Janice M. Morse is Professor and Presidential Endowed Chair at the University of Utah College of NursingPhyllis Noerager Stern is Professor in the Department of Family Health Nursing, Indiana University School of NursingJuliet M. Corbin is retired lecturer at San Jose State University School of Nursing and Senior Scientists at International Institute for Qualitative Methodology, University of AlbertaKathy C. Charmaz is Professor of Sociology at Sonoma State UniversityBarbara Bowers is Dean for Research and Helen Denne Schulte Professor at the University of Wisconsin School of NursingAdele E. Clarke is Professor of Sociology at the University of California, San Francisco