Instructor Information

Overview

Materials to Provide to IQMR

Please keep in mind the following due dates for materials related to the modules you will teach at IQMR 2025. The more closely you follow this schedule the more smoothly IQMR will run!

MARCH 15: Module sequence description
- Update or add a description of your module sequence to this Google Doc.
MARCH 15: Bio
- We include a bio for each instructor on the IQMR website; please update your bio in, or add your bio in this Google Doc.
MAY 1: Face book photo
- To help participants meet and network with each other and with instructors, we publish a face book of all instructors and attendees.
- Email a photo to Diana (dk784@georgetown.edu) OR email confirmation that the photo in the IQMR 2024 face book is acceptable;
  - NOTE: if we have a photo and you do not send a new photo, we will use the photo we have
MAY 1: Signed Letter of Engagement
- Sign and return to Sebastian (skarcher@syr.edu) the Letter of Engagement he sent you in March.
MAY 1: Module and sessions summaries
- Enter / edit, in the Google doc for your specific module sequence (emailed to you by Diana on March 24)
  - A title for the module sequence
  - A summary of what the module sequence covers
  - A title for each module in the module sequence
  - (Optional: a summary for each module in the module sequence)
  - A title for each of the three sessions included in each module
  - A brief description of each of the three sessions in each module
  - Approximately two required readings (i.e., articles or book chapters) plus two or three recommended readings for each of the three sessions in each module
MAY 1: Chairing research design sessions
- Email Diana (dk784@georgetown.edu) if you are unwilling to lead research design sessions; with all participants presenting a design, all hand-on-deck will be helpful!
MAY 15: Additional module materials
- Email Brooklyn (brmontgo@syr.edu – Syracuse PhD candidate assisting with IQMR) a PDF of any reading that you are recommending or requiring that is not published or may otherwise be difficult for us to find.
- Email Brooklyn (brmontgo@syr.edu) any other materials (e.g., videos) you would like us to make available to participants in advance of the Institute
MAY 15: Travel arrangements
- Try to make your travel arrangement by May 15 to make sure you can secure an economical rate and to decrease the likelihood of last-minute travel panic; please see more information in the “Travel” section below.
JUNE 1: Powerpoints
- Email Brooklyn (brmontgo@syr.edu) the powerpoint slides you will use at the Institute

Designing and Teaching Your Module Sequence, Modules, and Sessions

The first, third, and fourth sessions of each instructional day at IQMR are reserved for your modules. Each session is 90 minutes long. Thus, you will have 270 minutes of instruction time each day. More about designing and teaching your module sequences, modules, and sessions.

Materials, Technology, and Services

IQMR 2025 is innovating in a number of ways related to materials provision. More about those changes, and additional information on technology and services.

Chairing Research Design Sessions

Unless you have actively opted not to do so, we will ask each instructor to chair a research design discussion session on each day that they teach. More about research design sessions, and chairing them.

Interactions Beyond Teaching and Research Design Sessions

Beyond your modules and the research design discussions you lead, we encourage you to capitalize on the presence of faculty colleagues, engaging with them, going to dinner together in the evenings, etc. We also encourage you to interact with the participants as much as possible, and to let them know that you are open to engaging with them. Your time at IQMR will be exhausting, but the Institute, the knowledge gained, and the connections made can make a massive difference in participants’ intellectual trajectory.

Code of Conduct

Syracuse University policies set parameters for all University community members, and while participating in IQMR, you are subject to relevant University policies, including those governing the conduct of regular faculty. The University may address potential violations of University policies according to terms or procedures separate from those listed in the policies, as you are considered a guest and independent contractor, and not a University employee. The University may discontinue its relationship with you at any time for any reason.

Travel and Hotel

Christiane Pagé, Associate Director of the Center for Qualitative and Multi-Method Inquiry at Syracuse University, can answer any questions you have about making your travel arrangements. Christiane will also arrange for you to be reimbursed for your travel costs after the Institute. More about travel to and lodging in Syracuse.

Dining

On each instructional day, we will provide a breakfast buffet and two coffee breaks with snacks. There will also be a few organized dinners. The per diem with which we will provide you can be used to cover the cost of meals not provided by IQMR (see under “Honoraria, Per Diem, and Travel Reimbursement” for more details). The “Syracuse Dining and Entertainment” (to come) page on this website offers information about restaurants and other attractions in Syracuse.

Honorarium Payment, Per Diem, and Travel Reimbursement

IQMR will pay you an honorarium for teaching at the Institute, as well as a per diem, and will reimburse your travel to and from Syracuse. More about honoraria and reimburesement.

Evaluation

IQMR participants are offered the opportunity to evaluate IQMR constantly throughout the Institute. They are sent surveys to complete at the conclusion of each module, and they complete an exit survey at the close of the Institute. IQMR leadership reviews this feedback and distributes it to instructors in the months following the Institute. Instructors are encouraged to carefully review the feedback and keep it in mind in subsequent teaching opportunities at IQMR.