Patricia Leavy, Ph.D., is an independent sociologist and bestselling author. She has published over thirty-five books, earning commercial and critical success in both nonfiction and fiction, and her work has been translated into many languages. Among her book publications, she is the author of Method Meets Art: Arts-Based Research Practice, now in its third edition, and Research Design: Quantitative, Qualitative, Mixed Methods, Arts-Based, and Community-Based Participatory Approaches. She has received career awards from the New England Sociological Association, the American Creativity Association, the American Educational Research Association, the International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, and the National Art Education Association. In 2018, she was honored by the National Women's Hall of Fame and SUNY-New Paltz established the "Patricia Leavy Award for Art and Social Justice." Her website is www.patricialeavy.com.

Patricia Leavy, PhD
Henry Armand Giroux, McMaster University, Canada
Yvonna S. Lincoln, PhD, Texas A&M University
Vassa Grichko, PhD, Texas A&M University
Glenn Allen Phillips, PhD, Howard University
Jessica Spears Williams, PhD, Texas Women's University
JeffriAnne Wilder, PhD, University of Colorado Boulder
Johannes Wheeldon, PhD, Norwich University
Phillip Vannini, PhD, Royal Roads University, Canada
Sarah Abbott, PhD, University of Regina, Canada
Jimmie Manning, PhD, Northern Illinois University
Mark David Ryan, PhD, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
Ellen Gorsevski, PhD, Bowling Green State University
Kate Magsamen-Conrad, PhD, University of Iowa
Lisa Hanasono, PhD, Bowling Green State University
Shira Taylor
Isfandyar Virani
Michelle Nyamekye
Hamza Shahid
Lauren Chang
Kathleen Hale, PhD, Auburn University
Lynn Fels, PhD, Simon Fraser University