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R. Burke Johnson
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Program Collaborator
Professor Emeritus, University of South Alabama
R. Burke Johnson (PhD, Research, Evaluation, Measurement, and Statistics Program, College of Education, University of Georgia) is Professor Emeritus, Department of Counseling and Instructional Sciences at the University of South Alabama.
- Doctor of Philosophy, 1993 - Department of Educational Psychology, Research, and Measurement, College of Education, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
- Master of Public Administration, 1986 School of Public Policy University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
- Master of Arts in Sociology, 1983 3 Department of Sociology Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH
- Master of Science in Psychology, 1981 Department of Psychology, Radford University, Radford VA
- Bachelor of Science, 1980, Majored in Psychology University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
- Mixed methods and multimethod research design
- Program and policy evaluation in social and educational contexts
- Research methodology, validity theory, and causal inference
- Philosophical foundations of inquiry, including pragmatism and dialectical pluralism
- Quantitative, qualitative, and integrative approaches to social science research
R. Burke Johnson (PhD, Research, Evaluation, Measurement, and Statistics Program, College of Education, University of Georgia) is Professor Emeritus, Department of Counseling and Instructional Sciences at the University of South Alabama. He also has graduate degrees in psychology, sociology, and public policy, which have given him a multidisciplinary perspective on research methodology. He was an early Associate Editor for the Journal of Mixed Methods Research (2006-2009), and was a founding member of the Mixed Methods International Research Association (officially founded in 2013). His works have been cited 108,964 times (Google Scholar, October 24, 2025). Burke is coauthor/coeditor of eight books, five of which are (a) Foundations of Mixed Methods Research: Integrating Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches in the Social and Behavioral Sciences (Sage 2021, 2ed. with Abbas Tashakkori and Charles Teddlie); (b) The Routledge Reviewer’s Guide to Mixed Methods Analysis (Routledge 2021, edited with Anthony Onwuegbuzie); (c) The Oxford Handbook of Multimethod and Mixed Methods Research Inquiry (Oxford University Press, 2015, edited with Sharlene Hesse-Biber); (d) Educational Research: Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed Approaches (currently in 8th ed.; Sage 2025, with Larry Christensen), and (e) Dictionary of Statistics & Methodology: A Nontechnical Guide for the Social Sciences (Sage, 2016, with Paul Vogt). Currently, he and Sharlene Hesse-Biber are the Coeditors of the Reframing Mixed Methods book series with Routledge. Burke has conducted mixed methods workshops, keynotes, and courses across the world.
- SAGE Publications Cornerstone Author award (with Paul Vogt) for The SAGE Dictionary of Statistics & Methodology, October 2015.
- Educational Researcher “Outstanding Reviewer Award” for 2009-2010 (Awarded at AERA Division D Awards Meeting, May 2010)
Selected publications since 2020. See CV for complete publication history.
Articles
Shim, M, Johnson, R. B., Bradt, J., & Gasson. (2021). A mixed methods-grounded theory design for producing more refined theoretical models. Journal of Mixed Methods Research, 15(1), 61-86.
Stefurak, T., Morgan, R., & Johnson, R. B. (2020). The relationship of public service motivation 18 to job satisfaction and job performance of emergency medical services professionals. Public Personnel Management, 49(4), 590-616.
Chapters
Johnson, R. B., Stefurak, T., Dixon, V. & Turner, L. A. (2026). Mixed methods research and pluralism in social and psychological sciences. In F. J. Wertz, L. I. Harlow, & R. T. Fouladi (Eds), A Quarter Century of Psychological Methodology: Progress, Critique, and Future (pp.). Guilford.
Johnson, R. B., & Stefurak, T. (2026). Dialectical pluralism: A philosophical and practical process theory for mixed methods research. In Fàbregues, S., Guetterman, T. C., Younas, Y., & E. S. Escalante. Encyclopedia of Mixed Methods Research. Edward Elgar Press.
Johnson, R. B. (2024). Dialectical pluralism and integration in mixed methods research. In Y. Shan (Ed.). Philosophical Foundations of Mixed Methods Research (pp. 100-126).
Johnson, R. B., & Van Haneghan, J. (2023). Evaluation in instructional design: A comparison of evaluation models. In R. A. Reiser & J. V. Dempsey (Eds.), Trends and Issues in Instructional Design and Technology (5th ed., pp. 87-96). Pearson.
Christensen, L., Turner, L. A., & Johnson, R. B. (2023). Randomized designs in psychological research. In H. Cooper (Editor in chief) APA handbook of research methods in psychology, (2nd ed.) (pp. 609-628). APA.
Stefurak, T., Dixon, V.S., Johnson, R. B. (2023). Dialectical Pluralism in Counseling and Psychotherapy Research. In S. Bager-Charleson & A. McBeath (Eds.) Supporting Research in Counselling and Psychotherapy (pp. 207-227). Palgrave Macmillan: Cham, Switzerland.
Onwuegbuzie, A. J. & Johnson, R. B. (2021). Mapping the emerging landscape of mixed analysis. In A. J. Onwuegbuzie & R. B. Johnson (Eds.) The Routledge reviewer’s guide to mixed methods analysis (pp. 1-22). Routledge.
Schoonenboom, J. & Johnson, R. B. (2021). The case comparison table: A joint display for constructing and sorting simple tables as mixed analysis. In A. J. Onwuegbuzie & R. B. Johnson (Eds.), The Routledge Reviewer’s Guide to Mixed Methods Analysis. Routledge.
Tucker, S., Johnson, R. B., Onwuegbuzie, & Icenogle, M. L. (2020). Conducting 15 mixed methods research using dialectical pluralism and social psychological strategies. In P. Leavy (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Qualitative Research (2nd ed.) (pp. 836-874). Oxford,
Selected presentations since 2020. For full list, see CV.
Invited “Mixed Methods Research Seminar” for The Methodology of Educational Research Section of The Committee of Pedagogical Sciences at the Polish Academy of Sciences, in cooperation with the Faculty of Educational Sciences UŁ, February 19, 2024.
Invited workshop, “Applying 5 Principles of Integration for Generating Good” MM Questions & Design. Global MMIRA Conference Workshop, 13 July 2024, Montego Bay.
Invited presentation, “The Validity Issue in Mixed Research” for Students for Holistic Development of Humanity (ShoDh), Karnataka and Department of Law, Central University of Karnataka, India, September 5, 2023.
Invited workshop, “Integrating social justice into mixed methods research and evaluation: Some Post-Pandemic Strategies,” Regional MMIRA Conference Workshop, July 11, 2023, Trinidad.
Invited panel, “Full(ER) integration in data analysis,” Regional MMIRA Conference Workshop, July 10, 2023, Trinidad.
Keynote speaker: “Philosophical and Methodological Innovations in Mixed Methods Research,” at colloquium for doctoral students in education science from the four German-speaking universities in Switzerland, University of Fribourg, 30 May 2022, Fribourg, Switzerland.
Keynote speaker: “Philosophical and Methodological Innovations in Mixed Methods Research,” at Symposium on Mixed Methods Research and Causal Inference, University of Kent, 5 May 2022, Canterbury, England.
Invited (September 2021) founding member of Methods Excellence Network or MethodsNET. This is a global network of methods experts in the social sciences.
Invited full-day workshop presenter at 7th International Human Resources Conference, K. J. Somaiya Institute of Management Studies & Research, Mumbai, India, 29 January 2020
