PD26-17 Constructing Skill in Narrative Analysis

Session Type: Professional Development Course

Abstract

Through engaging in this course, experienced, developing, and emerging qualitative researchers will acquire and build their analytic tools for use in their narrative research projects. The course begins by identifying philosophic bases for narrative research. Next, participants will select four of the eight 45-minute workshops offered including autobiographical narrative research, tools for multicultural studies, memory work, analysis with visuals, narrative beginnings, literary analysis, use of narrative vignettes with large data sets, narrative music analysis, and parallel and serial interpretation. During the course, researchers will learn the theoretical underpinnings of the tool, have hands-on experiences using it, and receive guidance in developing skill through interaction with experienced, published researchers who engage in narrative research using the tool they are teaching. Developing versatility and strength in analytic skills will enable researchers to produce more nuanced and trustworthy findings.

Sub Unit

• Professional Development and Training Committee

Director

• Stefinee E. Pinnegar, Brigham Young University

Instructors

• Svanborg Rannveig Jónsdóttir, University of Iceland

• Deborah L. Tidwell, University of Northern Iowa

• Simmee Chung, Concordia University - Edmonton

• Eliza A. Pinnegar, Anchorage School District

• Celina Marie Lay, Brigham Young University

• Cathy A. Coulter, University of Alaska - Anchorage

• Elaine Chan, University of Nebraska - Lincoln

• Vicki Ross, Northern Arizona University

• Eunhee Park, Texas A&M University

• Gayle A. Curtis, Texas A&M University

• Michaelann Kelley, Mount St. Joseph University

• Cheryl J. Craig, Texas A&M University