TQR Volume 18 Article 33

TQR Volume 18 Article 34

Democratizing Academic Writing: A Revision of an Experience of Writing an Autoethnographic Dissertation in Color
marcela polanco
Our Lady of the Lake University, San Antonio, Texas USA

Finding a Balance: A Narrative Inquiry into Motherhood and the Doctoral Process
Brooke Eisenbach
University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida USA

Qualitative Research News and Notes

The Society for Qualitative Inquiry in Psychology (SQIP) Launches New Web Site and Facebook Page

Huff Post Arts and Culture Blog: "Patricia Leavy: How Researchers Are Using Fiction to Make Their Reports Accessible to the Public"

The Marketingblog: "Ray Nelson: How to Defend Your Brand Using Qualitative Market Research"

The Everyday Commute: "Making Sense of It All: Me and My Qualitative Data"

The Listening Resource: "Paraphrasing in Qualitative Interviews"

John Benjamins Publishing Announces New Journal:International Journal of Language and Culture (IJoLC)

Participate in New UK Higher Education Academy Funded Study: "Questionnaire on the Teaching of Qualitative Research Methods at Undergraduate Level in Higher Education"

Eighth Annual Grounded Theory (GT) Jamboree Announced

QUIRK'S: "Get Creative: Seven Solutions to Improve Usability Studies"

QUIRK'S: "Back to Basics: Six Essential Skills for Telephone Interviewing"

QUIRK'S: "How a Lack of Money Turned Me into an Innovative Researcher"

QUIRK'S: "How to Use Insight Communities to Bridge Internal Silos"

The Guardian Higher Education Network: "Academic Writing: Why No 'Me' in PhD?"

Narrative Inquiry Expert Jean Clandinin Wins the 2013 Michael Huberman Award for Excellence in Research on the Lives of Teachers from the American Educational Research Association

U.S. Department of Transportation Seeking Feedback on Their New PlaceFit Tool

Instant.ly Blog: "The Fundamentals of Mobile Qualitative Research"

TQR Review of the Week

TQR Qualitative Research Resources on the Internet

Expanding the Application of Appreciative Inquiry Based on Its Principles of Human Systems
Vatausha Howard
Amridge University, Montgomery, Alabama USA

Please visit TQR Community's Qualitative Research Resources on the Internet site for more useful sources, sites, books, software applications, and tools including Qualitative Research Web Sites.

New Calls for Conferences and Journals, Training Opportunities, and Funding

Qualitative Psychology Special Section: "Markers of Quality & Best Practices in Qualitative Inquiry" - Call for Papers (Deadline: October 15, 2013)

Qualitative Psychology - Initial Call for Papers (Deadline: Open)

Sense Publishers' Teaching Race & Ethnicity Series - Call for Book Proposals (Deadline: Open)

Sense Publishers Teaching Gender Book Series - Call for Feminist Approaches to Research Methods Book Proposals (Deadline: Open)

Sense Publishers: Social Fictions Series - Call for Book Proposals (Deadline: Open)

Sense Publishers: Teaching Gender Series - Call for Book Proposals (Deadline: Open)

Taos Institute WorldShare Books - Call for Submissions (Deadline: Open)

Previously Announced Open Calls and Conferences

Online Graduate QR Certificate

TQR2014 - Fifth Annual Conference

Summer 2013 admission for the Graduate Certificate in Qualitative Research, a six course, 18 credit hour online program that prepares its graduates to understand and conduct qualitative research, is now open. Courses offered this summer are QRGP 6305 Qualitative Research Design and QRGP 6308 Writing Qualitative Research. Classes begin May 13, 2013.

The TQR2014 Home Page is now open! The theme for our fifth annual conference is "Qualitative Research Artistry and Craft." The call for paper and paper panels is now open and will run through to April 30, 2013. Registration for the two-day event will open October 1, 2014. Please visit the new conference web site for more details.

Qualitative Research Employment Opportunities

Associate Director, Research and Insights (Starcom Mediavest Group)

Education Research Assistant (Westat)

Market Research - Qualitative Manager (Cabana Consulting)

Qualitative Customer Experience / Usability Researcher (Jawbone)

Qualitative Research Analyst (Boutique Market Research Firm)

Qualitative Sociologist (North Dakota State University)

Program Research Assistant (General Dynamics Information Technology)

Research Assistant (Dallas County Online)

Research Assistant III Non-Lab (Research Coordinator) (Harvard University)

Research Associate - GISMO (North Carolina State University)

Research Coordinator (Columbia University)

Research & Evaluation Analyst (National Association of County and City Health Officials)

Senior Qualitative / Quantitative Research Managers (Glevum Associates)

Senior Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist (The Hunger Project)

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