Annual Dartmouth Summer Seminar for Writing Research
Save the dates! July 26 – August 7, 2020
Hanover, NH, USA
“The Summer Seminar was one of the most rewarding professional experiences of my career.” (previous participant)
A detailed announcement and the seminar application will be available by October 1st – applications due December 15th 2019—but here is a preview:
The 2020 Dartmouth Summer Seminar for Writing Research is designed for writing faculty from all types of higher education venues and contexts who are beginning to work on data-driven research about writing in a variety of higher education contexts, and who would like an intensive, high-powered two weeks to work on that research, review approaches and methods, consult directly with experts, and network long-term with a cohort of other researchers from around the world. Guided interaction about participants’ projects is offered in the months leading up to the Seminar. The Seminar itself offers a quiet, resource-rich environment, coursework, small-group discussion and exchange, individual consultation with Seminar leaders, time to work alone or in groups on research projects, and a concluding presentation to the group with feedback from team leaders.
We encourage both individuals and research groups or teams to apply.
The Seminar coursework covers a range of topics, including data segmenting and coding, statistical analysis, effective literature reviews, research ethics, and so on. Special-interest topics are presented based on participants’ projects.
If you’ve been asking yourself any of the following questions, this is the seminar for you:
• How do I turn an interest into a viable data-driven investigation?
• I am very comfortable with my usual research approach, but would like to develop new data-driven research abilities; can you help?
• What data do I collect for my research study? How do I collect them?
• What should I look for when I analyze the data? What is the deeper phenomenon I am looking for? What is a good site for investigating it?
• I would like a writing research group within which to work—how can I find that?
• Everyone seems to be talking about “coding” these days—how can I learn more about it?
• What methods are the best for the questions I would like to answer?
• Where can I learn more about how to select a sample, how to create a worthwhile survey or interview, and how to calculate statistical significance?
• Should I conduct a pilot study first? What are the advantages and disadvantages of a pilot study (including funding)?
• Why does my research question keep changing?
• What’s the best way to present and publish my research?
Contact Christiane Donahue at Composition.Research.Seminar@Dartmouth.Edu with any questions. fffffffffffff