TQR Featured Article
The Political Dynamics of Corporate Co-Evolution: Replicating and Extending a Case Study
Ilan Avrichir
Escola Superior de Propaganda e Marketing (ESPM), São Paulo, Brazil
Maria Laura Ferranty Maclennan
University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
TQR Featured Article
A Grounded Theory of Persistence in a Limited-Residency Doctoral Program
Donna H. Kennedy
St. Lawrence University, Canton, New York, USA
Steven R. Terrell
Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
Michael Lohle
University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA
TQR Book Review
Exploring Teacher Development through Racial Discourse
Lamont D. Simmons
University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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- Sense Publishers Release 16th book in their Social Fictions Series: William Marsiglio and Kendra Siler-Marsiglio’s The Male Clock: A Futuristic Novel About a Fertility Crisis, Gender Politics, and Identity
- Patricia Leavy Discusses Arts-Based Research to Neuroscientists and Artists at the Renowned Salzburg Global Seminar in Austria
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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)
- 2015 QRCA Annual Conference (Orlando, Florida, USA) – Call for Proposals (Deadline: March 13, 2015)
- Critical Arts: South-North Cultural and Media Studies Special Themed Issue: “The Ethnographic Turn (Revisited)” – Call for Papers (Deadline: March 14, 2015)
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- Qualitative Research in Communication International Conference (Bucharest, Romania) – Call for Papers (Deadline: April 7, 2015)
- Society for Humanistic Anthropology (SHA): 2015 SHA Fiction Competition – Call for Submissions (Deadline: May 15, 2015)
- Journal of Video Ethnography – Call for Issue 3 Papers (Opening: March 15, 2015)
- The 2015 Annual Conference of the Association for Applied and Clinical Sociology: “Social Justice from the Local to the Global: Sociology on the Move” (Montgomery, Alabama, USA) – Call for Papers (Deadline: May 1, 2015)
- Pacific Rim International Conference on Disability and Diversity! (Waikiki, Hawaii): First Announcement (Event: May 18 & 19, 2015)
- 2015 QRCA Global Outreach Scholarships – Call for Applicants(Deadline: May 29, 2015)
- 21st Qualitative Health Research Conference (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) – Call for Abstracts (Deadline: June 23, 2015)
- LEARNing Landscapes Special Issue: “Professional Development in Education: Pushing the Boundaries of Possibility” – Call for Submissions (Deadline: August 1, 2015)
- The Society for Humanistic Anthropology 2015 Annual Ethnographic Poetry Competition – Call for Poems (Deadline: September 15, 2015)
- Sport Management Review Special Issue: “Contemporary Qualitative Research Methods in Sport Management” – Call for Papers (Deadline: February 1, 2016
- LEARNing Landscapes Special Issue: “Artful Inquiry: Transforming Understanding Through Creative Engagement” – Call for Submissions (Deadline: February 1, 2016)
- 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)
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