IQMR 2026

IQMR 2026 Schedule

Week 1: June 14-20

Breakfast every day from 8-8:45am in the Strasser Commons, Second Floor of Eggers Hall

Special Sessions Module A Module B Module C Module D
Sunday June 14
Unified Sessions
Instructors: Jaye Seawright, David Waldner, and Lisa Wedeen
Maxwell Auditorium
Monday June 15
Opening Reception
6pm, Maxwell Foyer and Patio
Logic of Qualitative Methods and Set Theory
Instructors: James Mahoney and Gary Goertz
Qualitative Causal Inference I
Instructor: David Waldner
Comparative Historical Analysis I
Instructor: Marcus Kreuzer
Interpretive Methods I
Instructors: Lisa Wedeen and Maria Blajer de la Garza
Tuesday June 16
Tuesday Evening Talk: Publishing Qualitative and Multi-Method Research
Nicholas Rush-Smith (Comparative Politics), Chloe Thurston (Perspectives on Politics), Sebastian Karcher (APSR)
Maxwell Auditorium, 7pm
Concepts and Conceptualization
Instructors: James Mahoney and Gary Goertz
Qualitative Causal Inference II
Instructor: David Waldner
Comparative Historical Analysis II
Instructor: Marcus Kreuzer
Interpretive Methods II
Instructors: Lisa Wedeen and Maria Blajer de la Garza
Wednesday June 17
Interest Group Lunch
Large-N Qualitative Analysis
Instructors: James Mahoney and Gary Goertz
Community-Engaged Research I
Instructors: TBD
Re-thinking Small-N Comparisons I
Instructors: Erica Simmons and Nicholas Rush Smith
Geographic Information Systems I
Instructor: Jonnell Robinson
Thursday June 18
Research Ethics
Instructors: Diana Kapiszewski and TBD
Community-Engaged Research II
Instructors: TBD
Re-thinking Small-N Comparisons II
Instructors: Erica Simmons and Nicholas Rush Smith
Geographic Information Systems II
Instructor: Jonnell Robinson
Friday June 19
Juneteenth Holiday
No Module Sessions
Dinner with Advances authors (evening)
Saturday June 20
Weekend Workshop – Advances in Qualitative and Multi-Method Research
Organizers: Alan Jacobs and Erica Simmons
Week 2: June 21-26
Special Sessions Module A Module B Module C Module D
Sunday June 21
Weekend Workshop – Emerging Methodologists Workshop
Organizers: Jennifer Bussell and Hillel Soifer
Monday June 22
Emerging Methodologists Lightning Talk Lunch
Maxwell Auditorium, 12:15pm
Integrating Qualitative and Experimental Methods I
Instructors: Christopher Carter, Guadalupe Tuñón, and Tesalia Rizzo
Process Tracing and Typological Theories I
Instructor: Andrew Bennett
Text as Data I
Instructor: Fiona Shen-Bayh
Ethnographic Methods I
Instructors: Sarah Parkinson and Kanisha Bond
Tuesday June 23
Tuesday Evening Talk
TBD
Maxwell Auditorium, 7pm
Integrating Qualitative and Experimental Methods II
Instructors: Christopher Carter, Guadalupe Tuñón, and Tesalia Rizzo
Process Tracing and Typological Theories II
Instructor: Andrew Bennett
Text as Data II
Instructor: Fiona Shen-Bayh
Ethnographic Methods II
Instructors: Sarah Parkinson and Kanisha Bond
Wednesday June 24
Fieldwork Evening Gathering
Bayesian Inference for Qualitative Research I
Instructor: Tasha Fairfield
Multi-Method Research I
Instructor: Jaye Seawright
Preparing for Fieldwork and Operating in the Field
Instructors: Diana Kapiszewski and Lauren MacLean
Ethnographic Methods III
Instructors: Sarah Parkinson and Kanisha Bond
Thursday June 25
MASU/IQMR Lunch with Mandela Washington Fellows
Closing Reception
Maxwell Foyer and Patio
Bayesian Inference for Qualitative Research II
Instructor: Tasha Fairfield
Multi-Method Research II
Instructor: Jaye Seawright
Surveys, Interviews, Focus Groups, and Observation
Instructors: Diana Kapiszewski and Lauren MacLean
Interpretation and History I
Instructor: Amel Ahmed
Friday June 26
Closing Session and Feedback
Bayesian Inference for Qualitative Research III
Instructor: Tasha Fairfield
Multi-Method Research III
Instructor: Jaye Seawright
Archival Research and Dynamic Research Design
Instructors: Robert Mickey, Diana Kapiszewski, and Lauren MacLean
Interpretation and History II
Instructor: Amel Ahmed