Elizabeth G. Creamer | |
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Nationality | American |
Occupation(s) | Educational research methodologist, author, and academic |
Academic background | |
Education | B.S. English Education M.Ed. Reading Education Ed.D. Higher Education and Community College Education |
Alma mater | Northwestern University Colorado State University Virginia Tech |
Academic work | |
Institutions | Virginia Tech |
Elizabeth G. Creamer is an American educational research methodologist, author, and academic. She serves as a professor emerita of Educational Research and Evaluation at the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies in the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences at Virginia Tech (VT).[1]
Creamer's research interests span the humanities and social sciences with a specific focus on advancing the mixed methods field through the integration of grounded theory and mixed methods into a methodology tailored for intervention and evaluation research.[2] She is the author of three books about mixed methods: An Introduction to Fully Integrated Mixed Methods Research, Advancing Grounded Theory with Mixed Methods, and Visual Displays in Qualitative and Mixed Methods Research. She was the editor of Reconfiguring the Firewall: Recruiting Women to Information Technology across Cultures and Continents and Development and Assessment of Self-Authorship. She is the recipient of the Excellence in Outreach Award[3] and Betty Vetter Research Award.[4]