Using Personal Research to Teach/Using the Classroom for Research

Session Submission Type: Roundtable Session

Abstract

Teaching at a liberal arts institution rarely leaves an excess of time to conduct personal research. Time constraints due to teaching and service duties push professors to be ingenuitive when it comes to satisfying the research criteria of this academic trifecta. This roundtable will discuss ideas on using personal research to exemplify concepts in classes as well as techniques on using existing classes to collect data and research literature. We will discuss ways for the classroom to become reciprocal as it pertains to criminological concepts, qualitative and quantitative methodological techniques, and source collection.

Sub Unit

• Area VIII: Roundtables

Chair

• Melencia Johnson, University of South Carolina, Aiken

Discussants

• Stephen P. Hagan, McKendree University

• Jessica Abbott, University of North Carolina at Pembroke