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The Founders Plenary
The Founders Plenary will be a significant highlight of the 25th anniversary of the Qualitative Analysis Conference. We are very pleased to announce that the panel will include: Robert Prus, University of Waterloo; William Shaffir, McMaster University; and Florence Kelner, Carleton University, who represent the three original hosting universities of the Qualitatives. For long-time participants Professors Prus, Shaffir, and Kellner need no introduction, they are simply and affectionately Bob, Billy, and Flo. Those newer to the conference will be interested to know about their distinguished scholarly careers.
Robert Prus, Professor of Sociology at the University of Waterloo and founder of the Qualitative Analysis Conference, is one of the foremost scholars of symbolic interactionist theory today. The author of 10 books on Symbolic Interactionism, ethnographic research methods, and a variety of substantive topics, including: Subcultural Mosaics and Intersubjective Realities: an Ethnographic Research Agenda for Pragmatizing the Social Sciences, Symbolic Interaction and Ethnographic Research: Intersubjectivity and the Study of Human Lived Experience, and Beyond the Power Mystique: Power As Intersubjective Accomplishment. His current work on the origins of pragmatism in ancient Greek philosophy promises an even deeper elucidation of the symbolic interactionism perspective.
Equally distinguished is Dr William Sahffir, Professor of Sociology at McMaster University, who has written countless papers and reports on deviance, identities, and religious communities. He is also author and/or editor of such key texts in the areas of qualitative methods and the ethnographic study of social life as: Experiencing Fieldwork: An Inside View of Qualitative Research and Fieldwork Experience: Qualitative Approaches to Social Research.
Dr Florence Kellner, Senior Research Analyst at the Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse and Professor Emeritus at Carleton University, represents the third in the trio of universities to initially host the Qualitatives. She has conducted extensive research on substance abuse and addiction in addition to working with the Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse; an association demonstrating the relevancy of qualitative research for social policy. Important publications include: “Describing and predicting alcohol use-related harm: An analysis of the Yukon Alcohol and Drug Survey” and “The Need for a Woman-Centred Approach to Substance Abuse Issues." In Manuella Adrian, Colleen Lundy & Marc Eliany (Eds.) Women's Use of Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs in Canada.
(University of Windsor, Canada)
Professor Dietz has been winner of many scholarly awards including the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction (SSSI) Feminist Mentor award. She is first editor along with Willam Shaffir and Robert Prus of Doing Everyday Life: Ethnography as Human Lived Experience.
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