Validity and Reliability in Qualitative Research

Sharan Merriam
Department of Adult Education,
The University of Georgia,
Athens, GA 30602,
USA.

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Biodata

EDUCATION
Doctor of Education, Adult and Continuing Education, Rutgers University 1978
Master of Education, English Education, Ohio University, 1971
Bachelor of Arts, English Literature, Drew University, 1965

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1985 - Present Professor of Adult and Continuing Education, The University of Georgia,
Athens, GA.
1981-1985 Associate Professor, Adult and Continuing Education. Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, IL
1978-1981 Assistant Professor, Adult and Continuing Education College of Education, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University

HONORS AND AWARDS

Fulbright Scholar, University Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Malaysia, June - December 1998.

Recipient of the Houle Award for Outstanding Literature in Adult Education for Learning in Adulthood (1999) and for The Profession and Practice of Adult Education: An Introduction (1997),. From AAACE and CPAE.

Selected as Charter Teaching Academy Member (2000) and  Senior Teaching Fellow, Office of Instructional Development (1997), University of Georgia, Athens, GA.

Selected as one of two delegates from the Commission of Professors of Adult Education
(CPAE) to participate in the Fifth International UNESCO Conference on Adult Education,
Hamburg, Germany, 1997

CITIZENSHIP  United States

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