The Qualitative Report Article of the Week

Risk of Nursing Home Admittance among Working Age Residents with Mental Illness

Stephanie Jones Bernard
University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, 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. Registration for single courses is also available. Admission for Summer courses is now open.

Qualitative Research in the News

• The Psychologist's View of UX Design
• Kip Jones: Don Draper and Some Random Thoughts for 2011
• Latest Issue of Qualitative Sociology Review Published
• How Do You Transform Good Research into Great Innovations?
• Taking Time Out to Listen: The Benefits of Focus Groups
• Appreciative Inquiry
• Intuition Is the Enemy of User Research in UX

The Weekly Review

A Reflexive Pragmatist Reading of Alvesson's Interpreting Interviews

Brian T. Gearity
The University of Southern Mississippi, USA

Qualitative Research Resource of the Week

AnSWR: Analysis Software for Word-based Records is a freely available software system for coordinating and conducting large-scale, team-based analysis projects that integrate qualitative and quantitative techniques. AnSWR can be used to organize, display, process, summarize, and interpret data from focus group discussions or interviews.

The Qualitative Report Second Annual Conference

The TQR 2nd Annual Conference took place January 7 and 8, 2011. Over the next several weeks, we will be featuring some of the presentation materials of conference presenters. This week we feature the papers of four presenters who presented the research described in their recently-published articles from TQR:

• The Ground They Walk On: Photography and Narrative Inquiry by Diane Ketelle
• Coming in from the Margin: Research Practices, Representation and the Ordinary by Karen Greiner Embodied Transcription: A Creative Method for Using Voice-Recognition Software by Christine Brooks
• Parents, Teachers and the "Community of Practice" by Jackie Laluvein

In addition, you may view the PowerPoint slides and a handout from the TQR Editor Workshop "Exploring Methods for Exploring Identity: Biographical Narrative and Phenomenological Research" presented by TQR Managing Editor, Robin Cooper, and TQR Co-Editor, Karen Wilson Scott. Watch this space next week for additional conference materials, as well as news regarding TQR-3 in 2012!

For more information about this year's conference or how to get involved in planning the 2012 conference, please contact us at tqr@nova.edu.

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

• The 1st Global Congress for Qualitative Health Research 2011 - Call for Abstracts
• The Graduate Journal of Social Science (GJSS): Special issue dealing with methodological approaches to the study of virtual environments and online social networks - Call for Papers and Book Reviews
• International Journal of Qualitative Methods Call for Submissions: Health Equity and Qualitative Methods
• 24th Annual Primary Care Research Methods and Statistics Conference - Call for Papers
• Association for Qualitative Research Conference 2011 - Call for Papers
• The 28th Annual Qualitative Analysis Conference: Contemporary Issues in Qualitative Research - Call for Abstracts
• 2011 Mixed Methods International Conference - Call for Abstracts
• EPIC2011: Evolution/Revolution in Ethnographic Praxis - Call for Papers

Previously Announced Open Calls and Conferences

New and Notable Qualitative Research Articles: Phenomenology

• Butcher, H. K., & McGonigal-Kenney, M. L. (2010). Living in the doldrums: The lived experience of dispiritedness in later life. Research in Gerontological Nursing, 3(3), doi:10.3928/19404921-20100601-04. Abstract
• Cushon, J. A., Muhajarine, N., & Labonte, R. (2010). Lived experience of economic and political trends related to globalization. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 101(1), 92-95. Abstract
• Lucero, N. M. (2010). Making meaning of urban American Indian identity: A multistage integrative process. Social Work, 55(4), 327-336. Abstract
• Norris, M., Allotey, P., & Barrett, G. (2010). "I feel like half my body is clogged up": Lay models of stroke in Central Aceh, Indonesia. Social Science & Medicine, 71(9), 1576-1583. Abstract
• O'Ryan, L. W., & McFarland, W. P. (2010). A phenomenological exploration of the experiences of dual-career lesbian and gay couples. Journal of Counseling and Development, 88(1), 71-79. Abstract

Qualitative Research Employment Opportunities

• Associate Director - Qualitative Research (Scientific Search)
• Director, Qualitative Market Research (New American Dimensions)
• Director, Qualitative Research (Culver City, CA)
• Director of Institutional Assessment (East Carolina University)
• Market Research Qualitative Market Research Manager (Smith Hanley Associates)
• Postdoctoral Researcher in Social Science and Climate Change (The University of Montana)
• Qualitative Researcher (City Research Scientist-II) (NYC Dept of Health and Mental Hygiene)
• Qualitative Research and Recruitment Intern (Leading Global Market Research and Market Intellig)
• Qualitative Research Manager (IPSOS)
• Research Assistant/Project Coordinator (Southern California University of Health Sciences)
• Senior Manager, Qualitative Research Consultant (TNS - Stamford, CT)
• Research Associate (Loyola Marymount University)
• Research Assistant in Ethnography and Design (The TRIL Centre)

In addition to The Weekly Qualitative Report, Nova Southeastern University also publishes The Qualitative Report, a peer-reviewed, open access journal. Subscription to both publications is free-of-charge. To unsubscribe please mail your request to TQR at tqr@nova.edu.

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