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<P><FONT size=2>Dear all,</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>We are extending the due date for proposals for the 20005
Qualitative Research Network and Workshop, to be held at 4Cs in San Francisco.
The new deadline is January 10, 2005. See call for proposals below.</FONT></P>
<P><SPAN class=300494618-15122004><FONT size=2>--Seth</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN class=300494618-15122004></SPAN><FONT size=2>***********</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>Call for Proposals: Individual Research Presentations for the
Qualitative Research Network and Workshop to be held Saturday, March 19th from
2:00-5:30 p.m. at the 2005 Conference on College Composition and Communication
(in San Francisco).</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>NEW DUE DATE: Jan. 10, 2004</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>Individual presentations for Qualitative Research Network and
Workshop are now being accepted. This workshop, which occurs annually at the
CCCC, is offered by members of the Special Interest Group in Qualitative
Research for new and veteran qualitative researchers.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>In the first hour of the workshop, we will hear Jabari Mahiri,
Associate Professor, University of California, Berkeley, and Tobi Jacobi,
Assistant Professor, Colorado State University, discuss the promise and
challenges of conducting activist research.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>Jabari Mahiri will explore what happens when researchers cross
boundaries of race, class, and gender to conduct research. Drawing on his own
study of African American urban youth as well as other activist research, he
will<SPAN class=300494618-15122004> </SPAN>address the following question: Is
difference always a casualty of<SPAN class=300494618-15122004>
</SPAN></FONT><FONT size=2>collisions of ideology and method? Tobi Jacobi will
explore the multiple institutional layers that a researcher must navigate when
conducting activist research with participants of an at-risk population. Drawing
on feminist qualitative research methods, she will discuss her study of/work
with women in prison. Other veteran researchers with experience in activist
research will be on hand to lead the discussion that follows this
presentation.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>The rest of the workshop will be organized as a research
roundtable in which researchers will present work-in-progress. Veteran
researchers will be on hand to facilitate roundtable discussions and to offer
feedback. The goal of this annual workshop is to offer mentoring and support to
qualitative researchers at all levels of experience. Presenters may focus on
specific concerns and/or broader issues related to qualitative research and we
encourage submissions from those at any stage of the research process. Each
presenter will have twenty minutes for both presentation and feedback, which
will necessitate presenters to offer concise and accessible summaries of<SPAN
class=300494618-15122004> </SPAN>their studies. After all submissions have been
collected, the planning<SPAN class=300494618-15122004> </SPAN></FONT><FONT
size=2>committee will provide presenters specific details about the format of
the workshop.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>Please send a brief description (approximately 500 words) of
your research proposal to Roxanne Mountford, Chair, Special Interest Group in
Qualitative Research, via email (roxanne@u.arizona.edu) **by Jan. 10.** Be sure
to include a brief overview of the research project, the stage the project is
in, and the questions/issues you wish to discuss with other researchers. Place
your proposal in the body of the email, or attach a word document in Word (.doc)
or rich text format (.rtf). Descriptions need not be exhaustive; we only ask
that you provide a general overview of your study as well as a statement about
the kinds of feedback you would like to receive.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>**Presenters will be notified of their acceptance on or before
Jan. 15.**</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2></FONT> </P>
<P><FONT size=2>***PLEASE FORWARD TO OTHER RESEARCHERS***</FONT></P></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Seth Kahn</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Assistant Professor of
English</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>West Chester University</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>West Chester, PA 19383</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>610-436-2915 (office)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>610-696-3057 (home)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>"While there is a
lower class, I am in it. While there is a criminal element, I am of it. While
there is a soul in prison, I am not free." --Eugene V.
Debs</DIV></FONT></FONT></FONT>
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