Join us in this episode of Qualitative Conversations as Melissa Hauber-Özer (University of Missouri) hosts Meagan Call-Cummings (Johns Hopkins University) and Giovanni Dazzo (University of Georgia) to explore the transformative approach of critical participatory inquiry. Discover how this methodology promotes equitable knowledge production and social change, rooted in global South perspectives and critical theory.

Their work, Critical Participatory Inquiry: An Interdisciplinary Guide, was honored with the AERA Qualitative Research SIG Book Award for 2025.

Featured Resources:
Call-Cummings, M., Dazzo, G. P., & Hauber-Özer, M. (2023). Critical participatory inquiry: An interdisciplinary guide. Sage Publications.

Fals-Borda, O., Rahman, M.A. (1991). Action and Knowledge: Breaking the Monopoly with Participatory Action-Research. Bloomsbury Academic

Call-Cummings, M., Hauber-Özer, M., & Dazzo, G. P. (Eds.). (2023). The Routledge International Handbook of Critical Participatory Inquiry in Transnational Research Contexts. Taylor & Francis Group.

Kirk, J., & Miller, M. L. (1986).Reliability and validity in qualitative research (Vol. 1). Sage.

Scholars mentioned:

Paulo Freire

Frantz Fanon

Walter D. Mignolo

Sharrell Hassell-Goodman

Production Credits:
Melissa Hauber-Özer - Host
Meagan Call-Cummings - Co-Host
Giovanni Dazzo - Co-Host
Jacob Bunch - Editor
Pallavi Chhabra and Jacob Bunch - Show Notes and Resources
Qualitative Research SIG Podcast Committee - Production Advisory

Qualitative Research SIG Podcast Committee Members:
Laetitia Adelson
Jacob Bunch, Committee Chair
Pallavi Chhabra
Jonathan Coker
Joshua Cruz
Melissa Hauber-Özer
Emma McMain
Seth McCall
Elizabeth Morgan
Elizabeth Pope