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COLLEGE PARK, MD (January 2011) Four faculty members from the College of Education have been awarded seed grants from the Consortium on Race, Gender and Ethnicity (CRGE) at the University of Maryland. Of the six grants awarded this round, four were garnered by COE faculty from the Departments of Curriculum and Instruction, College Student Personnel, Counseling and Personnel Services, and Education Leadership, Higher Education and International Education. Awardees and descriptions of their projects are listed below.
The CRGEs Qualitative Research Interest Group (QRIG) in collaboration with the Maryland Population Research Center (MPRC) have awarded its fifth round of grants designed for faculty engaged in research using qualitative research methods of participant-observation and in-depth interviews. The Consortium is an interdisciplinary research center which explores the intersections of race, gender, ethnicity and other dimensions of inequality through original research, mentoring and collaboration.
GRANTS AWARDED INCLUDE
Melinda Martin-Beltrán
Assistant Professor
Department of Curriculum & Instruction
"Engaging our Linguistic Resources in Secondary Schools: How Minority-Language and Majority-Language Students Can Learn from Each Other."
This project investigates the ways that English-language learners and Spanish-language learners may mediate each others language learning through collaborative activities in a unique program that brings together students who would otherwise be separated in a mainstream high school. Grounded in sociocultural theory, this study uses microgenetic discourse analysis of audio-recorded student interactions during collaborative literacy activities to investigate how students exchange and co-construct language expertise.
Noah D. Drezner
Assistant Professor
Education Leadership, Higher Education & International Education
"Queering Philanthropy: Understanding Alumni Giving in the LGBTQQI Communities"
This study aims to examine the constructed realities of philanthropy within the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Questioning and Intersex (LGBTQQI) communities as it relates to their experiences and characteristics specifically within the context of giving to higher education. It is hoped that this exploration will illuminate specific student and alumni characteristics, constructed college environments, and relevant outcomes related to LGBTQQI alumni giving.
Matthew J. Miller
Assistant Professor
Department of Counseling & Personnel Services
"Elucidating the Acculturation Experiences of Asian American Elders"
This study will use consensual qualitative research methods to gain a deeper understanding of how Asian American elders construct meaning from their acculturation experiences. Seeing whether, how, and under what conditions these acculturation experiences might be salient across a number of relevant life domains.
Stephen John Quaye
Assistant Professor
College Student Personnel Program
"Engaging College Students in Difficult Dialogues: A Multi-Institution Study"
This study will assess if there is an increase in college students appreciation of differences (e.g. race, gender, and religious) by engaging them in structured dialogues. Intergroup dialogues will bring together two groups that have a history of conflict (e.g. people of color and White people) in face-to-face dialogues to explore the sources of conflict and build alliances. Using qualitative methods of semi-structured interviews, focus groups, observation and document analysis, a multi-institution case study of five intergroup dialogue programs will be conducted to explore in-depth what happens during these dialogues that might help students engage diversity on their campus.
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