For Grad Students Interested in Qual Methods

Dear QIers,

We are considering the development of a Graduate Interdisciplinary Specialization (GIS) in qualitative inquiry. A GIS is like a minor for graduate students in which they take one or two required, core courses along with related elective courses that are not in their own program.

In preparation, we would like to organize a workshop series for graduate students on qualitative inquiry in Winter and Spring 2012 on different aspects of qualitative inquiry (e.g., conceptual frameworks, research design, data collection and analysis, writing and representation). One of the goals of the seminar series is to make an inventory of students' needs and visions for a QI GIS.

We are looking for graduate students who want to help co-organize (and conceptualize) the workshop series.

If you are a graduate student who is interested, please send us an e-mail.

If you are a faculty member and have a graduate student who may be interested, please forward our e-mail.

Many thanks,

Candace Stout
Department of Art Education
stout.127@osu.edu

Mark Moritz
Department of Anthropology
moritz.42@osu.edu

IP research in the news... Congratulations Dr. Renfro Powers!

MedicalExpress.com recently featured an article by Dr. Renfro Powers published in Computers in Human Behavior showing that when two strangers first talked about an emotionally charged topic over a video connection with a one-second delay, they actually reported less frustration than did those who talked with no delay.

Powers said the reason is that the delay forced participants to make more effort to follow each other, and they weren't thinking as much about the difficult topic they were discussing or the uncomfortable situation they were in.

Read the complete article.

Call for Papers-Denzin's Qualitative Inquiry Congress

Eighth International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry

May 16-19, 2012

QUALITATIVE INQUIRY AS GLOBAL ENDEAVOR



Starting 16 August 2011, we will be accepting abstract submissions for
papers, posters, and fully formed panels for The Eighth International
Congress of Qualitative Inquiry (QI2012). We will be doing rolling
acceptances.

To make a submission, please visit the link below:

http://www.icqi.org/participation.html


The CFP is available at:

http://www.icqi.org/

Respectfully,

Congress Staff

Free trial of NVIVO 9

If you are planning to attend the NVIVO 9 overview on October 7, you may want to download this free trial (30 day) version on your laptop.

http://www.qsrinternational.com/products_free-trial-software.aspx?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=September+2011+NSight+newsletter+Academia&utm_content=September+2011+NSight+newsletter+Academia+CID_9f730f451871d3a673daae01ce589362&utm_source=QSR+EDM

If you know you want to work with NVIVO, you may want get an OSU site license for the software. It's only $42.00 through OIT:

http://ocio.osu.edu/software/directory/slwin/#nvivo

See you on October 7!

Call for Papers-IARR

Hi Everybody! This is a wonderful conference that Interpersonal Communication scholars have been attending since its inception in 1982. If you want more information, follow the link below or see me...Best, Susan Kline

International Association for Relationship Research Conference

July 12 - 16, 2012
Chicago, Illinois

Call for Submissions

The International Association for Relationship Research (IARR)
conference will be held at the Palmer House Hilton and DePaul Loop
Campus in Chicago, Illinois on July 12-16, 2012. The conference will
provide an opportunity to present and learn about cutting-edge research
in the field of personal relationships. Scholars from different
countries representing a broad range of disciplines (e.g., psychology,
sociology, communication, family studies, gerontology) will gather at
the conference to share their work.
Invited speakers include Margaret Clark, Pearl Dykstra, Julie Fitness,
Jacki Fitzpatrick, Brian Spitzberg, and Anita Vangelisti.
Submissions: The Program Committee invites proposals for symposia,
papers, posters, roundtables, and interest groups on topics relevant to
research and practice in social and personal relationships. Detailed
information about the conference (e.g., how to submit proposals, how to
register for the conference) is available on the conference website
(http://iarr2012conference.com/).

Submissions should be sent electronically via the conference website
beginning November 1, 2011. The deadline for submissions is December 15,
2011.

Program: Sandra Metts and Lesley Verhofstadt, Program Committee
co-chairs, can answer your questions about the program. Please feel free
to contact them via email if you have questions/comments about the
conference program or the Call for Submissions (iarr2012program@gmail.com).

Local Arrangements: Leah Bryant, Susan Sprecher, and Ralph Erber, Local
Arrangements Committee co-chairs, can address questions about the local
community and conference arrangements. Please feel free to contact them
via email if you have questions/comments about local arrangements
(iarr2012chicago@gmail.com).

Calendar Autumn Quarter, 2011

Meetings are on Fridays from 12:30-1:30 in Derby 3116 except where noted below.

Sept 30: Intro and Overview. Faculty and students will discuss their current research interests and needs.

Oct 7: NVivo Training. NVivo is a qualitative analysis software package. You can read a description here: http://www.qsrinternational.com/products_nvivo.aspx. NOTE: This session will take place from 12:30-2:30. You may bring a PC laptop that has NVIVO software if you would like hands-on experience.

Oct 14: Journal Club. We will discuss the article: Donvan-Kicken, E., Tollison, A., Goins, E.S. (2011). A grounded theory of control over communication among individuals with cancer. Journal of Applied Communication Research, 39, 310-330.

Oct 21: Two research talks (30 min each). Dr. Stacie Powers will present “What can’t be said: Using brain imaging to better understand communication apprehension.” Graduate student Stefanie Best will present "Different, not damaged: Studying autistic communication challenges from a dialectical perspective."

Oct 28: Dr. Janice Krieger will present “Family communication about cancer treatment decisions: An overview of the DECIDE Project.” NOTE: This session will take place from 12:00-1:00.

Nov 4: NCA Practice Talks. Please let Stacie know if you will need a slot.

Nov 11: Veteran’s Day Observed. No meeting.

Nov 18: NCA conference. No meeting.

Nov 25: Thanksgiving Break. No meeting.

Dec 2: Dr. Susan Kline will present "I know you can do it! Individual differences in esteem support messages" by Kline, S. L., Rooney, M., Jones, E., Fay, M., & O'Neill, B.

Call for Papers-Argumentation Conference on Science Communication

Call for proposals
Conference: Between Scientists & Citizens: Assessing Expertise in Policy Controversies
June 1-2, 2012
Iowa State University, Ames, IA

Keynote speakers:
Sally Jackson, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana
Massimo Pigliucci, Lehman College, CUNY

We are increasingly dependent on advice from experts in making decisions in our personal, professional, and civic lives. But as our dependence on experts has grown, new media have broken down the institutional barriers between the technical, personal and civic realms, and we are inundated with purported science from all sides. Many share a sense that science has lost its "rightful place" in our deliberations. Grappling with this cluster of problems will require collaboration across disciplines: among rhetorical and communication theorists studying the practices and norms of public discourse, philosophers interested in the informal logic of everyday reasoning and in the theory of deliberative democracy, and science studies scholars examining the intersections between the social worlds of scientists and citizens.

For this conference, we invite work from across the disciplines focused on argumentation, reasoning, communication and deliberation, with special emphasis on:
* lay assessment of expertise and expert testimony
* detection of and response to distorted science and "manufactured controversy"
* pedagogies for developing critical thinking about science in controversies
* roles scientists and scientific information play in civic deliberations and policy-making
* transformation of arguments as they travel between technical, personal and civic spheres
* expert testimony as a source of knowledge
* roles of traditional journalism, new media, "boundary organizations" and "trading zones" in constructing public knowledge of science
* design of institutions for providing trustworthy advice on controversial issues
* special problems of communicating scientific information in health, organizational, legal, crisis, risk and other contexts

We expect to publish proceedings in an electronic format.

For consideration, submit a 250 word abstract with an additional 5-10 item bibliography, and a separate cover page with complete contact information, to GPSSARG@gmail.com by October 31, 2011. For further information, consult the conference website at https://sites.google.com/site/gpssarg/, or contact Jean Goodwi
n (goodwin@iastate.edu).