Namey, Emily E.
Emily E. Namey, MA, has over 10 years’ experience applying her skills in project management and knowledge of research methods to the design, implementation, conduct, monitoring, and dissemination of public health research. Emily recently rejoined FHI 360, where she manages domestic and international qualitative and mixed methods projects related to health disparities and HIV prevention. Prior to her work at FHI 360, she spent over 5 years at Duke University, splitting time among the Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy, the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and the Trent Center for Bioethics. At Duke, Emily implemented qualitative research on subjects ranging from maternity care to vaccine trial participation to ethical approaches to genomic research recruitment to the use and understanding of Certificates of Confidentiality. She has experience in the private sector as well, having completed projects at Intel Corporation and Nike, Inc. Emily has designed and led qualitative research training courses in more than a dozen countries and has co-authored several methodological publications, including Collecting Qualitative Data (Sage 2012), Applied Thematic Analysis (Sage 2012), Qualitative Research Methods: A Data Collector’s Field Guide (Family Health International, 2005) and “Data reduction techniques for large qualitative datasets” in Handbook for Team-based Qualitative Research (AltaMira 2008). Her publications also include articles in Social Science & Medicine, Fertility and Sterility, AIDS Care, IRB, and the Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics. Emily received her MA in applied anthropology from Northern Arizona University.
Mitchell, Marilyn L.
Marilyn L. Mitchell is a cultural anthropologist with extensive experience in quantitative and qualitative research design, interviewing techniques, cultural analysis, survey development, sampling, and forecasting. She works as an independent researcher and as an associate of Gray Insight, for clients that have included dozens of Fortune 500 companies, educational institutions, government agencies, and nonprofit organizations in the United States and nearly 100 other countries. She has lectured on social science research and related topics at University of California, Los Angeles , University of Southern California, San Francisco State University, the Nissan Summer Institute for Instructors at Historically Black Colleges, Chapman University, the U.S. Army’s Human Terrain Systems, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Marilyn earned her BA, MA, and PhD in cultural anthropology and BS in biology from the University of California at Irvine and conducted her dissertation research at the National Museum of Ethnology in Osaka, Japan. She is also the author of Employing Qualitative Methods in the Private Sector (Sage, 1998).
Guest, Greg
Greg Guest received his Ph.D. in anthropology from the University of Georgia. Over the past 15 years, he has designed and managed public health research studies in more than 15 countries. Greg is currently the Director of Research and Evaluation in the Economic Development and Livelihoods department at FHI 360. In this capacity he oversees multisite, mixed methods, research and evaluation activities across multiple fields of public health. Guest's other books include two edited volumes—Globalization, Health and the Environment: An Integrated Perspective (AltaMira, 2005) and Handbook for Team- Based Qualitative Research (AltaMira 2008)—and two co-authored monographs Applied Thematic Analysis (Sage 2012) and Collecting Qualitative Data: A Field Manual for Applied Research (Sage 2013). He's published articles in journals such as Field Methods, Journal of Mixed Methods Research, American Journal of Public Health, JAIDS, AIDS Care, AIDS Education and Prevention, African Journal of AIDS Research, AIDS and Behavior, Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care and Journal of Health Communication. Guest is also owner of the research consulting firm Social Research Solutions, which specializes in methodological training and consultation (www.socialresearchsolutions.com).
Greg Guest received an M.A. in anthropology from the University of Calgary and a Ph.D. in anthropology from the University of Georgia. Over the past 15 years, he has carried out research in academia (Duke University, East Carolina University), the private sector (Sapient Corporation), government (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), and in the nonprofit sector (FHI 360). Guest has implemented and managed multidisciplinary projects in various fields of applied research, including human ecology, agricultural development, human-computer interaction, consumer experience, and international health. Greg is currently a social/behavioral scientist at FHI 360, where he manages multisite, qualitative, and mixed methods research projects related to reproductive health, HIV prevention, and other infectious diseases. Guest's other books include two edited volumes-Globalization, Health and the Environment: An Integrated Perspective (AltaMira, 2005) and Handbook for Team-Based Qualitative Research (AltaMira 2008)-as well as the co-authored book, Applied Thematic Analysis (Sage 2012). He's published articles in journals such as Field Methods, American Journal of Public Health, JAIDS, AIDS Care, AIDS Education and Prevention, African Journal of AIDS Research, AIDS and Behavior, Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care, Human Ecology, and Culture and Agriculture. Guest is also owner of the research consulting firm Social Research Solutions which specializes in methodological training and consultation (www.socialresearchsolutions.com).
Emily E. Namey oversees qualitative research projects at Duke University in the Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy, the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and the Trent Center for Bioethics. Over the past 5 years, she has implemented qualitative research on subjects ranging from improving maternity care to vaccine trial participation during pregnancy to ethical approaches to genotype-driven research recruitment and the use and understanding of Certificates of Confidentiality. Prior to her work at Duke, Namey spent several years coordinating international, multisite socio-behavioral studies of HIV prevention at Family Health International. She has experience in the private sector as well, having completed projects at Intel Corporation and Nike, Inc. She also currently serves as a qualitative research consultant for Social Research Solutions, conducting trainings on qualitative research methods, analysis, and software. Her publications include contributions to the Handbook for Team-Based Qualitative Research (AltaMira, 2008) and Applied Thematic Analysis (Sage, 2012) as well as articles in Social Science & Medicine, Fertility and Sterility, AIDS Care Journal, IRB, and the Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics. Namey received her M.A. in applied anthropology from Northern Arizona University.
Marilyn L. Mitchell is a cultural anthropologist with extensive experience in quantitative and qualitative research design, interviewing techniques, cultural analysis, survey development, sampling and forecasting. She works as an independent researcher for clients that have included dozens of Fortune 500 companies, educational institutions, government agencies and non-profit organizations in the U.S. and nearly 100 other countries. She has lectured on social science research and related topics at UCLA , USC, San Francisco State University, the Nissan Summer Institute for Instructors at Historically Black Colleges, Chapman University, the US Army's Human Terrain Systems and the Centers for Disease Control. Marilyn earned her B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. in cultural anthropology and B.S. in biology from the University of California at Irvine and conducted her dissertation research at the National Museum of Ethnology in Osaka, Japan. She is also the author of Employing Qualitative Methods in the Private Sector (Sage 1998).
