Webinars
Research 101, Part 2: Designing and Conducting Community-Based Research
June 25, 2026 at 9:00 am CT | 10:00 am ET
Join us on June 25 for an engaging webinar designed for faculty, PhD students, and higher education professionals interested in community-based and SLCE (Service- Learning and Community Engagement) research. This interactive session will feature experts in the field sharing practical guidance on developing strong research designs, selecting effective data collection methods and platforms, and applying quantitative and qualitative data analysis techniques. Whether you are new to this type of research or looking to strengthen your current approach, this session will provide valuable insights into research best practices from the researcher’s perspective.
Featured Speakers:
Dr. Alana Glaser, Assistant Professor, Sociology and Anthropology, St. John’s University
Dr. Shuheng Lin, Senior Project Fellow, Service-Learning and Leadership Office, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Moderated by Dr. Drew Pearl, Assistant Professor of Leadership and Community-Engaged Learning, Kansas State University
The webinar will include:
Expert presentations on research design and methodology
Discussion of data collection tools and analysis approaches
Moderated Q&A with opportunities for audience participation via chat
Networking and shared learning with colleagues across higher education
Speakers
Dr. Alana Lee Glaser is an activist medical anthropologist, with research foci in nursing and care sector work, migration, gender, race, aging, labor process, and political economy. Supported by the Wenner-Gren, her first book (Solidarity & Care: Domestic Worker Activism in New York City, Temple University Press 2023) is an ethnographic study of the impact of recent labor law implementation (i.e. the 2010 New York Domestic Worker Bill of Rights) on the multicultural, immigrant-led organizations responsible for its passage, as well as its unexpected sequelae in the daily lives of individual Caribbean and West African women working as caregivers in New York City. Her current research, for which she was awarded an Archie Green Fellowship from the American Folklife Center of the Library of Congress, examines how registered nurses working for the United States Veterans Health Administration (VA) understand and experience their on- the-job stressors both before and during the Covid-19 epidemic as well as their broader career trajectories and impressions of caring at the VA.
Shuheng Lin completed her undergraduate studies at DePaul University and received her PhD in Economics from Boston University. She is currently a Senior Project Fellow at the Service-Learning and Leadership Office of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, where she conducts quantitative evaluations of service-learning programs, supports the planning and implementation of innovative service-learning and leadership initiatives locally and abroad, and provides consultations to faculty developing new service-learning courses. Prior to joining SLLO, she was an Assistant Professor of Economics at Xiamen University, where she taught microeconomics and applied data analysis.