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RESEARCHING CHILDREN AND YOUTH: METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES, STRATEGIES, AND INNOVATIONS

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SOCIOLOGICAL STUDIES OF CHILDREN AND YOUTH

Series Editor: David A. Kinney (from 1999) Series Editors: David A. Kinney and Katherine Brown Rosier (2004–2010) Series Editors: David A. Kinney and Loretta E. Bass (from 2011) Series Editor: Loretta E. Bass (from 2012)

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SOCIOLOGICAL STUDIES OF CHILDREN AND YOUTH VOLUME 22

RESEARCHING CHILDREN AND YOUTH: METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES, STRATEGIES, AND INNOVATIONS

EDITED BY

INGRID E. CASTRO

Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, North Adams, MA, USA

MELISSA SWAUGER

Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA, USA

BRENT HARGER

Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, PA, USA

SERIES EDITOR

LORETTA E. BASS

The University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA

United Kingdom – North America – Japan – India – Malaysia – China

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First edition 2017

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ISBN: 978-1-78714-099-8 (Print)

ISSN: 1537-4661 (Series)

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ISBN: 978-1-78714-314-2 (Epub)

List of Contributors

Editorial Board

• Patricia A. Adler

  University of Colorado, USA

• Peter Adler

  University of Denver, USA

• Doris Buhler-Niederberger

  University of Wuppertal, USA

• William A. Corsaro

  Indiana University, USA

• Donna Eder

  Indiana University, USA

• Gary Alan Fine

  Northwestern University, USA

• Sandra L. Hofferth

  University of Maryland, USA

• David A. Kinney

  Central Michigan University, USA

• Barbara Schneider

  Michigan State University, USA

• Deanna L. Wilkinson

  Ohio State University, USA

• Alford A. Young

  University of Michigan, USA

Acknowledgments

Ingrid E. Castro:

Thank you to my department and the administration of Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA) for supporting my work on this project. I also thank my mom, my brothers and their families, and my friends who believe in me and who I always look forward to visiting whenever possible. Thank you to my co-editors, Brent and Melissa, for their great advice, diligent efforts, and much-needed insights throughout the process of working on this volume. Most importantly, thanks to Breck Young and our dog Moxie for their love, taking care of me, and bringing me on walks!

Melissa Swauger:

I would like to thank Dr. Kathleen Blee for years of support and encouragement. Thank you to Allison Pugh for including me in important conversations about ethical research with youth. Thank you to my co-editors, whose expertise and knowledge I admire. Finally, thanks to my daughter Zoe and husband Tony. I love you both very much.

Brent Harger:

Thank you to David Kinney for introducing me to the sociology of children and youth, and Bill Corsaro, Donna Eder, and Tim Hallett for nurturing my interests in this area. I would also like to thank the members of my department and Gettysburg College colleagues for supporting this work and my co-editors for conceiving of this volume and working to make it a reality. Finally, I would like to thank Jessica Ritter and my family for supporting my academic and non-academic endeavors.

From all of us:

Thank you to series managing editor Loretta Bass and Emerald Publishing book project managers/editors, Christina Irving Turner, Kimberly Chadwick, Kousalya Krishnamoorthy, Charlotte Hales, and Philippa Grand for believing in this volume.

Thank you to Allison Pugh, as all of this came about through our initial work together, resulting in establishing the Research and Ethics Committee for the American Sociological Association’s Section on Children and Youth.

Thank you to all of the contributors to this volume – this book would not have been possible without your thought-provoking research, experiential reflections, and innovative theories on and with children and youth. Particularly, we are very honored that Gary Alan Fine agreed to contribute the Afterword to this volume.

Thank you to the following peer reviewers for donating their time, effort, and expertise:

Patricia A. Adler, Peter Adler, Elbert P. Almazan, John Bailey, Jennifer Billman, Susan Boser, Brittany Brinkman, Jessica Calarco, Jessica Kenty-Drane, Stacy Evans, Samuel Frye, Kathleen Gray, Sara Goodkind, Kathryn Hadley, Shirley A. Jackson, David A. Kinney, Noriko Milman, Sandi Nenga, Rita Nnodim, Lori Peek, Linda Quirke, Alicia Raia-Hawrylak, Fernando Rivera, Katherine B. Rosier, Grant Shoffstall, Jennifer Snyder-Duch, Jane Walsh, and Deanna L. Wilkinson.

Finally, thank you to our readers – we hope you find much value in this volume.