Stephen D Kroeger
Biographic Data
| ID | 4145125 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Stephen D Kroeger |
| GIVEN NAMES | Stephen D |
| FAMILY NAME | Kroeger |
| SIGNATURE | KROEGER S D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Cincinnati |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9131-968X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
“We Don’t Come in Here Knowing How We Will Leave”
This article examines the collaborative inquiry practices of the Cincinnati Critical Friends, a cross-disciplinary group of teacher educators committed to improving their teaching through action research. Situated within the field of teacher education, the study explores how faculty members use structured dialogue to examine persistent dilemmas of practice and deepen their understanding of what it means to teach well. Drawing on perspectives from…
Sembrando y Cosechando Amor
Sembrando Amor was a collaborative effort between Community Experts, public health professionals, and university-based action researchers, each of whom made explicit decisions to work outside of their normal roles for the good of the broader community and of our shared Community-Based Participatory Action Research (CBPAR) project. The project, which included a Photovoice and cartoon zining process, centers community experiences and voices with th…
Difficult empathy, education, and the work of social change
Participatory Action Researchers Looking for a Home at Icqi
In this article we share how we as participatory action researchers and organizers of the (p)AR Special Interest Group (SIG) came to understand our process of seeking a home at the International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry (ICQI) from 2021 to 2024. As we reflected, we became aware that we were simultaneously trying to enrich our (p)AR practice with extended epistemologies from the critical qualitative research world, while trying to nudge tha…
Syrian refugees receiving information
Many refugees have unique health needs that may result from their resettlement. This study examined how Syrian refugees in the Cincinnati area prefer to receive medical information and the role that interpreters encompass in the doctor-patient relationship. Findings indicated that participants prefer to receive medical information via in-person interpreters, translated paper or digital materials, or text messages. Refugees from this study express…
Thoughts about the other
The following is a report of a first-person inquiry related to an international experience where the author was aware of feelings of alienation that he brought with him into the experience. Grounded in his historical experience as a special education university faculty, an upper middle class, straight white male, the phenomenon of othering made its way into his work with a group of Palestinian teachers. The awareness described was emergent and re…
Toward Active Partnership
Procedural safeguards have been in place for years with the intention of protecting the rights of parents and their children with disabilities. Despite the promises of the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act, parents have not mastered the tools they need to be active participants in their child’s special education. Educators must inform parents of children with disabilities of their rights and responsibilities in documents that clearly co…
You make the road by walking
A Sage expression, you make the road by walking, captures the nature of accompaniment in partnership development. The purpose of this action research project was to examine the partnership of a city school and an urban university as one that engaged mutual generation of knowledge from all participants. Action research, where participants are coequals in decision making, enhances the co-construction of knowledge and applied practice when stakehold…
Thoughts about the other
The following is a report of a first-person inquiry related to an international experience where the author was aware of feelings of alienation that he brought with him into the experience. Grounded in his historical experience as a special education university faculty, an upper middle class, straight white male, the phenomenon of othering made its way into his work with a group of Palestinian teachers. The awareness described was emergent and re…
Syrian refugees receiving information
Many refugees have unique health needs that may result from their resettlement. This study examined how Syrian refugees in the Cincinnati area prefer to receive medical information and the role that interpreters encompass in the doctor-patient relationship. Findings indicated that participants prefer to receive medical information via in-person interpreters, translated paper or digital materials, or text messages. Refugees from this study express…
You make the road by walking
A Sage expression, you make the road by walking, captures the nature of accompaniment in partnership development. The purpose of this action research project was to examine the partnership of a city school and an urban university as one that engaged mutual generation of knowledge from all participants. Action research, where participants are coequals in decision making, enhances the co-construction of knowledge and applied practice when stakehold…
You make the road by walking
A Sage expression, you make the road by walking, captures the nature of accompaniment in partnership development. The purpose of this action research project was to examine the partnership of a city school and an urban university as one that engaged mutual generation of knowledge from all participants. Action research, where participants are coequals in decision making, enhances the co-construction of knowledge and applied practice when stakehold…
Toward Active Partnership
Procedural safeguards have been in place for years with the intention of protecting the rights of parents and their children with disabilities. Despite the promises of the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act, parents have not mastered the tools they need to be active participants in their child’s special education. Educators must inform parents of children with disabilities of their rights and responsibilities in documents that clearly co…
Thoughts about the other
The following is a report of a first-person inquiry related to an international experience where the author was aware of feelings of alienation that he brought with him into the experience. Grounded in his historical experience as a special education university faculty, an upper middle class, straight white male, the phenomenon of othering made its way into his work with a group of Palestinian teachers. The awareness described was emergent and re…
Syrian refugees receiving information
Many refugees have unique health needs that may result from their resettlement. This study examined how Syrian refugees in the Cincinnati area prefer to receive medical information and the role that interpreters encompass in the doctor-patient relationship. Findings indicated that participants prefer to receive medical information via in-person interpreters, translated paper or digital materials, or text messages. Refugees from this study express…
Participatory Action Researchers Looking for a Home at Icqi
In this article we share how we as participatory action researchers and organizers of the (p)AR Special Interest Group (SIG) came to understand our process of seeking a home at the International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry (ICQI) from 2021 to 2024. As we reflected, we became aware that we were simultaneously trying to enrich our (p)AR practice with extended epistemologies from the critical qualitative research world, while trying to nudge tha…
“We Don’t Come in Here Knowing How We Will Leave”
This article examines the collaborative inquiry practices of the Cincinnati Critical Friends, a cross-disciplinary group of teacher educators committed to improving their teaching through action research. Situated within the field of teacher education, the study explores how faculty members use structured dialogue to examine persistent dilemmas of practice and deepen their understanding of what it means to teach well. Drawing on perspectives from…
Sembrando y Cosechando Amor
Sembrando Amor was a collaborative effort between Community Experts, public health professionals, and university-based action researchers, each of whom made explicit decisions to work outside of their normal roles for the good of the broader community and of our shared Community-Based Participatory Action Research (CBPAR) project. The project, which included a Photovoice and cartoon zining process, centers community experiences and voices with th…
Difficult empathy, education, and the work of social change
Action research (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Pedagogy (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Citizen journalism (2 works) · Class (philosophy (2 works) · Collaborative Teaching and Inclusion (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · General partnership (2 works) · Law (2 works)