John Creswell, Ph.D. Global Council Member

Dr. John W. Creswell is a professor of family medicine and senior research scientist in the Michigan Mixed Methods Program at the University of Michigan. He is the author of numerous articles and books on research design, qualitative research, and mixed methods research. During his many years at the University of Nebraska, he held the Clifton Endowed Professor Chair, served as Director of the Mixed Methods Research Office, co-founded SAGE’s Journal of Mixed Methods Research, and was an adjunct faculty member and consultant at the University of Michigan. He was a Senior Fulbright Scholar to South Africa (2008) and to Thailand (2012). In 2011, he co-led the National Institute of Health working group on the “best practices” of mixed methods research in the health sciences. In 2014, he served as the founding President of the Mixed Methods International Research Association. In 2015, he joined the staff of Family Medicine at the University of Michigan and became the Co-Director of the Mixed Methods Research Program. In 2016, he received an honorary doctorate from the University of Pretoria in South Africa. In 2017, he co-authored the American Psychological Association “standards” on qualitative and mixed methods research. In 2018 his book (with Cheryl Poth) on “Qualitative Inquiry and Research Design” won the US Textbook and Academic Author’s 2018 McGuffey Longevity Award. In 2020, he was appointed to an adjunct professor faculty position at the University of Hawaii – Manoa. He currently lives in Ashiya, Japan and Honolulu, Hawaii.