INTERNATIONAL Congress of Qualitative Inquiry

NINTH INTERNATIONAL Congress of Qualitative Inquiry University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign www.icqi.org Abma, Tineke, VU medical center, Dept Medical Humanities How responsive evaluation fosters human practices, particularly in health care. Merel Visse, Tineke Abma, Robert Stake. See Visse, Merel Abma, Tineke, VU medical center, Dept Medical Humanities Gender inclusiveness in integrated services: a responsive evaluation See Visse, Merel Abma, Tineke, VU medical center, Dept Medical Humanities “Pink” elderly care See Leyerzapf, Hannah Abma, Tineke, VU medical center, Dept Medical Humanities On to a colourfull Medical Center Interculturalisation of health care and medical staff is accepted as imperative for continuation of quality of care. Although student populations are getting more diverse, the amount of specialists with a migrant background in academic medical centers is relatively low. Migrant medical students in residency experience barriers in obtaining specialist positions. Barriers include manner of speak- ing, a lack of knowledge of career opportunities and the awareness of the need to plan ahead, and a lack of social support and role models. Next to basic medical knowledge and skills, personal traits as social, cultural, and gender identity may be leading in professional assessment. Besides ethnic background, factors such as social-economic status, gender differences, and collective social fram- ing on diversity can be decisive as to whether or not someone is selected. Focus should be on re-evaluation of the criteria for selection, and on formulating an inclusive view on (cultural) diversity. Aboshaiqah, Ahmad E, College of Nursing, King Saud University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Strategies to Foster Critical Thinking Skills in Nursing Education in Saudi Arabia See Goodwin, Sheilia R Abrams, Elizabeth, University of Utah What We Did, What We Found and Then What We Did After That: How and Why Mixed Methods Enriched a Study of Mindfulness-Based Skills Training in School Children See Cheek, Julianne Abrams, Elizabeth, University of Utah What the Letters Told Us: School Children_s Understandings and Experiences of Mindfulness-Based Skills Training Research is documenting the critical importance of social and emotional skills for student achievement and how these skills can be effectively nurtured through mindfulness-based curricula in schools. In the mid-1990s, a forward-thinking 2 INDIVIDUAL ABSTRACTS teacher in Utah integrated Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) into the curriculum for her grade 4-5 students. At the time that MBSR was implemented, the students wrote a series of letters about their experiences in the classroom and related activities that they, or the class, undertook. These 77 letters provide a unique, rich dataset of student experiences at that time. Five thematic catego- ries emerged related to students_ understandings of MBSR, the experience of being immersed in it, and its impact on their lives at the time. The qualitative analysis of the letters provides important insights into the key question motivat- ing the study _ how can we create new programs and forms of education that cultivate mindfulness in young people? ACOSTA ACOSTA, PABLO ENRIQUE, UNIVERSIDAD DEL CAUCA Approaching Target Cultures by Exploring Online Discourse Communities Foreign language teachers research, write, and publish for the scholarly world, of course, but also for learners and the audiences impacted by those learners when intercultural communication takes place. We research with/for learners because advances in foreign language education influence their lives when they experience intercultural encounters. We reach discourse communities directly and indirectly when our foreign language learners develop their intercultural competence and become citizens of the world. Accordingly, this paper reveals the findings of an ethnography carried out in a two-semester-long undergradu- ate class project aimed at providing pre-service teachers with tools for analyzing and interpreting target cultures by means of exploring online discourse communities. Attendees will be illustrated on how by using discourse analysis and being aware of the existence of other cultures, pre-service teachers were able to find an alternative methodology for conceptualizing otherness so as to explore teach- ers_/students_ own identities and gain intercultural competence. Acosta Fern ndez, Mart¡n, Universidad de Guadalajara, M‚xico Dimensiones culturales de la noci¢n de tutor¡a acad‚mica en docentes y alumnos de doctorado See Aguilera Velasco, Mar¡a de los µngeles Acosta Fern ndez, Mart¡n, Universidad de Guadalajara, M‚xico Significados culturales del concepto de jubilaci¢n en adultos mayores de Guadalajara, M‚xico See Aguilera Velasco, Mar¡a de los µngeles Acosta Fern ndez, Mart¡n, Universidad de Guadalajara, M‚xico Dimensiones culturales del concepto de salud en trabajadores jubilados de Guadalajara, M‚xico See Aguilera Velasco, Mar¡a de los µngeles Acosta, Liza Ann, North Park University Researching Putas!: How the Solo Show became Authoethnodrama In his book, “Ethnotheatre: Research from Page to Stage,”Johnny Salda€a asks us to consider when autobiographical or autoethnographical work become autoethnodrama. Furthermore, he challenges us to consider the ethics of repre- INDIVIDUAL ABSTRACTS 3 senting others (and ourselves). This is at the heart of my inquiry as I explore the challenges and pitfalls of writing and presenting on stage an autoethnodramatic work, Putas!, a show about my mother and grandmothers (and some fathers). This “solo,” which became a play for 5 actresses, explored oral history as well as historical documentation which sometimes contradicted and other times con- firmed the stories handed down to me. This research and the art in shaping it for performance helped me discover and understand the perception of working Puerto Rican women from multiple generations struggling to find their place in a rapidly changing world. Adams, Erin Crews, University of Georgia In Search of Multiplicity: (Re)thinking of Publication Regime in Postmodern Form See kayumova, Shakhnoza Adams, Erin Crews, University of Georgia The Confessional Subject in Subjectivity Statements Qualitative research requires authors to disclose their personal relationship with their subject matter in a subjectivity statement. The assumption is that by stating, or confessing, ones subjectivities upfront, the author can produce a more objective or rational work. The subjectivity statement is problematic to a post- structuralist researcher because it makes several positivist assumptions about the nature of the subject. It assumes a stable, unchanging subject that thinks before acting. It also assumes that a person can free themselves from themselves-that one can refuse oneself. Foucault_s care of the self, however, helps us re-think the free subject. This paper calls into question the definition and use of subjectivity statements in qualitative research. This paper will explore the possibilities of what might be gained from incorporating a care of the self ethic in qualitative writing. Adams, Heather, Ball State University To Tell or Not to Tell? That Is the Question for Women Living with Chronic Illnesses See Sachs, Natalie Aaren Adams, Heather, Ball State University Non-Theist Coping with Death: Creating Space for Meaningful Individual Experiences See Kolodziej, Chelsea Adams, Heather, Ball State University Preserving Identity: Incorporating Non-Theist Worldviews into Data Analysis See Kolodziej, Chelsea Adams, Heather, Ball State University Caring for Yourself While Living with a Chronic Illness See Devia, Marlenne 4 INDIVIDUAL ABSTRACTS Adams, Heather, Ball State University Chronic Illness Complexities of Exploring Succumbing, Resiliency, and Thriving in Different Life Domains See Crehan, Brett Adams, Heather, Ball State University Data Playgound: Exploring Visual Representation of Data See Crehan, Brett Adams, Heather, Ball State University Chronic Illness and Identity Continuity See BIngham, Ashleigh Nicole Adams, Heather, Ball State University The Progression of Continuity See BIngham, Ashleigh Nicole Adams, Megan, Oglethorpe County Schools Trying Not to Tame Post-Intentional Lines of Flight See Breslin, David Agostinone, Faith Ann, Aurora University Neo-Confederate Ideology and History Textbooks: 1860 to 2010 This paper employs Marxian theoretical and dialectical historical research to provide an overview of what neo-confederate ideology is, and its major tenets manifested in recent incarnations in the corporate-funded Tea Party movement, mostly as a reaction against the presidency of Barack Obama. A history of two major phases of post-Reconstruction neo-confederacy follows, with highlights from textbooks, popular culture, and Southern authors who espouse key com- ponents of this belief system as part of a larger propaganda effort to inscribe racism. Additional historical tie-ins include the growth of the Ku Klux Klan and reactionary movements against integration and civil rights in the 1950s. Finally, contemporary struggles over textbooks are presented along with neo-confederate efforts to ease both national and social evidence of historical complicity with slavery and subsequent denial of institutionalized racism alongside corporate support for a shrinking social sector. Aguilar-Riveroll, Angel M., Universidad Autonoma de Yucatan Validating a Competency Based Model for Faculty Evaluation in Southern Mexico See Cisneros-Cohernour, Edith J. Aguilar, Israel,

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