. (1993). Who wears the trousers?

Sexual harrassment in research settings. Women’s Studies International Forum, 16(6), 627-637.

Gurney, J. N. (1985). Not one of the guys: The female researcher in a male-dominated setting. Qualitative Sociology, 8(1), 42-62.

Holmgren, L. E. (2008). Performing feminist affinity: Interviewing feminist men in Sweden. Revista Atena, 28(2), 107-120.

Holmgren, L. E. (2011). Cofielding in qualitative interviews: gender, knowledge, and interaction in a study of (pro)feminist men. Qualitative Inquiry, 17(4), 364-378.

Hutchingson, S., Marsiglio, W., & Cohan, M. (2002). Interviewing young men about sex and procreation: Methodological issues. Qualitative Health Research, 12(1), 64-60.

Kessler, S. J., & McKenna, W. (1978). Gender: An ethnomethodological approach. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.

Kleinman, S., & Copp, M. A. (1993). Emotions and fieldwork. Newbury Park, CA: Sage. Koivunen, T. (2010). Practicing Power and Gender in the Field: Learning from Interview

Refusals. Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, 39(6), 682-708. Kong, T. S. K., Mahoney, D., & Plummer, K. (2002). Queering the interview. In J. Gubrium

& J. A. Holstein (Eds.), Handbook of interviewing: Context and method (pp. 239-258). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Lareau, A. (2000). My wife can tell me who I know: Methodological and conceptual problems in studying fathers. Qualitative Sociology, 23(4), 407-433.

McKee, L., & O’Brian, M. (Eds.). (1983).Interviewing men: ‘Taking gender seriously’. London: Heinemann.

Mestel, R. (2004). The Kinsey Effect. Retrieved May 30, 2012, from http://www.glapn.org/sodomylaws/usa/usnews112.htm

Meth, P., & McClymont, K. (2009). Resesarching men: the politics and possibilities of a qualitative mixed-methods approach. Social & Cultural Geography, 10(8), 909-925.

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Mishler, E. G. (1986). Research interviewing: Context and narrative. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

Power, R. (2002). The application of qualitative research methods to the study of sexually transmitted infections. Sexually Transmitted Infections, 78(2), 87-89.

Sattel, J. (1976). The inexpressive male: Tragedy or saxual politics? Social Problems, 23, 469-477.

Snow, D. A., Zurcher, L., & Sjoberg, G. (1982). Interviewing by comment. Qualitative Sociology, 5, 285-311.

Schwalbe, M. L., & Wolkomir, M. (2002). Interviewing men. In J. Gubrium & J. A. Holstein (Eds.), Handbook of interviewing: Context and method (pp. 203-219). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

The Kinsey Institute. (2012). Photo history: Dr. Kinsey interview. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from http://www.kinseyinstitute.org/about/photo-tour.html

West, C., & Zimmerman, D. (1987). Doing gender. Gender & Society, 1, 125-151. Wolkomir, M. (1999). Redeeming identities: Ideology, emotion, and creation of moral

selves. Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Sociology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh.

Interviewing the ill Morse, J. M. (2002). Interviewing the ill. In J. Gubrium & J. A. Holstein (Eds.), Handbook

of interview research: Context and method (pp. 317-328). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Stepping up: Interviewing elites Bygnes, S. (2008). Interviewing people-oriented Elites. Euroshpere. Retrieved from

http://eurospheres.org/files/2010/08/Eurosphere_Working_Paper_10_Bygnes.pdf

Case, C. (1994). Entrée to America’s traditional upper class. American Sociologist, 25(2), 46-59.

Conti, J. A., & O’Neil, M. (2007). Studying power: qualitative methods and the global elite. Qualitative Research, 7(1), 63-82.

Dexter, L. (1970). Elite and specialized interviewing. Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press.

Gubrium, J., & Holstein, J. (2002). Handbook of interview research. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Harvey, W. S. (2010). Methodological approaches for interviewing elites. Geography Compass, 4(3), 193-205.

Harvey, W. S. (2011). Strategies for conducting elite interviews. Qualitative Research, 11(4), 431-441. doi: 10.1177/1468794111404329

Hertz, R., & Imber, J. (Eds.). (1999). Studying elites using qualitative methods. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Kezar, A. (2003). Transformational elite interviews: Principles and problems. Qualitative Inquiry, 9(3), 395-415.

Morris, Z. S. (2009). The truth about interviewing elites. Politics, 29(3), 209-217.

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Odendahl, T., & Shaw, A. M. (2002). Interviewing elites. In J. Gubrium & J. A. Holstein (Eds.), Handbook of interviewing: Context and method (pp. 299-316). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Peabody, R. L., Hammond, S. W., Torcom, J., Brown, L. P., Thompson, C., & Kolodny, R. (1990). Interviewing political elites. Political Science and Politics, 23(3), 451-455.

Rice, G. (2010). Reflections on interviewing elites. Area, 42(1), 70-75. Smith, K. (2006). Problematising power relations in ‘elite’ interviews. Geoforum, 37, 643-

653. Thuesen, F. (2011). Navigating Between Dialogue and Confrontation: Phronesis and

Emotions in Interviewing Elites on Ethnic Discrimination. Qualitative Inquiry, 17(7), 613-622. doi: 10.1177/1077800411413998

Interviewing older people Bray, J., Powell, J., Lovelock, R., & Philip, L. (1995). Using a softer approach. Techniques

for interviewing older people. Professional Nurse, 10(6), 350-353. Brondani, M. A., MacEntee, M. I., & O’Connor, D. (2011). Email as a data collection tool

when interviewing older adults. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 10(3), 221-230.

Burholt, V., Nash, P., Naylor, D., & Windle, G. (2010). Training older volunteers in gerontological research in the United Kingdom: Moving towards an andragogical and emancipator agenda. Educational Gerontology, 36(9), 753-780.

Cherry, R. (1999). Interviewing vulnerable old people: Ethical and methodological implications of imagining our subjects. Journal of Aging Studies, 13(4)

Cohen, H. L., Sandel, M. H., Thomas, C. L., & Barton, T. R. (2004). Using focus groups as an educational methodology: Deconstructing stereotypes and social work practice misconceptions concerning aging and older adults. Educational Gerontology, 30(4), 329-346.

Domarad, B. R., & Buschmann, M. T. (1995). Interviewing older adults: Increasing the credibility of interview data. Journal of Gerontology Nursing, 9, 14-20.

Greenwood, N. (2009). Reflections of a researcher interviewing older people. Nursing Older People, 21(7), 30-31.

Koch, T., Turner, R., Smith, P., & Hutnik, N. (2010). Storytelling reveals the active, positive lives of centenarians. Nursing Older People, 22(8), 31-36.

Malta, S. (2009). Qualitative interviewing of older adults: Offline versus online methods. Paper presented at the annual conference of Emerging Researchers in Ageing.

Murphy, J., Tester, S., Hubbard, G., Downs, M., & MacDonald, C. (2005). Enabling frail older people with a communication difficulty to express their views: The use of talking mats as an interview tool. Health & Social Care in the Community, 13(2), 95-107.

Peel, N. M., & Wilson, C. (2008). Frail older people as participants in research. Educational Gerontology, 34, 407-417.

Robertson, L., & Hale, B. (2011). Interviewing older people: Relationships in qualitative research. The Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice, 9(3).


Rodgers, W. L., Herzog, A. R., & Andrews, F. M. (1988). Interviewing older adults: Validity of self-reports of satisfaction. Psychology and Aging, 3(3), 264-272.

van de Hoonaard, D. K. (2005). “Am I doing it right?”: Older widows as interview participants in qualitative research. Journal of Aging Studies, 19, 393-406. Weed, L. D., (2010). Gaining the most from an older adult research interview. Home

Healthcare Nurse, 28(3), 135-139. Wellin, C. (2007). Narrative interviewing: Process and benefits in teaching about aging

and the life course. Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, 28(1), 79-99. Wenger, G. C. (2002). Interviewing older people. In J. Gubrium & J. A. Holstein (Eds.),

Handbook of interviewing: Context and method (pp. 259-278). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Wilson, K., & Roe, B. (1998). Interviewing older people by telephone following initial contact by postal survey. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 27(3), 575-581.

Example of articles involving interviews with older people Burke, K. G., & Doody, O. (2012). Nurses’ perceptions of their role in rehabilitation of the

older person. Nursing Older People, 24(2), 33-38. Fraher, A., & Coffey, A. (2011). Older people’s experiences of relocation to long-term

care. Nursing Older People, 23(10), 23-27. Irwin, D., Varni, J., Yeatts, K., & DeWalt, D. (2009). Cognitive interviewing methodology

in the development of a pediatric item bank: A patient reported outcomes measurement information system (PROMIS) study. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 7(3). Retrieved from http://www.hqlo.com/content/7/1/3

Cross cultural interviewing Aguilar, J. L. (1981). Insider research: an ethnography of a debate. In D. A.

Messerschmidt (Ed.), Anthropologists at home in North America (pp. 15-26). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Banks, J. A. (1998). The lives and values of researchers: Implications for educating citizens in a multicultural society. Educational Researcher, 27(7), 4-17.

Best, A. L. (2003). Doing race in the context of feminist interviewing: Constructing whiteness through talk. Qualitative Inquiry, 9(6), 895-914.

Bhopal, K. (2001). Researching South Asian women: Issues of sameness and difference in the research process. Journal of Gender Studies, 10(3), 279-286.

Collins, P. (1986). Learning from the outsider within: The sociological significance of Black feminist thought. Social Problems, 33, 514-532.

Dunbar, C., Rodriguez, D., & Parker, L. (2002). Race, subjectivity, and the interview process. In J. Gubrium & J. A. Holstein (Eds.), Handbook of interview research: Context and method (pp. 279-298). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Dundon, T., & Ryan, P. (2010). Interviewing reluctant respondents: Strikes, henchmen, and Gaelic games. Organizational Research Methods, 13(3), 562-581.

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Ethnographic interviewing Brewer, D. D. (2002). Supplementary interviewing techniques to maximize output in free

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Oral history interviews Cockcroft, T. (2005). Using oral history to investigate police culture. Qualitative

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