Patricia Leavy, PhD, is a leading researcher, acclaimed author, and public speaker. She has published more than twenty-five books, including Research Design: Quantitative, Qualitative, Mixed Methods, Arts-Based, and Community-Based Participatory Research Approaches, Handbook of Arts-Based Research, Method Meets Art, The Oxford Handbook of Qualitative Research, and the novels Spark, Blue, American Circumstance, and Low-Fat Love. She is also series creator and editor for seven book series with Oxford University Press and Brill-Sense, including the ground-breaking Social Fictions series. She has blogged for The Creativity Post, The Huffington Post, Mogul, and We Are the Real Deal and is cofounder and co-editor-in-chief of Art/Research International: A Transdisciplinary Journal. She has received career awards from the New England Sociological Association, the American Creativity Association, the American Educational Research Association, the National Art Education Association, and the International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, and the State University of New York at New Paltz has established the "Patricia Leavy Award for Art and Social Justice."

Sarah Abbott
University of Regina
Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

Tony E. Adams
Bradley University
Peoria, IL, USA

Isabel Araiza
Texas A&M University Corpus Christi
Corpus Christi, TX, USA

Daniel T. Barney
Bringham Young University
Provo, UT, USA

George Belliveau
The University of British Columbia
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

DeeDee Bennett
University of Nebraska Omaha
Omaha, NE, USA

Kakali Bhattacharya
Kansas State University
Manhattan, KS, USA

Lorrie Blair
Concordia University
Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Margaret Boyd
Bridgewater State University
Bridgewater, MA, USA

Robin M. Boylorn
The University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL, USA

Svend Brinkmann
Aalborg University
Aalborg, Denmark

Casey Burkholder
University of New Brunswick
Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada

Juan Carlos Castro
Concordia University
Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Susan Cox
The University of British Columbia
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

William Estrada
The Mobile Street Art Cart
3Arts
Chicago, IL, USA

Sandra Faulkner
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, OH, USA

Raisa Foster
Art-Eco Project
Tampere, Finland

Henry Giroux
McMaster University
Hamilton, Ontario, CA

Adria D. Goodson
Harvard Graduate School of Education
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA, USA

Ellen Gorsevski
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, OH, USA

Vassa Grichko
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX, USA

Jessica Smartt Gullion
Texas Women's University
Denton, TX, USA

Lisa Hanasono
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, OH, USA

Valerie J. Janesick
University of South Florida
Tampa, FL, USA

Mark R. Landahl
Pennsylvania State University
University Part, PA, USA

Patricia Leavy
Independent Scholar
Kennebunk, ME, USA

Yvonna Lincoln
Texas A&M University Corpus Christi
Corpus Christi, TX, USA

Cynthia Loubier
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX, USA

Jorge Lucero
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL, USA

Katie MacEntee
McGill University
Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Kate Magsamen-Conrad
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, OH, USA

Jimmie Manning
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb, IL, USA

Peter McLaren
Chapman University
Orange, CA, USA

Lilia D. Monzó
Chapman University
Orange, CA, USA

Glenn Allen Phillips
Howard University
Washington, D.C, USA

Brenda D. Phillips
Ohio University
Chillicothe, OH, USA

Linnea Rademaker
Abilene Christian University
Dallas, TX, USA

Mark David Ryan
Queensland University of Technology
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Joshua Schwab-Cartas
McGill University
Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Sheila Squillante
Chatham University
Pittsburg, PA, USA

Tracy Spencer
Lamar Institute of Technology
Beaumont, TX, USA

Wendy L. Sternberg
Genesis at the Crossroads
Chicago, IL, USA

Adrienne Trier-Bieniek
Valencia College
Orlando, FL, USA

Phillip Vannini
Royal Roads University
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

JeffriAnne Wilder
National Center for Women and Information Technology
University of Colorado Boulder
Boulder, CO, USA

Jessica Spears Williams
Texas Women's University
Denton, TX, USA

Peter Williams
Abilene Christian University
Abilene, TX

Yen Yen Woo
Long Island University Post
Brookville, NY

"This large and comprehensive volume covers a wide span of important, timely, and relevant issues, ranging in breadth and depth, on diverse research methods in the service of public and applied scholarship. As such, its overall goal is optimistic: to effect social change through socially engaged research with involved stakeholders. The prose is eminently clear and readable, and case examples help illuminate the text to provide illustrations that guide the reader with additional explanatory content.... Highly recommended." -- CHOICE

"With The Oxford Handbook of Methods for Public Scholarship, editor Patricia Leavy and a diverse array of contributing authors fight for affirmation of the value of public scholarship in mainstream academic consciousness. The result is an impressively expansive and phenomenally detailed volume that handily demonstrates not only the scientific rigor of public scholarship, but also the irreplaceable value of such work." -- The Qualitative Report

"Patricia Leavy has assembled an eclectic group of scholars and practitioners who illustrate the breadth and depth of the field of public scholarship. Highlighting what is possible when thoughtful people work both inside and outside the confines of the academy, this handbook demonstrates how the power of research and scholarship can be held in the hands of many rather than in those of a select few." -- Joe Salvatore, Clinical Associate Professor of Educational Theatre, New York University Steinhardt

"Helpful to both novices and seasoned academics alike, this handbook dives deep into the trends that have shaped our current understanding of, and need for, public scholarship, and the vast array of methods that can be employed in service of it. This handbook contributes greatly to the growing movement to make research relevant, accessible, and useful." -- Rosemary Reilly, Professor, Applied Human Sciences, Concordia University

"Editor Patricia Leavy assembles some of the most notable writers in public scholarship for this authoritative collection. The chapters offer both traditional and innovative methods for making research accessible to various participants and stakeholders. This important handbook comes at a critical time when academia must embed itself deeply in the local and global communities it serves to collaboratively create positive social transformation." -- Johnny Saldaña, Professor Emeritus, Arizona State University

"Patricia Leavy has done it again -- created a research methods work of importance and relevance and authenticity, with acuity and a keen sense of just what is needed for the field, in this case the field of public scholarship. This is the first comprehensive overview of public scholarship methods -- something which Leavy has always pioneered, most particularly with her recent beautifully crafted work of social fiction and tenacious and inclusive leadership. In line with Leavy's quest to make the work of the academy accessible and relevant to broad audiences and stakeholders, this book is yet another entirely accomplished collection from some of the world's leading academics in the important domain of public scholarship. I recommend this work unreservedly for scholars and others, particularly those interested in the teaching and practice of research methods and public sociology." -- Alexandra Lasczik, Associate Professor, School of Education, Southern Cross University