Karner, Tracy Xavia. 2023. Making a Scene! How Visionary Individuals Created an International Photography Scene in Houston, Texas. Amsterdam: Schilt Publishing.
Warren, C.A.B. and T.X. Karner. 2014. Discovering Qualitative Methods: Ethnography, Interviews, Documents, and Images, 3rd Edition New York: Oxford University Press. Second Edition 2010, New York: Oxford University Press. First edition 2005, Los Angeles, Roxbury.
Articles and Book Chapters
*Karner, Tracy Xavia, 2020. “Faces of Kakuma,” photo essay in Marti Corn’s No Man’s
Land catalog, The Station Museum, Houston, TX.
*Karner, Tracy Xavia, 2019. “From Direct Light” foreword in Light Forms: the Photographs of Deborah Bay, Houston: Photo Relevance.
*Karner, Tracy Xavia, 2017. “Visual Sociability: Photography and Contemporary Life” The Sociology Project: Introducing the Sociological Imagination, University of Houston edition, edited by Jeff Manza, Richard Arum, and Lynne Haney. New York: Pearson.
*Karner, Tracy Xavia, 2017, “Storied Lives” in Martha Corn’s The Ground on Which I Stand: Photographs of Tamina. College Station, Texas: A & M Press.
Karner, Tracy Xavia, 2017, “The Facebook Gaze: Disciplining Action in Online Interpersonal Space” in Social Spaces and Social Relations (Małgorzata Bogunia-Borowska, ed), Switzerland: Peter Lang Publisher.
*Karner, Tracy Xavia, 2015, “An Experiential Glimpse” foreword in Harvey Stein’s Briefly Seen: New York Street Life, Atglen, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.
Karner, Tracy Xavia. 2014. “A Visual Typology of Urban Narratives: the photographs of Susan A. Barnett,” Visual Studies, 29(3): 294-298.
*Karner, Tracy Xavia, 2011. “The Photographs of Øyvind Hjelmen” foreword in Øyvind Hjelmen’s Elsewhere. Heidelberg, Germany: Kehrer Verlag.
*Karner, Tracy Xavia, 2009. “Dualities of Gender and Transformation” foreword pps. 12-20 in Shelley Calton’s Hard Knocks: Rolling with the Derby Girls. Heidelberg, Germany: Kehrer Verlag.
*Karner, Tracy Xavia, 2009. “Fearless, Outspoken, and Absolutely Free: Women and Creativity” in Thrive (Caroline Goeser, editor), Houston: Women’s Studies at the University of Houston.
Karner, T.X. 2009. “Changing Lens: an Autoethnographic Account of Seeing and Knowing” in Selected Articles from the 2nd Annual Congress on International Qualitative Research (Selección de artículos del segundo congreso internacioal de investigación cualitativa), University of Guanajuato, Mexico.
Karner, T. X. 2008. “If only time healed all wounds: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in Older Men” Generations: Journal of the American Society on Aging, special issue edited by Edward Thompson, 32(1):82-87.
*Karner, T.X. 2008. “Photographic Knowing: Engaging Perspectives through Photography,” SPOT, Fall: 22-25.
Karner, T. X. and Donna Bobbit-Zeher. 2006. “Losing Selves: Dementia Care as Disruption and Transformation” Symbolic Interaction, 28(4): 549-570.
Karas, J. and T.X. Karner. 2005. “Understanding the Diabetic Body-Self” Qualitative Health Research, 15(8): 1086-1104.
Whitney, Julie, Mark E. Kunik , Victor Molinari , Frederick G. Lopez , Tracy X. Karner. 2004. “Psychological Predictors of Admission and Discharge: Global Assessment of Functioning Scale Scores for Geropsychiatric Inpatients” Journal of Aging and Mental Health, 8(6): 505-513.
Montgomery, R., T.X. Karner and K. Kosloski. 2003. “Weighing the Success of a National Demonstration to Create State Responsibility for Long Term Care,” Journal of Aging and Social Policy, 14(3-4): 119-139. Reprinted in: F. Caro & R. Morris (Eds.), Devolution and Aging Policy. New York: Haworth, (2002).
*Karner, T.X. 2003. “Vietnam War” Encyclopedia on Men and Masculinities, (M. Kimmel and A. Aronson, editors). ABC-Clio Press.
Starns, M., T.X. Karner, and R. Montgomery. 2002. “Exemplars of Successful Alzheimer’s Demonstration Projects,” Home Health Care Quarterly, 21 (3-4): 141-175. Reprinted in A New Look at Community Respite Programs: Utilization, Satisfaction, and Development (R. Montgomery, editor) Binghamton, NY: Haworth Press, Inc.2002.
Karner, T.X. and Hall, L.C. 2002. “Successful Strategies for Serving Diverse Populations,” Home Health Care Quarterly, 21 (3-4): 107-132. Reprinted in A New Look at Community Respite Programs: Utilization, Satisfaction, and Development (R. Montgomery, editor) Binghamton, NY: Haworth Press, Inc.2002.
Montgomery, R., T.X. Karner, K. Kosloski, and J. Schaefer. 2002. “Initial Findings from the Evaluation of the Alzheimer’s Disease Demonstration Grant to States Program,” Home Health Care Quarterly, 21 (3-4): 5-32. Reprinted in A New Look at Community Respite Programs: Utilization, Satisfaction, and Development (R. Montgomery, editor) Binghamton, NY: Haworth Press, Inc.2002.
Kosloski, K., J. Schaefer, T.X. Karner, and D. Allwardt. 2002. “The Role of Cultural Factors on Clients’ Attitudes toward Caregiving and Perceptions of Services,” Home Health Care Quarterly, 21 (3-4): 65-88. Reprinted in A New Look at Community Respite Programs: Utilization, Satisfaction, and Development (R. Montgomery, editor) Binghamton, NY: Haworth Press, Inc.2002.
Karner, T.X. 2001. “Caring for an Aging Society: Cohort Values and Eldercare Services,” Journal of Aging and Social Policy, 13(1): 15-36.
*Karner, T.X. 2000. “Social Capital” in Encyclopedia of Sociology, Revised Edition (Edgar F. Borgatta and Rhonda J.V. Montgomery, editors), New York: Macmillan Reference.
*Karner, T.X. 1999. “Demonstrated Lessons: Case Management Strategies for Serving Ethnically Diverse Families” Geriatric Care Management Journal, 9(2): 9-12.
Kosloski, K., R. Montgomery, and T.X. Karner. 1999. “Differences in the Perceived Need for Assistive Services by Culturally Diverse Caregivers of Dementia Patients,” Journal of Applied Gerontology, July: 239-256.
Karner, T.X. 1999. “Racconti visuali di esperienze. Ri-raccontare se stessi attraverso una narrazione culturale del Vietnam” in Mondi da Vedere – Verso una Sociologia Piu’ Visuale, (Patrizia Faccioli and Douglas Harper, editors), Milano: Angeli.
Karner, T.X. 1998. “Engendering Violent Men: Oral Histories of Military Masculinity“, in Masculinities and Violence (Lee H. Bowker, editor), Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, pps.197-232.
*Karner, T.X. 1998. “Introduction: Identity Issues in Research on Aging“, (as Guest editor for special issue), Research on Aging, 20(1): 6-10.
Karner, T.X. 1998.”Retelling Selves through Visual Narratives: The Reciprocity of Culture and Identity” Communication and Cognition, (Michael S. Ball, guest editor), 3(2/3): 145-60. Reprinted in The Intersections Collection (University of Houston edition), New York: Pearson Custom Publishing. 2009.
Karner, T.X., R. Montgomery, D.Dobbs, and C.Wittmaier. 1998. “Increasing Staff Satisfaction: The Impact of Special Care Units and Family Involvement,” Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 1998, 24(2): 39-44.
Karner, T.X. 1998. “Professional Caring: Homecare Workers as Fictive-Kin,” Journal of Aging Studies, 12(1): 69-82.
Karner, T.X. 1996. “Fathers, Sons, and Vietnam: Masculinity and Betrayal in the Life Narratives of Vietnam Veterans with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder,” American Studies Journal, 37(1): 63-94.
*Montgomery, R. and T.X. Karner. “Respite Care: Strategies for the Future,” Invited (white paper) outcomes document of the Alzheimer’s Association Issues Forum, Chicago, February 3, 1996.
*Montgomery, R. and T.X. Karner with J.Riggs, K.Maslow, and M.Williams “Respite Care: Experiences from the Past and Challenges for the Future,” Invited (background paper) for the Alzheimer’s Association Issues Forum, Chicago, February 3, 1996.
Karner, T.X. 1995. “Medicalizing Masculinity: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in Vietnam Veterans,” masculinities.(renamed Men and Masculinities), 3(4): 23-65.
Karner, T.X. and C. Warren. 1995. “The Dangerous Listener: Unforeseen Perils in Intensive Interviewing,” The Clinical Sociology Review, 13: 80-105.
Kelly, M.E. and T.X. Karner. 1994. “Reclaiming and Inventing Ethnic Identity: Lithuanians and Finns at the Turn of the Twentieth Century,” Ethnic Forum, 1994, 14(2): 5-21.
Karner, T.X. 1991. “Ideology and Nationalism: The Finnish Move to Independence, 1809-1918,” Ethnic and Racial Studies, 14(2): 152-169.
Karner, T.X. 1991. “Gender and Evaluation of Fine Art,” Mid-American Review of Sociology, 15(1): 53-69.
Warren, C. and T.X. Karner. 1990. “Permissions and the Social Context,” The American Sociologist, Summer: 116-135.
(All publications refereed, except those marked with an asterisk.)
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