Julia Sass Rubin CSB 276 732-932-2499, ext. 609 jlsrubin@rci.rutgers.edu Fall Office Hours: Mondays 4 – 5:30 and Wednesdays 4 – 5:30

Advanced Qualitative Methods: 833:628:12678 Wednesdays, 1:10 - 3:50, Civic Square Building, Room 168 Course Description This course is designed to familiarize doctoral and advanced masters students with the most commonly used qualitative research methods. The course will prepare them to utilize these methods in their own research, or to evaluate the qualitative work that others have done. Course Requirements In addition to regular participation in seminar discussions, course participants will be required to write short, weekly response papers or fulfill assignments related to specific topics. These will not be individually graded, but will count towards the overall grade. Class participants are allowed to skip one response paper, with advance notification of the professor. Response papers and assignments must be e-mailed to the professor by 3 pm on the Tuesday before class. Any papers not received by then will not be accepted. Additionally, participants will have to write a 25 - 35 page paper describing a field research project that they conduct utilizing qualitative research methods, and orally present their research proposals in class. Written paper proposals are due in class on Wednesday, September 29th, and the paper itself is due by 5 pm. on Monday, December 13th. Grading Course grades will be based on class participation (35%), the weekly response papers (25%), and the final paper (40%). In addition to the following books (which can be purchased on-line from Amazon or Barnes and Nobles and also are on reserve at Alexander), a number of readings will be available from the course folder (Qualitative Methods) on the S drive or through Web CT. Catherine Marshall and Gretchen B. Rossman Designing Qualitative Research Sage Publications, Inc. Third Edition Herbert J. Rubin & Irene S. Rubin Qualitative Interviewing: The Art of Hearing Data Sage Publications, Inc. David L. Morgan Focus Groups As Qualitative Research Sage Publications, Inc. Second Edition

Norman K. Denzin & Yvonna S. Lincoln (Eds). Collecting and Interpreting Qualitative Materials Sage Publications, Inc. (Readings from this book also are available through the class folder) David M. Fetterman Ethnography: Step by Step Sage Publications, Inc. Second Edition Robert K. Yin Case Study Research: Design And Methods Sage Publications Third Edition Anselm Strauss and Juliet Corbin Basics Of Qualitative Research: Grounded Theory Procedures And Techniques Sage Publications, Inc. Second edition Norman K. Denzin Interpretive Biography Sage Publications, Inc. First Edition Clark Moustakas Phenomenological Research Methods Sage Publications, Inc. (Readings from this book also are available through the class folder) Week 1: September 8 Introduction and Course Overview. Week 2: September 15 Designing Qualitative Studies Catherine Marshall and Gretchen B. Rossman, (1999). Designing Qualitative Research. In-class research design exercise

Week 3: September 22 Oral presentation of paper proposals in class No response paper due this week Week 4: September 29 Data Collection: Interviews Herbert J. Rubin & Irene S. Rubin, (1995). Qualitative Interviewing: The Art of Hearing Data Written paper proposals due in class Week 5: October 6 Data Collection: Focus groups David L. Morgan, (1997). Focus Groups as Qualitative Research. Sage Publications. Course file:

• Richard Zeller. (1993). Focus group research on sensitive topics: Setting the agenda without setting the agenda. Pp. 167-183. In David L. Morgan (1993). Successful Focus Groups: Advancing the State of the Art.

• Benjamin F. Crabtree, et al. (1993). Selecting individual or group interviews. Pp. 137-149. In David L. Morgan (1993). Successful Focus Groups: Advancing the State of the Art

• Shively (1992). Cowboys and Indians: Perceptions of Western films among American Indians and Anglos. American Sociological Review, 57:725-734.

• Kline, Kline and Oken (1992). Minority women and sexual choice in the age of AIDS. Social Science Medicine. 34:447-57.

Focus group assignment due in class In-class focus group exercise No response paper due this week

Week 6: October 13 Data Collection: Direct observation, participation, use of images, and analysis of documents Norman K. Denzin & Yvonna S. Lincoln (Eds). Collecting and Interpreting Qualitative Materials, (1998)

• Chapter 3: Patricia A. Adler & Peter Adler, Observational Techniques • Chapter 4: Ian Hodder, The Interpretation of Documents and Material Culture • Chapter 5: Douglas Harper, On the Authority of the Image • Chapter 6: Personal Experience Methods

Data collection assignment due in class No response paper due this week Week 7: October 20 Data Collection: Ethnography David M. Fetterman, (1998). Ethnography: Step by Step. Sage Publications. Course file:

• Stephen R. Barley. (1990). Images of Imaging: Notes on Doing Longitudinal Field Work, pp. 220-247.

• John W. Creswell, (1997). Qualitative Inquiry and Research Design: Choosing Among Five Traditions. Appendix E.

Ethnography assignment due in class No response paper due this week Week 8: October 27 Case Study Robert K. Yin, (2002). Case Study Research: Design and Methods, 3rd edition. Sage Publications. Course file:

• Kathleen M. Eisenhardt. (1989). Building Theories from Case Study Research. Academy of Management Review, October, 14:4, pp. 532-550.

• John W. Creswell, (1997). Qualitative Inquiry and Research Design: Choosing Among Five Traditions. Appendix F.

Week 9: November 3 Grounded Theory Anselm Strauss and Juliet Corbin, (1998). Basics of Qualitative Research. Sage Publications. Course file:

• John W. Creswell, (1997). Qualitative Inquiry and Research Design: Choosing Among Five Traditions, Appendix D.

Week 10: November 10 Phenomenology, Ethnomethodology and Interpretive Practice Course file:

• Norman K. Denzin & Yvonna S. Lincoln (Eds) (1998). Strategies of Qualitative Inquiry. Chapter 6: James A. Holstein & Jaber F. Gubrium, Phenomenology, Ethnomethodology and Interpretive Practice

• Clark Moustakas, (1994). Phenomenological Research Methods, pp. 1-119 (skim rest of book)

• John W. Creswell, (1997). Qualitative Inquiry and Research Design: Choosing Among Five Traditions, Appendix C

Week 11: November 17 Biographical and Historic Methods and Action Research Norman K. Denzin, (1989). Interpretive Biography. Sage Publications. Course file:

• Norman K. Denzin & Yvonna S. Lincoln (Eds) (1998). Strategies of Qualitative Inquiry. Chapter 9: William G. Tierney, Undaunted Courage: Life History and the Postmodern Challenge

• Norman K. Denzin & Yvonna S. Lincoln (Eds) (1998). Strategies of Qualitative Inquiry. Chapter 11: Stephen Kemmis and Robin McTaggart, Participatory Action Research

• John W. Creswell, (1997). Qualitative Inquiry and Research Design: Choosing Among Five Traditions, Appendix B

Week 12: December 1 Data Analysis and Representation and Using the Computer for Data Analysis Norman K. Denzin & Yvonna S. Lincoln (Eds). Collecting and Interpreting Qualitative Materials, (1998).

• Chapter 7: A. Michael Huberman and Matthew B. Miles, Data Management and Analysis Methods

• Chapter 9: Peter K. Manning and Betsy Cullum-Swan, Narrative, Content, and Semiotic Analysis

• Chapter 11: Norman K. Denzin, The Art and Politics of Interpretation • Chapter 12: Laurel Richardson, Writing: A Method of Inquiry

Specific data analysis strategies also are available in Denzan for biography, Moustakas for phenomenology, Yin for case studies, Strauss and Corbin for grounded theory and Fetterman for ethnography. Additionally, Matthew B. Miles and A. Michael Huberman’s classic Qualitative Data Analysis, (Sage Publications, 1994), is a very good overall resource. Week 13: December 8 Evaluation Research Norman K. Denzin & Yvonna S. Lincoln (Eds). Collecting and Interpreting Qualitative Materials, (1998).

• Chapter 13: Jennifer C. Greene, Qualitative Program Evaluation: Practice and Promise • Chapter 14: Ray C. Rist, Influencing the Policy Process with Qualitative Research