John W. Creswell

Biography

John W. Creswell, PhD

PhD 1974 University of Iowa
College leadership and Sociology

MA 1972 University of Iowa
Student Affairs and Counseling

BA 1967 Muskingum College
History and Political Science

Dr. John W. Creswell is a professor of family medicine and senior research scientist in the Michigan Mixed Methods Program at the University of Michigan.  He is the author of numerous articles and books on research design, qualitative research, and mixed methods research.  During his many years at the University of Nebraska, he held the Clifton Endowed Professor Chair, served as Director of the Mixed Methods Research Office, co-founded SAGE’s Journal of Mixed Methods Research, and was an adjunct faculty member and consultant at the University of Michigan. He was a Senior Fulbright Scholar to South Africa (2008) and to Thailand (2012).  In 2011, he co-led the National Institute of Health working group on the “best practices” of mixed methods research in the health sciences.  In 2014, he served as the founding President of the Mixed Methods International Research Association. In 2015, he joined the staff of Family Medicine at the University of Michigan and became the Co-Director of the Mixed Methods Research Program.  In 2016, he received an honorary doctorate from the University of Pretoria in South Africa.  In 2017, he co-authored the American Psychological Association “standards” on qualitative and mixed methods research.  In 2018 his book (with Cheryl Poth) on “Qualitative Inquiry and Research Design” won the US Textbook and Academic Author’s 2018 McGuffey Longevity Award. In 2020, he was appointed to an adjunct professor faculty position at the University of Hawaii – Manoa. He currently lives in Ashiya, Japan and Honolulu, Hawaii.

Dr. Hirose is a national certified psychologist, and a research associate in the Graduate Department of Psychological Sciences at Kwansei Gakuin University, Hyogo, Japan. In 2020, she was appointed as an adjunct associate professor at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, the Department of Specific Education. As a “Hikikomori” regional support coordinator, Dr. Hirose provides support services for youth affected by "Hikikomori," a social withdrawal syndrome and their families. Currently, she serves as a community development support coordinator at the ASD (autism spectrum disorders) Support Center (2013 to present). She has developed a family behavioral support program for adolescents with ASD and provides a staff training program at the ASD Support Center. Dr. Hirose has conducted research to develop a new comprehensive community support model for adolescents with ASD and their families using mixed methods research. She recently translated Creswell and Baez English second edition SAGE book on the “30 Essential Skills for the Qualitative Researcher” into Japanese. She presently lives in Ashiya, Japan and Honolulu, Hawaii.