Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) have become increasingly central to ourunderstanding of the human experience. While awareness and scholarshipabout the importance of DEI has grown, expertise involving the most effectivepedagogies for integrating DEI into teaching of psychology has not been widelydisseminated. Teaching of Psychology (ToP) invites submissions for a specialissue on Social Justice Pedagogy: Diversity, … Continue reading Call for papers: Teaching of Psychology
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Celebrating award-winning doctoral research
For the final blogpost for 2020, I would like to celebrate the work of Dr. Maureen Flint. The American Education Research Association's Qualitative Research SIG recently released a podcast episode of Qualitative Conversations in which Dr. Jennifer Wolgemuth (University of South Florida), who is chair of the QR SIG's Outstanding Dissertation Award committee, interviewed Dr. Maureen Flint, … Continue reading Celebrating award-winning doctoral research
Update on ICQI 2021
Seventeenth International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry19-22 May 2021Theme: Collaborative Futures in Qualitative Inquiry The Organizing Committee of ICQI 2021 has been carefully evaluating how COVID-19 may impact the 2021 Congress meetings, including various forms of engagement (sessions, workshops, publisher exhibits, etc.) and delivery (face-to-face, hybrid, virtual). After much consideration, the planning committee has announced that they … Continue reading Update on ICQI 2021
Making time to write
The Textbook & Academic Authors Association has recently published a Guide to making time to write (Pawlak & Schmieder, 2020). This short book is filled with over 100 tips from academic authors for how to develop and maintain an effective writing practice. The editors have organized the tips into two sections, those of "time management" … Continue reading Making time to write
ICQI 2020 Lifetime Achievement and Special Career Awards
The Lifetime Achievement Award Committee for the International Congress for Qualitative Inquiry is pleased to announce the selection of KIM ETHERINGTON as recipient of the 2020 Lifetime Achievement Award in Qualitative Inquiry for his lifetime contributions to the methods, theory, practice, and dissemination of qualitative inquiry. Professor Etherington is an Emeritus Professor of Narrative and … Continue reading ICQI 2020 Lifetime Achievement and Special Career Awards
Culturally responsive approaches to focus groups
Jori N. Hall's recently published book, Focus groups: Culturally responsive approaches for qualitative inquiry and program evaluation (2020) is a timely and much-needed contribution to the literature on focus groups. Sociologist Robert Merton and his colleagues (Merton, Fiske, & Kendall, 1990) introduced the term "focused interview" in 1940s research on participants’ responses to watching a … Continue reading Culturally responsive approaches to focus groups
Grants for students: #ResearchforChange
The Qualitative Data Analysis software company that makes MAXQDA is offering three students/PhD candidates the $1,600 USD #ResearchforChange Grant to support their fieldwork on sustainability and sustainable development research projects. The deadline to apply is May 27th, 2020 and further information on how to apply can be found at http://www.maxqda.com/grants. For more information see Grants-Flyer … Continue reading Grants for students: #ResearchforChange
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
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
