Using Naturally Occurring Data in Qualitative Health Research (PDF)

Nikki Kiyimba, DClinPsy, PhD, is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist and the Director of Clinical Services for a specialist trauma centre. She works clinically with both adults and children. Nikki is also a senior lecturer at the University of Chester and works as the Programme Leader for the MSc in Therapeutic Practice for Psychological Trauma. Her research interests are in qualitative research and in using discourse and conversation analysis to study therapeutic interactions. Specifically, she has research interests in child and adolescent mental health and trauma, and in mental health assessments. She has published several articles related to these topics, such as exploring questions from practitioners and strategies for engaging children and young people. She has recently co-authored a book on engaging in mental health research with children and adolescents; Doing mental health research with children and adolescents: A guide to qualitative methods. London: Sage.

Jessica Nina Lester, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Inquiry Methodology (Qualitative Methodologies/Methods) in the School of Education at Indiana University, US. Much of her research is positioned at the intersection of discourse studies and disability studies. Jessica co-edited a book focused on performance ethnographies and co-authored a book focused on the use of digital tools across the qualitative research process. She also co-authored a research methods textbook and is the co-editor of The Palgrave handbook of child mental health: Discourse and conversation studies and The Palgrave handbook of adult mental health: Discourse and conversation studies. She has most recently published in journals such as Qualitative Inquiry and Discourse Studies. Jessica also sits on the editorial boards of several journals, including Disability Studies Quarterly, Qualitative Research in Psychology, and Education Policy Analysis Archives. She is also the recipient of the 2014 Division D Early Career Award