Research Philosophy
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My philosophy for scholarship is to develop programs of research that contribute novel ideas and methodologies to the literature. I’ve learned that this is best accomplished by having at least one project in each of six stages, and involving a group of talented and motivated undergraduate and graduate students in each stage.
The first stage is Development & Planning, which involves meeting with potential collaborators and developing hypotheses and materials for projects. This also involves the submission of proposals to the IRB, working with my research assistants and graduate students to determine a training plan for future data collection, and going through the initial planning stages for writing a grant (e.g., finding a funding source, budgeting, etc.).
The second stage is Data Collection & Entry, which involves posting the study on the SONA system, checking with my research assistants to make sure the project is running smoothly, and entering the raw data into SPSS.
The third stage is Data Analysis, which involves hypothesis testing through statistical analysis in addition to obtaining the psychometric and descriptive statistics from my data sets.
The fourth stage is Writing & Revising, which involves the development of a manuscript that typically integrates the findings of multiple studies into a coherent paper. This also involves revising a manuscript for the purposes of resubmission, or the development of a grant proposal.
The fifth stage is Submission & Proofs, which means a manuscript or grant is undergoing a peer review, or the manuscript has been accepted and the proofs have been sent for me to correct. I am not always successful in maintaining this five-stage plan, but currently there is at least one project in each stage. The following section describes the projects that have been published or presented, and the remaining projects that are in various stages of completion.
The sixth stage is Presentation & Dissemination, which involves presenting the findings of my research to a variety of audiences in a variety of settings. Most of these presentations will be in the form of a poster presentation at a national or international conference, other forms of dissemination include reaching out to the popular press to report on the findings of studies that the general public might find useful.