Recent Publications

Bamberg, M. (2024). Positioning, narrative practices, and positioning theory. In M.B. McVee, L. Van Langenhove, C.H. Brock & B.A. Christensen (Eds.) The Routledge international handbook of positioning theory (pp. 4257). Routledge
Bamberg, M. (2022). Positioning the subject. In S. Bosančić, F. Brodersen, L. Pfahl, L. Schürmann, T. Spies & B. Traue (Eds.): Following the subject. Grundlagen und Zugänge empirischer Subjektivierungsforschung. Wiesbaden, Germany: Springer VS
Bamberg, M. (2021). Master and counter narratives. Same facts – different stories. Research Outreach – Connecting science with society, 122, 126-29
Bamberg, M., & Dege, M. (2021). Decentering histories of identity. In M. Bamberg, C. Demuth & M. Watzlawik (Eds.), The Cambridge handbook of identity (pp. 25-56). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
Bamberg, M., Demuth, M., & Watzlawick, M. (2021)(Eds.). The Cambridge handbook of identity. Cambridge University Press.
Watzlawick, M., Demuth, C., & Bamberg, M. (2021). Identity: With or without you: Perspectives and choices guiding this handbook. In M. Bamberg, C. Demuth & M. Watzlawik (Eds.), The Cambridge handbook of identity (pp. 1-21). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
Bamberg, M. (2021). U ncertainty – What Pfizer, Billy Graham, Trump, and psychology have in common… In. M. Dege & I. Strasser (Eds.), Global Pandemics and Epistemic Crises in Psychology: A Socio-Philosophical Approach (pp. 59-71). Milton Park, UK: Routledge..
Bamberg, M. (2021). Narrative in qualitative psychology. In P. Camic, (Ed.), Qualitative research in psychology. Second Edition: Expanding perspectives in methodology and design (pp. 51-66). Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association.
Bamberg, M., & Wipff, Z. (2021). Re-considering counter narratives. In: K. Lueg, & M. Wolf Lundholt (Eds.). The Routledge handbook of counter narratives (pp. 71-84). Milton Park, Abington, UK: Routledge.
Bamberg, M., & Wipff, Z. (2020). Counter narratives of crime and punishment. In: M. Althoff, B. Dollinger & H. Schmidt (Eds.), Conflicting narratives of crime and punishment (pp. 23-41). Palgrave MacMillan. Link to video: L.A. LAW
Bamberg, M. (2020) Narrative analysis: An integrative approach – – Small stories and narrative practices.: In: M. Järvinen & N. Mik-Meyer (Eds.), Qualitative analysis – Eight traditions (pp. 243-264). London, Delhi, New York: Sage Publications.
Bamberg, M. (2020). Discours, small stories et identités d’adolescents. In S. Patron (Ed.), Small stories: Un nauveau paradigme pour les recherches sur les récit (pp. 287-293). Paris: Herman.
Bamberg, M. (2020). Big stories ou small stories: Les raisons de s’y intéresser. In: Small stories: Un nauveau paradigme pour les recherches sur les récit (pp. 295-307). Paris: Herman.
Reporting Standards for Qualitative Research In: The Seventh Edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (pp. 93-101) ISBN: 9781 – 4338 – 3216 – 1 (November 2019)
Levitt, H., Bamberg, M., Creswell, J.W., Frost, D.M., Josselson, R., & Suarez-Orozco, C. (2018). Journal article reporting standards for qualitative primary, qualitative meta-analytic, and mixed methods research in psychology: The APA Publications and Communications Board task force report. American Psychologist, 73, (1), 26-46.
Bamberg, M. (2018). Storytelling. In M. Bornstein (Ed.), The SAGE encyclopedia of lifespan human development (pp. 2155-2157). London, Delhi, New York: Sage Publications.
Bamberg, M. (March 5, 2018) Panel 4 – National Academy of Sciences – Vimeo – Panel 4: What is the relation of narrative to power? How does narrative work as a tool for mobilization and intervention? How do different societies’ narratives vary and sometimes clash?
Bamberg, M. (March 5, 2018) Panel 1 – National Academy of Sciences – Vimeo – Panel 1: Introduction to Narrative Research in the Social and Behavioral Sciences
Bamberg, M. (2016). Language, interaction, and culture. In H. Miller (Ed.), The SAGE encyclopedia of theory in Psychology (pp. 497-500). London, Delhi, New York: Sage Publications.
Bamberg, M. (2016).Narrative. In: K.B. Jensen & T.T. Craig (Eds.), The International encyclopedia of communication theory and philosophy (pp. 1287-1295).Oxford, UK, Malden, MA: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (DOI: 10.1002/9781118766804.wbiect175)
Bamberg, M. (2016). Narrative Inquiry. In: K.B. Jensen & T.T. Craig (Eds.), The International encyclopedia of communication theory and philosophy (pp. 1295-1303).Oxford, UK, Malden, MA: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (DOI: 10.1002/9781118766804.wbiect239)
Bamberg, M., & Budwig, N. (2016). Therapeutic misconceptions. When the voices of caring and research are misconstrued as the voice of curing. In M. Watzlawik, A. Kriebel & J. Valsiner (Eds.) Particulars and universals in clinical and developmental psychology.Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishers (Originally published in Ethics and Behavior, 2, 165-184).
Bamberg, M., & Demuth, C. (2016). Narrative inquiry: An interview with Michael Bamberg. Europe’s Journal of Psychology 12:1, 14-28. doi:10.5964/ejop.v12i1.1128 – – http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4873065/
Bamberg, M. (2016). Positioning between structure and performance. In B. Curtis & C. Curtis (Eds.) Generating data. London & New Delhi: Sage Publications (Originally published in Journal of Narrative and Life History, 7, 335-342).
Bamberg, M. (2016). Blank check for biography. Openness and ingenuity in the management of the ‘Who-Am-I-Question’. In B. Curtis & C. Curtis (Eds.) Generating data. London & New Delhi: Sage Publications (Originally published in In D. Schiffrin, A. DeFina, & A. Nylund (Eds.). Telling stories: Language, narrative, and social life (pp. 109-121). Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press).
Thirteen short lectures on the topic of INNOVATIVE LEARNING (on YouTube)(recorded 2015 -published 2016)

2010-2015
Bamberg, M. (2015). Who Am I? Narration and its contribution to self and identity. In: Gough, B. (Ed.)(2014). Qualitative research in psychology. Volume III: Methodologies 1 – From experiential to constructionist approaches (pp. 233-256). Los Angeles, London, New Delhi: Sage Publications. – (with a 20-minutes commentary available on YouTube) (reprinted from Bamberg, 2011a, Who am I? Narration and its contribution to self and identity. Theory & Psychology, 21(1), 3-24. (commented by Eli Schachter and Mark Freeman)(+ my response = Bamberg 2011b)
Bamberg, M. (2014). Narrative practices versus capital-D discoursers: Ways of investigating Family. Journal of Family Theory & Review, 6, 132-136.
Lätsch, D., & Bamberg, M. (2013). Ansätze zu einer psychologischen Erzählanalyse. Psychoanalyse. Texte zur Sozialforschung, 3/4, 223-240.
Bamberg, M. (2012) Why narrative? Narrative Inquiry, 22(1), 202-210.
Bamberg, M. (2012). Narrative analysis. In H. Cooper, P. M. Camic, D. L. Long, A. T. Panter, D. Rindskopf, & K. Sher (Eds.), APA handbook of research methods in psychology (Vol. 2; pp. 85–102). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/13620-006
Bamberg, M.(2011). Freedom, narrative, and happiness. Journal of Family Theory and Review, 3, 320-325.
Bamberg, M. (2011). Narrative discourse. In C.A. Chapelle (General Ed.), The encyclopedia of applied linguistics. Oxford, UK: Wiley-Blackwell.
Bamberg, M (2011). Narrative practice and identity navigation. In J.A. Holstein & J.F. Gubrium (Eds.), Varieties of narrative analysis (pp. 99-124). London: Sage Publications.
Bamberg, M., De Fina, A., & Schiffrin, D. (2011) Discourse and identity construction. In S. Schwartz, K. Luyckx & V. Vignoles (Eds.), Handbook of identity theory and research (pp. 177-199). Berlin/New York: Springer Verlag.
Bamberg, M. (2011a). Who am I? Narration and its contribution to self and identity. Theory & Psychology, 21(1), 3-24. (commented by Eli Schachter and Mark Freeman)(+ my response = Bamberg 2011b)
Bamberg, M. (2011b). Who am I? Big or small — shallow or deep? Theory & Psychology, 21(1), 122-129.
Bamberg, M. (2010). Blank check for biography? Openness and ingenuity in the management of the ‘Who-Am-I-Question’. In D. Schiffrin, A. DeFina, & A. Nylund (Eds.). Telling stories: Language, narrative, and social life (pp. 109-121). Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press.

2005-2009
Bamberg, M. (2009). Identity and narration. In P. Huehn, J. Pier, W. Schmid & J Schoenert (Eds.), Handbook of narratology. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter.
Bamberg, M., & Georgakopoulou, A. (2008). Small Stories as a New Perspective in Narrative and Identity Analysis. Text & Talk, 28(3), 377-396.
Bamberg, M. (2008). Twice-told tales: Small Story analysis and the process of identity formation. In T. Sugiman, K.J. Gergen, W. Wagner & Y. Yamada (Eds.), Meaning in action (pp. 183-204). New York: Springer.
Bamberg, M. (2008). Selves and identities in the making: The study of microgenetic processes in interactive practices. In U Müller, J Carpendale, N. Budwig & B Sokol (Eds.), Social life and social knowledge (pp. 205-224). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
Bamberg, M. (2007). Narrative Analysis and Identity Research: A Case for ‘Small Stories’ (unpublished manuscript).
Korobov, N. & Bamberg, M.(2007). “Strip poker! They don’t show nothing!” Positioning identities in adolescent male talk about a television game show. In M. Bamberg, A DeFina & D. Schiffrin (Eds.), Selves and identities in narrative and discourse (pp.253-271). Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
Bamberg, M. (2007). Introductory remarks. In M Bamberg (Ed.), Narrative—State of the art (pp. 1-5). Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
Bamberg, M. (2007). Stories: big or small—Why do we care?. In M Bamberg (Ed.), Narrative—State of the art (pp. 165-174). Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
Bamberg, M (2007). Narrative – State of the Art. Amsterdam: John Benjamins (reviewed in Language, Discourse Studies, Language in Society, Journal of Sociolinguistics, Metapsychology) (contributions by Georgakopoulou, Freeman, and Bamberg)
Bamberg, M., & Zielke, B, (2007). From dialogical practices to polyphonic thought? Developmental inquiry and where to look for it. International Journal for Dialogical Science, 2, 223-242.
Bamberg, M. (2006) Special Issue of Narrative Inquiry vol. 16(1) — (introductory remarks + 3 articles on small versus big debate: by Alexandra Georgakopoulou, Mark Freeman, Michael Bamberg) <<list of titles + contributors>>
Bamberg, M. (2006). Sequencing Events in Time or Sequencing Events in Story-Telling? From Cognition to Discourse – With Frogs Paving the Way. In J. Guo, S. Ervin-Tripp & Nancy Budwig (Eds.), Festschrift for Dan Slobin (pp. 127-136). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Bamberg, M. (2006). Biographic-narrative research, quo vadis? A critical review of ‘big stories’ from the perspective of ‘small stories’. In K. Milnes, C. Horrocks, N. Kelly, B. Roberts, and D. Robinson, (Eds.), Narrative, memory and knowledge: Representations, aesthetics and contexts. Huddersfield: University of Huddersfield Press.
Poster presentations at APS + APS with Samantha Trickey, Jamie Hickey, and Larissa Christensen: APS in May; APA in August
Bamberg, M. (2005). Review of Frosh/Phoenix/Pattman (Young Masculinities) and Way/Chu (Adolescent Boys). Journal of Adolescent Research, 20(5), 604-608.
Bamberg, M. (2005). Encyclopedia entries on ‘Agency’,’ Master Narratives’, and ‘Positioning’. In D. Herman, M. Jahn, & M.-L. Ryan (Eds.), The Routledge encyclopedia of narrative theory. New York: Routledge.
Bamberg, M. (2005). Motivating psychology students to engage in inquiry. Review of Neil J. Salkind “An Introduction to Theories of Development”. PsychCRITIQUES – Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books
Moissinac, L., & Bamberg, M. (2005). “It’s weird, I was so mad”: Developing Discursive Identity Defenses in Conversational “Small” Stories of Adolescent Boys. Texas Speech Communication Journal, 29(2), 142-156.

2000-2004
Bamberg, M. (2004). Narrative discourse and identities. In J. C. Meister, T. Kindt, W. Schernus, & M. Stein (Eds.), Narratology beyond literary criticism (pp. 213-237) Berlin & New York: Walter de Gruyter.
Bamberg, M. (2004). Considering counter narratives. In: M. Bamberg & M. Andrews (Eds.), Considering counter narratives: Narrating, resisting, making sense (pp. 351-371). Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
Korobov, N., & Bamberg, M. (2004). Positioning a ‘mature’ self in interactive practices: How adolescent males negotiate ‘physical attraction’ in group talk. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 22, 471-492.
Korobov, N., & Bamberg, M. (2004). Development as micro-genetic positioning. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 22, 521-530.
Bamberg, M. (2004). “We are young, responsible, and male”: Form and function of ‘slut-bashing’ in the identity constructions in 15-year-old males. Human Development, 47, 331-353. (Responses by Avril Thorne and Rogers Hall)
Bamberg, M. (2004). Talk, small stories, and adolescent identities. Human Development, 47, 366-369.
Bamberg, M. (2003). Review of Crispin Sartwell’s “End of Story”. Narrative Inquiry, 13(2), 473-481.
Bamberg, M & Barcinski, M. (in collaboration with C, Morey, J. Farwell & S. Powell) “Developing a (male) sense of (heterosexual) self: Positioning strategies in 10-, 12-, and 14-year olds on the topic of girls and sexuality”. Symposium at the 33rd Annual Meeting of the Jean Piaget Society, Chicago, June 5th, 2003
Bamberg, M. (2003). “Positioning with Davie Hogan – Stories, Tellings, and Identities. In C. Daiute & C. Lightfoot (Eds.), Narrative analysis: Studying the development of individuals in society. London: Sage.
Bamberg, M. (2003). Foreword to ‘Qualitative Research in Psychology’; edited by P. Camic, J, Rhodes & L. Yardley. Washington, DC: American Psychology Association.
Bamberg, M. ( 2003) “Construindo a masculinidade na adolescência: a formação de posicionamentos e o processo de construção da identidade aos 15 anos”. In Moita Lopes, L. P. & Bastos, L. C. ( Eds.) Identidades. Recortes Inter- e Multidisciplinares. Campinas: Mercado de Letras.
Bamberg, M. & Moissinac, L. (2003). Discourse development. In A. Graesser & M.A. Gernsbacher (Eds.), Handbook for discourse processes (pp. 395-437). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Bamberg, M. (2002). Literacy and development as discourse, cognition or as both? Journal of Child Language, 29, 449-453.
Bamberg, M. (2001). Why young American English-speaking children confuse anger and sadness: A study of grammar in practice. In: K. Nelson, A. Aksu-Koc, & C. Johnson (Eds.), Children’s language, Vol. 10: Language in use, narratives and interaction (pp. 55-72). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Bamberg, M. (2000). Critical personalism, language, and development. Theory & Psychology, 10, 749-767.
Bamberg, M. (2000). Language and communication – What develops? Determining the role of language practices for a theory of development. In N. Budwig, I. Uzgiris, & J. Wertsch (Eds.), Communication: Arena of development (pp. 55-77). Norwood, NJ: Ablex.

1990-1999
Bamberg, M. (1999). Talk and what talk is about: The development of form and content in discourse practices. Human Development, 42, 247-252.
Bamberg, M. (1999). Identität in Erzählung und im Erzählen. Versuch einer Bestimmung der Besonderheit des narrativen Diskurses für die sprachliche Verfassung von Identität. Journal für Psychologie, 7, 43-55
Bamberg, M. (1999). Is there anything behind discourse? Narrative and the local accomplishment of identities. In W. Maiers, B. Bayer, B. Duarte Esgalhado, R. Jorna & E. Schraube (Eds.) Challenges to theoretical psychology. Selected/edited proceedings of the seventh biennial conference of the International Society for Theoretical Psychology, Berlin, 1997 (pp. 220-227). North York: Captus University Publications.
Budwig, N., Valsiner, J., & Bamberg, M. (1998). Situating Rogoff: The interdisciplinary study of human development. Clark Working Papers on Developmental Psychology, 1, 2-15.
Bamberg, M. (1998). Narrative, play, and development. Human Development, 41, 196-199.
Bamberg, M. (1997). Language, concepts and emotions. The role of language in the construction of emotions. Language Sciences, 19, 309-340.
Bamberg, M. (1997). Positioning between structure and performance. Journal of Narrative and Life History, 7, 335-342.
Bamberg, M. (1997). Culture, words and understanding. Culture and Psychology, 3(2), 183-194.
Bamberg, M.(1997). Emotion talk(s). The role of perspective in the construction of emotions. In S. Niemeier & R. Dirven (Eds.), The language of emotions (pp. 209-225). Amsterdam: John Benjamin.
Bamberg, M. (1997). Introduction to the volume. In M. Bamberg (Ed.), Narrative development – Six approaches (pp. i-xiv). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum
Bamberg, M. (1997). A constructivist approach to narrative development. In M. Bamberg (Ed.), Narrative development – Six approaches (pp. 89-132). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Talbot, J., Bibace, R., Bokhur, B., & Bamberg, M. (1996). Affirmation and resistance of dominant discourses: The rhetorical construction of pregnancy. Journal of Narrative and Life History, 6, 225-251
Bamberg, M., Ammirati, D.L., & Shea, S. (1995). How children learn to talk about things with no name: ‘Double Emotions’. In P.W. Davis (Ed.), Alternative linguistics: Descriptive and theoretical modes (pp. 1-43.). Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
Bamberg, M. (1994). Actions, events, scenes, plots and the drama. Language and the constitution of part-whole relationships. Language Sciences, 16(1), 39-79.
Bamberg, M., & Marchman, V. (1991). Binding and unfolding: Towards the linguistic construction of narrative discourse. Discourse Processes, 14(3), 277-305.

Recent Books + Book Projects

Bamberg, M. (Ed.) (2007). Narrative—State of the art. Amsterdam: Benjamins.
Bamberg, M., de Fina, A., & Schiffrin, D. (Eds.) (2007). Selves and identities in narrative and discourse. Amsterdam: Benjamins.
De Fina, A., Schiffrin, D., & Bamberg, M. (Eds.) (2006). Discourse and identity. Cambridge University Press.
Bamberg, M. & Andrews, M. (Eds.) (2004) Considering counter narratives. Amsterdam: Benjamins.
Bamberg, M. (Ed.) (2000). Narrative identity. Special issue of Narrative Inquiry, 10.
Bamberg, M. (Ed.) (1997). Narrative development – Six approaches. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum [Including a general Introduction to the Volume and six individual introductions for each of the chapters]. (Reviewed in Journal of Child Language, 2000, 27, 453-459).
Bamberg, M.(Ed.) (1997). Oral versions of personal experience: Three decades of narrative analysis. Special Volume of the Journal of Narrative and Life History, 7: 1 – 4. (Also published as book)
Berman, R. & Slobin, D.I. (Eds.) (In collaboration with Ayhan Aksu, Michael Bamberg, Virginia Marchman, Tanya Renner, Eugenia Sebastiano, and Christiane von Stutterheim) (1994). Different ways of relating events in narrative: A crosslinguistic study. Hillsdale, NJ.: Erlbaum Associates.
Bamberg, M. (1987). The acquisition of narratives: Learning to use language; Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. (Reviewed in: Language, 1991, 67, 150-155; Journal of Child Language,1992, 19, 481-487 1992, Lingua,1989, 38, 402; L’Homme, 1990, 116; Bulletin de la Societe de Linguistique1989).

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Recent Books + Book Projects