The Weekly Qualitative Report

	The Weekly Qualitative Report Volume 3, Number 4 - January 25, 2010 http://www.nova.edu/ssss/QR/WQR/wqr3_4.html
Ronald J. Chenail, Ph.D., Sally St. George, Ph.D., Dan Wulff, Ph.D., Maureen Duffy, Ph.D., Laurie L. Charles, Ph.D., and Karen Wilson Scott, Ph.D., Editors ISSN 1945-2853

The Qualitative Report Article of the Week

Theoretical Versus Grass-Roots Development of a Community Partnership

Socorro Escandón
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

Qualitative Research in the News

How-To Data Collection Series

Review of Three Qualitative Studies of Family Presence during Resuscitation

Bonnie Schmidt
Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA

Qualitative Research Resource of the Week

Qualitative Data Analysis Program (QDAP) offers a rigorous approach to analyzing text such as in-depth interviews, open-ended survey answers, field notes, transcripts from focus groups or Web logs (blogs), e-mails, Web site content, database search results, congressional testimony or other historical texts, and a host of other unstructured but digitized text data sets.

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.

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

Previously Announced Open Calls and Conferences

New and Notable Qualitative Research Articles: Discourse Analysis

Bowman-Grieve, L. (2009). Exploring "Stormfront": A virtual community of the radical right. Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, 32(11), 989-1007. Abstract
Fisher, J., & Brown, K. (2009). Wind energy on the Isle of Lewis: Implications for deliberative planning. Environment and Planning A, 41(10), 2516-2536. Abstract
Sala, A., & De La Mata Benitez, M. (2009). Developing lesbian identity: A sociohistorical approach. Journal of Homosexuality, 56(7), 819-838. Abstract
Suruchi, T.-B., & Morgan, K. B. (2010). "But sometimes I think…they put themselves in the situation": Exploring blame and responsibility in interpersonal violence. Violence Against Women, 16(1), 32-59. Abstract
Tronvoll, K. (2009). Ambiguous elections: The influence of non-electoral politics in Ethiopian democratisation. The Journal of Modern African Studies, 47(3), 449-474. Abstract

Qualitative Research Employment Opportunities

Associate Marketing Research Manager (Dole Food Company)
CCOE/Graduate Assistant (California State University)
Data Analysis Manager (Creighton University)
Director of Research and Assessment at the Graduate School of Education and Counseling (Lewis & Clark College)
Manager, Corporate Development and Finance (Starwood Hotels & Resorts)
Planning Analyst (H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center)
Qualitative Research Executive (Millward Brown)
Quantitative and Qualitative Research Manager (Creative Planet)
Research Analyst (Media Network)
Research Assistant Professor (University of Alaska Anchorage)
Research Fellow (The Education Alliance)
Research Technician I - ORSP (California State University - San Francisco State University)

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