School of Education
13th Annual
Midwest Qualitative Research Conference
April 20-21, 2007
University of St. Thomas
Minneapolis, Minn.
The Midwest Qualitative Research Conference is a lively gathering of people who use a variety of qualitative research methods to understand the worlds in which they work and live.
Join our conference plenary keynote speaker, Dr. Mitchell Duneier of Princeton University, and many other scholars-practitioners as they present unique methods for the application of qualitative research.
For More Information
Phone: (651) 962-4983; (800) 328-6819, Ext. 2-4983
aakoenen@stthomas.edu
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Noon-5:30 p.m. |
Registration and information – Terrence Murphy Hall – Atrium |
| 1-1:15 p.m. | Welcome by Donald LaMagdeleine, Ph.D., Department Chair Terrence Murphy Hall – Thornton Auditorium |
| 1:30-2:45 p.m. | Concurrent session one |
| 3-4:15 p.m. | Concurrent session two |
Saturday, April 21
| 8 a.m.-4 p.m. | Registration and information – Terrence Murphy Hall – Atrium |
| 8-9 a.m. | Continental breakfast – Terrence Murphy Hall – Atrium |
| 9-10:15 a.m. | Concurrent session three |
| 10:30-11:45 a.m. | Concurrent session four |
| Noon | Lunch |
| 1-2:15 p.m. | Concurrent session five |
| 2:30-4:30 p.m. | Methods seminar/panel discussion Terrence Murphy Hall – Thornton Auditorium |
| 4:30-4:45 p.m. | Closing remarks and door prizes |
Call for Proposals
The 2007 Midwest Qualitative Research Conference committee attracts graduate students, faculty and practitioners to submit presentation proposals on qualitative research projects in the fields of: K-12 and higher education, sociology, ministry, social work, women's studies, health care, public policy, business, engineering and law. Please contact Mike Porter with questions about your proposal.
Read presentation topics and abstracts from the past 2 conferences.
Featured Speaker
Mitchell Duneier, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey
Mitchell Duneier earned his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. His first book, Slim's Table: Race, Respectability, and Masculinity, which was largely his dissertation, won the 1994 American Sociological Association's award for Distinguished Scholarly Publication, an unheard-of achievement for a dissertation. His research for this work consisted of listening to the stories of men gathered at a cafeteria in Hyde Park, Chicago, where he ate his meals for four years. Similarly, for Sidewalk (2000), which won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and the C. Wright Mills Award, he spent five years observing the world of street vending in Greenwich Village. He has committed to sharing the profits from Sidewalk with the 21 street vendors the book features. Duneier taught at the University of California-Santa Barbara and the University of Wisconsin- Madison before coming to The Graduate Center. He serves on the advisory board for National Public Radio's "This American Life."
Honors and Awards
2000 Los Angles Times Book Prize [Current Interest for Sidewalk] 1999 C. Wright Mills Award (for Sidewalk)
1994 Distinguished Scholarly Publication Award (Sorokin Award), American Sociological Association (Slim's Table)
1992 Notable Book of the Year, New York Times (Slim's Table)
1992 Book of the Year, Chicago Sun-Times (Slim's Table)
Gustavis Meyer Center, Outstanding Book on the Subject of Human Rights in the United States, 1992 (Slim's Table)
An article, "Voices from the sidewalk: Ethnography and writing race" written by Mitchell Duneier, Ph.D. for the Journal of Ethnic and Racial Studies is available on his Princeton web page at:
Online Proposal Form
Past Featured Speaker
Mitchell Duneier, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey
Conference Sponsor School of Education
Department of Leadership, Policy and Administration
