LaVerne H. Council spoke at the Closing Plenary of SICSS/Howard-Mathematica 2022, emphasizing the importance of seeking wisdom and truth through data and fair & effective policymaking.

Learn about ethics and consent for online research from the perspective of an institutional review board member.

Learn about research with online Experiments from Dr. Giuseppe Veltri.

Dr. Trena Paulus and Professor Joanna Pawelczyk discuss their experiences with a Fulbright residency at Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland.

To explore the ways current pressures influence decisions, the editor and contributors to a special issue of Qualitative Inquiry, “Higher Education in the Time of Trump and Beyond: Resistance and Critique” participated in an online roundtable discussion.

Find examples of ethnographic research conducted by more than one scholar.

Paula Moreno, founder of Manos Visibles & first Afro-Colombian woman to serve as Minister of Culture of Colombia, delivered the first SICSS-Howard/Mathematica Motivational Address, focused on the technological challenges and solutions for Africans and people of African descent around the world.

What does it mean to be central to your research? In this post we are defining a method that asks researchers to be at the center of their studies, and looking for explanations and examples of autobiography.

Speakers at SICSS-Howard/Mathematica 2022 explore how change does not affect populations equally, and how the exclusion of underrepresented communities can perpetuate social injustice.

Bite-Sized Lunchtime Talks (BSLT) are a SICSS-Howard/Mathematica site-specific innovation that introduces participants to organizations doing cool things with data. 2022 offered a variety of organizations that proved interesting and inspiring to our participants.

How to look at data collection using an Equity Framework for CTE Research, which provides principles and practices for researchers on equity questions, designs, and implications throughout the research process.

Find a multidisciplinary collection of scholarly and historical articles about Juneteenth.

Dr. Safiya Noble speaks about her journey as a critical race scholar, her research on the racist and sexist dynamics of search engines, and the importance of community.

Are you looking for a new text for a course or a book to read about qualitative methods? See this list of recent Sage releases.

Even if it isn’t the book you pack for a beach getaway, this is a good time to review new texts for future course instruction. You might also find materials that can introduce new approaches and enhance your research skills. Find new titles about quantitative methods (and a discount code.)

At SICSS-Howard/Mathematica 2022, Shawndra B. Hill, Karen Levy, Brandeis Marshall, and Kyla McMullen emphasized themes of technological determinism, bias, and privacy, and discussed connections to inclusion, equity, and diversity.

We are featuring a special issue from the Qualitative Inquiry journal: “Higher Education in the Time of Trump and Beyond: Resistance and Critique”. In this post, find an interview with the editor, Dr. Marc Spooner, and open-access links to the articles.

Learn about unstructured interviews in this post from Dr. Azher Hameed Qamar.

The opening plenary of SICSS-Howard/Mathematica 2022 featured a fireside chat with Dr. Anthony K. Wutoh, the Provost of Howard University, and Dr. Amy Yeboah Quarkume, an Associate Professor of Africana Studies, to kick off the event.

In the 2nd quarter of 2023 the Methodspace focus is on ways to collect data. Since June is Pride Month, let’s look at experiences of LGBTQ+ researchers, and methodological and ethical dilemmas.