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: 1/17
Introductions, syllabus, set up research blogs and Twitter accounts
Hand out Research Blog and Live-tweeting Course Readings assignments
Week 2: 1/24
Feature stories: Junod, Nutt, Ross, Siebert, and Wallace, “Shipping Out.” On Twitter: Johnson and Silver. Links and downloads on the Readings page.
Hand out Semester-long Research Project, Research Proposal Assignments
Order free business cards no later than 1/28 so they can arrive in time for field research.
Week 3: 1/31
Lakoff & Johnson, pages ix – 125; 2012 Writer’s Market and Writer’s Market in your project area.
Discuss Research Proposals and Zotero
Research Proposals due on research blog by classtime
Hand out Annotated Bibliography Assignment (.pdf, updated 3/27; see Major Assignments for samples)
February
Week 4: 2/7
Lakoff & Johnson, pages 126 – 240; Readings on Qualitative Research and Research Ethics: Creswell and Christians (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
Introduce and discuss Zotero.
NIH certification process completed by classtime
Week 5: 2/14
Gubrium, PostModern Interviewing: Intro, Chapters 2, 4, 5, and 7; first-gubrium-discussion-questions.docx
Leveraging Twitter for Research
Rowan Library databases tutorials must be completed
Week 6: 2/21
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
Week 7: 2/28
Emerson, Fretz, and Shaw, Writing Ethnographic Fieldnotes: Chapters 3, 4, 5, and 6
Bring fieldnotes to class
Hand out Fieldnotes, Interviews, and Reflections assignment
March
Week 8: 3/6: Class Canceled
Interview Areas, Interviewees, and Interview Schedule due on Research Blog
Hand out Document Analysis (Harper’s Annotation) assignment
Week 9: Spring Break March 12 – 16
Week 10: 3/20
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)
Week 11: 3/27
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); annotated-bib-peer-response-s12.docx
Friday 3/30: Annotated bibliography final drafts due via Dropbox by 11:00pm
April
Week 12: 4/3 — Class will meet online Class meeting with Jenn Courtney’s Seminary II
Annotation Rough Drafts due in Dropbox folder
harpers-annotation-peer-response-s12-rev.pdf (peer responses must be completed by 11:00pm, Friday, April 6)
Week 13: 4/10 — Class canceled for conferences / Writing Week
Annotation Final Drafts due Wednesday, April 11, via Dropbox by 11:00pm
Week 14: 4/17 — Class meets in the classroom
Rough Drafts of final project and query letter due via Dropbox by 5:00pm Sunday, 4 /15
Workshop drafts in class
Hand out Research Reflection and Analysis assignment
Week 15: 4/24
Last day of class; last day of class dinner in class
Reflecting on creative research and composing
Week 16: 4/28 (Saturday)
Final project and final query letter due via Dropbox by 11:00pm
Research reflection and analysis due via Dropbox by 11:00pm