Panel on the Evaluation of Qualitative Research in the Social Sciences

Location

This session is occasioned by the publication of a report on "Interdisciplinary Standards for Systematic Qualitative Research" which was released by the National Science Foundation in December 2008.  This university-wide event will be followed by a reception, which will bring together members of the community of qualitative social scientists at Harvard.

Speakers

Bestor, Theodore C.

Executive Committee; Steering Committee; Faculty Associate. Professor of Anthropology and Japanese Studies, and Chair, Department of Anthropology, Harvard University.

Gerring, John

Professor of Political Science, Boston University.

Lamont, Michèle

Executive Committee; Steering Committee; Faculty Associate. Robert I. Goldman Professor of European Studies; Professor of Sociology; and Professor of African and African American Studies, Harvard University.

Silbey, Susan

Professor of Anthropology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

White, Patricia

Program Director, National Science Foundation.

Contact Information

Jennifer M. ShephardSpecial Initiatives Program Manager, Division of Social Scienc, Harvard University. http://isites.harvard.edu/socialsciencedivision