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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

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