Kathy Charmaz Prize for Best Use of Grounded Theory

This annual award is given by a subcommittee of the editorial board of Qualitative Health Research and is awarded to the author(s) of the most innovative article that used a grounded theory method. In 2023, our paper entitled “Why would I talk to them about sex?”: Exploring Patient-Provider Communication Among Black Women Experiencing Sexual Pain was chosen for this award.

Morse (2020) noted that Kathy Charmaz’s greatest legacy was her careful writing, “never losing her critical, analytic stance toward the literature and a self-critical stance toward grounded theory methods.” Kathy is perhaps best known for her work on constructivist epistemology in grounded theory. The Kathy Charmaz Award honors the spirit of her work and urges that spirit on in other researchers.

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