SRA Conference and Interviews

The Society for Research on Adolescence  conference was a great success. I posted a number of interviews with some of the conference presenters who have an international or global focus for their work over at the SRA Blog. Check out  the comments and advice of:

Hope to see you at SRA 2014 in Austin, Texas!

International spirit of the SRA 2012 Meeting

Today I am blogging for the Society for Research on Adolescence 2012 Biennial Meeting. This conference is clearly dedicated to promoting international collaboration and bringing adolescent research to a global level. Read more about the international spirit at the SRA Blog!

Elsevier withdraws support of the RWA

Elsevier withdrew their support of the Research Works Act!

Next up, consider supporting the Federal Research Public Access Act.

Blogging at SRA

The Society for Research on Adolescence biennial meeting is coming up on March 8th – 10th, 2012, in the beautiful city of Vancouver, BC [read: home of 49th Parallel Coffee, amazing restaurants, stunning international port city encrusted by snow capped mountains]. I am equally as excited about the conference as I am about being in one of my favorite cities in the Pacific Northwest.

At this year’s conference I will be posting daily updates over at SRA Blogs on international research and international researchers. Stay tuned!

Social media for social scientists

Through the ABCT Couples SIG listserv, I recently learned about the LSE’s Impact of Social Sciences Project. The purpose of the project is to measure and evaluate the impact of social science research on the public. An essential part of the project is helping social scientists disseminate their work through the use of social media — check out their resource guide, which covers topics like how to leverage Twitter and podcasts for your research. Their Handbook on maximizing the impact of research on the public is also available online.

Open Classroom

Stanford is offering a number of free online classes. The Model Thinking course offered in January 2012 looks fantastic, however I registered for the Game Theory class which will begin in late February 2012.

What online classes look interesting to you? What do you think about open classrooms?

LightSwitch

In preparation for a couple of upcoming projects, I am learning how to build database driven applications. I decided to spend time on learning to build a simple application after realizing that the tried-and-true option for these projects that others were recommending was wrangling multiple Excel files.

At first I considered Microsoft Access, however one of my upcoming projects may require multiple users. Access has many strengths, however it was not intended for multiple users. An additional consideration is that I want my applications to be web-based rather than stored on a single desktop.

I have settled on Microsoft Visual Studio LightSwitch and so far I am very, very happy with it. The Wrox book Beginning Visual Studio LightSwitch Development has been a great resource, too. And the academic discount that I found through Provantage.com has made the project financially do-able. So far I have not had to actually use any code and the process has been very straightforward.

I’ll keep you posted on my progress!

SOLO 2011 London dates!

ScienceOnline 2011, the London edition, will be September 2nd & 3rd!

National Multicultural Conference & Summit 2011

The National Multicultural Conference & Summit is coming up next week in Seattle, WA, from January 27 – 28, 2011. This year’s theme is captured in the title of the two keynotes: Ana Mari Cauce’s, “Is Multicultural Psychology Ascientific?” and Joseph Gone’s, “Is Psychological Science Acultural?” It is essential to explore the dynamic between culturally informed, culturally sensitive research and crisp, methodologically rigorous inquiry. I am excited to explore this dialogue at this year’s conference.

What do you think of the dynamic between multiculturally informed research and scientific rigor? How do you navigate culturally informed and relevant research together with methodologically sound psychological science?  And what conferences are you attending this winter and spring?

Queer Researchers/Queering Research: University of Oregon Graduate Research Forum

Another upcoming event for February is the University of Oregon’s Graduate Research Forum, which will be held on Friday, February 11th, 2011. I will be on a panel of interdisciplinary researchers discussing the challenges and rewards of conducting research with the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community.

For more information, visit http://gradschool.uoregon.edu/?page=gradForum.

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