About the Schedule
All readings are to be completed before class. Responses are due by the Sunday evening following class discussion. The schedule is subject to change; please make sure you are checking it regularly.
January
Week 1: 1/18
Introductions, syllabus, set up research blogs and Twitter accounts
Week 2: 1/25
Feature stories: Junod, Nutt, Ross, Siebert, and Wallace, “Shipping Out.” Links and downloads on the Readings page.
Hand out Semester-long Research Project, Research Proposal, and Research Blog Assignments
February
Week 3: 2/1
2011 Writer’s Market and Writer’s Market in your project area; On Twitter: Johnson and Silver. Links and downloads on the Readings page.
Discuss Research Proposals; Zotero (if time); Intro to Twitter and hand out the Twitter assignment
Research Proposals due on research blog by classtime
Hand out Annotated Bibliography Assignment (see major assignments for samples)
Week 4: 2/8
Readings on Qualitative Research and Research Ethics: Creswell, Christians, and Syverson (links and downloads on the Readings page); innovation study IRB sample minus consent and survey instruments (2005, UT-Austin, .pdf)); oral history study IRB (2009; Rowan, .pdf); IRB and NIH Certification discussion
NIH certification process completed by classtime
Week 5: 2/15
More on Twitter; Gubrium, PostModern Interviewing: Intro, Chapters 2, 4, 5, and 7
Rowan Library databases tutorials must be completed
Week 6: 2/22
Meet at Glassboro Bowl and Recreation Center for Field Research (field research assignment [.pdf])
Gubrium, PostModern Interviewing: Chapters 9, 10, 12, 13
Emerson, Fretz, and Shaw, Writing Ethnographic Fieldnotes: Chapters 1 and 2
March
Week 7: 3/1
Emerson, Fretz, and Shaw, Writing Ethnographic Fieldnotes: Chapters 3, 4, 5, and 6
Bring fieldnotes to class
Hand out Fieldnotes, Interviews, and Reflections assignment
Week 8: 3/8
Datson, Things That Talk: Intro, Chapters 5, 7, and 8; Syverson (download on the Readings page.); Harper’s Annotations (links and downloads on the Readings page in the Annotations section)
Interview Areas, Interviewees, and Interview Schedule due on Research Blog
Hand out Document Analysis (Annotation) assignment (.pdf)
Week 9: Spring Break March 14 – 18
Week 10: 3/22
bring to class and discuss object to be annotated in Annotation assignment
Annotated Bibliography Rough Draft in class (bring citation guide[s] with you to class)
Week 11: 3/29 — Class Canceled for Research Conferences
Annotated bibliography final drafts due via Dropbox by 11:00pm
April
Week 12: 4/5 — Class will meet online
Annotation Rough Drafts due in Google Docs and shared with the class by noon
Week 13: 4/12 — Class canceled for conferences / Writing Week
Annotation Final Drafts due via Dropbox by 11:00pm
Week 14: 4/19 — Class meets in the classroom
Rough Drafts of final project and query letter due via Dropbox by 5:00pm Sunday, 4 /17
Workshop drafts in class; evaluations
Week 15: 4/26
Last day of class; last day of class dinner in class
Reflecting on creative research and composing
Week 16: 4/30 5/7 (Saturday)
Final project and final query letter due via Dropbox by 11:00pm
Research reflection and analysis due via Dropbox by 11:00pm