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Academic Publications

MNA staff have a strong history of publications in academic journals and books.

Maxwell, J.A., & Mittapalli, K. (June 2010). Realism and its stance in mixed methods. In A. Tashakkori and C. Teddlie (Eds.) Handbook of mixed methods in social & behavioral research (pp. 145-167). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE.

Nagle, B. T., Mittapalli, K., & Mann, T. (2010). UNCF network assessment initiative. Final Report prepared for the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, New York, NY.

Mittapalli, K. (2009). What makes public school teachers stay, leave, or become non-teachers? An in-depth analysis of their personal characteristics, beliefs, and perceptions. Saarbrucken, Germany: VDM-Verlag

Mittapalli, K. (September, 2009). A question of sub-culture, living in two worlds: An Asian Indian student’s identity. The Qualitative Report, 14, 466-477.

Mittapalli, K. (2008). Understanding teacher attrition: Characteristics of three groups. ERS Spectrum, 26 (3), 21-33.

Breslin, D.K., Mittapalli, K., Samaras, A.P., Adam-Legge, M., Johri, A.K., Mcllwain, M.J., O’Looney, J-M., Pearson, B., & Wilcox, D-R. (2008). Embarking on an adventure while drawing the map: Journeys through critical friend work in self-study methodology. In M. Heston, D. Tidwell, K. East & L.M. Fitzgerald (Eds.), Pathways to change in teacher education: Dialogue, diversity and self-Study (pp. 31- 34). Presented at the Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on the Self-Study Teacher Education Practices, Herstmonceux Castle, East Sussex, England, Cedar Falls, IA.

Mittapalli, K. & Samaras, A. P. (2008). Madhubani Art: A self-development journey of a researcher seeking answers through art and self-study. The Qualitative Report, 13, 244-261.

Samaras, A. P., Adams-Legge, M., Breslin, D., Mittapalli, K., O’Looney, J.M., & Wilcox, D.R. (2007). Collective creativity: A learning community of self-study scholars. In Samaras, A.P. (Ed.), Learning Communities in Practice (pp. 133-147). Montreal, Canada: Springer.

Maxwell, J.A., & Mittapalli, K. (2008). Explanatory research. In Lisa Givens (Ed.). The SAGE Encyclopedia of Qualitative Research Methods. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications.

Maxwell, J.A., & Mittapalli, K. (2008). Thick description. In Lisa Givens (Ed.). The SAGE Encyclopedia of Qualitative Research Methods. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications.

Samaras, A. P., Adams-Legge, M., Breslin, D., Mittapalli, K., O’Looney, J.M., & Wilcox, D.R. (2007). Building the plane while flying it: Reflections of learning in a new self-study course. Journal of Teacher Education, 8, 467-481.

Fowler, W.J., & Mittapalli, K. (2007). Where do teachers go when they leave teaching? ERS Spectrum, 24(4), 4-12.

Mittapalli, K. (2006). Relationships between Asian Indian and African American students in schools. In Blacks and Asians- Commonality and Conflict in the United States (p. 265- 277). Carolina Academic Press, NC.

Sparks, L. & Mittapalli, K. (2004). To know or not to know: The case of communication by and with older adult Russians diagnosed with cancer. Journal of Cross Cultural Gerontology, 19, 383-403.

Mittapalli, K. (Fall 2002). Reactions of first and second –generation Asian Indian students to racism at schools in the United States. Phi Beta Delta International Review Journal, XII, 105- 120. University of Southern California Press (Sacramento, CA).

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