Reading group:
The Graduate Student Committee of AERA’s QR SIG is continuing to offer its Reading Group. Each semester the group reads one selected book, based on member feedback and suggestions. Our next book will be Johnny Saldaña’s Fourth Edition of “The Coding Manual for Qualitative Researchers”! We will meet three times between February and April 2022 to discuss this book (1-hour each time). Interested individuals should 1) email qrsiggrads@gmail.com to get on the email list, and 2) fill out this When2Meet (https://www.when2meet.com/?14106966-sWuTx) for our first meeting (week of February 28). For our first meeting, we will read Part 1 of the book (chapters 1, 2, 3).
The purpose of the QRSIG Reading Group is as follows: 1) to provide an opportunity for graduate students to connect with each other across campuses, fields, and points in the educational process; and 2) to share advice, questions, concerns, and experiences with each other. This group is a place explore methods and theories with other scholars who are in similar places in their research trajectories. It is intended to be a safe space for thinking about possibilities.
Writing Group:
The AERA Qualitative Research SIG’s Graduate Student Committee is pleased to announce that it will continue to offer a Writing Group for graduate students during Spring semester. This writing group will be a space to provide accountability and community to students who are engaged in qualitative research. The writing group will meet synchronously online for two hours every other Friday. The writing group is not designed to offer feedback regarding writing but rather is a space for focused writing, companionship, and support. At the start of the two-hour session, attendees will share their writing goals, prior to writing independently. The session will close with attendees sharing what they accomplished during the two hours. The writing group is open to all graduate students regardless of AERA membership status. The group sessions will start on Friday, February 11, 2022.
Interested students should complete the following Google form in order to receive access information: https://forms.gle/RmJ2XfpV8iz8X4FTA
If you are already on the Writing Group email list, you do not need to complete the Google form.Writing Group sessions will be held every other Friday for 2 hours, on the following days: February 11th and 25th March 11th and 25th April 8th and 29th
The time for each writing session is 2pm-4pm ET/1pm-3pm CT/12pm-2pm MT/11am-1pm PT. Please email any additional questions to qrsiggrads@gmail.com
Dissertation/ABD Group:
Starting in February, the Graduate Student Commitee of AERA’s QR SIG is hosting a dissertation / ABD community group open to graduate students using qualitative methods in their dissertation. The purpose of this group is as follows: 1) to provide an opportunity for doctoral candidates to connect with each other across campuses, fields, and points in the dissertating and job search process; 2) to share advice, questions, concerns, and experiences with each other; and, 3) to periodically hear from early-career faculty, who are invited to share about their dissertation and/or job search experience. This group is not designed to offer feedback on dissertation writing.
Interested individuals should email qrsiggrads@gmail.com to get on the email list and to request Lettucemeet access.