Serge F. Hein

Serge F. Hein
Assistant Professor
Educational Research and Evaluation (Qualitative Methods)
Ph.D., University of Alberta

Areas of Specialization: Qualitative Research Methods, Social Psychology of Education, Educational Research Design, Qualitative Interviewing, Poststructuralism, Phenomenology

Dr. Hein’s research deals with both methodological issues in qualitative inquiry and several substantive areas in education. In its broadest sense, his methodological work focuses on the relationship between poststructuralism and modernist science, and the implications of poststructuralist thought for qualitative inquiry. He currently draws on poststructuralist work in investigating methodological issues such as the excess or instability inherent in various concepts and the place of singularity and universality in participants’ descriptions of their experiences. Dr. Hein’s substantive research deals, in various ways, with how social and other forms of context inform human action and the meaning that participants assign to their experiences. His current research includes topics such as help seeking in college students diagnosed with a reading disability, the process involved in panel members’ determinations of a passing score on standards-based educational tests, and supervisors’ and supervisees’ experiences of triadic supervision. Dr. Hein teaches courses in qualitative research methods and educational research design.