It’s been a rough year. A lot of evaluators, researchers, and scientists have lost their jobs. And finding new work, which is always hard, is made even harder when it feels like your field …
How to design a research poster using Canva
Today's post is about designing research poster presentations using Canva. Even if you've never created a research poster in your life, I think this post can really help you get a solid jump on your …
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Rejecting the Null [graphic novel blog post]
Being a change maker is hard. Consider today's graphic novel post a quick theoretical action guide. …
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Hey academics, people don’t trust you.
A guest post (by William Faulkner, João Martinho, and Heather Muntzer) put up on my friend Stephanie Evergreen's blog sparked a big discussion in the comment section. I'll paraphrase a …
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Are you THE Creative?
"Oh yeah, we have someone like you." I remember when I first heard that. I thought to myself, "really, you have a cartooning sociologist techie and blogger who also happens to have a decade of …
Understand. Reach. Engage. A 3-part digital dissemination strategy
Far too many research and evaluation teams prioritize high quality dissemination like I prioritize learning a second language. It’s definitely on my list of things to do one day, but it’s so far down …
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Don’t be a qualitative bully.
Today's cartoon comes from a set I created for Michael Quinn Patton. …
The difference between the wink and the blink
Today's cartoon inspired by David Fetterman, who left this in a comment on last Friday's ethnography blog post. For those who don't know David, he's written a significant book on the …
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Ethnography and Real Research
If you've taken enough sociology classes you likely had this assignment at some point, "go somewhere and watch." And if it's a grad class you might get asked to go back to the same place several …
Science is not as tidy as it looks
I've recently rediscovered Robert K. Merton. As a student I knew a little about his social roles work but I knew very little about the person. That is until I happened upon On the Shoulders of …