The 15th August marks the date 188 years ago when the first feminist newspaper was published in Paris, France in 1832 under the title, La Femme Libre. Over the course of 31 issues under different editorships, the title and sub-titles changed several times (Tamboukou, 2016). In her monograph, Sewing, fighting and writing: Radical practices in … Continue reading Researching radical practices through feminist genealogies
Transcription software
This week's blogpost is a video introducing and discussing transcription software by Tugba Boz. Tugba is PhD candidate in the Department of Educational Theory and Practice at the University of Georgia. Her research interests focus on coding and robotics instruction in elementary classrooms, teacher professional development on new technologies, and integrated STEM education. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euZG6FyBMJQ
Great reads… Robert Caro’s “Working”
Now in his 80s, author Robert A. Caro provides a wonderful example to other writers of not only how to keep going in spite of challenges, but how to conduct exemplary research. Caro has been awarded numerous prizes for his work – which includes biographies of urban planner Robert Moses, and a four-volume biography of … Continue reading Great reads… Robert Caro’s “Working”
ICQI 2020 Dissertation Awards
Congratulations to the recipients of the ICQI 2020 Outstanding Dissertation Awards Traditional Na Ri Shin. Contesting sustainable community development through the Olympic Games in the era of globalization: The case of Daegwallyeong-myeon, host community of the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games. Experimental Maureen Flint. Methodological Orientations: College Student Navigations of Race and Place in Higher Education. Traditional … Continue reading ICQI 2020 Dissertation Awards
ICQI 2020 Book awards
Sadly, the annual meeting of the International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry was canceled this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. If not for COVID-19, many of us would be meeting this week at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to share our work in qualitative research. In this absence, please join me in congratulating recipients … Continue reading ICQI 2020 Book awards
Understanding the U.S. Public Health Service Syphilis Study at Tuskegee
Several times in the last couple of weeks, I've come across articles discussing the legacy of the Public Health Service's study of untreated syphilis in Alabama in relation to COVID-19 and the high mortality rate among African American communities in the U.S. Along with my students, I've recently finished re-reading Susan Reverby's (2009) book on … Continue reading Understanding the U.S. Public Health Service Syphilis Study at Tuskegee
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
Interviews with qualitative researchers
The Society for Qualitative Inquiry in Psychology website hosts a Distinguished Researcher Interview Series. The series features podcasts and video-recorded interviews where an up-and-coming member of the field interviews an established methodologist about their approach to qualitative research. The series includes interviews with Michelle Fine on Critical Participatory Action Research, Amedeo Giorgi on the Descriptive … Continue reading Interviews with qualitative researchers
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
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