The Qualitative Report Article of the Week

The Four Key Factors That Drive Successful Decisions

Joseph Yeager and Linda Sommer
Sommer Yeager, LLC., Langhorne, Pennsylvania, 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 Winter Courses is now open.

Qualitative Research in the News

• Anthropologists Debate Whether 'Science' Is a Part of their Mission
• New Qualitative Research Journal Launched: The Turkish Online Journal of Qualitative Inquiry
• TQR Editor's Article To Be Re-printed in Forthcoming Qualitative Research Text
• The Critical Lede Presents Bud Goodall Discussing his New Book Counter-Narrative: How Progressive Academics Can Challenge Extremists and Promote Social Justice

The Weekly Review

Clear and Engaging: A Review of Sidnell's Conversation Analysis: An Introduction

Oksana Parylo
University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA

Qualitative Research Resource of the Week

Open Semiotics Resource Center provides innovative knowledge relevant to semiotics understood as the multidisciplinary study of information, meaning, communication, interpretation, sign systems, cultural and social transformations, and sense-making.

The Qualitative Report Second Annual Conference

The TQR Second Annual Conference will be held January 7 and 8, 2011 at Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida USA. The TQR 2nd Annual Conference will feature a number of papers exploring how qualitative researchers negotiate their own identities in the course of conducting research. Just a few of the papers reflecting this group include: "The Ethical and Methodological Dilemmas of a Not-So-Native Ethnographer" by Carol Hordatt Gentles, "'Halfie' Research Identity: On the Intricacies of Being, Becoming, and Belonging(s)" by Marina Morgenshtern, "The Researcher, the Daughter and Me: Coping with My Three Selves" by Delyth Edwards, and "Negotiating Space as an Insider: How Identity is (Re) constructed as a Researcher in the Qualitative Research Process" by Nia Cantey. Watch this space next week to learn about other papers that will be featured at the conference! For more information about the conference, please visit the Conference Home Page for more information! Questions regarding the conference can be sent to tqr@nova.edu.

ONLINE REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED!

New Calls for Conferences and Journals, Training Opportunities, and Funding

• Seventh International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry (QI2011) - Call for Submissions Extended to 15 January 2011
• CHI 2011 Conference Workshop on "Everyday Practices and Sustainable Human-Computer Interaction: Understanding and Learning from Cultures of (Un)Sustainability" - Call for Submissions
• CHI 2011 Conference Workshop on Feminism and Interaction Design - Call for Submissions
• II International Conference on Intercultural Studies - Call for Abstracts and Proposals
• II LOVA International Conference: Ethnographies of Gender and Conflict - Call for Papers
• 4th Global Conference: Forgiveness - Probing the Boundaries - Call for Papers, Presentations, Reports, and Workshops

Previously Announced Open Calls and Conferences

New and Notable Qualitative Research Articles: Mixed Methods

• Campbell, R., Patterson, D., & Fehler-Cabral, G. (2010). Using ecological theory to evaluate the effectiveness of an indigenous community intervention: A study of Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) programs. American Journal of Community Psychology, 46(3-4), 263-276. Abstract
• Estabrooks, P. A., Gaglioa, B., Ferro Morsea, E., Smith, T., Edwards, A., & Glasgow, R. E. (2010). Defining and understanding success at smoking reduction: A mixed-methods study. Addictive Behaviors, 35(12), 1113-1119. Abstract
• Muthukrishna, A. & Kwela, C. (2010). Gender differences in mathematics achievement: An exploratory study at a primary school in Kwazulu-Natal. Gender & Behaviour, 8(2). Abstract
• Turrini, A., D'Addezio, L., Maccati, F., Davy, B. M., Arber, S., Davidson, K., Grunert, K., Birgit Schuhmacher, Cornelie Pfau and Katarzyna Koz?owska, et al. (2010). The informal networks in food procurement by older people-A cross European comparison. Ageing International, 35(4), 253-275. Abstract
• Zhbanova, K. S., Rule, A. C., Montgomery, S. E., & Nielsen, L. E. (2010). Defining the difference: Comparing integrated and traditional single-subject lessons. Early Childhood Education Journal, 38(4), 251-258. Abstract

Qualitative Research Employment Opportunities

• Assistant Professor of Anthropology (Seton Hall University)
• Assistant Professor - Sociocultural Anthropology (Oakland University)
• Assistant Professor, Anthropology (Archaeology) (Western Kentucky University)
• Chief Institutional Research Officer (Framingham State College)
• Director Qualitative Research (Morgan Search)
• Director of Institutional Effectiveness and Research (Kaplan Higher Education Campus)
• Ethnographer Assistant (HDR)
• Ethnographer - Scientific Research Strategy (Pitney Bowes)
• Management Research Analyst (Arizona State University)
• Qualitative Research Leader (New York)
• Qualitative Researcher (NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene)
• Qualitative UX Researcher (Mindjet)
• Qualitative Service Manager (Executive Search Consultants)
• Qualitative Market Research Manager - Pharma (Smith Hanley Associates)
• Sr Prof Research Assistant Project Manager (University of Colorado Denver)

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