Frances Williamson
Biographic Data
| ID | 636744 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Frances Williamson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Frances |
| FAMILY NAME | Williamson |
| SIGNATURE | WILLIAMSON F |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Michigan |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7065-7089 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Discourse Analysis in Education Research
Discourse analysis is used to describe the diverse collection of qualitative approaches to studying language and language use. These approaches were developed within the field of discourse studies in which researchers from various disciplines were concurrently theorising and examining the relationship between language and social life. Each approach to discourse analysis comprises a theory of discourse, analytic concepts, and distinctive methods f…
There's no real urgency when it comes to us: Critical discourse analysis of Black communities' lived experience with opioid overdose response in Indianapolis area
Producing Trustworthiness: Locating the Adequacy of Findings in Interactional Research
This article explores the notion of research trustworthiness for ethnomethodology and conversation analysis (EMCA) studies. Informed by radical reflexivity, we focus on trustworthiness practices , the sets of activities analysts use or describe to support the adequacy of their claims. Drawing upon interactional data involving children in health care settings, we interrogate five practices: (1) unique adequacy, (2) next-turn proof procedure, (3) c…
Signaling Allyship Via Ears: An Investigation of a Novel Allyship Framework Among Black Women in Maternal Health Settings
Low-quality patient-provider interactions contribute to and further exacerbate Black women's poor maternal health outcomes. Perceiving one's provider as an ally, or someone that acknowledges and addresses racial inequities can potentially transform the quality of patient-provider encounters; yet little research has investigated how to effectively convey racial allyship among Black women. In the present investigation we examined the utility of a n…
Language and psychosocial oppression: Methodological approaches, challenges, and opportunities
In this editorial, we introduce the special issue entitled, 'Language and psychosocial oppression: Methodological approaches, challenges, and opportunities'. This special issue includes seven articles that were produced in relation to the growing attention being given to the psychological phenomena associated with (in)justice and (in)equity, with a particular focus on how justice-oriented agendas and interventions might be advanced. Specifically,…
Black methodologies as ethnomethods: On qualitative methods-making and analyzing the situated work of doing being hybridly human
This paper describes qualitative methods-making informed by Black Studies and ethnomethodology.Specifically, I explore resonances and tensions between ethnomethodology and Katherine McKittrick's theorization of black methodologies to describe an analytic approach to studying how language use and other embodied actions (re)produce humanizing and dehumanizing psychosocial dynamics.Blending insights from these perspectives, I argue for a radical res…
Validity and Reliability of the Civic-Minded Graduate Scale in a Place-Based Experiential Learning Context: Integrating Ethical and Self-construal Theory
The purpose of higher education has shifted from the public purpose of nurturing democratic citizens to a focus on economic advancement and workforce preparedness. The resulting preference for technical and scientific expertise and the concomitant devaluing of reflective and humanistic inquiry have shortchanged all students’ preparation. Nonetheless, addressing the critical and complex problems facing our society requires reconnecting higher educ…
Ethnomethodology, Conversation Analysis, and Constructive Analysis: On Formal Structures of Practical Action
A site of radical possibilities: Examining how a multigenerational counterspace promoted STEM persistence among undergraduate Women of Color
Women from racially/ethnically minoritized communities remain significantly underrepresented at all levels of education in STEM. The pervasive white and heteronormative culture of the STEM environment has contributed to Women of Color feeling isolated, hyper‐visible, and invisible as they contend with racism, sexism, and gendered racial microaggressions. Scholars have found that counterspaces are key sites to support the persistence of Women of C…
Barriers and Facilitators of Health and Well-Being in Informal Caregivers of Dementia Patients: A Qualitative Study
The findings suggest that the subjective burden of strain experienced by family caregivers of Alzheimer's patients has a profound impact on their health and well-being, even more so than the objective burden of strain that is the result of their day-to-day caregiving activities
Serving on a Graduate Medical Education Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice Committee: Lessons Learned From a Journey of Growth and Healing
Efforts toward achieving diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice (DEIJ) within graduate medical education (GME) often begin with the formation of a DEIJ committee that steers the work. Little is known about the experiences and the challenges faced by those serving on such committees. We sought to describe the experiences of members of our institutional GME DEIJ committee to gain knowledge that would propel this work forward. An open-ended surve…
Building capacity for socio-ecological change through the campus farm: A mixed-methods study
Given the ongoing socio-ecological crises, higher education institutions need curricular interventions to support students in developing the knowledge, skills, and perspectives needed to create a sustainable future. Campus farms are increasingly becoming sites for sustainability and environmental education toward this end. This paper describes the design and outcomes of a farm-situated place-based experiential learning (PBEL) intervention in two …
Breaking bread with storyworlding methodology: Black feminist/womanist commentary on unearthing communal lifeworlds
This paper presents commentary for the Feminist Explorations of Storyworlding, Ethics, Love, and Validity special issue. Using a friendship as method approach, we engage in reflexive dialogue about storyworlding methodology and the articles in this issue. We consider the transformative possibilities of this methodology and the new lines of inquiry it can create within the critical qualitative inquiry community. Throughout, we center Black feminis…
Quantifying low English literacy in Australian Aboriginal communities: A correlational study
‘I can speak on this here’: Empowerment within an Aboriginal adult literacy campaign
This case study details the impacts of an Aboriginal-led adult literacy campaign in Brewarrina between 2015 and 2017. Forming part of a wider investigation into literacy as a social determinant of health, the study explores the relationship between involvement in the literacy campaign and the capacity of graduates to take greater control of the conditions affecting their lives. Empowerment is used here as the central explanatory construct despite…
There's no real urgency when it comes to us: Critical discourse analysis of Black communities' lived experience with opioid overdose response in Indianapolis area
Ethnomethodology, Conversation Analysis, and Constructive Analysis: On Formal Structures of Practical Action
Building capacity for socio-ecological change through the campus farm: A mixed-methods study
Given the ongoing socio-ecological crises, higher education institutions need curricular interventions to support students in developing the knowledge, skills, and perspectives needed to create a sustainable future. Campus farms are increasingly becoming sites for sustainability and environmental education toward this end. This paper describes the design and outcomes of a farm-situated place-based experiential learning (PBEL) intervention in two …
Breaking bread with storyworlding methodology: Black feminist/womanist commentary on unearthing communal lifeworlds
This paper presents commentary for the Feminist Explorations of Storyworlding, Ethics, Love, and Validity special issue. Using a friendship as method approach, we engage in reflexive dialogue about storyworlding methodology and the articles in this issue. We consider the transformative possibilities of this methodology and the new lines of inquiry it can create within the critical qualitative inquiry community. Throughout, we center Black feminis…
‘I can speak on this here’: Empowerment within an Aboriginal adult literacy campaign
This case study details the impacts of an Aboriginal-led adult literacy campaign in Brewarrina between 2015 and 2017. Forming part of a wider investigation into literacy as a social determinant of health, the study explores the relationship between involvement in the literacy campaign and the capacity of graduates to take greater control of the conditions affecting their lives. Empowerment is used here as the central explanatory construct despite…
Quantifying low English literacy in Australian Aboriginal communities: A correlational study
Serving on a Graduate Medical Education Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice Committee: Lessons Learned From a Journey of Growth and Healing
Efforts toward achieving diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice (DEIJ) within graduate medical education (GME) often begin with the formation of a DEIJ committee that steers the work. Little is known about the experiences and the challenges faced by those serving on such committees. We sought to describe the experiences of members of our institutional GME DEIJ committee to gain knowledge that would propel this work forward. An open-ended surve…
Building capacity for socio-ecological change through the campus farm: A mixed-methods study
Given the ongoing socio-ecological crises, higher education institutions need curricular interventions to support students in developing the knowledge, skills, and perspectives needed to create a sustainable future. Campus farms are increasingly becoming sites for sustainability and environmental education toward this end. This paper describes the design and outcomes of a farm-situated place-based experiential learning (PBEL) intervention in two …
Breaking bread with storyworlding methodology: Black feminist/womanist commentary on unearthing communal lifeworlds
This paper presents commentary for the Feminist Explorations of Storyworlding, Ethics, Love, and Validity special issue. Using a friendship as method approach, we engage in reflexive dialogue about storyworlding methodology and the articles in this issue. We consider the transformative possibilities of this methodology and the new lines of inquiry it can create within the critical qualitative inquiry community. Throughout, we center Black feminis…
A site of radical possibilities: Examining how a multigenerational counterspace promoted STEM persistence among undergraduate Women of Color
Women from racially/ethnically minoritized communities remain significantly underrepresented at all levels of education in STEM. The pervasive white and heteronormative culture of the STEM environment has contributed to Women of Color feeling isolated, hyper‐visible, and invisible as they contend with racism, sexism, and gendered racial microaggressions. Scholars have found that counterspaces are key sites to support the persistence of Women of C…
Barriers and Facilitators of Health and Well-Being in Informal Caregivers of Dementia Patients: A Qualitative Study
The findings suggest that the subjective burden of strain experienced by family caregivers of Alzheimer's patients has a profound impact on their health and well-being, even more so than the objective burden of strain that is the result of their day-to-day caregiving activities
Language and psychosocial oppression: Methodological approaches, challenges, and opportunities
In this editorial, we introduce the special issue entitled, 'Language and psychosocial oppression: Methodological approaches, challenges, and opportunities'. This special issue includes seven articles that were produced in relation to the growing attention being given to the psychological phenomena associated with (in)justice and (in)equity, with a particular focus on how justice-oriented agendas and interventions might be advanced. Specifically,…
Black methodologies as ethnomethods: On qualitative methods-making and analyzing the situated work of doing being hybridly human
This paper describes qualitative methods-making informed by Black Studies and ethnomethodology.Specifically, I explore resonances and tensions between ethnomethodology and Katherine McKittrick's theorization of black methodologies to describe an analytic approach to studying how language use and other embodied actions (re)produce humanizing and dehumanizing psychosocial dynamics.Blending insights from these perspectives, I argue for a radical res…
Validity and Reliability of the Civic-Minded Graduate Scale in a Place-Based Experiential Learning Context: Integrating Ethical and Self-construal Theory
The purpose of higher education has shifted from the public purpose of nurturing democratic citizens to a focus on economic advancement and workforce preparedness. The resulting preference for technical and scientific expertise and the concomitant devaluing of reflective and humanistic inquiry have shortchanged all students’ preparation. Nonetheless, addressing the critical and complex problems facing our society requires reconnecting higher educ…
Ethnomethodology, Conversation Analysis, and Constructive Analysis: On Formal Structures of Practical Action
There's no real urgency when it comes to us: Critical discourse analysis of Black communities' lived experience with opioid overdose response in Indianapolis area
Producing Trustworthiness: Locating the Adequacy of Findings in Interactional Research
This article explores the notion of research trustworthiness for ethnomethodology and conversation analysis (EMCA) studies. Informed by radical reflexivity, we focus on trustworthiness practices , the sets of activities analysts use or describe to support the adequacy of their claims. Drawing upon interactional data involving children in health care settings, we interrogate five practices: (1) unique adequacy, (2) next-turn proof procedure, (3) c…
Signaling Allyship Via Ears: An Investigation of a Novel Allyship Framework Among Black Women in Maternal Health Settings
Low-quality patient-provider interactions contribute to and further exacerbate Black women's poor maternal health outcomes. Perceiving one's provider as an ally, or someone that acknowledges and addresses racial inequities can potentially transform the quality of patient-provider encounters; yet little research has investigated how to effectively convey racial allyship among Black women. In the present investigation we examined the utility of a n…
Discourse Analysis in Education Research
Discourse analysis is used to describe the diverse collection of qualitative approaches to studying language and language use. These approaches were developed within the field of discourse studies in which researchers from various disciplines were concurrently theorising and examining the relationship between language and social life. Each approach to discourse analysis comprises a theory of discourse, analytic concepts, and distinctive methods f…
Sociology (10 works) · Psychology (8 works) · Political science (6 works) · Qualitative research (6 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Pedagogy (4 works) · Social science (4 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (3 works)