Department of Lifelong Education, Administration, and Policy - Department History
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1976 |
First qualitative research course offered at the University of Georgia by Judith Preissle Goetz in the College of Education (COE)–later approved as ERS 799; Preissle, a graduate of Indiana University, had been hired in 1975 with specialties in the anthropology of education and social science education; from 1976 to 2004 the qualitative research courses were administered by the Research, Evaluation, Measurement, and Statistics Program in the Department of Educational Psychology. (QUAL) |
1980 |
Committee for the Investigation and Support of Qualitative Research (CISQR), a COE faculty group, formed and met for the year (QUAL) |
1982 |
Second course on qualitative data analysis offered for first time–later approved as ERS 809 (QUAL) |
1980s |
ERS799 and 809 were offered with increasing frequency throughout the decade by Preissle; Mary Jo McGee Brown, a UGA graduate with a specialty in the anthropology of education, also taught in the program part time (QUAL) |
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Sharan B. Merriam
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1985 |
 The Qualitative Interest Group (QUIG), a university-wide consortium of qualitative researchers, was founded with the support of then COE Dean Alphonse Buccino (QUAL) |
| Alphonse Buccino Dean – College of Education (1984-1994) |
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1988 |
First QUIG conference hosted at UGA, held annually through 2007
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1989 |
QUIG Conference: Teaching and Learning Qualitative Traditions
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1990 |
QUIG Conference: Processes, Applications and Ethics in Qualitative Research
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1991 |
QUIG Conference: Diversity and Design: Studying Culture and the Individual
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| QUALRS-L (Qualitative Research for the Human Sciences), the first electronic listserv discussion group for qualitative researchers worldwide began operating September 6 (QUAL) | |
1992 |
The Student Qualitative Interest Group (SQUIG), a university-wide consortium of graduate students interested in qualitative research, formed (QUAL) |
QUIG Conference: Subjectivity: Perceptions and Biases
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1990s |
Brown hired as second full-time qualitative research instructor, but subsequently resigned for health reasons; ERS 799 and 809 supplemented by courses on interviewing and theoretical frameworks for qualitative research (QUAL) |
1993 |
QUIG Conference: Cultural Diversity: Contexts, Perspectives, and Voice
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1994 |
QUIG Conference: Issues in Studying Gender
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1995 |
QUIG Conference: Narrative
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1996 |
QUIG Conference: Improvisations and Deep Structures: Alternative Forms of Data Representation
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1997 |
QUIG Conference: Democratizing Inquiry through Qualitative Research
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1998 |
During the university’s semester conversion ERS 799 and 809 were replaced by a three-course sequence: ERSH 7400, 8410, and 8420; a collection of specialty courses in theoretical frameworks, interviewing, participant observation, and case study were also designed (QUAL) |
QUIG Conference: From Roots to Renaissance: The Path Traveled by Qualitative Researchers
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1999 |
 Kathleen deMarrais, a graduate in the social foundations of education from the University of Cincinnati, was hired to lead the qualitative research program; she had taught at the University of Alaska, the University of Tennessee, and Northern Arizona University prior to taking the position at UGA; she brought specialties in phenomenological research and educational anthropology. In addition to coordinating the qualitative research program, she was the department head for social science education for several years (QUAL) |
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Kathleen deMarrais
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QUIG Conference: Getting It Together: The Purposes, Practices, and Problems of Collaborative Research
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2000 |
 Kathy Roulston, a graduate in education at the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia joined the program as a postdoctoral fellow and was appointed assistant professor the following year; she brought specialties in conversation analysis and ethnomethodology (QUAL) |
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Kathy Roulston
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QUIG Conference: Making a Difference: Research For and About Transformation
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2001 |
Interdisciplinary Qualitative Studies Certificate Program for graduate students, sponsored by the College of Education, the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, the College of Family and Consumer Sciences, and the School of Social Work, approved (QUAL) |
QUIG Conference: Social and Economic Justice: Deconstructing Myths and Masks through Qualitative Research
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2002 |
QUIG Conference:Vision, Voice, and Virtuality: (Re)conceptualizing Qualitative Representation
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2000s |
A variety of additional courses were added to the program; the certificate program began graduating about 20 students per year; in addition to the core faculty members, scholars from around the UGA community teach program courses regularly: JoBeth Allen, Melisa Cahnmann-Taylor, Jerry Gale, Linda Gilbert, Tarek Grantham, Linda Harklau, Tom Hebert, Janette Hill, Juanita Johnson-Bailey, Christina Joseph, Jamie Lewis, Sharan Merriam, Elizabeth St. Pierre, Trisha Reeves, Wendy Ruona (QUAL) |
2003 |
Qualpage, an Internet web site of qualitative research resources, moved from the University of Alberta to the University of Georgia (QUAL) |
| Program sponsored workshops in Computer-Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis Software, Lyn Richardson (QSR); Ray Maietta (ResearchTalk) 2003-2005 (QUAL) | |
QUIG Conference:Contact Zones: Advocacy Research on a Global Platform
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2004 |
CoE reorganized into nine departments. Adult Education became Program and linked with Educational Administration and Qualitative Research Program to form Department of Lifelong Education, Administration, and Policy (LEAP). Ronald Cervero appointed Interim Head of LEAP and then permanent head in 2005. |
| Qualitative Research Program (QRP) formed as part of the Department of Lifelong Education, Administration, and Policy (LEAP) when the COE reorganized into nine departments; deMarrais was appointed Associate Dean for Students, Curriculum and Accreditation; Preissle transferred from the social foundations of education to coordinate QRP (QUAL) | |
QUIG Conference: Discourse and Dialogue: Language and Interaction in Qualitative Research
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2005 |
 Melissa Freeman joined the program faculty (QUAL) |
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Melissa Freeman
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 Derrick Alridge, a graduate of Pennsylvania State University in intellectual history, transferred into the program from the social foundations of education, adding specialties in oral history and historical methods; Melissa Freeman, a graduate of the State University of New York at Albany, joined the program faculty with specialties in qualitative evaluation and hermeneutics (QUAL) |
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Derrick Alridge
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QUIG Conference: Art as Research & Research as Art
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2006 |
University Council approved the new prefix QUAL for qualitative research courses previously identified with the educational research prefix ERSH (QUAL) |
QUIG Conference: Local Knowledge, Global Contexts: Mapping the Terrain of Qualitative Research in the 21st Century
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2007 |
Derrick Alridge was appointed Director of the Institute for African American Studies (QUAL) |
QUIG Conference: Celebrating Quality in Qualitative Research
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2008 |
 Jori Hall joined the program faculty to develop mixed methods research and design after graduating in educational policy from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Roulston was appointed Graduate Coordinator for LEAP (QUAL) |
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Jori Hall
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