Just Telling it Like it Is - 2.0:

Descriptive Research Workshop

Friday, October 28th - Saturday, October 29th, 2022

University of Massachusetts- Boston Campus Center Building

Alumni Lounge (U02-2551, 2nd floor)

100 Morrissey Blvd; Boston MA 02125

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Preliminary Schedule

Friday, 28 October

Light Breakfast 8:00 AM – 8:30 AM

Opening Remarks and Group Discussion I: What is Description? - 8:30 AM – 9:15 AM

Session I: Description, Explanation, and/or Conceptualization - 9:15 AM – 10:30 AM 

• Shagun Gupta (American University)

• Marcus Kreuzer (Villanova University) (FULL PAPER)

• Sammy Barkin (UMass Boston)

• Catriona Standfield (Worcester State University)

• Deborah Avant (University of Denver)

Discussant: Meg K. Guliford (Drexel University)

Break 10:30 AM – 11:00 AM

Session II: Description and Visibility - 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM 

• Andrene Wright (Northwestern University)

• Misbah Hyder (University of California, Irvine)

• Alexsia T. Chan (Hamilton College)

• Tania Islas Weinstein (McGill University)

Discussant: Timothy Longman (Boston University)

Lunch 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM

Session III: Description, Meaning, and Ethnography - 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM

• Andrés Besserer Rayas (Graduate Center, City University of New York)

• Lahoma Thomas (Toronto Metropolitan University)

• Devon Cantwell-Chavez (University of Ottawa)

• Meghan Garrity (Harvard Kennedy School)

• Samantha Kosai (Princeton University)

Discussant: Carolyn Holmes (Mississippi State University)

Session IV: Description and Data - 2:00 PM – 3:15 PM

• M.P. Broache, Johanna Rodehau-Noack, Stephanie Schwartz (UNC Greensboro, Perry World House, and London School of Economics)

• William O’Brochta (Louisiana Tech University)

• Shaheen Mozaffar (Bridgewater State University)

• Moska Sonya Akhgar (University of California, Santa Barbara)

Discussant: Marcus Kreuzer (Villanova University)

Break 3:15 PM – 3:45 PM

Session V: Narrative and Storytelling as Tools - 3:45 PM – 4:30 PM

• Samantha Lakin (UMass Boston)

• Shasta Kaul (University of Notre Dame)

• Kara Hooser (The Ohio State University)

Discussant: Mary Anne Mendoza (California State Polytechnic University, Pomona)

Group Discussion II: Standards of Good Description - 4:30 PM – 5:00 PM

Dinner 7:00 PM (off campus, downtown Boston)

Saturday, October 29

Light Breakfast 8:00 AM - 8:30 AM 

Group Discussion I: Recapping and Looking Ahead - 8:30 AM – 9:00 AM

Session I: Bridging the Gap Between Public-Facing Work, Policy, and Scholarship (Part I) - 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM 

• Rebecca Eissler (San Francisco State University)

• Brielle Harbin (United States Naval Academy)

• Garrett Albistegui Adler (Perry World House)

• Jacob Shively (University of West Florida)

Discussant: Michelle Jurkovich (UMass Boston)

Break 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM

Session II: Bridging the Gap Between Public-Facing Work, Policy, and Scholarship (Part II) - 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM 

• Emily Regan Wills (University of Ottawa)

• Kimberly Peh (University of Notre Dame)

• Irmak Yazici (Stanford University)

• Laura Seay (Colby College)

• Lara-Zuzan Golesorkhi (University of Portland)

Discussant: Kimberley Turner (Brown University)

Session III: Description and Its Limits - 11:30 AM – 12:15 PM

• Kevin Luo (University of California, Los Angeles)

• Alan Zebek (UMass Boston)

• Brian Nussbaum (University of Albany)

• Reid Krell (Washburn University School of Law)

Discussant: Anne Holthoefer (Saint Anselm College)

Working Lunch 12:15 PM – 1:15 PM

Description for/in Public-Facing Work

Group Discussion II: What Does Description Do? - 1:15 PM – 2:15 PM

Wrap-up and Send-off - 2:15 PM – 2:45 PM

Any questions or comments can be directed to DescriptiveResearchConference@gmail.com.

• Mary Anne S. Mendoza, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

• Meg K. Guliford, Drexel University

• Carolyn E. Holmes, Mississippi State University

• Michelle Jurkovich, University of Massachusetts Boston

Workshop made possible with the generous financial support of APSA’s Special Projects Grant and the College of Liberal Arts at UMass Boston.