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Journal Prompt: Writing Fieldnotes
Class jottings of the film “Rabbit Proof Fence” As a class assignment we were charged with attempting participant observation. In other words, we were enacting the role of an ethnographer in the field...
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Epistemolo-huh?
Epistemology: The theoretical framework behind the knowing of things (i.e., how I know what I know, you know?) In order to frame my research proposal, a number of key assumptions and theoretical...
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Journal Prompt: The Instrument
In preparation for my research protocol, I’ve identified that I want to combine interviews (what people say happens, with direct observation (what actually happens). We are charged in this journal...
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Gold Standards vs. What Works
We’re approaching the end of the semester, and with no lifting sessions allowed during reading week or finals, the women are already testing for maxes this week. Wednesday was bench press, and today,...
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Journal prompt: To Code, or not to Code?
I was surprised to find that I have an affinity for coding. Maybe this is a wrong use of a tool, but I ended up downloading a free trial of Atlas.ti and using it to help me weed through the literature...
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Reactions to Action Plans
Forgive me if this sounds arrogant, but teaching action-oriented classes comes naturally to me. Wait, let me back up a bit. My first semester as a doc student was all about qualitative research, and it...
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Reactions to Action Plans (Part II)
Being a blogger, I’m always hesitant to make posts that are really long, but, I also mentioned in the previous post on action plans that I had to make two. Before I do that, let me substantiate my...
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“It depends on the goal”
Early in the semester, my Practicum in College Teaching professor (who, btw, happens to be my advisor AND my boss) asked us to create a teaching goals statement. Here goes mine (amended slightly for...
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If everyone was like me.
…that’s a horrifying thought. After taking the learning styles inventory, I discovered that I am a visual learner. Duh. I was that kid who stood at the ballet barre picking her nose (not really) and...
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A Case of Case-Based Learning
If health sciences instructors aren’t using case studies, then what the heck are we doing? Ultimately our students’ careers will be a series of continuous case studies. So, while they can look up...
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On Conferences and Free Agency
The International Association of Dance Medicine and Science (IADMS) conducted its 25th annual meeting this weekend in Pittsburgh, rejoicing a quarter century of research and scholarship in a field...
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Harry F. Wolcott’s ‘Sneaky Kid and its Aftermath: Ethics and Intimacy in...
Note: This review of ‘Sneaky Kid and its Aftermath’ was originally produced for ED-502: Essentials of Qualitative Research at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Introduction As a distinguished...
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The Quant/Qual debate: it’s all science.
A couple years ago I was speaking with a tenure-track professor in Kinesiology at another institution, telling her how excited I was about conducting qualitative research about aesthetic competence....
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The image of research: Triangulation
This post could be subtitled “What I did on my summer vacation…” During a five week study abroad program in collaboration with the University of Illinois at Chicago and University College Dublin,...
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Dancing in Dublin: Exploring Philosophical Assumptions in Qualitative...
Author’s Note: The purpose of this photo essay is to discuss the philosophical assumptions surrounding potential qualitative methodologies that might be utilized to describe aesthetic competence and...
View ArticleCanapolooza 2016
One might call it a Labor Day tradition: a gathering of many hands, a pitcher of sangria, and an unreasonably large quantity of tomatoes in a Rogers Park kitchen for the annual Canapolooza. In case you...
View ArticleIMBIBE: Aquafaba sours have all the frothy fun, without the salmonella
There are a few things you should know about whiskey sours: First, sweet and sour mix is gross. It’s not very hard to create a sour cocktail from scratch and give up the big bottle of electric green...
View ArticleI made a recipe from the back of a box of powdered milk and it wasn’t terrible
I’m moving. It’s not like I’ve never moved before; I’ve probably done it more than the average Midwesterner. But having lived in the same city for 18.5 years, and having spent all but one of those...
View ArticleIn uncertain times, I turn to food preservation—and a pandemic soup recipe...
I found this post in my draft folder, dated September, 2017. Just the headline, “In uncertain times, I turn to food preservation,” with no text. I was probably setting up some post about a thing I’d...
View ArticleA Glee binge was just what I needed.
I spent an unreasonable amount of time last weekend sobbing on the couch. I watched Glee as a casual fan, catching it here and there and basically losing interest when it got super weird in Season 5....
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