"Offers a comprehensive perspective of the nature of qualitative inquiry and the art of interviewing and serves as an excellent point of departure for the discussion of qualitative interviewing in the larger context of the educational research community."
—Theory and Research in Social Education

"Concise yet informative overview on the art of interviewing."
—Phenomenology and Human Sciences

"The best and clearest introduction to qualitative interviewing I’ve found, and the only one I use in my introductory course on qualitative research methods."
—Joseph Maxwell, Harvard University

"Has helped me tremendously to think about my own practice as an interviewer, and to extend and reshape that practice. I also like very much the modest, realistic, and inclusive tone of the book, and find it appealing and delightful as well as informative."
—Sarah Kuhn, University of Massachusetts at Lowell

This new Second Edition of Interviewing as Qualitative Research features:

• Reorganized and expanded discussion of sharing, analyzing, and interpreting interview data
• Explicit discussion of the informed consent process
• Compelling profiles demonstrating the power of interviewing as a research method
• Merging of basic principles of qualitative research and the realities of conducting research in the field
• Updated references and suggestions for additional reading on qualitative research and interviewing