This Resource Page is an ongoing effort. Below are upcoming conferences and activities, syllabi, article titles, books and publisher links, and blogs. They are compiled here to assist faculty who are developing research methods courses in the social sciences. At present the materials here focus on introductory courses. We hope to expand this page. If you have developed a syllabus, bibliography or other resource you are willing to share, especially material on advanced courses and/or specific research tools (e.g., network analysis, video data collection and analysis, text analysis, etc.), please send them to ARMProject@uakron.edu for inclusion on this page.
Conferences and Activities
The Sixth International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry (QI2010) - May 26-29, 2010
QUALITATIVE INQUIRY FOR A GLOBAL COMMUNITY IN CRISIS
The Sixth International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry will take place at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champagne during the weekend of May 26-29, 2010.
Topics to be addressed include: the politics of evidence; alternatives to evidence-based models; mixed-methods; public policy discourse; social justice; human subject research; indigenous research ethics; decolonizing inquiry; standpoint epistemologies.
Submission of paper, poster, and session proposals will be accepted online ONLY from October 1, 2009 until December 1, 2009. Registration for the conference and workshops begins on December 1. For additional information please visit the International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry's website.
Helpful Websites
Year-End Tips for Qualitative Researchers!
Research Talk, Inc. is a resource that helps researchers to incorporate qualitative research techniques into the research design “in order to find a richer picture” of the research topic. Research Talk, Inc. helps researchers to find consultants in qualitative methods who come from different disciplinary backgrounds and who have different expertise. For more information, visit the webpage for Research Talk, Inc. at www.researchtalk.com
SYLLABI
Each course listed below contains a sample syllabi, research methods, and list of articles. Click "view pdf links" to see the list and access the files.
Method and Theory in Anthropology, Athabasca
Community-Based Research Methods, Athabasca
Seminar on Designing Research, Florida
Research Methods, Florida International University
Qualitative Research Methods, Lewis and Clark College
Methodology I, Middle Tennessee State University
Research Methods in Social and Cultural Anthropology, Portland State University
Qualitative Research Methods, Princeton
Field Research Methods, Semester at Sea
Action Research in Schools, University of Massachusetts
Qualitative Research Methods, Union College
List of Articles extracted from Syllabi
Sociology
> view PDF links
JOURNALS - ONLINE RESOURCES
Anthropology
Business
Communication
Education
Family Studies
General Social Sciences
Medical
Methodology Journals
Nursing Studies
Other Journals
Psychology
Sociology
Women’s Studies
BOOKS/TEXTS
Sage Publications
Rowman & Littlefild Publishers Inc.
Taylor and Francis Books
Altamira Press
Anthropology
Book used in Methods courses (PDF)
Sociology
Book used in Methods courses (PDF)
Education
Book used in Methods courses (PDF)
Women’s Studies
Book used in Methods courses (PDF)
Communication
Book used in Methods courses (PDF)
Political Science
Book used in Methods courses (PDF)
General Social Sciences
Book used in Methods courses (PDF)
BLOGS
Scatterplot
Shamus Khan at Columbia writes for the blog Scatterplot and the following post relates to qualitative research and funding.
ADDITIONAL ONLINE RESOURCES
American Evaluation Association
The AEA has compiled a list of companies that provide programs for analyzing qualitative data including text, audio, and video. Link: http://www.eval.org/Resources/QDA.htm
Arizona State Institute
Description: THE CONSORTIUM ON QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS (CQRM) promotes the teaching and use of qualitative research methods in the social sciences. Our activities include an annual training institute, where leading scholars have (to date) taught advanced qualitative methods to nearly five hundred graduate students and junior faculty.
Link: http://www.asu.edu/clas/polisci/cqrm/
George Mason University
History and News Media Syllabi Search Engine
Link: http://chnm.gmu.edu/tools/syllabi/
Legal Studies Blog
Description: The ELS blog is a collaborative project produced by Professor Jason Czarnezki of the Marquette University Law School, Professors Michael Heise and Theodore Eisenberg of the Cornell Law School, and William Ford, Bigelow Fellow and Lecturer in Law at the University of Chicago Law School. Jason’s research uses empirical methodologies to assess the role of judicial selection, political ideology, and interpretive philosophy on judicial decision-making, as well as analyze the impact of institutional relationships on environmental and administrative law and regulatory policy.
Link: http://www.elsblog.org/the_empirical_legal_studi/2006/03/new_syllabus_qu.html
MAPSS
Description: The Methods of Analysis Program in the Social Sciences (MAPSS) at Stanford University is dedicated to raising the “quality and vitality of empirical scientific research done by students and faculty throughout the social sciences.” The program includes an innovative curriculum, a database of courses that deal with social science methods training, data collection, management and analysis and a plan for improving inter-disciplinary interaction regarding research methods. Link: http://www.stanford.edu/group/mapss/
NSF
The 2005 NSF report on qualitative research and funding - "Workshop on Interdisciplinary Standards for Systematic Qualitative Research". Link: http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/ses/soc/ISSQR_workshop_rpt.pdf
Qualitative Report Nova University
Description: An online journal dedicated to qualitative research since 1990
Link: http://www.nova.edu/ssss/QR/
Qual Page
Description: The site has many resources about qualitative research and is regularly updated. It has a broad range of news and links so that you can find a variety of information on qualitative research. Please drop by from time to time and see what's new. I hope that you enjoy navigating Qual Page.
Link: http://www.qualitativeresearch.uga.edu/QualPage/
QualQuant
Description: QualQuant.net is a site dedicated to social research methods—qualitative and quantitative alike. It's grounded in a simple idea expressed by H. Russell Bernard in his introduction to the Handbook of Methods in Cultural Anthropology (1998):
Link: http://www.qualquant.net/
Rapid Assessment Process
Description: A site dedicated to the method of Rapid Assessment Process, or intensive, team-based qualitative inquiry using triangulation, iterative data analysis and additional data collection to quickly develop a preliminary understanding of a situation from the insider's perspective.
Link: http://www.rapidassessment.net/introduction.html
University of Georgia College of Education
Description: The Qualitative Interest Group (QUIG) at the University of Georgia is a collection of faculty, staff, and students who share an interest in using qualitative research to study human beings.
Link: http://www.coe.uga.edu/quig/archives.html
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