Fall 2025 Zoom Workshops
September 8, 9-10am
Finding Research Topics & Formulating Research Questions
Designed with beginning researchers in mind, this workshop will provide practical strategies and tips for identifying research topics that are personally and intellectually rewarding and turning these topics into research-able questions. If you’ll be conducting research in the future – a thesis or the next project following a dissertation – this workshop is for you!
September 23, 3-4pm
Demystifying the Literature Review Process
From thesis and capstone projects to manuscripts for peer review, many forms of academic writing require a literature review of some kind. But it can be unclear how literature reviews come together, especially for beginning researchers. This workshop will clarify for participants the goals of a literature review, common ways of structuring them, and effective approaches for strategically compiling and synthesizing relevant literature, including effective and ethical AI use.
October 9, Noon-1pm
Introduction to Qualtrics
This workshop will provide an interactive introduction to Qualtrics for survey research. Integrating discussion of principles of survey design, this workshop will walk participants through the steps involved in creating surveys, constructing questions, distributing and closing surveys, and generating data reports.
October 20, 9:30-10:30am
T-Tests: When and How to Run Them
This workshop will introduce participants to the logic and application of t-tests, which are widely used in fields like psychology, education, nursing, business, and the social sciences, especially in studies comparing two groups (e.g., treatment vs. control, pre-test vs. post-test). We’ll cover when to use different types of t-tests, how to interpret results, and how to run them using SPSS. If you're working with quantitative data and want to build confidence in basic statistical analysis, this session is for you!
November 12, 1-2pm
Qualitative Thematic Analysis: A 6-Step Approach
This workshop will walk participants through a clear, six-step process for conducting thematic analysis of qualitative data. Drawing on a widely used framework developed by psychologists by Virginia Braun and Victoria Clarke (2006), the workshop will offer practical guidance on coding, theme development, and interpretation. Perfect for researchers planning to identify themes within any kind of qualitative data!
December 4, 10-11am
Using Taguette for Qualitative Data Analysis
Do you need software to analyze qualitative data - but don't want want to pay for NVivo or MAXQDA? This workshop is for you! Taguette is a free, open-source, user-friendly tool for coding and analyzing qualitative data. In this workshop, participants will learn how to upload documents, create and apply codes, and organize findings using Taguette’s intuitive interface.
