Norman k denzin biography of martin luther

“With Denzin’s immense impacts on various fields in qualitative inquiry, his outstanding works in mentoring generations of qualitative scholars, and his accomplishment in building an international community of qualitative researchers, Denzin has been attributed as ‘the Father of Qualitative Inquiries,’ a well-deserved distinction,” Shing-Ling Sarina Chen wrote in last year’s edited volume, Festschrift In Honor Of Norman K.

Denzin: He Knew His Song Well.

Publisher Helen Salmon, who had worked with Denzin for two decades at Sage, offered a more personal précis:

Norman was a gentle giant, and incredibly generous with his time and knowledge.

He was a great mentor to generations of graduate students and junior faculty whose work he championed in the journals he founded and edited. He had an infectious laugh which announced he was in the room, and I’ll remember his signature shorts and Birkenstocks, the one concession to win