59.012 - Writing Up Findings: An Introduction to Crafting the Qualitative Research Report Narrative

Session Type: Professional Development Course

Abstract

In this course, participants will examine and use narrative devices inherent to the writing of qualitative research. This interactive session will be conducted in the format of a writing workshop. Participants will engage with transcripts from an extant research study and cast analyzed data into different report styles, using rhetorical structures common to the different styles associated with the various qualitative research designs.

The goal of this course is to conceptualize writing with qualitative data as storytelling. Participants will learn the key elements of story present in qualitative data, including narrative, plot, characters, setting, theme, and conflict. By the end of the course, participants will be able to identify different report styles, identify characteristics common to the different styles, and write a qualitative research report in one or more of the styles.

The course is designed for advanced graduate students and early career scholars interested in qualitative research. Participants should have a working knowledge of qualitative research, have completed at least an introductory course in the field, and have experience reading, coding, and writing from transcripts. They will be tasked with a short writing assignment before the course. Participants should bring laptops and be prepared to write and share what they have written with other participants.

Sub Unit

• Professional Development and Training Committee

Instructors

• Karri A. Holley, The University of Alabama

• Claire C. Major, The University of Alabama