Lorien (she; her) is an assistant professor in Educational Measurement and Research (Qualitative Inquiry)  at the University of South Florida.

 

As a qualitative methodologist, she draws on theories of whiteness and colonialism while experimenting with creative, digital, and arts-based methodologies to interrogate the cultural mechanisms of knowledge production.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.

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Her current research focuses on artificial intelligence at the intersections of metaethics, pedagogy, and creative design. She is particularly interested in how AI is integrated into qualitative research pedagogy, both as a tool to expand inquiry and dissemination (such as AI-generated podcasts) and as a site of ethical interrogation around issues like ecological extractivism, structural non-maleficence, and epistemic injustice.

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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. Before coming to the University of South Florida, Lorien was a faculty member of qualitative methods at the University of Arkansas.