Research
White Papers
Toolkit for Cross-Disciplinary Workshops
For those interested in hosting a cross-disciplinary workshop, we have assembled a toolkit of nine activities and suggestions on how to facilitate those activities in an online, collaborative setting. We uncovered three core insights and five guideposts for building successful cross-disciplinary workshops. With Borhane Blili-Hamelin and Marie-Éve Monette.
“Don’t Track My Life”
The Extended Mind conducted a 1,010 person survey of U.S. participants weighted to the US census. The goal was to to assess consumer knowledge about current data practices and protections, as well as to gather consumer preferences around data management for XR data. We specified that this data might include pictures, voice recordings, location data or other identifiable information. This research was sponsored by Facebook Reality Labs. With Jessica Outlaw and Sara Carboneau.
Women in Social VR Study
We asked women who were comfortable with new technology to try out Social VR and conducted qualitative research as they navigated the platforms. The research results and white paper are insightful for industry experts who are looking to create engaging and comfortable online experiences for women. With Jessica Outlaw
Value of Instructor Training
Developed and researched the value of instructor training for volunteer instructors who provide workshops for the Software Carpentry Foundation. Resulted in a white paper with findings about the benefits and challenges of this community.
What I Wish I Had Known
I asked eighty women who had left the academy to talk about what they wished they had known before they left. Download a PDF of the report.
Scholarship
Beth M. Duckles. 2018. "Professional Market Radicals: LEED Certified Buildings and Accredited Professionals in the Commercial Green Building Industry." The International Journal of the Constructed Environment 9 (3): 27-43. doi:10.18848/2154-8587/CGP/v09i03/27-43.
https://cgscholar.com/bookstore/works/professional-market-radicals?category_id=common-ground-publishing
Grant, Don, Rebecca J. Erickson, Beth Duckles, and Christine Sheikh. 2016. “Affirming Selves through Styles of Care: When, How, and Why Hospital Workers Craft Different Patient-Centered Cultures.” Social Problems 63(2):180–202.
Beth M. Duckles. 2013. “Conveying Greenness: Sustainable Ideals and Organizational Narratives” in Constructing Green: Sustainability and the Places We Inhabit editors Rebecca L. Henn and Andrew J. Hoffman. MIT Press.
Joseph Galaskiewicz, Olga V. Mayorova and Beth M. Duckles. 2013. “Studying the Role of Nonprofits, Government and Business in Providing Activities and Services to Youth in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area” ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 647 (1) 50-82.
Joseph Galaskiewicz, George Hobor, Beth M. Duckles and Olga V. Mayorova. 2012. “Caregivers’ Social Capital and Satisfaction with their Children’s Service Providers” Sociological Perspectives. 55(2) 241-266.
Beth M. Duckles, Mark A. Hager and Joseph Galaskiewicz. 2005. “How Nonprofits Close: Using Narratives to Study Organizational Processes” pp. 169-203 in Advances in Qualitative Organizational Research Edited by Kimberly D. Elsbach. Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing, Inc.
Photo Credits: Nan Palmero - Woman Using a Samsung VR Headset at SXSW, interestedbystandr -carpentry-python-5,