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Patti Lather

Social Sciences · The Ohio State University

Established · publishing since 1980

Publications

138

Citations

14,517

Est. group size

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

45

Publishing since 1980

Research summary
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Patti Lather works in education research with a focus on qualitative and post-qualitative research methods, exploring how researchers can ethically and philosophically rethink the way they study and represent people's lives, especially in contexts like HIV/AIDS and educational theory. Her writing engages critical and philosophical questions about knowledge, truth, and methodology in the social sciences, often challenging conventional research approaches.

Qualitative and post-qualitative research methodsResearch ethics and philosophy of knowledgeEducational theoryHIV/AIDS and social/health narrativesCritical and posthumanist perspectives in education

Publication output was concentrated heavily in 2017-2018, with a large cluster of works in 2018, followed by a marked slowdown to only a handful of publications per year since 2019.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 0.4/year recently
2017: 6 publications172018: 28 publications28182019: 1 publication192020: 1 publication20212022: 1 publication22232024: 1 publication242526
Publishes in
  • Culture Studies &#x2194 Critical Methodologies×3
  • Qualitative Inquiry×2
  • Open MIND×1
  • Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja)×1
  • Journal of Curriculum Theorizing×1
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Last updated Jul 19, 2026.

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