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This volume introduces a fresh approach to research using a narrator-centred method, which provides a means for researchers to access the often hidden human responses about a situation so that those who make decisions and write policy may become better informed about the true impact of their actions on the individuals involved.

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Origins of the Approach: The Columbine Study Nature of In-depth Interview Research Ethical Research Practice - Doing It Right Foundations for a Gateway Preparing to Do the Research The Practice of In-depth Interviewing Interpreting and Displaying the Data Analysis and Reporting Tools and Technologies Through the Gateway

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Carolyn Lunsford Mears, PhD, the author of the award winning study Experiences of Columbine Parents: Finding a Way to Tomorrow and of the books Reclaiming School in the Aftermath of Trauma and Interviewing for Education and Social Science Research: The Gateway Approach , holds a research position, serves on the Graduate School of Social Work Trauma Certificate Board, and is dissertation advisor and adjunct faculty at the Morgridge College of Education, University of Denver, USA.

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