SC352-W:
Qualitative Research Methods (Writing Intensive)
Syllabus:
Cool
Sociology: Methods in Qualitative Research
National
Institutes of Health (NIH) Human Participant Protections Education
for Research Teams (For Qual. Methods (SC352) Assignment # 1):
http://cme.cancer.gov/clinicaltrials/learning/humanparticipant-protections.asp
Sample
Critical Response Papers
Hannah Hilfer's
Critical Assessment of Elizabeth W. Lindsey's "Impact of Homelessness and
Shelter Life on Family Relationships"
Sarah
Hogfoss's Critical Assessment of David Karp's "Hiding in Pornographic
Bookstores: A Reconsideration of the Nature of Urban Anonymity"
Dominique Karlsson's Critical
Assessment of Trammel & Chenault's "We Have to Take These Guys Out"
Lauren Wold's Critical Assessment of Trammel & Chenault's "We Have to Take These Guys Out."
Tyler
Anderson's Critical Summary of Wlison and Chaddha's "The Role of Theory in
Ethnographic Research"
Sample
Research Proposal
Tom Seim's Research
Proposal for His Study on the "Import Car Racing Subculture"
Sample Student
Mini-Ethnographies:
Cool Spaces: Unobtrusive Observations of
Interesting Public Settings
THE WHEELS ON THE BUS GO
ROUND AND ROUND (by
Jennifer Knecht and Anna Mueller Sp. 2013)
"My
Momma's Gonna Knock You Out:" Unobtrusive Observations of F/M Roller Derby Girls
(by Jenelle Swenberger and Pamela Henderson Sp 2013
Violators
Are Subject to Arrest: Unobtrusive Observations at Dike West Park (by Ashraf
Kamel, Thomas Seim, Justin Nistler, and Matthew Gulbranson Fall 2009)
"It's Like A Stoner's Paradise, Man!" (by Jennifer Harzke and Lauren Wold Fall
2010)
"Dead Men
Tell No Tales:" Participant Observation at Valley Paintball (by Paruj Acharya
Fall 2010)
Bingo! The Hidden Subculture of America's Game
(by Grace Johnson Fall 2010)
Eight Seconds: An
Unobtrusive Ethnography by
Kayla Stelzer (Spring 2010)
From
Day to Night: A Downtown Fargo Mini-Ethnography (Observation of an
Interesting Social Setting by Brittany Hawk and Jennifer Jesse)
How
Low Can You Go? (by Michelle Colton & Jerrie Bodin Spring 2007)
Catching
A Ride (by Love Leon & Lindsay
Forster)
Sociological
Suburban Safari
(By Pammela Volk)
(Fall 2007)
“The Beat Sounds Good
In My Police Car^:” Ride Along with Maplewood Police Department
(By
Steven Mattson)
'U-R Connected': Content Analyses of Virtual Spaces
She Wears Pink and He Wears
Blue: A Content Analysis of Gender Roles in Children’s Films (by Nicole
Jasperson Spring 2013)
'So Is Mine..." A Content Analysis of the Internet
Response to Amazon's Kindle Paperwhite Commercial (by Anna Mueller Sp2013)
“Dig Deeper!!”:
A
Content Analysis of Discussion Board Threads Posted to Teambeachbody.com
(by Sarah Hogfoss)
"The Union of One Man and One
Woman:" A Content Analysis of Minnesota of Marriage's Website
www.minnesotaformarriage.com (by Tyler Anderson and Matthew Lambert (Fall 2011)
It's Five Minutes To Midnight, and Apparently It’s Tea Time: A content analysis of
political & ideological rhetoric surrounding healthcare reform published by
www.biggovernment.com (By Asraf Kamel &
Matthew Gulbranson (Fall 2009)
Hedonism, Humor, and
Hypocrisy: A Content Analysis of the Thread Following "Jim McGreevey
Discusses Rutgers Suicide" (By Lauren Wold Fall 2010)
Starving for Community:
The Religion of Thinness and
Pro-Ana Websites (Emma Hoglund Spring 2009)
"The
“Dark” Side of Christianity:
A
Content Analysis of the
Westboro Baptist Church"
(by Meghan Nelson, Katie Hoefler, & Emily Mjolsness
(Spring 2009)
“Waiting Behind a Smoke Screen:” A Web-Based Content Analysis
(By Josh Lloyd Spring 2010)
'Losing Your Religion': Mini-Ethnographies of
Sacred Milieux
Recovery Worship: "The
Perfect Place for Imperfect People" (by Jillian Gould, Scarlett Rudlang, Ashley
Graves, and Lindsey Livingston Spring 2012)
“May We Recall in Gratitude All That Has
Given Us Birth:" Observations of the Unitarian Universalist Church (by Tyler
Anderson Fall 2011)
"God Through Lists:"
A Mini-Ethnography of Moorhead’s Jehovah’s Witnesses (by Elise Wieck Fall 2011)
“The perfect
place for imperfect people:” A Mini-Ethnography of Recovery Worship, Fargo, ND
(by Ashley Cornwell, Caila Strand, and Stacey Nelson Fall 2011)
B I
B L I C A L L Y B
(I)
A
S E
D:
A Mini-Ethnography of a Sunday Worship Service (by Matthew Gulbranson and
Ashraf Kamel
(Fall 2009)
“She’ll
Be Hopping and Jumping with Jesus”: Inclusion and hope for the marginalized at
the Salvation Army
(by
Lindsay Bergenheier & Lisa Guyla Fall 2007)
HEART, SOUL AND MIND
STRENGTH (by Debra Frank Spring 2010)
Ostara Ritual: A
mini-ethnography of a Pagan/Wiccan Ritual (by
Karmen Dostal Spring 2010)
'Mama Said:' The Life-Story Interview as a
Reflexive Method
Reverse Culture Shock:
A Life Story Interview with Mona Ibrahim (by Asraf Kamel Fall 2009)
Real Cool Sociologies: Final Projects
for Qualitative Research Methods (SC352-W)
Reentry and
Recidivism: What Influence Does Outside Support or Lack Thereof, Have on a
Person? (by Leane M. Guerrero Spring 2015)
“SHOULD ABORTION BE LEGAL?”: A CONTENT
ANALYSIS OF THE ABORTION DEBATE ON PROCON.ORG (by Jennifer Knecht Spring
2013)
“Big man’s not afraid of anything”: A Content Analysis of Gender Roles in
Children’s Films (by Nicole Jasperson Spring 2013)
“Dig Deeper!”: A Qualitative Study of a
Fitness Discussion Board as a Virtual Community (by Sarah Hogfoss Spring
2013)
"What Is Going On Here:" A Content Analysis of Racial and Gender
Stereotyping in Advertising (by Mitchell Gresham Spring 2013)
“He Treats Your Little Girl Like a Real Man Should”: The Re-presentation of
Conventional Love in Country Music1(by George Peterson Fall
2010)
“HEY! YOU GUYS LIKE
STEAKS, RIGHT?”The Motivations of the Door-to-Door Steak Salesman (by Allison
Edmonds Spring 2011)
Weight-Loss
Encapsulated: Capitalizing on America’s Obesity Epidemic
(An
Evaluation of Diet Pill Advertising Strategies) by Christina Kalinowski
(Spring 2006)
"Unveiling New Orientalism:
An
Exploration in Images" (by Emma Hoglund Spring 2009)
The
Sex Talk: What Parents are Saying to their Children about Sex
(by
Jessica Hausauer)
Personal
Looking Glass: A Study into Elective Cosmetic Surgery
by Michelle Carlson
(Fall Semester 2009)
"Life
on the List": The Phenomenology of Waiting Through the Eyes of Organ
Transplant Patients by Justin Titus
(Spring 2005)
Exercise and the College Woman (by
Rebekah Aakre Spring 2009)
“Women on the Plains:
Identity and the Experience of Leadership” (by
Lindsay
Bergenheier)
Machismo
and how the
Family
is Molded into Form: An Analysis of Gender Roles (by Jared Pigeon
)
Qual. Methods Students (Spring
2005): A Rather "Groovy" Bunch
