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Researchware cofounder, Dr. Sharlene Janice Nagy Hesse-Biber is to be the keynote speaker at The Qualitative Report's Fourth Annual Conference, January 18 - 19, 2013. The conference, sponsored by the Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences of Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida USA, explores the theme of "Qualitative Research and Technology". As the inspiration behind Researchware's Simply Powerful Tools for Qualitative Research and editor of the Handbook of Emergent Technologies in Social Research (Oxford University Press, 2011), among many other publications, Dr. Hesse-Biber is a leader in the role of technology in qualitative research.

Sharlene's address is on "The Medium is the Message." Channeling Mashall McLuhan's Insights to Examine the Role of Emergent Technologies in Social Research.

The Psychology of Women Section (POWS) of the British Psychological Society's three-day Annual Conference covers a wide range of issues including: gender, mental health, women's health, feminist theory, masculinities, sexualities, qualitative methodologies, disability, ethnicity, and racism. The conference takes place from Wednesday, July 11th to Friday, July 13th 2012, at Cumberland Lodge, Windsor, UK.The 2012 conference themes include Women and Austerity, Feminism and Media, Feminism and Sport, and Feminism and Trans-Feminism. Researchware's cofounder, Dr. Sharlene Hesse-Biber, is one of three distinguished keynote speakers, along with Vikki Krane and Natacha Kennedy, for this internationally recognized event. Dr. Hesse-Biber is speaking on Applying Feminist Principles of Praxis to Interrogate Austerity Policies and their Impact on Women's Lived Experiences and would be happy to meet with people interested in learning more about Researchware's Simply Powerful Tools for Qualitative Research throughout the conference. For more information on the conference, please see http://pows.bps.org.uk/pows/conference/conference_home.cfm.

Fordham University, the Jesuit University of New York, recently held a one day conference on Human Rights, Social Justice and Qualitative Methods on April 21, 2012. The conference was sponsored by the Fordham University Graduate School of Social Service and was part of the Be The Evidence Project, a non-profit independent scholarly and creative venture designed to disseminate knowledge, values, and skills that will help improve the individual and community response to critical social issues. Researchware cofounder and Boston College faculty member, Dr. Sharlene Hesse-Biber presented the Keynote Address on "Where is the Social Justice in Social Research? : Infusing a Social Justice Mission into Social Science Research". Researchware is proud that it's Simply Powerful Tools for Qualitative Research are used in so many fields to work towards improving society for all. Browse our sampling of research papers on a wide range of topics, all using Researchware's tools for their underlying research.