Call for Papers for JERHRE sent in by Sarena Seifer– Posted by Mary Brydon-Miller
We thought some of you might be interested in contributing to this special issue of the Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics. Our thanks to Sarena Seifer for sending along the CFP! Call for Papers on Community-Based Participatory Research The September and December 2010 issues of Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics […]
Read More...Who Are We Working For? – Alan Wight
Like Valerie Louis, I find myself in a reflective state – not because of graduating, but because today marks the beginning of another round of professional education as I begin course work for a Ph. D. Also like Deb Dole, I have recently been questioning the power of community participation to lead to social action […]
Read More...Forms of Action – Alan Wight
“What makes our work fundamental to the revitalization of social research more generally lies in its orientation towards taking action, its reflexivity, the significance of its impacts and that it evolves from partnership and participation” (underline added for emphasis). – Hillary Bradbury Huang, ARJ Blog This past weekend I walked the well worn paths of […]
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Graduation – Valerie Louis
Hi All…University of Cincinnati had its doctoral hooding ceremony today and a few of us that are part of the ARJ blog graduated (Deb, Vicki, Dusty, and Valerie). It was a wonderful occasion to celebrate Action Researchers accomplishments. It is possible to do an action research dissertation and graduate! Though there are some challenges within the academic […]
Read More...Where there is need, there is a room for action research-Juanjuan Zhao
A group of Chinese students from Xi’an Jiaotong University visited UC a couple of months ago and got a chance to be introduced to action research by Dr. Mary Brydon-Miller. Their reaction was ‘Oh, this is action research’. Apparently, it is a new term for them, but not a completely strange land they have […]
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