Kathy Charmaz
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Kathleen Marian Charmaz (August 19, 1939 – July 27, 2020) was the developer of constructivist
grounded theory, a major research method in
qualitative research internationally and across many disciplines and professions. She was professor emerita of sociology at
Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California, and former director of its Faculty Writing Program. Charmaz’s background was in
occupational therapy and
sociology. Charmaz’s areas of expertise included
grounded theory,
symbolic interactionism, chronicity, death and dying, qualitative health research, scholarly writing,
sociological theory,
social psychology,
research methods, health and medicine,
aging,
sociology of emotions, and the body.
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