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Research Methods (ENG 377W)

Term: 2019-2020 School Year Fall Semester

Faculty

Dr. Loren Schmidt
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Kirstin James-Dunn

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Email: Dunn_K@Heritage.edu

I hold Online Office Hours ONLY at the following time:

2:30-3:30 P.M. PST Mondays and Wednesdays (unless scheduled as a campus holiday)

Here is the Online Office Link: https://heritage.zoom.us/j/3499442728  

Online Proficiency Review:

Online Readiness Self-Assessment (jotform.com)

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Education 

  • PhD Museology (Specialization Spatial Rhetoric, Representation, and Research Methods), University of Leicester, United Kingdom 
  • Granada Certification in Documentary Film Direction and Production, University of Manchester, United Kingdom 
  • MA Museology (Heritage Studies), University of Manchester, United Kingdom 
  • MA (ABT) Professional Development in Teaching English, Heritage University, Toppenish WA. USA
  • M.Ed. CHRD: Adult Education, Heritage University
  • B.A. Liberal Arts, The Evergreen State College

Research and Teaching History

  • The British Library, London
  • The British Museum, London
  • The Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford University
  • The Royal Anthropological Institute, London
  • Symposia, Cambridge University
  • University of Leicester
  • Granada Television
  • The Royal College of Surgeons, London
  • University of Manchester
  • American Indigenous Research Association
  • Heritage University, Toppenish (and Online)
  • The Evergreen State College, Olympia
  • Central Washington University, Ellensburg
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Schedule

Fri, 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM (8/19/2019 - 12/6/2019) Location: TO PETRI 1113
Sat, 8:30 AM - 3:00 PM (8/19/2019 - 12/6/2019) Location: TO PETRI 1113
Sun, 8:30 AM - 2:00 PM (8/19/2019 - 12/6/2019) Location: TO PETRI 1113

Description

An Introduction to advanced research methods in the English Language and Literature disciplines: Types of research, qualitative and quantitative data, characteristics of effective research, formulation of hypotheses, research design, use of print and electronic resources, use of interviews, personal communications, etc., and research writing techniques. The latter will require using either the MLA (Modern Language Association) or APA (American Psychological Association) manuals for reference citations. Students should take this course during their sophomore or junior year. Offered Fall semesters. Prerequisite(s): ENG 102 or equivalent. Cross-listed as ENG 553A