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Synthesizing Qualitative Research, Ronald J. Chenail

The Qualitative Report Conference

Systematic reviews of research literature have emerged as important tools in evidence-based practice. The importance of qualitative research findings in this pursuit has led to the development of meta-synthesis approaches creating new interpretations from primary qualitative findings. A step-by-step process for conducting such a qualitative meta-synthesis will be shared.

It's A Process: Mentally Preparing For Iterative Manuscript Development, Karen Wilson Scott

The Qualitative Report Conference

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Teaching The Next Generation Of Qualitative Researchers, Ronald J. Chenail

The Qualitative Report Conference

The next generation of qualitative researchers will be able to demonstrate their conceptual, perceptual, executive, evaluative, and professional skills in mastering designing, conducting, and presenting qualitative research competencies. To achieve these outcomes educators of these new qualitative researchers will need to create transparent environments that facilitate active learning through a supportive relationship of performance and feedback all leading to the creation of meaningful real-world products.

Getting Published: Journey Into An Editor's Mind, Sally St. George, Dan Wulff

The Qualitative Report Conference

In this workshop we will reveal specifically what the editors of TQR are looking for in terms of content and writing style when they read manuscripts. In a frank presentation we will also tell you what “bugs” us when we are working on the rewriting process.

Academic And Commercial Qualitative Research: The Best Of Both Worlds, Ronald J. Chenail

The Qualitative Report Conference

With apologies to George Bernard Shaw, academic qualitative research and commercial qualitative research have been “two countries separated by a common language,” but this cultural divide has its positives because these divergent customs present opportunities for mutual innovation. Today we will explore these differences and offer enhancements for both worlds.

Exurban Residents’ Perceptions Of Naturally Returning Predators: Connecticut Case Study, Margaret E. Sackrider, Susan G. Clark, Isaac M. Ortega

Yale Day of Data

As a result of reforestation, growth of exurban areas and wildlife adaptation, it is believed that the public is currently encountering more human-wildlife conflicts than ever before. The key to balancing wildlife conservation and human development is understanding the dynamic relationship between humans and carnivores. Specifically, gaining insight into the complexity of this relationship will aide in the creation of more effective conservation policy and outreach.

Reforestation throughout Connecticut has supported a tremendous population growth of pray species and subsequently the growth of predator populations including coyotes, Canis latrans, and black bears, Ursus americanus. According to some biologists, …

Advanced Factfinder, Eric Gutherie

South Dakota Demography Conference

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Learning By Giving: The Youth Homelessness Initiative, Camille Gross, Christina Mccourt, Molly Nash, Eleanor Powell

CLAS: Colby Liberal Arts Symposium

As part of the Colby Undergraduate Student Philanthropist (CUSP) foundation, funded by the Learning by Giving Foundation, we are collaborating with United Way of Mid-Maine to write a 10,000 grant allocated over a three-year period in support of United Way of Mid-Maines Youth Homelessness Initiative. This program would provide homeless or at-risk for homelessness youth ages in junior and high school (grades 5 through 12) in northern Kennebec, Somerset, and western Waldo counties with the basic needs they require in order to stay in school and ultimately earn a high school diploma.During the 2011-12 pilot project of the Youth Homelessness …

A Learning By Giving Student Grant--Alfond Youth Center Rebound To Success Program: Opportunity, Prevention, Focus, Kayla Turner, Rebecca Forgrave, Thalia Giraldo, Amber Ramirez

CLAS: Colby Liberal Arts Symposium

The Alfond Youth Center in Waterville, Maine is the only combined Boys and Girls Club and YMCA in the country. This organization meets the needs of the central Maine community by providing an after school program on a sliding scale based of family income, pay-for-play recreational opportunities, and other services such as dental care and counseling when needed. Rebound to Success, another Alfond Youth Center-sponsored program, is a juvenile diversion program for first time offenders aged 11-18 in Kennebec and Somerset Counties. Most of the crimes the participants have committed are drug defined or related offenses (ie. possession or use, …

Colby Undergraduate Student Philanthropists- Center For Crisis And Counseling, James O'Leary, Jasmine Phillips, Maria Zeta Valladolid, Amanda Carbonneau

CLAS: Colby Liberal Arts Symposium

Students will present the Centers for Crisis and Counseling ,000 grant application. The students will demonstrate the necessity of funding the Center for Crisis and Counseling compared to other nonprofits and how this grant will improve the community. Moreover, the students will highlight the ways this organization and program will prevent the manifestation of mental illnesses for children in their adult life.

Community Dental Center, Randall Person, Sarah Mann, Susan Fleurant, Lily Cabour

CLAS: Colby Liberal Arts Symposium

We are writing a grant in partnership with a local nonprofit, the Community Dental Center in Waterville. The Community Dental Center provides comprehensive dental care for low-income patients in Kennebec and Somerset counties. The grant money would fund two programs targeting specific, at-risk populations of women in Central Maine. One program focuses on dental health education for teenage mothers at the Maine Childrens Home. The second program is the provision of dental services for victims of domestic violence. Dental health has been shown to directly influence school and work attendance, overall health, and self-esteem. With proper care and education, dental …

It's Just A Number: Influences Of Body Image Pressures On Diii Female Athletes, Christina Mccourt

CLAS: Colby Liberal Arts Symposium

There are strong societal norms around what it means to be a woman and be an athlete. These norms get reinforced so much that female athletes internalize these ideas to the point that they begin to change their habits to better fit the demands of society. Being an athlete at a high level creates physical pressures for young women, but the extra mental pressures forced upon them can be detrimental both mentally and physically. The months I spent researching female athletes at Colby were intended to help answer several questions. The first was what pressures female athletes felt that they …

The Art And Craft Of Autoethnography, Ronald J. Chenail

The Qualitative Report Conference

TQR Editor-in-Chief Ron Chenail reviewed the history and development of autoethnography as a methodology, product, and intervention. He compared and contrasted evocative and analytic autoethnographic traditions focusing on the "Nine P's of Autoethnography" - Person, Populace, Position, Problem, Purpose, Perspective, Plan, Product, and Praxis.