Case Study Research

“This book brings interpretivist case study into the 21st century by embracing novel creative and arts-based methods, fostering intuition as a legitimate research activity, and honoring all voices within the community, in pursuit of epistemic justice.”

—Antonio J. Castro, PhD, College of Education and Human Development, University of Missouri–Columbia


“This book is a great resource for learning how to use storytelling to inform disciplinary knowledge, practice knowledge, and policy creation across numerous disciplines. It provides a thoughtful and thorough presentation of culturally sensitive case study research. I love the discussions of silence, letting participants tell their story, Indigenous perspectives, and respondent validation.”

—Regina T. Praetorius, PhD, LMSW-AP, School of Social Work, The University of Texas at Arlington


“Reflecting a belief in the value of thinking in cases, Simons offers a rich, practical guide on how to design, implement, and report studies of the particular. Simons draws on much of what has been written about case study research in the past several decades, while adding her unique take on the rationale for this approach and describing novel ways to justify case-based analyses and interpretations and present cases to different audiences.”

—Thomas A. Schwandt, PhD, Department of Educational Psychology (Emeritus), University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign