May 12, 2014
12:15 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. | Neville Scarfe Room 310, 2125 Main Mall
Dr. Daniel Newhart, Director for Research, Evaluation, and Planning at Oregon State University in the Division of Student Affairs
In this paper, Daniel will start a conversation around the possibilities of mixed methods research from a qualitative perspective, rather than a quantitative perspective. Exploring the intersections of research design and philosophy, he will discuss how moments of possible collision – at the method, methodological, or even paradigmatic level – could have much to teach us in the realm of research, that is, if we are willing to listen. In this paper, he will also explore the possibilities of considering mixed methods as a project in what Deleuze and Guattari call a “nomad science” – exploring the limits of quantitative and qualitative research, and how these limits can, in fact, be productive and instructive moments in educational research.
Daniel Newhart is also a faculty member in the College Student Services Administration Program at Oregon State University, where he teaches research methods, both quantitative and qualitative. His research area explores the idea of mixed methods in higher education as “nomad science” and explores moments in which disjunction in research can be affirmed, leading to new insights and possibilities.
Sponsors: WERA Global Ethics International Research Network and The Centre for Culture, Identity & Education (CCIE).