Janet Salmons 4/17/23 Janet Salmons 4/17/23

Interviewing Participants about Sensitive Topics

Interviewing participants in difficult or emotional situations? Learn from Bethany Morgan Brett and Katy Wheeler.

Janet Salmons 5/6/22 Janet Salmons 5/6/22

The challenges of co-creation: some reflections on programming and (e)valuating MAKE@StoryGarden

Read about this co-creative project and methodologies for evaluating its success.

Janet Salmons 4/29/22 Janet Salmons 4/29/22

The Importance Of Secondary Data

Dr. Kara discusses the usefulness of secondary data.

Janet Salmons 4/28/22 Janet Salmons 4/28/22

Ethics and Research with Practitioners

When researchers conduct studies in professional or organizational settings, whose ethical guidelines should be observed? See this collection of open-access articles for examples.

4/28/22 4/28/22

Research Careers Beyond Academia

Methodspace contributors discuss career experience and offer tips.

Janet Salmons 4/27/22 Janet Salmons 4/27/22

The ‘Great Resignation’ as Research Context: Educational, Organizational, and Individual Realities in Flux

The rapidly changing nature of organizational life requires that researchers become newly curious about how shifting societal norms and personal conditions shape our research. See this post from Etienne LeGrand and Sharon Ravitch.

Janet Salmons 4/27/22 Janet Salmons 4/27/22

Researching Professional Practice: A Collection of Articles

This multidisciplinary collection of open-access articles offers a variety of perspectives about studying practice, with practitioners.

Janet Salmons 4/26/22 Janet Salmons 4/26/22

Why Stories Are Practical

Dr. Kara discusses the value of stories for research purposes.

Janet Salmons 4/22/22 Janet Salmons 4/22/22

Practitioners and Researchers: Negotiating and Building Relationships

How can practitioners and academics conduct research together? See this collection of open access articles.

Janet Salmons 4/21/22 Janet Salmons 4/21/22

Market or consumer research

One way research tools are used outside academia is in market research. See this collection of open-access articles for examples.

Janet Salmons 4/19/22 Janet Salmons 4/19/22

Practice As Research: Poetic Inquiry

Join the Practice as Research network of researchers and meet practicing researchers using poetry and other arts media.

Janet Salmons 4/18/22 Janet Salmons 4/18/22

Writing Is A Research Method

Dr. Helen Kara discusses ways to use writing as a method - a valuable approach for independent or practitioner researchers.

Janet Salmons 4/16/22 Janet Salmons 4/16/22

Writing “Qualitative Research for Quantitative Researchers”

Dr. Kara discusses the input that helped her craft her new book, “Qualitative Research for Quantitative Researchers.”

Janet Salmons 4/15/22 Janet Salmons 4/15/22

Dr. Jan Eichhorn discusses survey research

Dr. Jan Eichhorn offers tips for survey research.

Janet Salmons 4/14/22 Janet Salmons 4/14/22

Interdependence Benefits Independent Scholars

Interdependence counters isolation some feel as indie researchers and scholars. Friendship helps, as discussed in this video conversation.

Janet Salmons 4/13/22 Janet Salmons 4/13/22

Independent Scholarship: Interview with Ronald Gross

Ron Gross, author of The Independent Scholar’s Handbook offers encouragement and advice to indies.

Janet Salmons 4/12/22 Janet Salmons 4/12/22

Bridging Qualitative and Quantitative Methods

If you are a researcher accustomed to quantitative methods, listen to Dr. Helen Kara’s discussion about the importance of understanding qualitative research basics.