演講記錄
標竿計畫於10月26日(四)邀請美國丹佛大學社會工作學院Kimberly Bender教授分享進行質化研究的策略與經歷。Bender教授長期運用影像發聲進行美國青少年服務，本次演講將藉由她過去豐富的實務與研究經驗，向師生分享進行質化研究時的技巧以及研究如何對社會產生影響。
一開始Bender教授向師生們蒐集對於質化研究的疑問，範圍包含研究主題、過程、影響…等，進一步帶出設定主題時的注意事項。在Bender教授的分享過程中，她也不吝提供各種輔助模板，指出使用符合自身需求的工具，能讓研究者更輕鬆地聚焦自身所關注的議題。
此外，進行研究另一個常見現象在於出版時的文章投稿，通常會面臨到決定作者群的排列順序。Bender教授認為可以透過貢獻程度進行評分的工具進行評斷外，在主題領域上的付出、學術需求等因素皆可以納入排序考量。因此Bender教授認為在投稿期刊之餘，或許自身也能尋求其他途徑讓研究本身影響學術及社會。像是在現今社群媒體、podcast等平台普及的趨勢下，研究者藉由這些管道發表、討論學術成果，不僅能擴展研究知名度外，知識傳播也能對社會大眾產生一定影響。演講結束後Bender教授和師生們針對不同學術領域的研究現況進行交流，並從東、西兩方觀點的差異中了解不少做研究時需要注意的「眉角」。
講者Speaker：Prof. Kimberly Bender（University of Denver）
主持Host：Dr. Yu-An Lin（National Taipei University）
日期Date：2023/10/26（Thur）
時間Time：12:30 PM – 2 PM（GMT+8）
地點Venue：Classroom 2F10, College of Social Science Building
(國立臺北大學三峽校區社會科學學院2F10專業教室)
* The talk is conducted in English
Biography of Speaker： Professor Kimberly Bender is passionate about developing and testing interventions to empower young people to reach their full potentials. The majority of her work partners with young people experiencing homelessness to understand their needs, engage them in social change projects and develop skills that can prevent adverse experiences. Bender serves as co-PI on a six-state multi-site research project with youth experiencing homelessness through shelter, drop-in and transitional housing services to better understand risk and protective factors in this population. She also serves as principle investigator on a three-year randomized trial of a mindfulness-based cognitive intervention to prevent victimization and substance among youth residing in emergency shelters funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse. More recently, Bender has published in the area of youth participatory action research with youth experiencing homelessness-an approach she finds rewarding and meaningful. Her extensive publication record in the area of adolescent and youth risk earned her the university-wide Distinguished Scholar Award. She has also been designated Public Good Faculty of the Year in acknowledgement of her outstanding commitment to the public good through community-engaged research.
