The Qualitative Report Article of the Week

Teaching Experiences of African American Educators in the Rural South

Ellene Polidore
Goals Complete Consulting, Dallas, Texas USA

Stacey L. Edmonson and John R. Slate
Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas, USA

NSU Graduate QR Certificate Online

Graduate Certificate in Qualitative Research is a six course, 18 credit hour online program that prepares its graduates to conduct basic and applied qualitative research. Admission for Fall Courses is now open.

Qualitative Research in the News

• Flash Ethnography: Observations of a Doctor's Use of Mobile Tech with a Patient
• Aligning Engineering Industry to Customer's Voice
• New Market Research Practices
• Universities Sign Collaborative Agreement for Design and Ethnography Courses and Programs
• New Open Access Journal: Journal of Art Historiography
• Ethnography in UX
• Ethnomusicology as a Practice of Freedom?
• At the Intersections of Design, Ethnography and Global Governance
• Ethnographic Sampling Project: Challenge No. 14: The Church of Coffee

The Weekly Review

Review of Carolyn Ellis' Book, Revision: Autoethnographic Reflections of Life and Work

Camille Sutton-Brown
Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Qualitative Research Resource of the Week

ActionResearch.net: Jack Whitehead's web site features a wealth of information on master's and doctoral students' action research writings as well as full-text examples of Jack's own work including his "Living Educational Theory Approach" to action research.

The Qualitative Report Second Annual Conference

The TQR Second Annual Conference will feature two plenaries, "Anthrotherapy: Reflections of Research and Clinical Work" by Khawla Abu-Baker and "A Dance of Transparencies: Researching Identity and Identifying Researchers" by Ronald Chenail. The two day event will also offer attendees the opportunity to participate in one of four interactive workshops: "Flash Research Writing" by Maureen Duffy and Laurie Charlés; "Exploring Methods for Exploring Identity: Biographical Narrative and Phenomenological Research" by Karen Wilson Scott and Robin Cooper; "Getting Published: Journey into a Relationship between Editor and Author" by Sally St. George, Paige Averett, and Dan Wulff; and "Applied Qualitative Research Boot Camp" by Ron Chenail. For more information on these presentations please visit the Preliminary Program which also includes hotel and site information, and the preliminary schedule or email us at tqr@nova.edu.

New Calls for Conferences and Journals, Training Opportunities, Funding

• The 6th Mixed Methods International Conference - Call for Participation
• Visiting International Fellowship in Social Research Methods - Call for Applications
• United States Department of Defense Spinal Cord Injury Qualitative Research Award - Request for Applications
• University Research Program - Request for Applications
• Special Issue of the Australasian Journal of Information Systems (AJIS) on Qualitative Methods in IS/IT Research: Issues, Contributions and Challenges - Call for Papers

  Previously Announced Open Calls and Conferences

New and Notable Qualitative Research Articles: Applied Qualitative Research

• Bishop, C., & Hilhorst, D. (2010). From food aid to food security: The case of the Safety Net policy in Ethiopia. The Journal of Modern African Studies, 48(2), 181-202. Abstract
• Blackman, T., & Dunstan, K. (2010). Qualitative comparative analysis and health inequalities: Investigating reasons for differential progress with narrowing local gaps in mortality. Journal of Social Policy, 39(3), 359-373. Abstract
• Machizawa, S., & Lau, D. T. (2010). Psychological needs of Japanese American elders: Implications for culturally competent interventions. Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, 25(2), 183-197. Abstract
• Spalding, M., & Khalsa, P. (2010). Aging matters: Humanistic and transpersonal approaches to psychotherapy with elders with dementia. The Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 50(2), 142-174. Abstract
• Wagemann, C., & Schneider, C. Q. (2010). Qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) and fuzzy-sets: Agenda for a research approach and a data analysis technique. Comparative Sociology, 9(3), 376-396. Abstract

Qualitative Research Employment Opportunities

• Assistant Professor of Anthropology (Tenure-Stream Position) (Colgate University)
• Assistant Director of Institutional Research and Assessment (University of New England)
• Assistant Professor: Education (University of Massachusetts)
• Dean of Research, Planning, and Effectiveness (Community College of Denver)
• Director Qualitative Research (Morgan Search)
• International Qualitative Field Manager (Forum Group)
• Moderator / Qualitative Consultant (Forum Group)
• Qualitative Marketing Consultant (Insights In Marketing)
• Qualitative Research Analyst (RBC Dain Rauscher)
• Qualitative Research Director (Campos Market Research)
• Qualitative Service Manager (Executive Search Consultants)
• Research Fellow (The Education Alliance)
• Research Technician (West Valley-Mission Community College)
• Senior Ethnographic Analyst (Hartman Group)
• Senior Research Manager - Qualitative (Nielsen)

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