SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Friday, July 17
TIME
8:00-8:45 AM
BREAKFAST & REGISTRATION
Breakfast, registration & welcome
8:45-9:00 AM
WELCOME
Opening remarks & welcome speeches
9:00-10:00 AM
KEYNOTE 1 Plenary
Dr. Joseph Gone · Harvard University
10:00-10:15 AM
Coffee and Transition to College Hall​
10:15-11:30 AM
SYMPOSIUM
​New Ideas in Qualitative Methodology: Key Concepts for Methodological Integrity
Chair: Levitt, Heidi M. · University of Massachusetts Boston
The Methodological Necessity of Technological Reflexivity
Lester, Jessica Nina · Indiana University Bloomington
A Future for Qualitative Psychology? Considering Field Social Psychology
Power, Séamus · University of Copenhagen
Qualitative Methods and the Hierarchy of Evidence: A Re-envisioning
Levitt, Heidi M. · University of Massachusetts Boston
Arts-Based Phenomenology and Digitalized Experience
Zieske, Christopher · University of West Georgia
Paper Session
Arts-Based & Embodied Methodologies
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Authentic Thresholds: Autoethnography as Methodology for Neurodivergent Explorations
Frasher, Christina · University of Pittsburgh
Listening to Embodied Experience: Micro-phenomenology, Body Mapping, and Thematic Analysis
Berezkin, Alexander · California Institute of Integral Studies
'Lift Off Judgement': Embodied Social-Emotional Experience at Open Improvisation Lab
Namay, Eli · University of Pittsburgh
Hypervigilance and Recognition: The Politics of Attention in High-Achieving Women of Color
Irizarry-Martínez, Nabila · William James College
Paper Session
Race, Power & Resistance I
Exalted Rage: Shouting as a Counter to Racialized Vestibular Disruption
Perkins-Fenwick, Ariel · Duquesne University
From Bell to Bans: The Paradox of Anti-CRT Censorship
Phillips, Jennifer · Fielding Graduate University
Identities in Clinical Supervision: A Dyadic Exploration
Nadan, Yochay · Hebrew University of Jerusalem
SYMPOSIUM
Establishing a Strong Pre-Tenure Trajectory as Qualitative Researcher
Chair: Scott, Edward · University of Houston
Moderated discussion between post-tenured and pre-tenured faculty (speakers TBC)
11:30-11:45 AM
11:45-1:00 PM
Break
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Turning toward the Histories of Critical Qualitative Inquiry
Lester, Jessica Nina · Indiana University Bloomington
Paper Session
Narrative Inquiry & Qualitative Methods I
Developing and Naming Themes in Descriptive Phenomenology
Abraham, Daniel · Christ University, Bangalore, India (Daniel Abraham · P. Padmakumari)
Rethinking Method Through Multivoiced and Dialogic Narrative Inquiry
El Gerbi, Yasmeen · CUNY Graduate Center
Methodologies in Dialogue in an Early Career Psychologist
Kiralla, Leo · Bellevue College / Seattle University
Experiences of Housing Precarity and Chosen Family among Queer Students
Orsinelli, Sophia · University of California, Santa Cruz
(Sophia M. Orsinelli · Heather E. Bullock)
Paper Session
Queer Lives & Communities I
Practicing Resilience: Queer Arab Community Networks and Activism in the Bay Area
Wasfie, Dhuha · University of California, Santa Cruz
(Dhuha Wasfie · Mohika Pandey · Vaishali Sukumar)
'I find God in the club': Listening to Hope and Community within a Queer Spirituality
Woods, Bridget · CUNY Graduate Center
Phenomenology as Hope: Theory as Liberation for Nonbinary Gender
Heisler, River · Duquesne University
SYMPOSIUM
Interrogating Faulty Quantitative Psychometric Validity Paradigms with Qualitative Inquiry
Chair: Blohm, Michelle · Duquesne University
Social Realities Quantitatively Formatted: Overcoming the Mathematization Narrative in Epidemiology
Cartus, Abigail
Validity and Narrativity in Psychometric Measurement: Hermeneutically Refuting Quantitative Hegemony
Blohm, Michelle · Duquesne University
Bridging the Ideographic-Nomothetic Divide: A Framework for Responsible Psychological Evaluation
Schmitt, Ara · Duquesne University
1:00-1:45 PM
LUNCH
1:45-2:00 PM
2:00-2:15 PM
2:15-3:15 PM
3:15-3:30 PM
3:30-4:45 PM
JOURNAL UPDATE Plenary
Qualitative Psychology — Journal Update
Roundtable 1
Positionality-in-Diffraction: Rethinking Reflexive Practice Through Relational Entanglement
Moderator: Meixner, Cara · James Madison University
Participants: Spitzner, Dan (University of Virginia) · Rose, Kyle
Roundtable 2
Qualitative Psychology in the 21st Century: Progress, Critique and Future
Moderator: Osbeck, Lisa & Winston-Proctor, Cynthia
· University of West Georgia & Howard University
Participants: Wertz, Fred (Fordham University) · Pienkos, Elizabeth & Elizabeth Nickrenz (Duquesne University) Ruthellen Josselson (Fielding University)
Roundtable 3
Meet the Editors of Qualitative Psychology
Moderator: Levitt, Heidi M. · University of Massachusetts Boston​
Roundtable 4
Be(com)ing a Qualitative Academic: Developing a Quiver of Strategies
Moderator: Tolman, Deborah · Hunter College / CUNY Graduate Center
Participants: Hammack, Philip (University of California, Santa Cruz)
Break
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Break
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Being Seen Online: Sartre and the Conditions of Digital Recognition
Segala, Ana · Duquesne University
Paper Session
Identity & Digital Life
Posting Postpartum: Social Representations of Postpartum Bodies on Instagram
Watson, Kelsey · Duquesne University
On Recognition and Selfhood in Digital Mental Health Spaces
Segala, Ana · Duquesne University
When Recovery Fails: Narratives of Chronic Body Dysmorphic Disorder Online
Kachurin, Arvid · Stanford University
It is Time to Listen to the Predicament of Overseas Chinese Young Adults
Sun, Mo · Duquesne University
Paper Session
Migration, Displacement & Belonging
The Inn as Threshold: Migration, Emergency Shelter, and Collective Care in Lowell
Cerda, Maria · University of Massachusetts Lowell
(Maria Cerda · Jana Sladkova)
Understanding the Contemporary Lived Experience of Migrants and Service Providers
Dutt, Anjali · University of Cincinnati
(Anjali Dutt · Maryam Faroqui · Haider Fancy · Farrah Jacquez)
Tracing Layers of Place in the Psyche Across Immigration Experiences
Sullu, Bengi · Medgar Evers College, CUNY
(Bengi Sullu · Sedef Ozoguz)
SYMPOSIUM
Empowerment, Resistance, and Resilience Among Trans and Nonbinary Communities
Chair: Puckett, Jae · Michigan State University
Transmasculine Empowerment in the Face of Oppression
Kehoe, Kelsey · University of Massachusetts Boston
Thriving, Surviving, and Redefining Resilience Among BIPOC Trans and Nonbinary Communities
Puckett, Jae · Michigan State University
Joy as Resistance: Black Afro-Diasporic TNGD Empowerment and Wellness
Lockett, Gabriel M. · New York University
Resisting Empathy: A Phenomenological Analysis of Narrative Accounts
Gantt, Edwin · Brigham Young University
(Edwin E. Gantt · Emily C. Purtschert · Sean O. Merrill)
Paper Session
Phenomenology & Theory
Meditative and Embodied Sensibilities in Hermeneutic Phenomenology
Adams, Will W. · Duquesne University
Religious Environmentalism: A Phenomenology of Integration
Mageo-Sausser, Brian · Pacifica Graduate Institute
Hope and Enlightenment in Freud and the Frankfurt School
Burston, Daniel · Duquesne University (Emeritus)
4:45-5:15 PM
5:30 PM
Networking
DINNER
Saturday, July 18
8:00-9:00 AM
BREAKFAST
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SYMPOSIUM
Advancing the Meaning of Gender: Research across LGBTQ+ Gender Communities
Chair: Levitt, Heidi M. · University of Massachusetts Boston
Narrative Engagement Strategies among Gender-Diverse People in Women-Centered Queer Communities
Barsigian, Logan L. · Berea College
Gender Euphoria in Context: The Power of Trans and Nonbinary Joy
Keith, Zak · University of California, Santa Cruz
The Psychological Foundation of Gender: Research Findings from LGBTQ+ Experience
Levitt, Heidi M. · University of Massachusetts Boston
Discussant: Hammack, Philip · University of California, Santa Cruz
9:00-10:15 AM
SYMPOSIUM
A Gender Nexus: Understanding Gender Expansiveness Intersectionally
​Chair: Kehoe, Kelsey · University of Massachusetts Boston
Neuroqueering Gender: How Autistic Individuals Understand, Experience, Express, & Perceive Gender
Bombaci Froelich, Aleksandra · University of California, Santa Cruz
Examining the Intersectional Experiences that Inform Transmasculinity
Kehoe, Kelsey · University of Massachusetts Boston
Epistemic Injustice at the Intersection of Gender and Race/Ethnicity
Baldwin, Hunter · University of California, Santa Cruz
Rural Educator Role Responsibility in School Mental Health: Narratives of Hope and Connection
Sergi, Katerina · Mississippi State University
(Katerina Sergi · Sheena Gardner · Tiara Love)
Paper Session
Hope, Meaning & Community
'We Manage': Meaning-Making and Leadership Under Constraint in Rural Pakistan
Nawaz, Sadia · Deakin University, Australia
(Sadia Nawaz · Waqas Habib)
Hope and Continuity in Justice-Involved Youth Care: Meaning-Making and Engagement
Ajekiigbe, Ifeaanu · University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
(Ifeaanu Ajekiigbe · Melina Hollis)
Child and Animal Relationships in Foster Care Homes: Connection and Distance
Rauktis, Mary Elizabeth · University of Pittsburgh
(Mary Elizabeth Rauktis · Anthony Tudisco)
Paper Session
Care, Vulnerability & Social Work
Addressing Barriers to Care: Homelessness and Psychotifying Service Navigation
Hudson, Tate · Duquesne University
The Influence of Emotions on Referral Practices to Pediatric Palliative Care Services in Oncology Settings in Canada
Granek, Leeat · York University
10:15-10:30 AM
10:30-11:45 AM
Break
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SYMPOSIUM
Transgender and Nonbinary Narratives across Socio-Ecological Levels
Chair: Martin, Noelle · Michigan State University
Exploring Sibling Support for Transgender and Nonbinary Youth
Martin, Noelle · Michigan State University
Making Sense of Gender Minority Stress and Eating Disorders
Crumby, Emma · Michigan State University
Unfurling Sociopolitical Landscapes and Transgender and Nonbinary Wellbeing
MacBeth, Mihael · Michigan State University
Baklang Kanal as Intersectional Resistance: A Multilevel Discursive Analysis of Oppression and Queer Hierarchies
Intal Delos Santos, Junix Jerald · Ateneo de Manila University
(Junix Jerald Intal Delos Santos · Mira Alexis P. Ofreneo)
Paper Session
Queer Methodologies & Intersectionality II
Circumventing the 'Good Girl': An Affective Autoethnography of Pleasure in Queer Raves
Lara-Gonzalez, Natalia · CUNY Graduate Center
Rhetoric to Communion: Building Emergent Group Systems in Urban Education
Blackman, Michael · Pacifica Graduate Institute
Questioning Methodologies at the Threshold of Transformative Psychological Inquiry
Enciso Domínguez, Giazú · University of Houston – Clear Lake
Paper Session
Qualitative Methods & Epistemology II
A Qualitative Meta-Synthesis of Hope: Dimensions, Dynamics, and Lived Experience
Luiggi-Hernández, José · University of Pittsburgh, Dept. of Medicine
Racialized, Minoritized Youths Navigating Racial Dynamics in Climate Action Spaces
Lam, Stephanie · University of Cincinnati
(Stephanie Lam · Carlie D. Trott)
Paper Session
Race, Climate & Youth II
What Do You Mean When You Say You Feel Desire? A Conceptual Analysis of Young Adults' Self-Reports of Sexual Desire
Chmielewski, Jennifer · Adelphi University
(Jennifer Chmielewski · Leanna Papp)
Resistance, Care, and Conformity: Care in the Aftermath of Youth Suicidal Behaviors in Central India
Arora, Varnica · Stonehill College
11:45-1:00 PM
Lunch
1:00-2:15 PM
SYMPOSIUM
Exploring Jeanne Marecek's Contributions: Narratives of Generativity and Possibility
Chair: Kirschner, Suzanne · College of the Holy Cross
Full Circle: Learning and Teaching Jeanne Marecek's Psychology
Kirschner, Suzanne · Nickrenz, Elizabeth · Weiner, Talia · College of the Holy Cross · Duquesne University · University of West Georgia
Personhood, Relationships, and Meaning in South Asian Contexts
Arora, Varnica · Chapin, Bambi L. · Stonehill College · University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Respondent: Marecek, Jeanne · Swarthmore College
Roundtable
(Im)mobile Researchers Narrating Precarious Belonging amid Democratic Backsliding
Moderator: Savas, Ozge · College of the Holy Cross
Participants: Sullu, Bengi (Medgar Evers College, CUNY) · Ozoguz, Sedef (The New School) · Benevento, Aysenur (BahçeÅŸehir University)
Roundtable
Reenchanting Research: Exploring Healing with Nature Through Lived Experience
Moderator: Warren, Sierra Dawn · Pacifica Graduate Institute
Participants: Elsass, Chloe (Pacifica Graduate Institute) · Morta, Dan · Larsen, Jaime
Systemic Functioning of Latinx Families with Cancer Patients
Vélez Agosto, Nicole · University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
(Nicole M. Vélez Agosto · G.S. Hernandez · B. Oppong · B. Camacho · D. Moreno · S. Chacon)
Paper Session
Health Narratives & Clinical Contexts
'There's a Target on You': Female Neurosurgeons' and Cardiothoracic Surgeons' Experiences of Discrimination in the Workplace
Too, Miranda · York University
(Miranda Too · Leeat Granek)
2:15-2:30 PM
2:30-3:30 PM
3:30-3:45 PM
3:45-4:45 PM
4:45-5:00 PM
5:00-6:00 PM
Break
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Roundtable 1
Hope and Connection: Dialogue on Black Men's Community Violence Exposure
Moderator: Smith, Nathan · Fielding Graduate University
Participants: Phillips, Jennifer (Fielding Graduate University) · Abuasi, Eeman (Fielding Graduate University)
Roundtable 2
Parallel Process in Collective Narrative Analysis of Politically Charged Contexts
Moderator: James, Stefan · Fielding Graduate University
Participants: Goldberg, Susan (Fielding Graduate University) · Molloy, Sara (Fielding Graduate University) · Eliot, Madi (Fielding Graduate University) · Boggs, Jatana (Fielding Graduate University)
Roundtable 3
Navigating Care, Crisis, and Commitment in Academic Partnerships
Moderator: Sladkova, Jana · University of Massachusetts Lowell​
Participants: Koelsch, Lori (Duquesne University) · Cerda Gonzalez, Maria de los Angeles (University of Massachusetts Lowell)
Roundtable 4
Reflexive and Affective Methodologies for Researching Hope and Connection at the Margins
Moderator: Castillo, Amour
Participants: Torre, Bea (University of the Philippines) · Porter-Cash, Aiyana (CUNY Graduate Center) · ElGerbi, Yasmeen (CUNY Graduate Center) · Lara-Gonzalez, Natalia (CUNY Graduate Center)
Break
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CONVERSATIONAL HOUR Plenary
Marecek, Jeanne · Strasser, Irene · Weiner, Talia
Break
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KEYNOTE 2 Plenary
Prof. Sara McClelland - University of Michigan
Saturday, Poster Session
6:00 PM
APPETIZERS
Queer Connection and Psychedelic Medicine
Morgali, Maeve · University of California, Santa Cruz
The Experience of Being Unemployed, Living with a Serious Mental Illness: A Phenomenological Study
Brisola, Elizabeth · Yale University
Elizabeth Brisola · Mark Costa · Maria O'Connell
Bringing Older Cancer Patients' Stories to Life: An LLM-Assisted Extraction Technique
Cogdill-Richardson, Kiana · University of Florida
Kiana Cogdill-Richardson · Victoria Fernandez · Susan Bluck
Hope Without Harm: Rethinking Narratives of Psychosis in Coercive Systems
Pagdon, Shannon · University of Pittsburgh
Afghan Women on a U.S. Campus: Institutional Care and the Politics of Hypervisibility
Tarantino, Roo · Bard College
Elena Kim · Mikhal Terentiev · Maya Gjonbalaj · Roo Tarantino · Guy Levy · Prisha Bishen · Paige Labbe
Articulating the Self through Dialogue: A Qualitative Case Study of Self-Awareness Transformation in Leadership
Yukari Shiroishi · Independent Researcher
Interpretation Otherwise: Normative Horizon and Erotics of Forms in Arts-Based Research
Wu, Kris (Di) · Duquesne University
Epistemic Injustice at the Intersection of Gender and Race/Ethnicity
Baldwin, Hunter · University of California, Santa Cruz
Hunter Baldwin · Ayla Sana · Philip Hammack
Bringing Older Cancer Patients' Stories to Life: An LLM-Assisted Extraction Technique
Cogdill-Richardson, Kiana · University of Florida
Kiana Cogdill-Richardson · Victoria Fernandez · Susan Bluck
Reciprocal Dynamics of Intergenerational Exchange and Collective Efficacy
Velsamy, Jayani · University of Pittsburgh
Jayani Velsamy · Amal Saeed · Leah A. Jacobs · Alex Neumann · Jason Beery · Alison J. Culyba · Mary L. Ohmer
LGBTQ+ Christians: Resisting Sexual Prejudice and Developing a Purposeful Spirituality
Yost, Megan · Dickinson College
Megan Yost · Ashley Harbert · Parker Cashio
Sociocultural Determinants of Sexual Fluidity Through the Lens of Trans/GNC Narratives of Transition
Yang, Linfei · New School for Social Research
Communities Already Have Methods: Relational Knowledge and Qualitative Inquiry
Ali, Bakhtawar · Michigan State University
Exploring Ballet-Specific Identity Content through Dancers' Adolescent Experiences
Bauer, Erica · Miami University (Oxford, OH)
Erica Bauer · Tamika McElveen
Tending the Embodied Soul
Warren, Sierra Dawn · Pacifica Graduate Institute
Looking for Belonging: Mirror Narratives of Beauty and Attachment
Piras, Eva · The New School
Federico Escobar · Natalia Giuliano · Miriam Steele
Gender Diverse Identity Exploration through Table-Top RPGs: A Narrative Analysis
Blumkin, Sara · University of California, Santa Cruz
Sara Blumkin · Riley Pickenpaugh · Phillip Hammack
Black Motherhood in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU): An Interpretative Phenomneological Analysis
Sara Murray · St Mary’s University of Minnesota
Examining Cultural Invalidation and Its Impact on Asian College Students: A Qualitative Study
Senanayake, Amy · Rutgers University
Amy Senanayake · Chareina C. Johnson · Tamara Nelson
