CFS: Mixed methods in Psychology and Law and in Criminological Research

Mixed methods in Psychology and Law and in Criminological Research (A special issue of the International Journal of Multiple Research Approaches, Editor: Eugenio De Gregorio and Professor Colin Holmes) Deadline for Papers: April 1, 2010 Contributions are invited to a special issue of the International Journal of Multiple Research: Approaches (IJMRA) dedicated to Mixed methods [...]

CFP: Disability and Ethics through the Life Cycle

Disability and Ethics through the Life Cycle: Cases, Controversies, & Finding Common Ground, May 21-22, 2010, Union College, Schenectady, NY Despite a common interest in facilitating good medical care, bioethicists and members of the disability rights community sometimes differ in their approach to issues arising in the bio-medical settings, especially on such polarizing issues as [...]

Writing Tip: Audience

In a continuing career advice series in Inside Higher Ed, Mary W. Walters reminds us: In writing, it is easy to overlook the principles we are able to put to use so effectively in our daily lives. When we are developing a funding application — or working on a journal article or a textbook chapter [...]

Nursing Schools and Congressional Health-care Debate

Katherine Mangan, writing in The Chronicle of Higher Education, offers the following assessment of the implications for nursing schools in the health-care bills passed by the US House and Senate: Faculty shortages. One of the biggest challenges in staving off a predicted shortage of nurses is finding enough nurses with advanced degrees willing to accept [...]

CFP: Am Soc Bioethics & Humanities Annual Meeting

The American Society for Bioethics and Humanities’ 12th Annual Meeting is scheduled for October 21-24, 2010, in San Diego, CA at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront Hotel. Guidelines. Submissions in any area of bioethics and humanities are accepted. Proposals that address provocative ideas and challenges from interdisciplinary perspectives will be given preference. Proposals should be [...]

Duke U: Life Lines: Poetry for Our Patients, Our Communities, Our Selves

Duke University announces the upcoming conference Life Lines: Poetry for Our Patients, Our Communities, Our Selves, May 21-23, 2010. The conference will bring together nationally-known poets and healthcare providers for panel presentations, group discussions and workshops examining the place of poetry in caregiving. Highlights of the conference include Friday and Saturday evening talks by David Whyte [...]

CFS: Women’s Studies Quarterly, Special Issue: SAFE

Call for Submissions: WSQ (Women’s Studies Quarterly) Special Issue: SAFE Guest Editors: Alyson M. Cole & Kyoo Lee Bubble wrap, sanitizer, helmets, knee pads, H1N1 vaccines, mammograms, protective goggles, preemptive strikes, the Patriot Act, car/fire/health/home/laptop/life/renters’/travel insurance, condoms, sunscreen, car seats, airbags, pensions, life vests, organic food, safe drinking water, safe streets… Our lives are filled [...]

Inside Higher Ed: Winning Tenure Without Losing Your Soul

An interesting essay in the on-line Inside Higher Ed, Kerry Ann Rockquemore’s “Stop Talking, Start Walking” outlines strategies for tenure-track faculty to increase the probability of earning tenure successfully. Suggestions include: Aligning time and priorities. Categorizing a to-do list by research, teaching, and service. Aligning the time in the calendar with promotion criteria. Mapping t0-do tasks onto [...]

Inside Higher Ed: Elsevier Wants Journal Without Peer Review to Adopt It

Reported today on Inside Higher Ed: Elsevier is pushing the only one of its journals that doesn’t use peer review — Medical Hypotheses — to start using peer review, Times Higher Education reported. The journal has to date published articles that its editor — Bruce Charlton, professor of theoretical medicine at the University of Buckingham [...]

UC Davis: Scientists Discuss Writing

Six University of California-Davis scientists discuss the role of writing in their work and careers. They have been successful in scholarly publication, have worked as editors and a few have written for general audiences. They come from diverse disciplines and discuss different genres of science writing, including literature reviews and grant applications: http://writing.ucdavis.edu/sciencewriters/uwp.html The presentations [...]