Narrative inquiry, or narrative research, is a research methodology that is growing in acceptance and practice in such disciplines as nursing, medicine, and law, and especially organizational studies, therapy in health fields, social work, counselling, and psychotherapy, and teaching (Clandinin, 2007, pp. xi-xii). Like other methodologies used by social science researchers, narrative inquiry “inquires” into--or asks questions about and looks for deeper understanding of--particular aspects of life experience. For example, some of the graduate students whose work informs this FAQ explore such diverse experiences as an elementary school teacher’s ongoing efforts to modify the spitting behaviour of an autistic student (Borden, 2009), and a graduate student’s investigation of how to change her process of online writing discussion posts so that this writing facilitates learning and discovery (Porteous Jones, 2009).