Dr. Tracy X. Karner is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Houston. Dr. Karner teaches graduate seminars in Qualitative Methods Medical Care and Gender & Trauma and undergraduate courses in Qualitative Research, Death and Dying, Social Psychology, Introduction to Health Care, American Society, and Sociology of Family at the University of Houston. She has coauthored a textbook with Carol Warren, Discovering Qualitative Research: Field Methods, Interviews, and Analysis, (Roxbury, 2005, www.roxbury.net ) as well published in several journals, including Symbolic Interactionism, Qualitative Health Research, Ethnic and Racial Studies, Communication and Cognition, American Studies Journal, masculinities, The Clinical Sociology Review, Journal of Aging Studies, Journal of Aging and Mental Health, The American Sociologist, Journal of Applied Gerontology, and Journal of Aging and Social Policy.