Janice Morse, PhD, RN, FAAN
Title: Professor
Current Position: Professor
Research Specialty: Theoretical basis of nursing and the development of evidence based theory
Education/Training
- RN New Zealand Diploma, Grey Hospital
- BS Pennsylvania State University
- MS Pennsylvania State University
- MA University of Utah
- PhD Anthropology University of Utah
- PhD Nursing University of Utah
Research/Scholarly Activities
Honors
- 2008 The Ida May "Dotty" Barnes, R.N. and D. Keith Barnes, M.D. Presidential Endowed Chair
- 2006 Vern & Bonnie Bullough Annual Lecture, University of Utah College of Nursing
- 2006 University of Utah Alumni Award, College of Nursing
- 2006 Article from 1992 selected and reprinted as one of twelve for the Special 30th Anniversary Issue of Journal of Advanced Nursing (JAN)
- 2005 Fellow, Canadian Academy of Health Sciences
- 2001 Outstanding Achievement in Research Award International Institute of Human Understanding
- 2001 Leadership Award. QHR Conference, Banff, Alberta
Publications
- Ellis, C, Brochner, A., Denzin, N., Lincoln, Y., Morse, J., Pelias, R., & Richardson, L. (2007). Talking and thinking about Qualitative research. In Ethical Futures in Qualitative Research: Decolonizing the Politics of Knowledge. Edited by N. Denzin and M. Giardina. CA: Left Coast Press.
- Morse, J. M. (In press) Sampling in grounded theory research. In Handbook of Grounded Theory. Edited by T. Bryant & K. Charmaz London, UK: Sage Inc.
- Niehaus, L. & Morse J. M. (In press). Critical issues in mixed-method design. In Handbook of Social Research Methods. Ed by Julia Brannen, Len Bickman & Pertti Alasuutari, London, UK: Sage Inc.
- Morse, J.M. (In press). Breaking bad news: Patients' perspectives. In Breaking Bad News, (Edited by J.Spiers, A. Cave, M. Cave and J. Morse).
- Richards, L. & Morse, J. M. (2007). Readme first for a user's guide to qualitative methods. (2nd ed) Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
- Morse, J. M., Niehaus, L., Wolfe, R., Wilkins, S. (2006). The role of theoretical drive in maintaining validity in mixed-method research. Qualitative Research in Psychology, 3 (4), 279-291.
- Morse, J. M. (2006). Politics of evidence. In "Qualitative Inquiry and the Conservative Challenge. (pp. 79-92). Ed by Norm Denzin & Michael Gairdina. Palo Alta, CA: Left Coast Press. Reprinted from QHR, 16(3), 395-404.
Academic Activities
- The nature of suffering and comforting research
- Patient falls, their prediction and intervention research
- Development of qualitative methods research
- Founding Editor for the Journal of Qualitative Health Research
- International Journal of Qualitative Methods
