Jessica Lyons Adv.

Research Methods
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MEMO: Project Hopping

Topical Areas Data Sets Social Theoretical Why Now? How Prepared? Bias? Fields of Work? Funders?
Questions?
Quiverfull Interviews and 1. What is the 1. Contributes to * I have studied * I am an atheist, PLACES: * HASS
Movement: A Discourse social value of the study of social movements but it seems that University of * NSF dissertation
fundamentalist Analysis (maybe deviance? fundamental to some degree, but this group would Washington - improvement grant
movement that some surveys?): 2. How do women movements & I have no be open to Sociology of * SSRC
does not believe in * Most quiverfull evaluate claims of women's studies experience with speaking to me and religion dissertation
any type of family members are in the physicians? 2. Current these specific areas sharing their development
planning or birth U.S. and there is a 3. How do women literature lacking: or, more opinion so long as TITLES: fellowship
control. Underlyinglocal community in evaluate the does not study importantly, with I was not * Anthropologist * National
message is to the Catskills. concept of expert? specific new right designing or judgmental. (I with a focus on Humanities
“create an army * I would like to 4. How have movements, does conducting bring this up social deviance Institute
for god.” interview women women created not deal with interviews. because I think I * Sociologist with
and male members alternative bodies reproductive issues * I have already would be outright a focus social
of the movement of knowledge? other than done some of the asked by movements
as well as well 5. Why have they abortion, little reading into the participants). * Interdisciplinary
known individuals felt the need to scholarship since background of the * Most members studies in Human
of the group. create new bodies mid/late 90s movement. are middle class Ecology
* There are a of knowledge? 3. There has been a * I need to learn and white...much * Sociologist of
number of lay 6. What is the role rise in interest more about what like myself. religion
publications by of women in concerning work has been * I secretly am
quiverfull fundamentalist fundamentalist done on blown away by
members. movements? movements, fundamentalist how different their
7. What is the especially in the movements. perspective is fro
Specifics: relationship/dialog US. my own.
* The individual ue between
credited with feminism and
initiating the fundamentalist
movement is a movements?
female RPI alumna
(Mary Pride).
* Rick & Jan
Hess, authors of
“A Quiver Full”
* Charles Provan,
author of “The
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Bible and Birth

Control”
* Rachel Giove
Scott, author of
“Birthing Gods
Might Warriors”
* Nancy Leigh
DeMoss, runs
Revive Our Hearts
Women's Ministry
* Quiverfull Belief
net
* Quiverfull
Mothering
* The Jones'
* The Kortman's
Eco- Interviews, 1. What is the 1. Beginning to * I have done some * I tend to be pro- PLACES: * HASS
Piracy/Radical discourse analysis social value of receive large background work activist and direct * Journal of Social,* NSF dissertation
Marine and participant deviance? amounts of on social action, and risk Cultural and improvement grant
Environmentalism observation: 2. How are attention in the movements and idealizing social Political Protest * SSRC
* The International scientific decisions popular media but environmental activists. * International dissertation
Focusing Whaling and policy no work in philosophy, * My status as a Conference on development
specifically on Sea Commission impacted by academia has been although I am white female might Grassroots fellowship
Shepherd, a group (IWC) has yearly culture? done. certainly not an make it difficult to Environmental * SSRC
often called eco- meetings, sub- 3. How do social 2. Has the ability expert. the gain Movements in International
pirate and more comissions and movements come to significantly * I also have a cooperation of Japan and the dissertation
specifically on the each country has a into being? impact personal Japanese officials United States research fellowship
IWC and its representative – I 4. How do social environmental connection with an and scientists. * Cornell College * National
relationship with would like to movements gain policy regulations, individual who has of Human Ecology Humanities
Japan. observe meetings legitimacy? which in turn will worked with Sea Institute
and interview 5. How are social have cultural Shepherd, which TITLES:
representatives. movements implications. may be useful for * Anthropologist
* Sea Shepherd effective? 3. Calls into gaining access to with a focus on
members appear to 6. How have questions “expert” participants for social deviance
be easily limited natural opinions from interviews and * Sociologist
accessible to resources impacted scientists and perhaps specializing in
interview. policy? policy actions observation. social movements
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* Participant 7. What is the based on such * I need to * Interdisciplinary

observation of Sea relationship decisions. strengthen my studies in Human
Shepherd between technology background in Ecology
and social environmental * STS with a focus
movements? philosophy and on public
policy engagement with
science and
technology.
Criminals (pirates) 1. Archival 1. What is the 1. Explores a new * I have done a * I think pirates arePLACES: * HASS
& STS analysis and social value of dimension of decent amount of pretty cool, but it * Middelburgh * NSF dissertation
discourse analysis. deviance? Trans-Atlantic background work is entirely possible Center for improvement grant
I am contemplating2. What is the history that has on whether or not that they were Transatlantic * SSRC
participant relationship been overlooked. this is a doable horrible people – I Studies dissertation
observation, but between social 2. Answers Sandra project (which it need to avoid * Journal of development
that is unlikely. deviants/criminals Hardings call for seems to be). idolizing them. Transatlantic fellowship
* Analysis of and science and more work in * I have done * I am a white Studies * National
journals, court technology? issues of research into trans- middle class * Social Science Humanities
records and 3. What is the postcolonial atlantic studies. female – this does History Institute
transcripts, relationship science. * I need to learn not bode well for Association * SSRC
captain's logs, etc. between criminal 3. Addresses the about archival participant * Institute for International
Locations: 1. social groups and knowledge gap in analysis. observation of Transatlantic, dissertation
Library of education? the construction of * I possibly contemporary European and research fellowship
National Maritime 4. What is the Western science. It improve on my criminal groups. Atlantic Studies * Rotary
Museum, 2. relationship acknowledges that reading * Cornell College Scholarship (for
British National between deviance some of the roots Spanish/French of Human Ecology international study)
Archives, 3. The and colonialism? of institutionalized * University
Public Record 5. How has science lie within College London
Office in Chancery technology helped the activities of STS Dept.
Lane and Kew, 4. marginalized social social groups who
Library of groups? are generally TITLES:
Congress credited with * Anthropologist
* Analysis of making little to no with a focus on
contemporary drug beneficial social deviance
trafficking and contributions to * Interdisciplinary
modern piracy society. studies in Human
cases (Colombian 4. This case study Ecology
drug submarine & can be used to * History of
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Somali pirates) provide additional science, with a

* Participant support to focus on
observation of discussions of lay postcolonial
modern piracy contributions to science
(West Africa) scientific
knowledge; it also
makes a significant
contribution to the
study of
experts/expertise
and how expertise
relates to Western
science practices.
5. Since pirate
communities were
of mixed
ethniticities and
cultures and they
had close contact
with indigenous
peoples, pirate
knowledge
networks have
added a distinctly
non-Western
perspective to the
development of
modern science.