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Kathy Roulston is a professor in the Qualitative Research program in the Department of Lifelong Education, Administration and Policy at the University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA. She teaches qualitative research methods, and has written on qualitative interviewing. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9429-2694 Kathryn J. Roulston on ResearchGate My books include: Interviewing: A guide to theory and practice, see: https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/interviewing/book272521 Interactional studies of qualitative interviews. See: https://benjamins.com/catalog/z.220

UGA Qual Lab Speaker series

Join the UGA Qualitative Research Program for the UGA QUAL Lab Speaker Series. Title: Queer(ing) (Dis)Comfort and Vulnerability in Qualitative Research Presenter: Dr. Stephanie Anne Shelton, The University of Alabama Date: Monday, November 6th from 12PM - 1PM EST Where: Zoom Register at: https://bit.ly/UGAQL05   Qualitative scholars often design research that invites participants to share their … Continue reading UGA Qual Lab Speaker series

UGA Qual Lab Speaker Series

Title: Temporalities in/of Ethnography: Queer(ing) Time in Studying School Literacy and Language Practices Presenter: Dr. Ryan Schey, Department of Language and Literacy When: Wednesday October 11, 2023 Time: 10:00 AM-1:00 PM EST Register:https://bit.ly/UGAQL04 Abstract: Ethnographers studying oral and written oral language practices discuss time as an integral part of ethnography, such as the traditional idea … Continue reading UGA Qual Lab Speaker Series

Fall workshop series: Research methods for applied linguists

Penn State is offering a series of workshops on research methods for applied linguists. Theory and Practice in Interview Research for Applied Linguists Kathryn Roulston, University of Georgia September 15, 2023 Research Methods in Instructed Second Language Acquisition Laura Gurzynski-Weiss, Indiana University September 29, 2023 Corpus Linguistics and Triangulation  Jesse Egbert, Northern Arizona University October … Continue reading Fall workshop series: Research methods for applied linguists

Inter-rater Reliability in Qualitative Coding: Considerations for its Use

by Sean N. Halpin This week’s blog post is from Dr. Sean Halpin, who is a Qualitative Analyst with RTI-International, on the Genomics, Ethics, and Translational Research team. Dr. Halpin has over a decade of experience leading socio-behavioral studies across a wide range of chronic and infectious disease areas and has published numerous journal articles … Continue reading Inter-rater Reliability in Qualitative Coding: Considerations for its Use

The SAGE handbook of qualitative research

A copy of the 6th edition of the SAGE Handbook of qualitative research (Denzin et al., 2024) arrived in my mailbox recently. And just like earlier editions, it is big and heavy! Divided into five parts, with 34 chapters, and spanning over 700 pages, the volume provides updated and new chapters. Parts include: Locating the … Continue reading The SAGE handbook of qualitative research

Leaps and bounds in writing practices

Writing down the bones: Freeing the writer within, by Natalie Goldberg, is a classic text that gets mentioned a lot in relation to free-writing. Goldberg’s book, first published in 1986, advocates an approach to writing that integrates writing in life. Presented as a series of short vignettes about writing, Goldberg writes in first-person, inviting readers … Continue reading Leaps and bounds in writing practices

Getting creative with interview methods

Although qualitative interviews are massively used in qualitative studies all over the world, there is enormous variation in how interviews are conducted, and by what mode. Qualitative researchers have been exceptionally creative in how they elicit verbal accounts from participants of research studies. For example, here are some of the numerous descriptors used in relation … Continue reading Getting creative with interview methods

Finding Me in We: Covid, Qualitative Inquiry, and the Necessity of Community

UGA QUAL LAB Speaker Series: Dr. Ginny Boss Join the UGA Qualitative Research Program for the UGA QUAL Lab Speaker Series Monday, April 24th, 12PM – 1PM Zoom link registration: https://bit.ly/UGAQL03 Presented by:  Dr. Ginny Boss, University of Georgia During this QUAL LAB, I will discuss a project I worked on titled “Co-Conspirators and Community Care: Toward … Continue reading Finding Me in We: Covid, Qualitative Inquiry, and the Necessity of Community