Professional Seminar 1

Department of Human Ecology, University of Alberta. (2023). Graduate program manual

Majid, U. (2017). Make or Break? The Impact of Student-Supervisor Relationships on Graduate Learning

Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research (2019). Welcome to Grad Life

Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research. (2019). Awards and funding

Fidler, C. (2012). What I learned about surviving graduate school. The Chronicle of Higher Education

Haggerty, K.D. (2010). Tough love: Professional lessons for graduate students. The American Sociologist, 41, 82-96. NOTE: This paper is available electronically through the University of Alberta library. Although the paper focuses on doctoral students, the content is also relevant for Master’s students

Sword, H. (2012). "Smart sentencing." Stylish academic writing. ProQuest Ebook Central

Klopper, H. (2008). The qualitative research proposal, Curationis, 31 (4) Dec., 62-72. (available on eClass along with some other readings that are provided for information)

In the field of Human Ecology, the area of Clothing, Textiles, and Material Culture (CTMC), is often researched through approaches that closely consider objects and/or qualitative approaches that seek to understand people’s lives in relation to objects and material environments. Given its focus on objects - particularly textiles and garments - the area of CTMC includes a great deal of object-led approaches to research where attention is directed to the focused consideration of objects themselves. This portion of the class will be led by Vlada Blinova while Arlene Oak will talk about the qualitative orientation to research that is taken by many scholars in the area of CTMC

For the first part of the HECOL 691 professional seminar I led by Vlada Blinova,

Elizabeth Wood and Kiersten F. Latham (2009) “Object Knowledge: Researching Objects in the Museum Experience”. On eClass

Department of Human Ecology, University of Alberta. (2019). Graduate program manual

Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research (2019). Welcome to Grad Life

Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research. (2019). Awards and funding

Fidler, C. (2012). What I learned about surviving graduate school. The Chronicle of Higher Education

Haggerty, K.D. (2010). Tough love: Professional lessons for graduate students. The American Sociologist, 41, 82-96. NOTE: This paper is available electronically through the University of Alberta library. Although the paper focuses on doctoral students, the content is also relevant for Master’s students

Sword, H. (2012). "Smart sentencing." Stylish academic writing. ProQuest Ebook Central

Westney, O. E., Brabble, E. W., & Edwards, C. H. (1988). Human ecology: Concepts and perspectives. In R. J. Borden, & J. Jacobs (Eds.), Human ecology: Research and applications (pp. 129-137). Second International Conference of the Society for Human Ecology (SHE). Society for Human Ecology. In eClass

Bubolz, M. M. & Sontag, M. S. (1993). Human ecology theory. In P. Boss et al (Eds.), Sourcebook of family theories and methods: A contextual approach (pp. 419-447). Plenum Press. In eClass

Klopper, H. (2008). The qualitative research proposal, Curationis, 31 (4) Dec., 62-72. (available online through the UofA library website)

Elizabeth Wood and Kiersten F. Latham (2009) “Object Knowledge: Researching Objects in the Museum Experience”. On elass