Qualitative Data & Methods Support for PAE/SYPA Writers 📊
Our Qualitative Data & Methods Course Assistant, Kailah McGee Adefolalu, is back! Kailah can support MPP and MPA/ID students working on your PAE or SYPA at any stage in the qualitative research process. She can help you:
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Decide on research methods, including who to interview.
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Think through mixed methods integration.
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Draft interview guides, consent forms, and other research instruments.
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Design surveys.
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Code and organize qualitative data.
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Conduct qualitative data analysis.
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DATA + DONUTS 🍩 |
Lauren Brodsky on Turning Data into Persuasive Policy Stories
Friday, October 27, 2023
10:30AM-11:30AM ET
Wexner 434, HKS Campus & Zoom
This event is open to all. Registration is required.
Lauren Brodsky is the Senior Director of the HKS Communications Program and a Lecturer in Public Policy at HKS. She teaches courses on policy writing and persuasive communications, and is the Faculty Chair of the executive education program, “Persuasive Communication: Narrative, Evidence, Impact.” Lauren lectures widely on policy communications and the use of evidence in writing for governmental agencies at non-profit organizations. At this session of Data + Donuts, Lauren will speak about her new book, Because Data Can’t Speak for Itself: A Practical Guide to Telling Persuasive Policy Stories, co-authored with David Chrisinger and published by Johns Hopkins University Press. | | | | | |
BOOK TALK 📖 |
Merilee Grindle on Zelia Nuttall and the Search for Mexico's Ancient Civilizations
Tuesday, November 14, 2023
5:30PM-7:00PM
Tozzer Library (21 Divinity Ave, Cambridge, MA)
This event is open to all. Registration is required.
Merilee Grindle is the Edward S. Mason Professor of International Development, Emerita, at Harvard Kennedy School and the former director of the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies at Harvard University. Her latest book, In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl: Zelia Nuttall and the Search for Mexico's Ancient Civilizations, tells the gripping story of pioneering anthropologist Zelia Nuttall who was the first to accurately decode the Aztec calendar stone and prove that modern Mexico was built over the ruins of ancient civilizations. She became a vital bridge between Mexian and US anthropologists until a newly professionalized generation overshadowed her remarkable achievements. Merilee Grindle's new book recovers Zelia Nuttall's story. | | | | | |
AI CYBER LUNCH 🤖 |
Lorrie Cranor on Designing Usable and Useful Privacy Choice Interfaces
Wednesday, October 25, 2023
12:00PM-1:00PM ET
Rubenstein 414, HKS Campus & Zoom
In-person attendance is limited to current HUID holders on a first come / first served basis. All are welcome to attend virtually via Zoom.
Join the Belfer Center's Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program and the HKS Library for an AI Cyber Lunch with Lorrie Cranor. Cranor is the Director and Bosch Distinguished Professor in Security and Privacy Technologies of CyLab and the FORE Systems University Professor of Computer Science and of Engineering and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University. At this AI Cyber Lunch, Cranor will talk about designing usable and useful privacy choice interfaces. | | | | | |
Resource Highlight: Bloomberg.com 📰
As of last year, all Harvard affiliates can create individual accounts with Bloomberg.com. With an individual account, you have unlimited access to the Bloomberg app, audio versions of all Bloomberg.com articles, live streaming of Bloomberg TV, and subscriber-only newsletters.
To create your account: | | | | |
Library Survey: How Do Students Use AI Chatbots? 💻
Harvard librarians would like to understand how students use artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots like ChatGPT to support your studies. We want to understand how often and when students turn to AI chatbots during research process, and how students feel about the ethical implications and risks associated with these tools.
This survey, run by the User Research Center at Harvard Library, will enable Harvard librarians and staff members to determine what types of training or support students might need for AI chatbots.
Take the survey on how Harvard students use AI chatbots. | | | |
MORE LIBRARY WORKSHOPS AND EVENTS 📚 |
ORCID for Harvard Researchers
Tuesday, October 24, 2023
12:00PM-1:00PM
Zoom
This workshop is open to current Harvard ID holders.
Happy Open Access Week at Harvard Library!
Getting and using your free ORCID iD and ORCID record can help you save time and get credit for your work in funding, publishing, and research reporting workflows. Funding organizations, publishers, and research institutions are increasingly requiring or asking for ORCID iDs from researchers, so this workshop will help you make sure you are ahead of the game. | | | | | |
Stories from the HKS LGBTQ Community
Tuesday, October 24, 2023
3:30PM-5:00PM
Library Commons, HKS Campus
This event is open to current Harvard ID holders and Harvard alumni.
Join the Office of Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging and HKS Library and Research Services for a special exhibition celebrating LGBTQ History Month. Share food, mingle, and connect with members of the LGBTQ community at HKS. All are invited to recognize the contributions of LGBTQ community members at HKS, honor their diverse identities and stories, and celebrate the richness of LGBTQ past, present, and future. | | | | | |
R & Python Office Hours
Wednesday, October 25 & November 1, 2023
1:30PM-2:30PM
Library Commons, HKS Campus
Office hours are open to current Harvard ID holders.
Join your Research & Data Librarians every Wednesday for customized, expert support on R, Python, and other programming languages. Whether you’re learning a programming language in a course, using it for an assignment, or wanting to build skills for a competitive job market, our team is here to help. | | | | | |
Zotero Basics (Online)
Thursday, October 26, 2023
10:30AM-11:45AM
Zoom
This workshop is open to current Harvard ID holders.
Zotero is a free software tool that automatically formats citations and bibliographies, helps you keep your resources in one place, and allows you to collaborate with others on research projects. It can save you a huge amount of time and effort by ensuring that you can devote most of your energy to researching and writing rather than wrangling citations. | | | | | |
GIS Office Hours
Tuesday, October 31, 2023
9:00AM-11:00AM
Littauer G-16, HKS Library
Office hours are open to current Harvard ID holders.
Get personalized support on GIS and mapping projects from Belle Lipton, GIS Outreach Librarian at the Harvard Map Collection. | | | | | |
Developing and Delivering Interview Questions
Wednesday, November 1, 2023
3:00PM-4:00PM
Lamont Library (Harvard Yard)
This workshop is open to current Harvard ID holders.
Attend this workshop if you're beginning to draft a qualitative research interview guide, are ready to revise your first draft, or are poised to begin interviewing your participants. Together, we will explore the role of your purpose statement, central research question, review of the relevant literature, and theory questions to the development and operationalization of your interview questions. | | | | | |
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