With the increasing amount of secondary data available, researchers have a trove of sources for new investigations at their fingertips but few books to guide them. Secondary Data in Mixed Methods Research by Daphne C. Watkins provides a step-by-step guide for incorporating secondary data into mixed methods designs and identifies characteristics of existing datasets that make them good candidates for mixed methods projects. Winner of a TAA 2024 Most Promising New Textbook Award. Published by SAGE.
2025 TAA Conference Bookstore Featured Book: ‘Invertebrate Medicine’
Invertebrate Medicine by Gregory A. Lewbart is the definitive resource on husbandry and veterinary medicine in invertebrate species. Presenting authoritative information applicable to both in-human care and wild invertebrates, this comprehensive volume addresses the medical care and clinical condition of most important invertebrate species—providing biological data for sponges, jellyfish, anemones, snails, sea hares, corals, cuttlefish, squid, octopuses, clams, oysters, crabs, crayfish, lobsters, shrimp, hermit crabs, spiders, scorpions, horseshoe crabs, honey bees, butterflies, beetles, sea stars, sea urchins, sea cucumbers, various worms, and many other invertebrate groups. Winner of a TAA 2024 McGuffey Longevity Award. Published by John Wiley & Sons Inc.
Dear Dr. Noelle: Another Sensitive Request
By Dr. Noelle Sterne
Q: How do I tell my chair I don’t want her to coauthor an article from my dissertation?
— Ungrateful?
A: This is another sensitive topic, first cousin to last month’s on your chair suggesting (dictating) you dissertation topic.
As your defense winds down, you’re flushed with relief and pride that you got through the PowerPoint without a storm of committee interruptions or zoom technical tantrums. After the approving nods and smiles, your chair may say, “Your dissertation is so important! It deserves publication as an article!” You blush, and they can see your red cheeks on the screen. Then you hear the chair’s words, both flattering and ominous: “Let’s coauthor it.”
2025 TAA Virtual Conference Registration is Now Open
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Industry News Round-Up Week of 2/10/25
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US Copyright Office Rules Out Copyright for AI Created Content Without Human Input (January 30, 2025)
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