“Part of Something Larger than Myself”: Lessons Learned From a Multidisciplinary, Multicultural, and Multilingual International Research Team of Academic Women

Authors

Kristina S. Brown, Adler University
Tricia M. Farwell, Middle Tennessee State University
Sara Bender, Central Washington UniversityFollow
Alpha A. Martinez-Suarez, University of Texas at San Antonio
Stefani Boutelier, Aquinas College - Grand Rapids
Agata A. Lambrechts, University of York
Iwona Leonowicz-Bukała, University of Information Technology and Management in Rzeszow
Pipiet Larasatie, Oregon State University

Document Type

Article

Department or Administrative Unit

Psychology

Publication Date

1-17-2022

Abstract

Bringing our collective experiences of past collaborations through a virtual connection, we created an international research team of 16 multidiscipline, multicultural, and multilingual academic women called “COVID GAP” (Gendered Academic Productivity) to explore the ongoing challenges and effects of COVID-19. Identifying as insider researchers, we engaged in a two-phase, primarily qualitative research project to better understand the lived experiences of academics during the pandemic. Our past individual experiences with cooperative research informed our roles and responsibilities and how we organized and communicated. This article is a reflection of how COVID GAP has refined our collaborative process in response to an evolving comprehension of our own lessons learned including understanding the nature of cooperative research and that it takes time and effort. From our experience, we provide specific recommendations for group collaborations emphasizing the need to identify a team coordinator to organize efforts, the establishment of a safe and equitable working environment for all involved, and the explicit attention to building a network for research partnerships.

Comments

This article was originally published in International Journal of Qualitative Methods. The full-text article from the publisher can be found here.

Recommended Citation

Brown, K. S., Farwell, T. M., Bender, S., Martinez-Suarez, A. A., Boutelier, S., Lambrechts, A. A., Leonowicz-Bukała, I., & Larasatie, P. (2022). “Part of Something Larger than Myself”: Lessons Learned From a Multidisciplinary, Multicultural, and Multilingual International Research Team of Academic Women. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 21. https://doi.org/10.1177/16094069211073209

Journal

International Journal of Qualitative Methods

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