Qualitative Panel Discussions
Virginia Tech, National Capital Region 4/21-22/2008
Presentations for the NCR Dissertation Support Group
The purpose for the panel discussions was to demonstrate some of the breadth of qualitative research. Five VT faculty and one doctoral student from different disciplines provided their perspectives via brief overviews of their use of qualitative techniques in their research.
MP3 files are available for each presentation and for the two Q&A discussion sessions.
Links to slides or handouts are available for some presentations.
Click on presenter’s name for MP3 file.
- Q1- Dr. Beverly Bunch-Lyons, History; oral histories
Bootlegging and Juke Joint Culture - Q2 - Dr. Rosary Lalik, Literacy Studies; auto-ethnography
Notes on One Particular Qualitative Research Project (slides) - Q3 - Dr. Hazhir Rahmandad, Industrial and Systems Engineering; grounded theory
Qualitative Methods to Inform Building Simulation Models (slides) - Q4 - discussion of Q1, Q2, Q3 presentations
- Q5 - Dr. Paul Renard, Adult Learning; historical research
Historical Research Methods (handout) - Q6 - Dr. Barbara Allen, Science and Technology in Society; ethnography and case studies
Ethnography from the Inside Out: Researching Environmental Activism in Cancer Alley and Beyond - Q7 - Ms. Annette Miles, Adult Learning; phenomenology
Finding place in a “neurotypical” society: A phenomenological study of individuals with Asperger’s syndrome - Q8 - discussion of Q5, Q56, Q7 presentations
Published by Gabriella Belli on May 6 of 2008
