This wide-ranging volume both maps the contemporary landscape of feminist social work research, and offers a deep engagement with critical and third wave feminisms in social work research. Containing an international selection of contributions, it is an important reference for all social work researchers with an interest in critical perspectives.

1. Introduction Stéphanie Wahab, Ben Anderson-Nathe, and Christina Gringeri Section 1: Feminist Claims in Social Work Research 2. Doing Critical Feminist Research: A Collaboration Andrea Daley, Lucy Costa, and Lori Ross 3. A Letter to Activists Entering Academia (Notes on Making the Transition from Activist to Activist-Scholar) Joseph Nicholas DeFilippis 4. Doing Profeminist Research with Men in Social Work: Reflections on Epistemology, Methodolology, and Politics Bob Pease Section 2: Theory in Research 5. Operationalizing Intersectionality in Feminist Social Work Research: Reflections and Techniques from Research with Equity-Seeking Groups Wendy Hulko 6. Intersectional Feminism and Social Work Responses to Homelessness Carole Zufferey 7. Borderlands as a Critical Feminist Perspective in Social Work Research Kimberly Dree Hudson 8. Myths and Monsters: Challenging Assumptions of Poor Working Class Motherhood through Feminist Research Victoria Foster Section 3: Treatment of Binaries in Research 9. Feminist Research in the Absence of Gender: Exploring Intersubjectivity in Practice, Purpose, and Representation Ann Curry-Stevens 10. Precarious Positioning: Tensions in Doing Siiqqee Feminist Social Work Research Martha Kuwee Kumsa 11. Troubling the Binary: A Critical Look at the Dualistic Construction of Quantitative/Qualitative Methods in Feminist Social Work Research Sandra Leotti and Jennifer Muthanna Section 4: Engagement with Methodology 12. Collage as Reflexivity: Illustrations and Reflections of a Photovoice Study with Sex Workers Moshoula Capous-Desyllas 13. Building Solidarity through Collective Consciousness in Feminist Participatory Action Research Rupaleem Bhuyan, Flavia Genovese, Rachel Mehl, Bethany Osborne, Margarita Pintin-Perez, and Fernanda Villanueva 14. Positionality and Privilege in Qualitative Research: Feminist Critical Praxis Karen Morgaine 15. Critical Feminist Social Work and the Queer Query Jen Self 16. Considering Emotion and Emotional Labor in Feminist Social Work Research Gita Mehrotra 17. Conclusion Stéphanie Wahab, Ben Anderson-Nathe, and Christina Gringeri