Joe Norris

Joe Norris is a pioneer in qualitative research and arts-based research methodologies advancing both playbuilding and duoethnography as dialogic research methodologies. He has focused his teaching and research on fostering a playful, creative, participatory and socially aware stance toward self and Other. He is the recipient of the 2015 Tom Barone Award for Distinguished Contributions to Arts Based Educational Research from the Arts Based Educational Research SIG of American Educational Research Association (AERA); his book, “Playbuilding as Qualitative Research: A Participatory Arts-based Approach”, receive the 2011 Outstanding Book Award from the Qualitative Research SIG of AERA; and his co-authored book, "Understanding Qualitative Research: Duoethnography", with Richard Sawyer was selected for the 2015 AERA Division D’s Significant Contribution to Educational Measurement and Research Methodology Award.

While retired, he continues to work with Mirror Theatre. a social issues theatre company, and his new book, “Playbuilding as Arts-Based Research: Health, Wellness, Social Justice and Higher Education, with Kevin Hobbs and Mirror Theatre is based extensively on their work in Ontario. Dramatizations of the scripts in the book can be found on their website as he also promotes the use of video in research dissemination.