Digital Archiving of Qualitative Research Projects

Recently, Dr. Sebastian Karcher, Associate Director of the Qualitative Data Repository at Syracuse University, visited with my class and me at the University of Georgia via an online meeting room to talk about digital archiving and sharing of qualitative research projects. Although I've been reading about this for some time, his presentation reminded me of … Continue reading Digital Archiving of Qualitative Research Projects

Tips for teaching online

Do you suddenly find yourself teaching online due to the COVID-19 pandemic? Do you need some support? Some ideas?  For teachers who suddenly find themselves having to teach online, Dr. Anna Cohen Miller who works at the Nazarbayev University Graduate School of Education in the Republic of Kazakhstan has compiled some excellent tips and strategies. … Continue reading Tips for teaching online

Project Muse providing free content during COVID-19 health crisis

In response to the challenges created by the global public health crisis of COVID-19, Project MUSE is pleased to support its participating publishers in making scholarly content temporarily available for free on our platform. With many higher education institutions moving into an exclusively online learning environment for the foreseeable future, Project MUSE hopes that easy … Continue reading Project Muse providing free content during COVID-19 health crisis

Call for Proposals: International Symposium on Autoethnography and Narrative

When: January 1-4, 2021 Where: Dolphin Beach Resort, St. Pete Beach, Florida, USA The Dolphin Beach Resort has hosted four conferences since 1990 foregrounding autoethnographic and narrative scholarship. In 2021, the Resort will be the host location for a fifth conference, the International Symposium on Autoethnography and Narrative (ISAN). ISAN seeks to provide scholars and … Continue reading Call for Proposals: International Symposium on Autoethnography and Narrative

Danger! Danger! Publishing perils!

Most readers will be familiar with predatory journals and avoid publishing in these. Recently I learned about “hijacked journals” – another peril facing those who hope to publish. Here, a fake website emulates a legitimate journal, taking on the same or similar to the legitimate journals in order to take in manuscripts to be published … Continue reading Danger! Danger! Publishing perils!