The Weekly Qualitative Report

The Weekly Qualitative Report

ISSN 1945-2853

Volume 1, Number 5

November 3, 2008

URL: http://www.nova.edu/ssss/QR/WQR/wqr1_5.html

The Qualitative Report Article of the Week

Making the Connection between Prayer, Faith, and Forgiveness in Roman Catholic Families

Mindi Batson

The University of Nottingham, Nottingham, England Loren Marks

Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA

The Weekly Review

A Review of Qualitative Research Groups in Web 2.0 Social Networking Communities: Prepare to Be Amused, Inspired, and Even Blown Away

Maureen Duffy, Private Practice

Qualitative Research Resource of the Week

Intute: Social Sciences: Intute: Social Sciences is the subject group of Intute that provides the very best Web resources for education and research for the social sciences, including law, business, hospitality, sport and tourism. All material included in its various resources is evaluated and selected by a network of subject specialists to create the Intute database.

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NSU Announces New Online Graduate

Qualitative Research Certificate Program

The NSU Graduate Qualitative Research Certificate Program consists of eight three-credit hour online courses designed to prepare academics, professional research consultants, and graduate students to understand a variety of qualitative research approaches and to conduct qualitative research studies.

New Calls for Conference Papers, Proposals, and Abstracts and Training Opportunities

· The Fifth International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry (QI2009)

· Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries International Conference (QQML2009)

· The 3rd International Qualitative Conference in Sport and Exercise

New and Notable Qualitative Research Articles

· Condell, S. L. (2008). Writing fieldnotes in an ethnographic study of peers – collaborative experiences from the field. Journal of Research in Nursing, 13(4), 325-335. Abstract

· Creese, A., Bhatt, B., Bhojani, N., & Maertion, P. (2008). Fieldnotes in team ethnography: Researching complementary schools. Qualitative Research, 8(2), 197-215. Abstract

· Halliday, S., Burns, N., Hutton, N., McNeill, F., & Tata, C. (2008). Shadow writing and participant observation: A study of criminal justice social work around sentencing. Journal of Law and Society, 35(2), 189-213. Abstract

· Harris, A. (2008). The artist as surgical ethnographer: Participant observers outside the social sciences. Health, 12(4), 501-514. Abstract

· Leopold, R. (2008). The second life of ethnographic fieldnotes. Ateliers, 32. Abstract

Qualitative Research Employment Openings

· Assistant Professor, Psychology (Goucher College)

· Assistant/Associate Professor (Florida A&M University)

· Associate Professor - Pharmacy (University of Minnesota, Twin Cities)

· Doctoral Faculty in Educational Leadership (Azusa Pacific University)

· Assistant Professor — Communication (Western Illinois University)

· Cultural Anthropology Faculty (College of the Atlantic)

· Assistant Professor in Human Rights (University of Washington Tacoma)

· Usability Testing Specialist (Cisco Systems)

· Cultural Anthropologist (USAID - Global Health Fellows Program)

· Applied Linguistics: Consultant (Verilogue)

· Senior Director of Consulting (Peer Insight)

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