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IGDS Graduate Studies Seminars/Workshops
Series for postgraduate students Fridays - 03:00 JA / 04:00 Eastern
Hosted by:
The Regional Coordinating Office (RCO), Mona Campus, Jamaica
The Mona Unit (MU), Mona Campus, Jamaica
The Nita Barrow Unit (NBU), Cave Hill Campus, Barbados
The St Augustine Unit (SAU), St Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago
https://sta.uwi.edu/igds/regional-office-and-units
Co-ordinated by Dr Dalea Bean, Lecturer, RCO
Zoom links will be sent to registered graduate students with readings/other for each session.
Academic Year 2021-2022
Semester I
October 8
Critical Reading Techniques
Dr Dalea Bean, Lecturer, Regional Coordinating Unit
October 15
Writing a Literature Review
Dr Angelique Nixon, Lecturer, St Augustine Unit
October 22
Tips for Academic Writing in Gender and Development
Dr Halima Deshong, Senior Lecturer, Nita Barrow Unit
October 29
Applying Conceptual/Theoretical Frameworks in Gender and Development Research and Writing
Dr Lahoma Thomas
November 5
Getting Ethics Approval
TBA
November 12
Strategies for effective data collection
Dr Sue Ann Barratt, Lecturer, St Augustine Unit
November 26
Student Rap session
Student led
AY 2020-2021 Semester I
Friday September 25, 2020
Critical Reading
Facilitated by Dr. Dalea Bean, Lecturer and Graduate Coordinator, RCO
Worksheet
Required reading: Jenny Douglas: Black Women's Activism and Organisation in Public Health - Struggles and Strategies for Better Health and Wellbeing
CRGS Issue 13 https://sta.uwi.edu/crgs/index.asp
Friday October 2, 2020
MPhil/PhD Check-in for Finalising Students
Facilitated by Dr Tonya Haynes, Lecturer, NBU
Handout: "Self-assessment tool for PhD students"
Friday October 9, 2020
Data Coding
Facilitated by Dr Natasha Mortley, Lecturer, RCO
Qualitative Data Coding PowerPoint
Second Edition QUALITATIVE INQUIRY& RESEARCH DESIGN
Choosing Among Five Approaches G. Leutle
Friday October 16, 2020
Critical Writing
Facilitated by Dr Angelique Nixon, Lecturer, SAU
Friday October 23, 2020
MPhil/PhD Check-in for New Students
Facilitated by Dr Sue Ann Barratt, Lecturer, SAU
Readings:
"Conceptualization in Research" PDF
"How to Conceptualize Research: Getting Started and Advancing Ongoing Projects" PDF
"Setting a research question, aim and objective"PDF
Cite this article as: Doody O, Bailey ME (2016) Setting a research question, aim and objective. Nurse Researcher. 23, 4, 19-23.
Friday October 30, 2020
Preparing for Ethics Submission
Facilitated by Dr Karen Carpenter, Lecturer and Acting Head of Department, MU
Friday November 20, 2020
Publishing as a Graduate Student
Facilitated by Dr Adwoa Onuora, Lecturer, MU
Friday November 27, 2020
Critiquing the Text
Facilitated by Dr Danielle Bobb, Lecturer, NBU
Reading: Queering Feminist Approaches to Gender-Based Violence in the Anglophone Caribbean PDF
Tonya Haynes & Halimah Deshong
Friday December 4, 2020
Grad Students Speak: An open sharing session
Facilitated by Tivia Collins, PhD Candidate in Interdisciplinary Gender Studies, SAU
AY 2020-2021 Semester II
Tentative Schedule. Subject to changes.
Friday February 5, 2021
Stress Busters: Managing Anxiety, Stress and Imposter Syndrome at the graduate level
Facilitated by Dr Karen Carpenter, Lecturer and Acting Head of Department, MU
and/or a guest psychologist
Friday February 19, 2021
MPhil/PhDs Check-in
Facilitated by Dr Tonya Haynes, Lecturer, NBU
Progress reports, peer sharing, conferencing and publishing as an MPhil Student
Friday March 12, 2021
IGDS Information Session
Event Open to the Public
Friday March 19, 2021
Data Coding and Analysis Part 2
Facilitated by Dr Sue Ann Barratt, Lecturer, SAU
Friday March 26, 2021
Writing a Literature Review
Facilitated by Dr Angelique Nixon, Lecturer, SAU
Friday April 2, 2021
Critical community engagement: Building an activist graduate culture
Facilitated by Prof. Opal Palmer Adisa, University Director of the IGDS
and a representative(s) from activist group(s) or NGOs
Friday April 9, 2021
Focus Group Studies for Gender Research
Facilitated by Dr Natasha Mortley, Lecturer, RCO
and Ms Carol Watson Williams
Friday April 16, 2021
Student lead session for open sharing
Facilitated by Ms Allison Cooke, Postgraduate student, RCO
