Editorial Epistemological journeying and temporary rests stops: From here to there and back again Karen M Staller University of Michigan, USA The email heading seemed innocent enough. It read, ‘‘A Quick Query.’’ The note opened with a formal salutation and some pleasantries but swiftly got to the point. In relevant part, it read: I’m teaching an epistemology course in a social work doctoral program. Students are from a diverse background and grappling with the epistemological ques- tions leading to their qualitative research. I find that these epistemological under- pinnings are often not adequately explored, although crucial in qualitative research. There are several powerful papers coming out of this course that I believe are import- ant to share with QSW readers. Would you suggest that the students individually submit them for your consideration? I wonder if it is wiser to guest edit a section of the journal, perhaps the new voices section?’’ (Kumsa, private email communication 3 December 2014) The writer turned out to be Martha Kuwee Kumsa, a gifted and dedicated social work educator and a faculty member at the Wilfrid Laurier School of Social Work in Canada. What was initially posed as a simple question has blossomed into a multi-part, multi-year, project which culminates with this first-ever double issue—two volumes published as one—of QSW. But I’m getting ahead of myself; by way of explanation, it might help to know how we got from there to here. I responded to Dr Kumsa’s email query cautiously, unwilling to commit a sec- tion of the journal, as I had no idea what her student papers might look like. We developed a plan where Martha would forward me the polished papers when ready Qualitative Social Work 2016, Vol. 15(5–6) 597–601 ! The Author(s) 2016 Reprints and permissions: sagepub.co.uk/journalsPermissions.nav DOI: 10.1177/1473325016656521 qsw.sagepub.com Corresponding author: Karen M Staller, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. Email: kstaller@umich.edu