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Women Writing for Publication. ACPA, March 3, 2013 Penny A. Pasque, Associate Professor, University of Oklahoma, pasque@ou.edu. Agenda. How to write a journal article in 12 weeks. Information Discussion “Advancing Your Argument” Exercise with Mentor/ Mentee.
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Women Writing for Publication ACPA, March 3, 2013 Penny A. Pasque, Associate Professor, University of Oklahoma, pasque@ou.edu
Agenda • How to write a journal article in 12 weeks. • Information • Discussion • “Advancing Your Argument” Exercise with Mentor/ Mentee. • Publishing Qualitative Research – An Overview • Qualitative Research – A Visual • How to Publish Qualitative Research. • Question / Answer / Discussion
Writing Your Journal Article in 12 WeeksWendy Laura Beicher, 2009www.wendybelcher.com
12 Weeks • Designing Your Plan for Writing • Starting Your Article • Advancing Your Argument • Selecting a Journal • Reviewing the Related Literature • Strengthening Your Structure • Presenting Your Evidence • Opening & Concluding Your Article • Giving, Getting, & Using Others’ Feedback • Editing Your Sentences • Wrapping Up Your Article • Sending Your Article!
Discussion Questions for Week 1 • What are “my feelings about my experiences of writing?” • What are the “common elements in my negative feelings about writing?” • What are the “lessons to be learned from my positive experiences of writing?”
Advancing Your Argument: Week 3 • The main reasons journal articles are rejected is: no argument. • Do more than just describe the situation. • “I agree” or “I disagree” practical (albeit not theoretical) test… • Flo Guido is a great writer. • Flo Guido is a writer.
Workshop Week 3 • Write a statement of the argument of your article. • Share it with your mentor/mentee. • Mentor/mentee – repeat the argument back to the other person. • Ask – did I get the argument right? What might I have missed? • Repeat. • Share in the large group for the other person. (1-2 minutes). • Question: What was useful about this exercise? What was useful about hearing someone else share your argument in her words?
General questions about the writing or publication process in higher education / student affairsfor any / all the mentors?
Qualitative Inquiry for Equity in Higher EducationPasque, Carducci, Kuntz, & Gildersleeve, 2012
Three women “on the edge” of inquiry… • Patti Lather, Feminist Poststructural Research • Elizabeth St. Pierre, Post Qualitative Research • Lady Gaga, Classically Trained
Qualitative Visual • Pasque – Visual from Qualitative Inquiry course. • Jones, Torres & Arminio have a chapter about “congruency” and “positionality” in Negotiating the Complexities of Qualitative Research in Higher Education – the new edition comes out in summer. • Questions?
Publishing Qualitative Research • Choose a journal and consider “why that journal?” • Who is the editor and who is the audience? • How does this scaffold your research agenda? • How does this impact tenure and promotion? • Find sample articles from that journal. • Review the list of people on the editorial board – who might be likely to receive your article? • What are the dominant paradigms of that journal (i.e. issues, language, notions of ‘congruency’ or not)? • Are the readers familiar with your theoretical framework, methodology and methods? How will you need to educate your readers within the page limits? • Other issues?
General questions about the writing and/or publishing qualitative research for any / all of the mentors?