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Official Bluesky account for the Society for Qualitative Inquiry in Psychology (SQIP, American Psychological Association Division 5).
🔍 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.
January 22, 2026 at 3:41 PM
🔆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...
January 20, 2026 at 2:32 PM
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
January 12, 2026 at 3:07 PM
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
January 6, 2026 at 1:29 PM
📚 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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December 4, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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...
November 26, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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...
November 25, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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...
November 21, 2025 at 2:13 PM
"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...
November 20, 2025 at 4:29 PM
"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...
November 19, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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...
November 17, 2025 at 2:09 PM
"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...
November 13, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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...
November 12, 2025 at 2:42 PM
"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...
November 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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
November 5, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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
October 30, 2025 at 2:23 PM
📚 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.
October 30, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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...
October 30, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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...
October 22, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Please save the dates for our next annual conference, which will be held at Duquesne University on July 17–18, 2026. We will share more details, including the conference theme and calls for proposals, in the coming months. www.sqip.org/conferences
October 9, 2025 at 5:24 PM
“Methodological Retrospectives” is a new initiative at Qualitative Psychology by @heidilevitt.bsky.social & the AEs to support professors teaching #qualitative methods. One such paper is "Person-centered narrative analysis: A methodological retrospective and primer" psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?d...
August 18, 2025 at 3:26 PM
“Methodological Retrospectives” is a new initiative at Qualitative Psychology by @heidilevitt.bsky.social & the AEs to support professors teaching and training students in #qualitative methods. One such paper is "Decolonial qualitative enactments and modes of inquiry" psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?d...
August 15, 2025 at 3:34 PM
“Methodological Retrospectives” is a new initiative at Qualitative Psychology by @heidilevitt.bsky.social & the AEs to support professors. 1 in a series of papers is "Phenomenological method in psychological science: A methodological retrospective" by Frederick Wertz psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?d...
August 13, 2025 at 1:43 PM
“Methodological Retrospectives” is a new initiative at Qualitative Psychology by @heidilevitt.bsky.social & the AEs to support professors working with students in #qualitative methods. One such paper is "Critical participatory action research" by Fernández & Fine psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?d...
August 12, 2025 at 1:30 PM
In @apajournals.bsky.social "Toward Dismantling Anti-Blackness in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Through Photovoice: Examining How Black Womxn in STEM Protected Their Mental Health and Wellness Through Resistance" by Kerrie Wilkins-Yel et al. psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?d...
July 22, 2025 at 1:35 PM