15th Annual Midwest Qualitative Research Conference
Linking Methods and Theory: Exploring the Connections

Concurrent Sessions Schedule

Session One- Thursday, 1:30-2:45 p.m.
1A: Following the Data: Methods and Meaning
When Date Takes a Detour: The Journey from Intent to Analysis
-Deb DeMeester

Getting to Grounded Theory: Beyond Codes and Categories
-Sharon Raad

1B: Stories of Women and Power
Women Who Build Buildings: The Experiences of Student Affairs Professionals in Constructing Students-Focused Space on University Campuses
-Mary Ann Ryan

A Study of Women Whistleblowers: How a Feminist Theoretical Lens Uncovered the Dynamics of Power within their Organizations 
-Mary Henderson

1C: Qualitative Interviewing: Examining the Research Process
Yours and Mine: Blending Stories in Participatory Action Research
-Noni Threinen

Family Involvement: Examining Ideas and exploring Alternative Relationships for Working-Class African American Families
-Tracine Asberry

1D: Ethnography of Culture and Identity
Raising Children with Severe Autism: Stories of Culture and Coping
-Sheryl Grassie

Connecting Theory and Practice with Intercultural Adjustment Models: Exploring Disabilities and Sojourns Abroad via Case Study and Visual Ethnography
-Debra Payne Chaparro and Jessica Voigts

1E: The Sounds of Revolution
Diverse Perspectives in Critical Pedagogy: Research and Praxis for Social Change
-Eleni Roulis, Jill Klefstad, Jeanette Johnson, Emma Duren, Sue Ciapolle, Kristin Pardun-Johason, Matt Maruggi, Margo Lloyd

Session Two- Thursday, 3:00-4:15 p.m.
2A: Building Strategies of Support
International Graduate Students' Difficulties and Strategies in English Speaking Classes
-Hye Yeong Kim

Medication Information Seeking Behavior: Exploring Patients' Use of Lay Social Networks
-Andrea Kjos, Marcia Worley, Jon Schommer

2B: The Unwelcome Visitor: When Trauma Strikes
School Shootings: Portraits of Three Rampage Shooters
-Tom Hoffman

Growth through Trauma: Professional Counselors' Development in the Context of Working with Survivors
-Eran Hanke

2C: Indigenous Evaluation: Tracking Meaningful Change
Culturally Responsive Organizational Evaluation of an Urban Native American Community
-Reid Zimmerman and Julie Nielson

2D: Visual Data: Use and Technology
The Political Graffiti on the West Bank Wall in Israel and Palestine
-Steven Olberg

A Picture/Story Tells a 1000 Words: Photovoice and Master's Level Education
-John Fleming

Digital Story- Searching and Autoethnographic Research Process
-Mary Finney

Session Three- Friday, 9:00-10:15 a.m.
3A: Contributions of Feminists Theories and Methods
Chinese Feminist Epistemology: Studies of Chinese Mothers' Experiences in Immigration and Education
-Shujun Chen

Feminist Methodology in Higher Education: Enhancing the Field Through Gendered Understanding
-Kelly Winters and Rebecca Ropers-Huilman

3B: International Students: Perceptions and Transitions
International Students in Transition: A Dialogue of Chinese Graduate Students in the U.S
-Yi Zhang

Qualitative Methods and Two Conceptual Frameworks: Understanding International Students' Perceptions of an Internationalization of Higher Education Program
-Debra Payne Chaparro

3C: Changing World Views
A Study of Generational Views on Leadership in Ukraine (Work in Progress)
-Boyd Johnson

An Examination of Key Competencies of Human Resource Professionals
-Cathy Guinta and Jean Gordon and Michael Williams

3D: Social Communities and Networks
Parents; Social Networks: Influence Parent Groups on School Policies and Practices
-Carolyn Wanat

Online Social Communities: Safe Havens for Identity Redevelopment
-Jonathan Cabiria

3E: The Nurse as Healer: Realities and Desires
Forged in the Fire: A Case Study Comparison of the Career Path of Baccalaureate Registered Nurses and Their Professional Education
-Cathy Cooper

The Sweat Lodge Ceremony as Experienced by Nurses: A Hermeneutic Phenomenological Study
-Patricia Engstrom

Session Four- Friday, 10:30-11:45 a.m.
4A: Choosing Theory and Methods
Keys to the Dissertation
-Selected graduate students and Marcia Baxter Magolda and Peter Magolda

4B: Qualitative Betty Crocker: Mixing Methods for Better Results
"It's a Great Meeting Place for Animals": Qualitative Replication in Dance Education
-Bryon Richard

Interviewer Roles: Established Relationships with Professional Counselors
-Eran Hanke and Carolyn Wanat

Exploring Time as a Critical Resource in Schools
-Sara Stoelinga

4C: Disability Discourse: A Qualitative Examination
Using Focus Group Interviews to Examine the Effects of Equestrian Vaulting for Individuals with Special Needs
-Patricia Palmerton and Scilla Sayer

A Case Study in Progress: Using Qualitative Methods to Examine Learning Disabilities Identifications in Poor, Rural School District
-Renee Chandler

4D: Who Are We: The Impact of Teacher Identity
"It Doesn't Matter if You are Red, Pink, Yellow or Blue:" Exploring White Supremacy and Racial Identity in White Teacher's Narratives
-Kenneth Fasching-Varner

The Power of Teacher Beliefs
-Adam Rambow and Marina Aleixo

Multi-Culturism in a Sea of White
-Jodi Holen and Margaret Zidon

Session Five- Friday, 1:00- 2:15 p.m.
5A: Volunteering to Make a Difference
Circles of Support: An Alternative Community Education Model for Students and Families Marginalized by Poverty
-Chad Timm

To Be a Volunteer: A Case Study of Minnesota Inner City Outings
-Monica Howell

Reducing Ethnocentric Ideology via Interethnic Community Service Activities: More than Tolerance
-August Hoffman

5B: Social Construction Body Image
A Grounded Theory Study to the Process of Successful and Advanced Weight Maintenance
-Joanne Haeffele and Eric Trunnell

Factors Influencing Recovery from Anorexia: A Qualitative Meta-Analysis
-Emily Derouin and Len Jennings

5C: The Importance of Connections for Campus Living and Career Choice
Social Capital Formation: What Impacts it at the College Level
-Janice Yee

Lived Experience of Cancer Patient
-Daniel Butorovich

The Missing Link: Building Bridges- Creating Connections
-Tanetha Grosland and Maurella Cunningham

5D: Analyzing Written Discourse
Presidential Discourse and Institutional Mission: Harmony or Disconnect?
-Thomas Sanford and Jim Hunter

5E: We Are Who We Choose to Be: Case Studies of Social Identity
Qualitative Inquiry in Prosthetics and Orthotics: A Case Study of Patient and Practitioner Process in Creation of a Custom Hip Disarticulation Prosthesis
-Janet Olafson and Laura Sanchez-Valdes

Begin and Becoming: The Dissolution of the Self
-James Geidner