Give Methods A Chance

Give Methods A Chance episodes:

• 03.27.2020

  Barbara Gurr and Maura Kelly on Feminist Research Methods

  In this episode, Barbara Gurr, Associate Professor in the Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies Program at the University of Connecticut and Maura Kelly, Associate Professor of sociology at Portland State University, join us to discuss their co-edited book Feminist Research...

  
• 05.11.2018

  Melissa Wilde on Conducting Comparative Historical Research

  In this episode, we talk to Melissa J. Wilde, Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania. Melissa joins us to discuss her use of comparative historical methods in researching and writing her forthcoming book Birth of the Culture...

  
• 03.18.2017

  Jill Weinberg on Post-It Notes as a Visual Method

  Jill Weinberg is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Tufts University and an affiliated scholar at the American Bar Foundation.  In this episode, we discuss her research on how ordinary people define justice and injustice and how social context informs...

  
• 04.30.2016

  Madison Van Oort on Discourse Analysis & Studying Commercials

  In this episode we welcome Madison Van Oort, Ph.D candidate at the University of Minnesota. Madison conducts research in the areas of fast-fashion and low-wage labor in the 21st century. The format of the conversation will be slightly different than...

  
• 03.31.2016

  R. Tyson Smith on Ethnography

  In this episode we are joined by R. Tyson Smith, Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology at Haverford College. Tyson conducts research in the areas of health, gender, social psychology, criminal justice, and the military. He joins us to discuss the...

  
• 03.09.2016

  Jay Borchert on Conducting Interviews in Prisons

  Jay Borchert is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Sociology and a Population Studies Center Trainee at the University of Michigan, as well as a Visiting Scholar at the Center for the Study of Law & Society at UC...

  
• 02.01.2016

  C.J. Pascoe on Ethnographic Research

  In this episode, C.J. Pascoe, Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Oregon, joins us to discuss the ethnographic research she conducted for her award-winning book, Dude, You’re a Fag: Masculinity and Sexuality in High School. We discuss the...

  
• 01.21.2016

  Alejandro Baer on Discussion Groups

  In this episode, we talk with Alejandro Baer, Associate Professor of Sociology and Director of the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at the University of Minnesota. In this study, Alejandro and his colleagues sought to understand the specific discourse...

  
• 12.04.2015

  Christopher Wildeman on Quantitative Data Analysis

  In this episode, we talk with Christopher Wildeman , Associate Professor of Policy Analysis and Management at Cornell University. His research and teaching interests revolve around the consequences of mass imprisonment for inequality, with emphasis on families, health, and children. He is...

  
• 11.13.2015

  Clifton Evers on Mobile Video Ethnography

  In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Clifton Evers. Clifton is a member of the Media, Culture, Heritage unit at Newcastle University. He joins us to discuss mobile video ethnography and his use of GoPro cameras to better capture...

  
• 10.30.2015

  Stefano Bloch on Autobiography as Data and Methodological Asset

  In this episode, we talk with Stefano Bloch. Stefano is an urban geographer specializing in social and spatial theory, cultural criminology, and subcultures. He is currently a Presidential Diversity Fellow in Urban Studies at Brown University. Stefano joins us to reflect on...

  
• 10.16.2015

  Vinnie Roscigno on Mixed Methods

  In this episode, we talk with Vincent Roscigno, sociologist at The Ohio State University, about using multiple methods to research historical inequality. Using the case of the Sioux Massacre at Wounded Knee, he ultimately answers empirical and theoretical questions about how powerful state...

  
• 10.02.2015

  Kathryn Henne on Multi-Sited Fieldwork

  In this episode, we talk with Kathryn Henne, a Senior Research Fellow at the Regulatory Institutions Network, an interdisciplinary research center housed at the Australian National University. We discuss Kathryn’s experience conducting multi-sited fieldwork for her book Testing for Athlete Citizenship: Regulating...

  
• 09.20.2015

  Justin Pickett on Online Surveys

  In this episode, we talk with Justin Picket of SUNY-Albany about using web-based surveys for public opinion polling and experiments. He provides guidance, tips, and tricks for using services like Amazon Mechanical Turk. “A lot of people have great ideas,...

  
• 08.07.2015

  David Scott FitzGerald & David Cook-Martín on Comparative, Historical Research

  In this episode, we are joined by co-authors David Scott FitzGerald, Associate Professor of Sociology and Co-Director of the Center for Comparative Immigration Studies at the University of California at San Diego and David Cook-Martín, an Associate Professor of Sociology...

  
• 07.08.2015

  Douglas Hartmann on Ethnography in Light of Goffman

  Alice Goffman’s ethnographic foray into a black neighborhood in inner city Philadelphia has attracted attention both inside and outside of academia. While On the Run: Fugitive Life in an American City was a critical success and Goffman was initially celebrated...

  
• 07.03.2015

  Daniel Winchester on Ethnography and Religious Conversion

  In this episode, we talk with Daniel Winchester, Assistant Professor of Sociology at Purdue University. Dan joins us to discuss ethnographic research. In particular, Dan explains the value of ethnographic research for better understanding religious conversion and cultural practice. “How do you...

  
• 06.19.2015

  Elizabeth Cherry on Consumption, Identity, and Ethnography

  In this episode we discuss an innovative methodological approach to understanding reflexivity and identity when doing ethnographic fieldwork. We talk with Elizabeth Cherry, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Anthropology at Manhattanville College, who collaborated with fellow ethnographers Michaela DeSoucey, Assistant Professor of...

  
• 06.05.2015

  Shamus Khan on Historical Data

  In this episode, we are joined by Shamus Khan, Professor of Sociology at Columbia University. Professor Khan studies cultural sociology and stratification, with a strong focus on elites. He is the author of Privilege: The Making of an Adolescent Elite at St. Paul’s...

  
• 06.04.2015

  Chris Uggen on Academic Dishonesty and Public Sociology

  In this special edition of Give Methods a Chance, we talk with Chris Uggen to get context and insight to a recent retraction of a political science article in Science and the resulting public discourse around the study under question. “Outright fraud,...

  
• 05.22.2015

  Devah Pager on Experimental Audits

  In this episode, we talk with Devah Pager, Professor of Sociology at Harvard University and Professor of Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School. Dr. Pager studies institutions affecting racial stratification, including education, labor markets, and the criminal justice system.  Pager’s recent research has involved...

  
• 05.07.2015

  Andrew Billings on Quantitative Content Analysis

  On this episode of the Give Methods a Chance podcast , we are joined by Dr. Andrew Billings. Andrew is the Ronald Reagan Endowed Chair in Broadcasting in the College of Communication and Information Sciences at The University of Alabama....

  
• 04.23.2015

  Helen B. Marrow on a Tripartite Methodological Design and Collaborative Research

  Helen B. Marrow is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Tufts University, with affiliations in American Studies, Latino Studies, Latin American Studies and the Center for the Study of Race and Democracy. Helen’s research interests include immigration, race and ethnicity, social class,...

  
• 04.10.2015

  Keith Hampton on Visual Content Analysis of Urban Space

  Keith N. Hampton is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication, School of Communication and Information, and an affiliate member of the Graduate Faculty in Sociology at Rutgers University. His research interests focus on the relationship between new information...

  
• 04.03.2015

  Daniel Sui on the Methodological Advantages and Limitations of Big Data

  In this episode, guest host Sarah Shannon interviews Daniel Sui, Chair of the Department of Geography and Distinguished Professor of Social and Behavioral Science at The Ohio State University. Daniel has published extensively on the use of volunteered geographic information as well as the...

  
• 03.26.2015

  Dale C. Spencer on Observant Participation and Becoming a Mixed Martial Artist

  In this episode, we talk with Dale C. Spencer, Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Manitoba. Dale joins us to discuss ethnographic research. In particular, Dale explains the value of observant participation in understanding the sensory and phenomenological experiences of...

  
• 03.13.2015

  Matthew Hughey on His Tripartite Methodological Approach to Understanding Film

  In this episode we are joined by Matthew Hughey. Matthew is an Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Connecticut. He is the author of number books including the White Savior Film: Content, Critics and Consumption, The Wrongs of the...

  
• 02.27.2015

  Naomi Sugie on Using Smartphones for Research

  In this episode, we talk with Naomi Sugie on using smartphones to collect data from research participants. Naomi is an Assistant Professor of Law, Criminology & Society at the University of California-Irvine. She shares findings from a study of recently released...

  
• 02.13.2015

  Amy Schalet on In-Depth Interviews

  In this episode, we talk with Amy Schalet, Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. We use her work on teenage sexuality to discuss in-depth interviews and cross-cultural research. “You take them back to their comfort zone. Or...

  
• 01.30.2015

  David Knoke on Network Analysis

  In this episode, we talk with David Knoke, Professor of Sociology at the University of Minnesota. We discuss the uses and benefits of network analysis, drawing upon his work on terrorist networks. Though podcasting is at the heart of our...

  
• 01.15.2015

  Audrey Kobayashi on Focus Groups, Transnationalism, and Citizenship

  In this episode, we talk to Audrey Kobayashi about focus groups.  We draw upon her work on transnationalism, citizenship and social cohesion to discuss the power of the underutilized method, distinguish between group interviews and focus groups, and share practical...

  
• 12.31.2014

  Deborah Carr on Longitudinal Studies

  In this episode, we talk with Deborah Carr about life course and longitudinal studies. We draw upon her work with the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study to discuss issues of measurement, sampling, and study design. “For any researcher of life course and aging,...

  
• 12.31.2014

  Francesca Polletta on Coding Stories and Studying Online Forums

  In this episode we speak to Francesca Polletta. Francesca is a professor of sociology at the University of California Irvine. She is the author of It Was Like a Fever: Storytelling in Protest and Politics and Freedom Is an Endless Meeting:...