Call-Cummings, Meagan

Dr. Meagan Call-Cummings
PhD, Indiana University, Bloomington
Associate Professor
Research Methodology

Phone: (703) 993-1718
Fax: (703) 993-2013
Email: mcallcum (@gmu.edu)

George Mason University
Science and Technology Campus
Colgan Hall
10890 George Mason Circle
MS 6D2
Manassas, VA 20110

View Meagan Call-Cummings's curriculum vitae in PDF format.

Dr. Call-Cummings is an Assistant Professor of Qualitative Methodology in the College of Education and Human Development at George Mason University. She specializes in critical, participatory, and feminist methodologies.

Critical, Feminist, Qualitative methodologies
Participatory Action Research and Youth Participatory Action Research
Participatory Evaluation
Photovoice
Narrative Inquiry
Research in schools/with youth/with communities on issues that are of concern for youth, teachers, parents, administrators, communities, etc.
Creation, implementation, and evaluation of local- and school-level policies that promote equity, justice, peace, understanding.

Peer-Reviewed Articles:

Call-Cummings, M., Hauber-Özer, M., & Dazzo, G. (2019). Examining researcher identity development within the context of a course on PAR: A layered narrative approach. The Qualitative Report, 24(9), 2178-2196.

Call-Cummings, M. & Dennis, B. (2019). Participation as entangled self-assertion. Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung / Forum: Qualitative Social Research, 20(2), Art. 24. https://doi.org/10.17169/fqs-20.2.3203

Call-Cummings, M., Hauber-Özer, M., Byers, C., & Mancuso, G. (2019). The power of/in photovoice. International Journal of Research and Method in Education, 42(4), 399-413. https://doi.org/10.1080/1743727X.2018.1492536

Call-Cummings, M., Hauber-Özer, M., & Ross, K. (2019). Struggling with/against the unintentional reproduction of power structures in participatory research: Using reconstructive horizon analysis. Action Research. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/1476750319837324

Call-Cummings, M., Dennis, B., & Martinez, S. (2019). The role of researcher in participatory inquiry: Modeling intra-active reflexivity in conversational reflections. Cultural Studies ó Critical Methodologies, 19(1), 68-76. https://doi.org/10.1177/1532708617750677

Ross, K. & Call-Cummings, M. (2018). Acknowledging and transcending “failure”: Lifeworld possibilities and system constraints. International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 22(1), 98-109. https://doi.org/10.1080/13645579.2018.1501642

Schertz, H. H., Call-Cummings, M., Horn, K., Quest, K., & Law, R. S. (2018). Social and instrumental interaction between parents and their toddlers with autism: A qualitative analysis. Journal of Early Intervention, 40(1), 20-38. https://doi.org/10.1177/1053815117737353

Call-Cummings, M. (2018). Claiming power by producing knowledge: The empowering potential of PAR in the classroom. Educational Action Research, 26(3), 385-402. https://doi.org/10.1080/09650792.2017.1354772

Call-Cummings, M. (2017). “It’s too political”: The overt and covert silencing of critical Latino/a voices. Latino Studies, 15(4), 532-540. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/s41276-017-0086-7

Call-Cummings, M. (2017). Establishing communicative validity: Discovering theory through practice. Qualitative Inquiry, 23(3), 192-200. https://doi.org/10.1177/1077800416657101

Call-Cummings, M., & Martinez, S. (2016). Consciousness-raising or unintentionally oppressive? Potential negative consequences of photovoice. The Qualitative Report, 21(5), 798-810. Retrieved from https://nsuworks.nova.edu/tqr/vol21/iss5/1/

Call-Cummings, M., & Martinez, S. (2016). “It wasn’t racism; it was more misunderstanding.” White teachers, Latino/a students, and racial battle fatigue. Race Ethnicity and Education, 20(4), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1080/13613324.2016.1150830

Call-Cummings, M. & James, C. (2015). Empowerment for whom? Empowerment for what? Lessons from a participatory action research project. Networks: An On-Line Journal for Teacher Research, 17(2). https://dx.doi.org/10.4148/2470-6353.1029

Call-Cummings, M., & Hook, M. R. (2015). Endorsing empowerment? A critical comparative study of peace education in Jamaica and Peru. Journal of Peace Education, 12(1), 92-108. https://doi.org/10.1080/17400201.2014.970616

Book Chapters:

Call-Cummings, M., Hauber-Özer, M., & Rainey, J. (in press). Preparing critical educators and community-engaged scholars through participatory action research. In A. Zimmerman (Ed.), Preparing Students for Community-Engaged Scholarship in Higher Education. Hershey, PA: IGI Global.

Call-Cummings, M., Manion, C., & Shah, P. (in press). Interrogating and innovating CIE research: Setting the stage. In C. Manion, E. Anderson, S. Baily, M. Call-Cummings, R. Iyengar, P. Shah, & M. Wittenstein (Eds.), Interrogating and innovating CIE research: Decolonizing practices for inclusive, safe spaces. Rotterdam, The Netherlands: Sense Publishers.

Baily, S., Scotto-Lavino, E., & Call-Cummings, M. (in press). Implications for methodology. Towards more equitable futures. In C. Manion, E. Anderson, S. Baily, M. Call-Cummings, R. Iyengar, P. Shah, & M. Wittenstein (Eds.), Interrogating and innovating CIE research: Decolonizing practices for inclusive, safe spaces. Rotterdam, The Netherlands: Sense Publishers.

Call-Cummings, M. & Ross, K. (2019). Re-positioning power and re-imagining reflexivity: Examining positionality and building validity through reconstructive horizon analysis. In K. Strunk & L. Locke (Eds.), Research methods for social justice and equity in education. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan.

Call-Cummings, M. & Hauber-Özer, M. (2018). The potential for (participatory) action research for school leaders, local policy makers, and university-based researchers. In C. Lochmiller (Ed.) Complimentary research methods for educational leadership and policy studies (pp. 121-140). New York, NY: Springer.**

Call-Cummings, M. (2017). Case study 3: One moment of participatory data analysis. In H. Kidwai, R. Iyenghar, M. Witenstein, & E. Byker (Eds.), Participatory action research and educational development: South Asian perspectives (pp. 247-254). Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan.**

Baily, S., Shah, P., & Call-Cummings, M. (2016). Reframing the center: New directions in qualitative methodology in international comparative education. In A. W. Wiseman & E. Anderson (Eds.), Annual review of comparative and international education 2015 (pp. 139-164). Bingley, England: Emerald Publishing.

Call-Cummings, M. & Abrikian, J. (2013). Jamaica’s path to peace and love in society. In I. Harris (Ed.), Peace education from the grassroots (pp. 1-19). Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.

Under Review/In Revision

Call-Cummings, M., Dazzo, G., Beardsley, L., & Blibo, J. (under review). Performance as transformation/transformative: Problematizing performance in PAR. Action Research.

Call-Cummings, M., Shannon, Ú., & Buttimer, C. (under review). PAR in schools: Exploring issues of ownership and answerability across three cases. Harvard Education Review.

Hauber-Özer, M. & Call-Cummings, M. (under review). Empowerment or exposure? Ethical dilemmas of PAR with vulnerable migrants. Qualitative Research Journal.

Ross, K. & Call-Cummings, M. (under final review). Teaching failures. International Journal of Research and Method in Education.

Books/Volumes/Monographs

Manion, C., Anderson, E., Baily, S., Call-Cummings, M., Iyengar, R., Shah, P., & Wittenstein, M. (in press). Interrogating and Innovating CIE research: Decolonizing practices for inclusive, safe spaces. Rotterdam, The Netherlands: Sense Publishers.

Cushman, K., Zenkov, K., & Call-Cummings, M. (under contract). New fires in our lives: Advice for teachers from high school students. New York, NY: The New Press.

Call-Cummings, M., Dazzo, G., & Hauber-Özer, M. (in review). Critical Participatory Inquiry: An Interdisciplinary Introduction and Guide. Newbury Park, CA: SAGE Press.

Qualitative Methods in Educational Research (EDRS - 812)