February 23, 2015

TQR Featured Article 

Attributes and Qualifications of Successful Rural Nurse Preceptors: Preceptors’ Perspectives
Maureen Rebholz
Illinois Valley Community Hospital, Peru, Illinois, USA
Lisa M. Baumgartner
Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA

TQR Featured Article 

Undergraduates’ Statistics Anxiety: A Phenomenological Study
Soofia Malik
University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, USA

TQR Book Review

Three Approaches to Case Study Methods in Education: Yin, Merriam, and Stake
Bedrettin Yazan
University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA

News and Notes

• Solution Focused Brief Therapy 101: Webinar by NSU’s own Arlene Brett Gordon – March 13, 2015	Anthropologizing: “The Medium is the Message: A Lesson in Engaging Stakeholders in the UX Research Process”
  GreenBook Blog: “Monitoring Marissa: How Market Research and Yahoo! Face the Same Uncertain Future and What to Do about It”	GreenBook Blog: “Jeffrey Henning’s #MRX Top 10: How Research Firms Can Grow”
  Pulse: “5 Qualitative Research Trends for 2015 – Ignore at Your Own Peril”	“From Mirroring to World-Making: Research as Future Forming” by Kenneth J. Gergen
  Social Research Association Workshops: “Janet Salmons’ Digital Methods for Qualitative Research – Edinburgh and London	The Survey Geek: “Online Sampling Again”
  Anthropology News: “The Ethnography Experiment in the National Park Service”	UX Magazine: “Six Myths about Data-Driven Design”
  L & E Research Releases Free eBook, Applying Qualitative Research to Marketing Challenges: Better Insight, More Success!	Cosmobilities Networks: “Ethnography in Hypermobile Fields”
  University of Toronto Announces Launch of Ethnography in Canada Hub	Antedote: “What Falling in Love Can Teach Us About Ethnography”
  Museum Fatigue: “Mobile Visual Ethnography Kit”	SyndicateMizzou: “Ethnography’s Embodiment: A visit with Elaine Lawless”
  PharmaVoice.com Podcast: “Ethnography: Using Behavioral Science to Boost Business Success”	Digital Media & Culture: “Media Auto-Ethnography: A Digital Essay”

Calls for Conferences and Journal and Training Opportunities

• Merlien Institute 2015 Market Research in the Mobile World (Multiple Sites) – Call for Papers (Deadline: See information for each site’s deadline)	Inaugural MRMW Awards – Call for Nominees (Deadline: February 19, 2015)
  The 10th Annual Liverpool Symposium on Current Developments in Ethnographic Research in the Social and Management Sciences (In association with the Journal of Organizational Ethnography; Liverpool, UK): “Reflection in Action: Taking Stock of 10 Years of Ethnography Symposia” – Call for Papers (Deadline: February 27, 2015)	ATLAS.ti User Conference 2015: “Qualitative Data Analysis and Beyond” (Berlin, Germany) – Call for Abstracts (Deadline: February 28, 2015)
  3rd International Symposium: Micro-Analysis of Online Data (MOOD-Z): “Online Communication, Discourse and Context” (University of Zurich, Switzerland) – Call for Papers (Deadline: February 28, 2014)	IEEE Internet Computing Special Issue: “Internet of You: Data Big and Small” – Call for Papers (Deadline: March 1, 2015)
  EPIC 2015: Building Bridges (São Paulo, Brazil) – Call for Abstracts(Deadline: March 6, 2015)	2015 QRCA Annual Conference (Orlando, Florida, USA) – Call for Proposals (Deadline: March 13, 2015)
  Society for Humanistic Anthropology (SHA): 2015 SHA Fiction Competition – Call for Submissions (Deadline: May 15, 2015)	21st Qualitative Health Research Conference (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) – Call for Abstracts (Deadline: June 23, 2015)
  Journal of Video Ethnography – Call for Issue 3 Papers (Opening: March 15, 2015)	Pacific Rim International Conference on Disability and Diversity! (Waikiki, Hawaii): First Announcement (Event: May 18 & 19, 2015)
  University of Phoenix School of Advanced Studies’ Center for Leadership Studies and Educational Research Study: “Published: A Grounded Theory of the Nature of Successful Peer-Reviewed Publication for Mid-Career Scholar” – Call for Research Participants(Deadline: Open)	Palgrave Studies In Play, Performance, Learning, and Development – Call for Proposals (Deadline: Open)
  Urban Education Studies Series – Call for Book Proposals(Deadline: Open)	Qualitative Inquiry 20th Anniversary – Call for Papers (Deadline: TBD)

Employment Opportunities

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  Head of Consumer Insights & Research (Lyft)	Qualitative Research Assistant (Johns Hopkins University)
  Research Director (Leading Media and Entertainment Company)	Research Associate (Harvard University)
  Research Manager (Johns Hopkins University)	Research Project Coordinator I (Represented by URA-AFT)(Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey)
  Senior User Researcher (Box)	Senior User Researcher (MATRIX Resources)
  UX Researcher (Reddit)	UX Researcher (Rentpath)