About
Lorien S. Jordan, PhD, LMFT
Lorien (she; her) is an assistant professor in Educational Measurement and Research (Qualitative Inquiry) at the University of South Florida.
As a qualitative methodologist, Lorien conducts critical inquiries into the reproduction of (non)belonging with an eye towards increasing equity and justice across transdisciplinary domains. She has conducted this work in the United States, New Zealand, Cambodia, and Samoa, with a diverse range of stakeholders and a variety of qualitative and participatory methodologies.
Lorien is an associate editor for the journal Qualitative Health Research, and serves on the editorial board for the International Journal of Qualitative Methods, The Qualitative Report, and Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology.
In 2018, Lorien received the Doctor of Philosophy degree in Human Development and Family Science with a specialization in Interdisciplinary Qualitative Research from the University of Georgia.
Digital and Arts-Based Methodologist
I play with creative, digital, and arts-based qualitative methods to disrupt the cultural mechanisms of knowledge production.
Faculty of Qualitative Methods
I am the director of the USF graduate certificate in qualitative inquiry, and the faculty advisor for the student organization for qualitative methods. I teach introductory and advanced qual methods courses, and special topics like AI in Qual.
Critical and Cultural Studies
As a critical qualitative methodologist, I draw on theories of colonialism and whiteness to interrogate prevailing cultural narratives.