The 26th Annual Conference for the Scientific Study of Subjectivity was held in Akron, Ohio on October 7-9, 2010.
Thursday – October 7th, 2009
| Noon | Conference Registration Begins Three Rivers Registration Room |
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| Noon | Conference Registration Begins Three Rivers Registration Room |
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| 1:00 | ISSSS Conference Welcome/Announcements/Workshop | |
| 1:00 | ISSSS Conference Welcome/Announcements/Workshop | |
| 1:15-2:30 | Introduction to Q Methodology Workshop Presiding – Dr. Jim Rhoads, Westminster College Enter your conference paper for the first Don Brenner Best Paper Award by dropping a hardcopy of your paper off at the registration desk. |
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| 1:15-2:30 | Introduction to Q Methodology Workshop Presiding – Dr. Jim Rhoads, Westminster College Enter your conference paper for the first Don Brenner Best Paper Award by dropping a hardcopy of your paper off at the registration desk. |
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| 2:30-2:45 | Q Workshop Refreshments | |
| 2:30-2:45 | Q Workshop Refreshments | |
| 2:45-4:00 | Q Workshop continues | |
| 2:45-4:00 | Q Workshop continues | |
| 4:30-5:30 | Panel of Experts: Q list-serve goes LIVE Susan Ramlo, Steve Brown, James Rhoads, Wendy Stainton-Rogers, Dan Thomas, TBD |
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| 4:30-5:30 | Panel of Experts: Q list-serve goes LIVE Susan Ramlo, Steve Brown, James Rhoads, Wendy Stainton-Rogers, Dan Thomas, TBD |
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| 6:00-8:00 | ISSSS Conference Welcome Reception with the Dean of Summit College at the University of Akron, Stan Silverman. w/Cash Bar |
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| 6:00-8:00 | ISSSS Conference Welcome Reception with the Dean of Summit College at the University of Akron, Stan Silverman. w/Cash Bar |
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Friday – October 8th, 2009
| 9:15-10:30 | Concurrent Sessions | |
| 9:15-10:30 | Concurrent Sessions | |
| Session 1A – Panels – (Workshop, Stephenson) Chair:Susan Ramlo (Read abstracts) |
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| Session 1A – Panels – (Workshop, Stephenson) Chair:Susan Ramlo (Read abstracts) |
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| Panel discussion on William Stephenson in celebration of the 75th anniversary of the letter to Nature Susan Ramlo, Steve Brown, James Good, Dan Thomas, TBD |
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| Panel discussion on William Stephenson in celebration of the 75th anniversary of the letter to Nature Susan Ramlo, Steve Brown, James Good, Dan Thomas, TBD |
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| Panel discussion on a Q study performed as part of a graduate level summer workshop Susan Ramlo, Roland Arter, Linda Collins, Lori Kraft, Michelle Miller, Janet Thompson, Lori Vargo, Kathryn Vuchak |
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| Panel discussion on a Q study performed as part of a graduate level summer workshop Susan Ramlo, Roland Arter, Linda Collins, Lori Kraft, Michelle Miller, Janet Thompson, Lori Vargo, Kathryn Vuchak |
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| Session 1B – Methodological considerations Chair:Arlene Arstad (Read abstracts) |
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| The transformation from words to pictures in a Q study: what may be gained, what may be lost in the process? Arlene Arstad Thorsen, Ingunn Storksen |
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| The transformation from words to pictures in a Q study: what may be gained, what may be lost in the process? Arlene Arstad Thorsen, Ingunn Storksen |
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| Test-taker reactions to personality measurement via Q-sort vs. Likert: Advantage, Q-sort! Chris D. Fluckinger & Andrea F. Snell |
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| Test-taker reactions to personality measurement via Q-sort vs. Likert: Advantage, Q-sort! Chris D. Fluckinger & Andrea F. Snell |
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| Assumptions on Nature, Nurture, and Development: Kantor and Stephenson Conjoined Bryan D. Midgley |
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| Assumptions on Nature, Nurture, and Development: Kantor and Stephenson Conjoined Bryan D. Midgley |
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| 10:45-12:15 | Concurrent Sessions | |
| 10:45-12:15 | Concurrent Sessions | |
| Session 2A – Aesthetics / beauty Chair:Hung Kyu Kim (Read abstracts) |
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| Using factor system four: Generalization and implication Christian Kobbernagel |
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| Using factor system four: Generalization and implication Christian Kobbernagel |
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| An Attitudinal Study toward Public Design:Relationship between its aesthetics and functionality Hung Kyu Kim, Ph.D., Se Jung Oh2A-2 |
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| An Attitudinal Study toward Public Design:Relationship between its aesthetics and functionality Hung Kyu Kim, Ph.D., Se Jung Oh2A-2 |
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| A Study on the Subjective Typology of Stereoscopic Presence Hung Kyu Kim, Ph.D., Yong Phil Yoon |
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| A Study on the Subjective Typology of Stereoscopic Presence Hung Kyu Kim, Ph.D., Yong Phil Yoon |
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| Q-sorting the Beautiful Face Sarmen V. Sarkissian, Susan Xu, PhD., Mel Spira, DDS, MD, BS Jason R. Bailey, MD |
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| Q-sorting the Beautiful Face Sarmen V. Sarkissian, Susan Xu, PhD., Mel Spira, DDS, MD, BS Jason R. Bailey, MD |
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| Session 2B – Perspectives on healthcare & reforms Chair:Judith Sylvester (Read abstracts) |
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| Public Attitutes Toward Health Care Reform Judith Sylvester |
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| Public Attitutes Toward Health Care Reform Judith Sylvester |
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| Community engagement in health care: Developing a framework to facilitate involvement of community members in hospital system planning Heather Pullen |
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| Community engagement in health care: Developing a framework to facilitate involvement of community members in hospital system planning Heather Pullen |
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| A Needs Assessment for Caregivers of Aging Adults: A Pilot Study using Q Methodology Susan Ramlo, Kari Berit |
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| A Needs Assessment for Caregivers of Aging Adults: A Pilot Study using Q Methodology Susan Ramlo, Kari Berit |
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| 12:15-1:30 | Lunch | |
| 12:15-1:30 | Lunch | |
| Posters Chair: (Read abstracts) |
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| 1:30-9:30 | Introduction of new software programs to meet Q scholars Byung Lee |
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| 1:30-9:30 | Introduction of new software programs to meet Q scholars Byung Lee |
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| Prototypes of Musical Engagement: The Wheaton Music Q-Sort David M. Wulff |
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| Prototypes of Musical Engagement: The Wheaton Music Q-Sort David M. Wulff |
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| Insights into preservice teachers’ views of their own learning Jaclyn P. Gordon, Linda J. Collins |
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| Insights into preservice teachers’ views of their own learning Jaclyn P. Gordon, Linda J. Collins |
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| Q Study on Administrator’s Views Kathryn Vuchak |
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| Q Study on Administrator’s Views Kathryn Vuchak |
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| Early Childhood Teachers’ Perceptions of Children’s Creative Leadership Characteristics Lisa Weis and Diane Montgomery |
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| Early Childhood Teachers’ Perceptions of Children’s Creative Leadership Characteristics Lisa Weis and Diane Montgomery |
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| The Impact of Service-Learning on Student Motivational Factors Using Q Methodology Janet Thompson and Lori Kraft |
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| The Impact of Service-Learning on Student Motivational Factors Using Q Methodology Janet Thompson and Lori Kraft |
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| eLF Perspectives on an Online Course Lori Vargo, MS, Linda Collins, Ph. D, ,Lisa Lenhart, Ph. D. |
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| eLF Perspectives on an Online Course Lori Vargo, MS, Linda Collins, Ph. D, ,Lisa Lenhart, Ph. D. |
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| Comparing the differences between iranian discourses about barriers to coordination in government Tayebeh Nikraftar |
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| Comparing the differences between iranian discourses about barriers to coordination in government Tayebeh Nikraftar |
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| A Retrospective Search for Influences in Identity Development from Adolescence to Older Adulthood Russell C. Hurd |
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| A Retrospective Search for Influences in Identity Development from Adolescence to Older Adulthood Russell C. Hurd |
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| Comparison of results from analyses of Q sorts performed by different student groups in a graduate Q Methodology Workshop (a series of posters) Susan Ramlo, TBD |
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| Comparison of results from analyses of Q sorts performed by different student groups in a graduate Q Methodology Workshop (a series of posters) Susan Ramlo, TBD |
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| Views of Men Attending Counseling Travis Warren Schermer |
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| Views of Men Attending Counseling Travis Warren Schermer |
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| 1:30-3:00 | Concurrent Sessions | |
| 1:30-3:00 | Concurrent Sessions | |
| Session 3A – Politics – Perspectives about democratic issues Chair:Dan Thomas (Read abstracts) |
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| Youth Perspectives on Their Empowerment in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Case of Kenya Christine Mwongeli Mutuku |
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| Youth Perspectives on Their Empowerment in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Case of Kenya Christine Mwongeli Mutuku |
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| Obama and Me: The Political Subjectivity of Presidential Identity Dan B. Thomas and Larry R. Baas |
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| Obama and Me: The Political Subjectivity of Presidential Identity Dan B. Thomas and Larry R. Baas |
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| The Meanings of Democracy Among Civil Society Leaders in the Middle East: A Four-Year Longitudinal Q-Methodological Study (2007-2010) Bruce W. Dayton, Dennis F. Kinsey |
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| The Meanings of Democracy Among Civil Society Leaders in the Middle East: A Four-Year Longitudinal Q-Methodological Study (2007-2010) Bruce W. Dayton, Dennis F. Kinsey |
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| Subjectivity and the use of torture in the global war on terror Tim Newman and Beckett Warren |
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| Subjectivity and the use of torture in the global war on terror Tim Newman and Beckett Warren |
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| Session 3B – Mass media / Networking Chair:Joseph A Meloche (Read abstracts) |
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| A perspective on the subjective factors among the Smartphone users in Korea Hung Kyu Kim, Ph.D., Se Jung Oh |
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| A perspective on the subjective factors among the Smartphone users in Korea Hung Kyu Kim, Ph.D., Se Jung Oh |
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| Cross Cultural Study of Collaborative Information Seeking Activities in Web 2.0 and other Non-Traditional Environments Dr Joseph A Meloche, Dr Ying Sun |
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| Cross Cultural Study of Collaborative Information Seeking Activities in Web 2.0 and other Non-Traditional Environments Dr Joseph A Meloche, Dr Ying Sun |
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| Minority student use of social networking Michael Abrams, Dorothy Bland, Meghann Reilly and Leah Scott |
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| Minority student use of social networking Michael Abrams, Dorothy Bland, Meghann Reilly and Leah Scott |
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| 3:15-4:45 | Concurrent Sessions | |
| 3:15-4:45 | Concurrent Sessions | |
| Session 4A – Methodology Chair:Amy Hogan (Read abstracts) |
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| The medium and the message: A comparison of offline and online Q factors Amy Hogan |
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| The medium and the message: A comparison of offline and online Q factors Amy Hogan |
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| Q-Sort.com: A Demonstration of a Web-Based Tool for Administering Data Collection for Q Methodology Research Studies Joe Jurczyk |
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| Q-Sort.com: A Demonstration of a Web-Based Tool for Administering Data Collection for Q Methodology Research Studies Joe Jurczyk |
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| Exploring Event Phenomena and Outcomes: Combining Q and Phenomenology with NVivo Perry D. Gross |
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| Exploring Event Phenomena and Outcomes: Combining Q and Phenomenology with NVivo Perry D. Gross |
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| A Comparison of the Reliability and the Validity of the Q Sort and the Rating Procedures Zarreen Farooqi |
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| A Comparison of the Reliability and the Validity of the Q Sort and the Rating Procedures Zarreen Farooqi |
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| Session 4B – Health Perspectives Chair:Wendy Stainton Rogers (Read abstracts) |
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| Supporting diet and physical activity choices in disadvantaged women: a Q methodological study. Janet Holt, Cath Jackson, Joanne Greenhalgh, Jill Edwards, Robert West, Francine Cheater, James McKenna, Emma Strachan, Michael Robinson |
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| Supporting diet and physical activity choices in disadvantaged women: a Q methodological study. Janet Holt, Cath Jackson, Joanne Greenhalgh, Jill Edwards, Robert West, Francine Cheater, James McKenna, Emma Strachan, Michael Robinson |
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| Attitudes and Views of Young People (aged 18-25) on Health and Lifestyle. Neil, S., van Exel, J. and Baker, R M. |
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| Attitudes and Views of Young People (aged 18-25) on Health and Lifestyle. Neil, S., van Exel, J. and Baker, R M. |
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| Q research in Health: A Review Wendy Stainton Rogers |
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| Q research in Health: A Review Wendy Stainton Rogers |
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| 6:30-9:30 | ISSSS Awards Buffet w/cash bar | |
| 6:30-9:30 | ISSSS Awards Buffet w/cash bar | |
Saturday – October 9th, 2009
| 9:00-10:30 | Concurrent Sessions | |
| 9:00-10:30 | Concurrent Sessions | |
| Session 5A – Politics – Perspectives on policy Chair:James C. Rhoads (Read abstracts) |
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| Integrated Water Resource Management, Governmentality, and Neoliberalism: Using Q-method to flesh out and interpret divergent “eco-governmentalities” among Paraguayan resource management experts Lucas Ward |
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| Integrated Water Resource Management, Governmentality, and Neoliberalism: Using Q-method to flesh out and interpret divergent “eco-governmentalities” among Paraguayan resource management experts Lucas Ward |
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| Old? Dead? Nebulous? How to understand emerging policy ideas Stephen Jeffares and Martin Willis |
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| Old? Dead? Nebulous? How to understand emerging policy ideas Stephen Jeffares and Martin Willis |
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| Q method, activists agendas, and constructed preferences: epistemological notes on three case studies Stentor Danielson |
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| Q method, activists agendas, and constructed preferences: epistemological notes on three case studies Stentor Danielson |
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| U.S. Foreign Policy: Structure of Elite Opinion James C. Rhoads and Michael E. Aleprete Jr. |
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| U.S. Foreign Policy: Structure of Elite Opinion James C. Rhoads and Michael E. Aleprete Jr. |
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| Session 5B – Education – Teaching & Learning Chair:Jennifer P. Maxwell (Read abstracts) |
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| Determining the Problem Solving Styles of Engineering Technology Students Roland K. Arter |
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| Determining the Problem Solving Styles of Engineering Technology Students Roland K. Arter |
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| Interpersonal Violence and Conflict Management Styles: Teaching Conflict Management at the University Level Jennifer P. Maxwell, Ph.D. |
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| Interpersonal Violence and Conflict Management Styles: Teaching Conflict Management at the University Level Jennifer P. Maxwell, Ph.D. |
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| Investigating Engineering Educators Views on the use of Classroom technology John B. Nicholas |
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| Investigating Engineering Educators Views on the use of Classroom technology John B. Nicholas |
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| 10:45-12:15 | Concurrent Sessions | |
| 10:45-12:15 | Concurrent Sessions | |
| Session 6A – Culture/Anthropology Chair:Byung Lee (Read abstracts) |
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| Consumers attitudes toward movie piracy in Korea Byung Lee, Se Jung Oh |
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| Consumers attitudes toward movie piracy in Korea Byung Lee, Se Jung Oh |
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| The King of Pop: Attitudes toward Michael Jackson in the Aftermath of his Untimely Death. James C. Rhoads and Dennis F. Kinsey |
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| The King of Pop: Attitudes toward Michael Jackson in the Aftermath of his Untimely Death. James C. Rhoads and Dennis F. Kinsey |
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| A Study on Types of Chinese female immigrants Hyun, Taik Soo, Ph.D. |
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| A Study on Types of Chinese female immigrants Hyun, Taik Soo, Ph.D. |
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| Physical Characteristics and Perceived Competence of Outdoor Leaders Revisited Whitney Ward |
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| Physical Characteristics and Perceived Competence of Outdoor Leaders Revisited Whitney Ward |
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| Session 6B – Panel – Perspective & Intelligence Function Chair:Steven R. Brown (Read abstracts) |
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| An Assessment of Terrorist Organizations and Their Methods of Operation Murat Kocak |
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| An Assessment of Terrorist Organizations and Their Methods of Operation Murat Kocak |
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| Appraising Identities and Forms of Attachment Steven Brown |
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| Appraising Identities and Forms of Attachment Steven Brown |
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| If There Are No Dots to Connect, Can Q Help Fit the Jigsaw Pieces? Charles Gaukel |
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| If There Are No Dots to Connect, Can Q Help Fit the Jigsaw Pieces? Charles Gaukel |
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| Session 6C – Education – instructors views Chair:April D. Nauman (Read abstracts) |
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| Re-Viewing the Results of a Q Study on Multiple Perspectives of Writing: What Second-Order Factor Analysis Can Tell Us April D. Nauman, Arlene Borthwick, Terry Stirling |
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| Re-Viewing the Results of a Q Study on Multiple Perspectives of Writing: What Second-Order Factor Analysis Can Tell Us April D. Nauman, Arlene Borthwick, Terry Stirling |
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| Mid-Career Teachers’ Perspectives on the Sustaining Power of Hope: A Q-Methodological Study Anita Levine |
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| Mid-Career Teachers’ Perspectives on the Sustaining Power of Hope: A Q-Methodological Study Anita Levine |
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| Student-centred Education in Mexico, Viewpoints from Teaching Staff. Martha A. Fabela-Cardenas |
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| Student-centred Education in Mexico, Viewpoints from Teaching Staff. Martha A. Fabela-Cardenas |
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| 12:15-1:30 | ISSSS Business Meeting w/box lunch | |
| 12:15-1:30 | ISSSS Business Meeting w/box lunch | |
| 1:45-3:15 | Concurrent Sessions | |
| 1:45-3:15 | Concurrent Sessions | |
| Session 7A – Education/Assessment & Evaluation Chair:Susan Ramlo (Read abstracts) |
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| What teachers learn when they evaluate students Lennise JC Baptiste |
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| What teachers learn when they evaluate students Lennise JC Baptiste |
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| Education professionals’ perspectives on academic events Maria Carmen Khnychala Cunha |
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| Education professionals’ perspectives on academic events Maria Carmen Khnychala Cunha |
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| A novel application of Q Methodology as a tool for program assessment Susan Ramlo |
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| A novel application of Q Methodology as a tool for program assessment Susan Ramlo |
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| Session 7B – Media / Marketing Chair:Mark Popovich (Read abstracts) |
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| Are Accessible Media Entertaining? Responses to Innovative Audio-described Television by Blind and Sighted Individuals Charles Davis, Florin Vladica |
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| Are Accessible Media Entertaining? Responses to Innovative Audio-described Television by Blind and Sighted Individuals Charles Davis, Florin Vladica |
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| How 18-34 year-olds Perceive Four Types of Internet Advertising Ashley Stevens, David Mecham, Lincoln Hubbard, Dr. Tom Robinson, and Dr. Mark Popovich |
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| How 18-34 year-olds Perceive Four Types of Internet Advertising Ashley Stevens, David Mecham, Lincoln Hubbard, Dr. Tom Robinson, and Dr. Mark Popovich |
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| Public Relations practitioners at Swiss Post: Ardent devotees or indifferent subordinates? Pascal Lorenzini |
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| Public Relations practitioners at Swiss Post: Ardent devotees or indifferent subordinates? Pascal Lorenzini |
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| Recognizing Reputation Capital: Using Q Methodology To Make Sense of An Intangible Asset Terence (Terry) Flynn, Ph.D., APR, FCPRS |
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| Recognizing Reputation Capital: Using Q Methodology To Make Sense of An Intangible Asset Terence (Terry) Flynn, Ph.D., APR, FCPRS |
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| Session 7C – 3 Paper Panel – Health care decisions Chair:Job van Exel (Read abstracts) |
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| Public and decision makers views on the appropriate principles underlying the prioritisation of health care: two Q’s, one Q-block and some spiking Job van Exel, Rachel Baker, Helen Mason |
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| Public and decision makers views on the appropriate principles underlying the prioritisation of health care: two Q’s, one Q-block and some spiking Job van Exel, Rachel Baker, Helen Mason |
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| 3:30-4:45 | Concurrent Sessions | |
| 3:30-4:45 | Concurrent Sessions | |
| Session 8A – Education/Language Chair:Lauro Luiz Pereira Silva (Read abstracts) |
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| A Study on Readers’ subjectivities Shown in Relation to Book Reading Policies Hyun-wook Jung, Sun-nam Kim |
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| A Study on Readers’ subjectivities Shown in Relation to Book Reading Policies Hyun-wook Jung, Sun-nam Kim |
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| Cognitions about research on the process of teaching and learning a foreign language: a Q-Methodology study Lauro Luiz Pereira Silva |
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| Cognitions about research on the process of teaching and learning a foreign language: a Q-Methodology study Lauro Luiz Pereira Silva |
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| Drama workshops to the teaching and learning process and to the education of English language teachers – “Q” study Margarete Afonso Borges Coelho |
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| Drama workshops to the teaching and learning process and to the education of English language teachers – “Q” study Margarete Afonso Borges Coelho |
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| Session 8B – Nursing Perspectives Chair:Noori Akhtar-Danesh (Read abstracts) |
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| Perceptions of Professionalism Among Nursing Faculty and Students Noori Akhtar-Danesh, Andrea Baumann, Camille Kolotylo, Yvonne Lawlor, Catherine Tompkins, Ruth Lee |
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| Perceptions of Professionalism Among Nursing Faculty and Students Noori Akhtar-Danesh, Andrea Baumann, Camille Kolotylo, Yvonne Lawlor, Catherine Tompkins, Ruth Lee |
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| Nurses’ attitudes to euthanasia: A Q methodological study Dr Janet Holt |
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| Nurses’ attitudes to euthanasia: A Q methodological study Dr Janet Holt |
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| Effective Retention Strategies for Mid-Career Critical Care Nurses: A Q-Study Vanessa Lobo, Dr. Anita Fisher, Dr. Noori Akhtar-Danesh, Dr. Andrea Baumann |
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| Effective Retention Strategies for Mid-Career Critical Care Nurses: A Q-Study Vanessa Lobo, Dr. Anita Fisher, Dr. Noori Akhtar-Danesh, Dr. Andrea Baumann |
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