International Visual Sociology Association Awards

The International Visual Sociology Association is calling for nominations for visual sociology, visual methodology, and anti-colonial and anti-racism awards. The nominations deadline is MAY 16, 2022. Awards include: VISUAL SOCIOLOGY Awards (Rieger) VISUAL METHODOLOGY Award (Prosser) ANTI-COLONIAL and ANTI-RACISM Awards (ACAR) RIEGER Awards ($1000): for outstanding work in visual sociology by graduate students PROSSER Award … Continue reading International Visual Sociology Association Awards

Undergraduate Research Teams and Collecting Qualitative Data: Some Considerations

This week’s guest blogpost is by Dr. Alisa Smith, who is a Professor of Legal Studies at the University of Central Florida. Dr. Smith examines the misdemeanor courts, case processing, and legal consciousness on decision-making. In this blog post, Dr. Smith discusses the benefits of developing a research team of undergraduate students to conduct large-scale … Continue reading Undergraduate Research Teams and Collecting Qualitative Data: Some Considerations

What’s new in qualitative interviewing?

The first journalistic interviews were conducted in the early part of the 19th century. By the early 1900s, researchers had taken up interviews as a method and were asking questions of people using lengthy surveys. Over the past century, interviews have become one of the most widely used research methods in social sciences research across … Continue reading What’s new in qualitative interviewing?