The Qualitative Report Article of the Week

Don't Tease Me, I'm Working: Examining Humor in a Midwestern Organization Using Ethnography of Communication

Ajay K. Ojha
DECISIVE ANALYTICS Corporation, Washington, D.C., USA

Qualitative Research in the News

• TQR Second Annual Conference: Call for Submission Deadline: March 31, 2010
• TQR Editor-in-Chief to Give Keynote Address and Other News
• Summer Institute in Qualitative Research: Putting Theory to Work
• Qualitative Market Research in 2012 and the Art of Listening
• Ethnography Is Not an In-Home Interview
• The Ethnography of Design: Understanding Environmental Constraints

How-To Data Collection Series

Conducting a Focus Group

Barbara Packer-Muti
Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA

Qualitative Research Resource of the Week

Ethnography and Design: Resources for Teaching and Research: Bruce M. Tharp sent out requests on several online listserves for resources relating to design and ethnography and this work is the result of the contributions of twenty-eight individuals who responded with specific contributions.

NSU Online Graduate Qualitative Research Certificate Program Begins Second Year

The NSU Graduate Qualitative Research Certificate Program enters its second year as we begin accepting applications for summer 2010 courses. The Certificate's eight three-credit hour, online courses designed to prepare faculty, professional research consultants, and graduate students to understand and practice a variety of qualitative research approaches begins its second year. The program features

• Experienced and Compassionate Qualitative Research Faculty
• Talented, Diverse, and Supportive Students
• Advanced Qualitative Data Analysis Courses
• One-on-One Mentoring
• Ability to Customize Your Learning

For more information regarding this unique online learning experience, please email Ron Chenail at ron@nova.edu.

New Calls for Conferences and Journals and Training Opportunities

• The Qualitative Report Second Annual Conference - Call for Proposals
• 7th Annual Graduate Student Ethnography Conference - Call for Abstracts
• The 11th Participatory Design Conference - Call for Submissions
• Sixth Colloquium in Qualitative Health Research - Call for Abstracts
• 8th International Qualitative Research Conference - Call for Abstracts
• 16th Qualitative Health Research Conference - Call for Abstracts
• 11th Advances in Qualitative Methods Conference - Call for Abstracts
• 10th Thinking Qualitatively - Call for Posters
• Qualitative Computing: Diverse Worlds and Research Practices - Call for Papers

Previously Announced Open Calls and Conferences

New and Notable Qualitative Research Articles: Researching Youth and Parenting

• Ball, J. (2010). Indigenous fathers' involvement in reconstituting "circles of care". American Journal of Community Psychology, 45(1-2), 124-138. Full Text
• Pronk, R. E., & Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J. (2010). It's "mean," but what does it mean to adolescents? Relational aggression described by victims, aggressors, and their peers. Journal of Adolescent Research, 25(2), 175-204. Abstract
• Roy, K. M., & Dyson, O. (2010). Making daddies into fathers: Community-based fatherhood programs and the construction of masculinities for low-income African American men. American Journal of Community Psychology, 45(1-2), 139-154. Full Text
• Schulenberg, J. L. (2010). Patterns in police decision-making with youth: an application of Black's theory of law. Crime, Law and Social Change, 53(2), 109-129. Full Text
• Smith-Carrier, T. (2010). A LEAP forward or a LEAP back? Revelations about the Learning, Earning and Parenting (LEAP) program of Ontario Works. Social Policy and Society, 9(2), 155-166. Abstract

Qualitative Research Employment Opportunities

• Analyst (Kaiser Permanente)
• Assistant Director of Institutional Research and Planning (University of North Texas)
• Assistant Professor, Conflict Analysis and Resolution (Nova Southeastern University)
• Assistant Professor, Family Therapy (Nova Southeastern University)
• Associate Director, Market Research (Smith Hanley Associates)
• Consumer Research Specialist (Bridge Worldwide)
• Customer Research Manager (Travelport)
• Field Interviewer (New England Research Institutes, Inc.)
• Interviewer/Data Collection Specialist (Bowling Green State University)
• Manager, Research (Aerospace Industries Association)
• Market Research Project Director (Applied Marketing Science, Inc.)
• Non-Lab Research Assistant (Dana-Farber Cancer Institute)
• Project Manager Marketing Staples Account Management (Staples)
• Research Analyst II (California State University)
• Research Manager (Ipsos)

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