I conduct qualitative, educational research in the following broad areas of higher education:
- Feedback practices in teaching and learning
- Professional growth in teaching
- Faculty careers and educational leadership
Research Projects
To read brief summaries of past research projects, please go here.
My research skills include:
- Designing a feasible qualitative research study
- Conducting thorough literature reviews
- Developing relevant research questions
- Applying successfully to UBC’s Behavioural Ethics Board
- Managing data collection processes (including recruitment, member checking, follow up with participants, and detailed documentation of research process)
- Creating an interview protocol and conducting qualitative interviews
- Analyzing data (using an iterative process of induction and deduction)
- Coding and categorizing data
- Being reflexive in my researcher role
- Creating rapport with interview participants
- Anticipating ethical issues and responding appropriately to these
- Writing clearly and concisely
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