[Air-l] CFP: Graduate Student Research Group

[joshua raclaw]

Well, this is a pilot program just to gauge interest.  I think this is a great
idea - since internet studies is so inherently interdisciplinary, it's nice to
have a student forum for organizing this kind of collaboration.

Joshua



Joshua Raclaw - PhD student
Department of Linguistics
University of Colorado at Boulder



Quoting elw at stderr.org:

*
*
* 1)  What, exactly, does the exec have in mind?
*
* 2)  Wouldn't it have been a good idea to discuss the formation of such a
*      group on the air-grad list *first*, to see if there's interest in it?
*      (I haven't seen any such discussion, which is why I'm asking...)
*
* --elijah
*
*
* On Mon, 20 Mar 2006, Ted M Coopman wrote:
*
* > Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 09:43:41 -0800 (PST)
* > From: Ted M Coopman <coopman at u.washington.edu>
* > Reply-To: air-l at listserv.aoir.org
* > To: air-l at listserv.aoir.org
* > Subject: [Air-l] CFP: Graduate Student Research Group
* >
* > Hello All,
* >
* > I am happy to announce the formation of the Association of Internet
* > Researchers Graduate Student Research Group (AoIR-GSRG) and a call for
* > participants.
* >
* > The purpose of the GSRG is to recruit graduate student members of AoIR
* > who wish to take a more active role in the association. GSRG members
* > would agree to serve one year as part of a pool of volunteers from which
* > specific Graduate Student Research Teams (GSRT) would be drawn. GSRT
* > participation would be on a voluntary basis. Individual teams would be
* > tasked with a research project that would benefit the association and
* > its members. The AoIR Executive Committee would determine the projects,
* > the scope, and the disposition of the research performed.  The rationale
* > is that the association and its members can make better decisions with
* > accurate information on topics of interest.  More details on potential
* > projects are below.
* >
* > It is envisioned that any project would be distributed among team
* > members so that the time commitment would be on par with an average
* > research paper or less.
* >
* > Members wanting to serve for more than one year may be renewed at the
* > discretion of the Graduate Student Representative to the Executive
* > Committee who acts as overall project coordinator.
* >
* > Teams are largely self-managing, but will be required to submit research
* > plans and meet specific deadlines. The Executive, through the Graduate
* > Student Representative, would work collaboratively with each team to
* > ensure that projects are successfully completed within the terms
* > originally approved by the Executive.
* >
* > GSRG and GSRT members will be recognized by the association at the
* > annual conference, receive tasteful certificates (suitable for framing)
* > and most of all the gratitude of the Executive Committee and the
* > association. Service for AoIR in this way provides a significant credit
* > to members' vitae and valuable experience working in a
* > multi-disciplinary, distributed research team. In many cases, data and
* > results will be made available to GSRT members for their own use in
* > publications or presentations if they so desire.
* >
* > It is the hope of the Exec that the experience will help reinforce the
* > concept of the association as a field for action and interaction, and
* > build strong ties across geography, disciplines, and outside of thematic
* > interest areas.
* >
* > GSRG applicants must be a graduate student and a paid member of AoIR.
* >
* > Interested graduate students should contact Ted M. Coopman, Graduate
* > Student Representative, at coopman at u.washington.edu.
* >
* >
* > Project Details Please note that all protocols concerning ethical
* > research methods and the protection of personal data will be strictly
* > adhered to.  In the case of AoIR member information, all identifying
* > data will be stripped out prior to any release to a GSRT.
* >
* > Students who favor social scientific as well as humanistic approaches
* > are welcome.
* >
* > Research approaches could include both qualitative and quantitative
* > methods or (more likely) a combination of both.  Potential projects
* > would include analyzing data that would give the Exec more accurate
* > information on the demographic make-up of AoIR membership and/or
* > conference participants (disciplines, affiliation, nationalities, etc.),
* > identification of Internet related graduate programs, and creation of
* > annotated subject related multi-disciplinary bibliographies to name a
* > few. The research would result in professional-practice publications
* > that would be available via the AoIR website some of which will be
* > exclusively for AoIR members.
* >
* > This initial effort is a pilot program to see if there is sufficient
* > interest in participation, the ability to execute association directed
* > tasks, and the quality/utility of results.
* >
* > Sincerely,
* >
* > -TED
* >
* > Ted M. Coopman
* > AoIR Graduate Student Representative
* > Department of Communication
* > University of Washington
* >
* >
* >
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