The Weekly Qualitative Report

The Weekly Qualitative Report

ISSN 1945-2853

Volume 2, Number 24

June 15, 2009

URL: http://www.nova.edu/ssss/QR/WQR/wqr2_24.html

The Qualitative Report Article of the Week

Characteristics of Home: Perspectives of Women Who Are Homeless

Christine A. Walsh, Gayle E. Rutherford, and Natasha Kuzmak
University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada

The Weekly Review

Ethnographers at Microsoft: A Review of Human-Computer Interaction: Development Process

Ronald J. Chenail
Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, Florida USA

Qualitative Research Resource of the Week

Qualitative Research in Information Systems: Michael D. Myers mega-qualitative research site was one of the first online resources and is still one of the best! Officially the site is known as the ISWorld Section on Qualitative Research in Information Systems (IS).

Certificate Faculty Featured in Blog

Certificate faculty, Ron Chenail and Maureen Duffy, are featured on Social Science Research News' Teaching Guest Post Friday with their posting, "Learning Ethnography by Researching Microcultures on YouTube."

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. Applications for fall 2009 courses are now being accepted.

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

New and Notable Qualitative Research Articles

Blaikie, F. (2009). Knowing bodies: A visual and poetic inquiry into the professoriate. International Journal of Education & the Arts, 10(8). Full Text
Boxall, K., & Ralph, S. (2009). Research ethics and the use of visual images in research with people with intellectual disability. Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 34(1), 45-54. Abstract
Galman, S. A. C. (2009). The truthful messenger: Visual methods and representation in qualitative research in education. Qualitative Research, 9(2), 197-217. Abstract
Keats, P. A. (2009). Multiple text analysis in narrative research: Visual, written, and spoken stories of experience. Qualitative Research, 9(2), 181-195. Abstract
Ulusoy, E., & Firat, A. F. (2009). Incorporating the visual into qualitative research: Living a theme as an illustrative example. der markt, 48(1-2), 41-46. Abstract

Qualitative Research Employment Openings

Account Executive (KUTH-Univision)
Associate Dean - Doctorate of Executive Leadership (Mountain State University)
Associate Marketing Research Analyst/Manager Qualitative (Directions Research, Inc.)
Brand Planner (Publicis in the West)
Freelance Research Analyst (Slover Linett Strategies)
Lead Analyst Research (Philip Morris)
Market Research Analyst (Johnson & Johnson)
Market Research Manager (Boutique consulting firm)
Qualitative Research Analyst (Perception Research Services)
Telephone Interviewer (Qualitative Research Specialist) (Kijiji Cincinnati)

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