Fostering Social Justice through Qualitative Inquiry

Corey W. Johnson is a Professor and Program Chair of the Qualitative Research Program in the Department of Leadership, Education Administration, and Policy at the University of Georgia, USA. He teaches courses on social justice, gender and sexuality, qualitative data collection, ethnography, and philosophy of science. His scholarship focuses on the power relations between dominant and non-dominant populations in the cultural contexts of leisure. This examination provides important insight into both the privileging and discriminatory practices that occur in contemporary settings. In 2012 he received the UGA PresidentAEs MLK Jr. Achieving the Dream award for his efforts to make society more just. Diana C. Parry is an Associate Professor in the Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies, at the University of Waterloo, Canada. Utilizing a feminist lens, her research privileges women's standpoints and aims to create social change and enact social justice by challenging the medical model of scholarship. In particular, this research explores the personal and political links between women's leisure and women's health, broadly defined. Diana serves as Special Advisor to the President on WomenAEs and Gender Issues.