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Dr. Chatfield is Associate Professor in the College of Public Health and serves as Co-coordinator of the Graduate Certificate in Qualitative Research at Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ University. Dr. Chatfield's research interests include exploratory and intervention research to improve physical and mental health outcomes, education in research methods, and exploration of novel and useful applications of qualitative and mixed methods designs, including secondary analyses. Before coming to Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹, Dr. Chatfield held faculty positions at the University of South Alabama and The University of Southern Mississippi. Dr. Chatfield is also a Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist (CTRS), a designation she has held continually since her initial qualification in 2009.

Dr. Chatfield serves on the editorial boards of TQR: The Qualitative Report and Sex Roles. She formerly served as Editor-in-Chief of the Ohio Journal of Public Health. Her accomplishments in that role included transitioning the journal from biannual issues to publishing by article on a rolling basis, and securing membership in the prestigious Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ).  Additionally, Dr. Chatfield is the designated North American contact for the international Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) interest group.

Select Publications

• Nigbar, D. & Chatfield, S.L.  (2025). Naming themes in interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA): Recommendations and examples. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 24. https://doi.org/10.1177/16094069241312792.
• Chatfield, S.L., DeBois, K., Ayoade, F., Essel, B., Orlins, E., Evans, S.,&  Singh, M. (2024). The role of technology in youth and adolescent deaths by suicide based on National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS) data, 2017 - 2019. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy.https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0001822
• Chatfield, S.L., DeBois, K., & Evans, S. (2022). Mixed methods analysis of homicide-suicide incidents among older adults based on National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS) Data.  American Journal of Qualitative Research, 6(2), 115-132. https://doi.org/10-29333/ajqr/12129
• Chatfield, S.L., DeBois, K.A,. &  Orlins, E. (2021). Reflections on trauma: A phenomenological qualitative secondary analysis of interviews about adolescent experiences during the May 4, 1970 Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ Vietnam War protest student shootings. TQR: The Qualitative Report, 26(11). https://doi.org/10.46743/2160-3715/2021/5026
• Chatfield, S.L. (2020). Recommendations for secondary analysis of qualitative data. TQR: The Qualitative Report, 25(3).https://nsuworks.nova.edu/tqr/vol25/iss3/17/
• DeBois, K. A., Evans, S. D., & Chatfield, S. L. (2020). Resident-to-resident aggression in long-term care: Analysis of structured and unstructured data from the National Violent Death Reporting System, 2003-2016. Journal of Applied Gerontology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/0733464819863926
• Sallay, V., Martos, T., Chatfield, S.L. & Dúll, A. (2019). Strategies of dyadic coping and self-regulation in the family homes of chronically ill persons: A qualitative research study using the emotional map of the home interview method. Frontiers in Psychology, 10(Art.403). doi:10.3389/psyg.2019.00403