Dr. Lyutykh teaches basic and advanced courses in research methodology, focusing on qualitative and mixed methods. She also supports graduate students and doctoral candidates in the design of their research projects.

Degrees

  • EdD, Educational Psychology - Northern Illinois University; DeKalb, IL
  • MS, Adult and Continuing Education - Kansas State University; Manhattan, KS
  • Certificate of Graduate Studies in Social Foundations of Education - Northern Illinois University; DeKalb, IL
  • BA and MA, History and TESOL. Voronezh State University; Voronezh, Russia

Academic and Professional Highlights

Prior Positions

  • Instructor – Northern Illinois University: College of Education, Department of Leadership, Educational Psychology and Foundations (2003-2011)

Research Areas

  • Research Methodology

  • Mixed Methods and Qualitative Analysis

  • Research Design

  • Online Pedagogy

Publications:

  • Lyutykh, E. (2024). Introduction to the special WCQR-TQR issue. The Qualitative Report, 29(9), 2404-2406. https://doi.org/10.46743/2160-3715/2024.7645

  • Lyutykh, E. (2023). Joys and Hurdles of Positionality Statements in the Words of Doctoral Students. Paper presentation at the 7th World Conference on Qualitative Research, Algrave, Portugal.

  • Strickland, M.J., & Lyutykh, E. (2022). The unheard storylines: Pakistani families make sense of their children's school experiences in the U.S. In M.J. Strickland (Ed.). Composing Storylines of Possibilities: Immigrant and Refugee Families Navigating School. Information Age Publishing.

  • Strickland, M.J., & Lyutykh, E. (2020). Community, diversity, and marginalization: An ecological construction of immigrant parenting within the U.S. neoliberal home and school contexts. Educational Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/00131946.2020.1745806

  • Lyutykh, E. (2020). Spaces of integration: Exploring perceptions about translanguaging behaviors among parents and teachers of the heritage learners of Russian in the US. Paper at Heritage Languages Around the World Conference, Lisbon University, Portugal.

  • Miskovic, M., & Lyutykh, E. (2017). Teaching qualitative research online to leadership students: Between firm structure and free flow. The Qualitative Report, 22(10), 2704-2721. http://nsuworks.nova.edu/tqr/vol22/iss10/12

  • Lyutykh, E., Strickland, M., Fasoli, L., & Adera, B. (2016). Third parties in home-school connections: Learning from conversations with families crossing cultures. Journal of Family Diversity in Education, 2(2), 35-61.

  • Shumow, L., & Lyutykh, E. (2014). Looking at literacy from the family-school frame of reference. In F.C. Falk-Ross (Ed.). Language-Based Approaches to Support Reading Comprehension, (pp. 67-91). Rowman & Littlefield.

  • Shumow, L., Lyutykh, E., & Schmidt, J. (2011). Predictors and outcomes of parental involvement with high school students in science. The School Community Journal, 21(2), 81-98.

  • Lyutykh, E., & Shimizu, H. (2009). Using participant-generated pictures to discover cultural values: A methodological exploration. Paper at the annual Ethnographic and Qualitative Research Conference, Cedarville, OH.