Give Methods A Chance
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Barbara Gurr and Maura Kelly on Feminist Research Methods
27 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Barbara Gurr, Associate Professor in the Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies Program at the University of Connecticut and Maura K...
Melissa Wilde on Conducting Comparative Historical Research
11 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Jill Weinberg on Post-It Notes as a Visual Method
18 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Jill Weinberg is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Tufts University and an affiliated scholar at the American Bar Foundation. In this episode, ...
Madison Van Oort on Discourse Analysis & Studying Commercials
30 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
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...
R. Tyson Smith on Ethnography
31 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we are joined by R. Tyson Smith, Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology at Haverford College. Tyson conducts research in the areas ...
Jay Borchert on Conducting Interviews in Prisons
09 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
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 Vis...
C.J. Pascoe on Ethnographic Research
01 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, C.J. Pascoe, Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Oregon, joins us to discuss the ethnographic research she conducte...
Alejandro Baer on Discussion Groups
21 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we talk with Alejandro Baer, Associate Professor of Sociology and Director of the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at the Un...
Christopher Wildeman on Quantitative Data Analysis
04 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we talk with Christopher Wildeman , Associate Professor of Policy Analysis and Management at Cornell University. His research and t...
Clifton Evers on Mobile Video Ethnography
13 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Stefano Bloch on Autobiography as Data and Methodological Asset
30 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we talk with Stefano Bloch. Stefano is an urban geographer specializing in social and spatial theory, cultural criminology, and subc...
Vinnie Roscigno on Mixed Methods
16 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we talk with Vincent Roscigno, sociologist at The Ohio State University, about using multiple methods to research historical inequal...
Kathryn Henne on Multi-Sited Fieldwork
02 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we talk with Kathryn Henne, a Senior Research Fellow at the Regulatory Institutions Network, an interdisciplinary research center ho...
Justin Pickett on Online Surveys
20 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we talk with Justin Picket of SUNY-Albany about using web-based surveys for public opinion polling and experiments. He provides guida...
David Scott FitzGerald & David Cook-Martín on Comparative, Historical Research
07 Aug 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we are joined by co-authors David Scott FitzGerald, Associate Professor of Sociology and Co-Director of the Center for Comparative Im...
Douglas Hartmann on Ethnography in Light of Goffman
08 Jul 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Alice Goffman’s ethnographic foray into a black neighborhood in inner city Philadelphia has attracted attention both inside and outside of academia....
Daniel Winchester on Ethnography and Religious Conversion
03 Jul 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we talk with Daniel Winchester, Assistant Professor of Sociology at Purdue University. Dan joins us to discuss ethnographic researc...
Elizabeth Cherry on Consumption, Identity, and Ethnography
19 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we discuss an innovative methodological approach to understanding reflexivity and identity when doing ethnographic fieldwork. We talk ...
Shamus Khan on Historical Data
05 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we are joined by Shamus Khan, Professor of Sociology at Columbia University. Professor Khan studies cultural sociology and stratifi...
Chris Uggen on Academic Dishonesty and Public Sociology
04 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
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 ar...
Devah Pager on Experimental Audits
22 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we talk with Devah Pager, Professor of Sociology at Harvard University and Professor of Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School. Dr....
Andrew Billings on Quantitative Content Analysis
07 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Helen B. Marrow on a Tripartite Methodological Design and Collaborative Research
23 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Helen B. Marrow is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Tufts University, with affiliations in American Studies, Latino Studies, Latin American Studies...
Keith Hampton on Visual Content Analysis of Urban Space
10 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Keith N. Hampton is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication, School of Communication and Information, and an affiliate member of the...
Daniel Sui on the Methodological Advantages and Limitations of Big Data
03 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, guest host Sarah Shannon interviews Daniel Sui, Chair of the Department of Geography and Distinguished Professor of Social and Be...
Dale C. Spencer on Observant Participation and Becoming a Mixed Martial Artist
26 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we talk with Dale C. Spencer, Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Manitoba. Dale joins us to discuss ethnographic...
Matthew Hughey on His Tripartite Methodological Approach to Understanding Film
13 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Naomi Sugie on Using Smartphones for Research
27 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we talk with Naomi Sugie on using smartphones to collect data from research participants. Naomi is an Assistant Professor of Law, Cr...
Amy Schalet on In-Depth Interviews
13 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we talk with Amy Schalet, Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. We use her work on teenage se...
David Knoke on Network Analysis
30 Jan 2015
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Audrey Kobayashi on Focus Groups, Transnationalism, and Citizenship
15 Jan 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we talk to Audrey Kobayashi about focus groups. We draw upon her work on transnationalism, citizenship and social cohesion to discu...
Deborah Carr on Longitudinal Studies
31 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Francesca Polletta on Coding Stories and Studying Online Forums
31 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...