The Qualitative Report The Qualitative Report Volume 22 Number 8 Article 11 8-16-2017 Between Paradigms: Becoming a Pathological Optimist Between Paradigms: Becoming a Pathological Optimist Carol Isaac Mercer University, isaac_ca@mercer.edu Follow this and additional works at: https://nsuworks.nova.edu/tqr Part of the Educational Methods Commons, Higher Education Commons, Quantitative, Qualitative, Comparative, and Historical Methodologies Commons, and the Social Statistics Commons Recommended APA Citation Recommended APA Citation Isaac, C. (2017). Between Paradigms: Becoming a Pathological Optimist. The Qualitative Report, 22(8), 2266-2272. https://doi.org/10.46743/2160-3715/2017.2883 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the The Qualitative Report at NSUWorks. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Qualitative Report by an authorized administrator of NSUWorks. For more information, please contact nsuworks@nova.edu.