Victor Minichiello, PhD, is an Adjunct Professor at the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, School of Public Health and Human Biosciences, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia. His research focus is on public health, men's health, gerontology and sexualities. He has conducted quantitative and qualitative studies on the sexual health of people across the lifespan, including studies on the male sex industry. He has written books on both qualitative and quantitative methodologies, and his own research uses in-depth interviews, surveys and secondary data analysis. Jeffrey A. Kottler is one of the most prolific authors in the fields of counseling, psychotherapy, and education, having written more than 90 books about a wide range of subjects. He has authored a dozen texts for counselors and therapists that are used in universities around the world and a dozen books each for practicing therapists and educators. Some of his most highly regarded works include Creative Breakthroughs in Therapy, The Mummy at the Dining Room Table: Eminent Therapists Reveal Their Most Unusual Cases and What They Teach Us About Human Behavior, Bad Therapy, The Client Who Changed Me, Divine Madness, Change: What Leads to Personal Transformation, Stories We've Heard, Stories We've Told: Life-Changing Narratives in Therapy and Everyday Life, and Therapy Over 50. He has been an educator for 40 years, having worked as a teacher, counselor, and therapist in preschool, middle school, mental health center, crisis center, nongovernmental organization, university, community college, private practice, and disaster relief settings. He has served as a Fulbright scholar and senior lecturer in Peru and Iceland, as well as worked as a visiting professor in New Zealand, Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Nepal. He is professor of counseling at California State University, Fullerton.
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The Personal Nature of Qualitative Research - Victor Minichiello, Jeffrey A. Kottler An Overview of the Qualitative Journey: Reviewing Basic Concepts - Victor Minichiello, Jeffrey A. Kottler Locating and Understanding Voices in Narrative Inquiry: A Journey of Discovery - Myfanwy Maple, Helen Edwards Radical Reflexivity in Qualitative Research - David Leary, Victor Minichiello, Jeffrey A. Kottler An Epidemiologist Learns Grounded Theory - Kiran Regmi, Jeffrey A. Kottler When Serendipity Meets Opportunity: Qualitative Dimensions of Teacher Perceptions - LeAnn G. Putney, Connie L. Malin Online Dating and Mating: Methodological and Personal Reflection on Our Journey - Danielle Couch, Pranee Liamputtong Student, Supervisor, Researcher, Researched: Relationships and the Qualitative Research Journey - Wendy Hu, Carol Grbich Exploring the Meaning and Function of Music in the Lives of Older People - Terrence Hays, Victor Minichiello Through My Eyes: Conducting Research as a Vision Impaired Researcher - Theresa Smith-Ruig, Alison Sheridan Encounters With Comforting Uncertainties: Understanding Unobtrusive Methods - John Scott, Raymond Donovan A Transgender's Qualitative Journey: Deconstructing Gender-Based Social Opprobrium - Stacee Reicherzer, Dana L. Comstock Lessons From My First Focus Group Project - Suzanne Lunn, Larry Smith Discourses Analysis: Effects on the Researchers - Pol Dominic McCann, Victor Minichiello Integrating Theory and Method to Promote Social Change: Young Women and Physical Activity - Heidi Gilchrist, Gerard Sullivan Focus Group Methodology: Being Guided on a Journey From Novice to Expert - Jane Phillips, Patricia Davidson Prominent Themes and Lessons Learned - Jeffrey A. Kottler, Victor Minichiello