Welcome Packet
University of North Dakota and Wayne State University
Welcome to the CARMA 2015 Summer Short Courses!
Hosted by the Carroll School of Management at
Boston College
CARMA Team:
Dr. Larry J. Williams
Hannah Diebel
Jessica Jensen
Phone Number: (313)577-6281
carma@wayne.edu
carmamemb@wayne.edu
und.carma@und.edu
Greetings from CARMA!
We would just like to welcome you to our first CARMA Short Courses to take place at Boston
College! We are very excited to have you participating and look forward to meeting you on
Monday at 8:30 am or Thursday at 8:30 am (depending on which sessions you are attending).
PLEASE NOTE: WE WILL NOT BE PROVIDING BEVERAGES OR SNACKS DURING
THESE SHORT COURSES, SO YOU MAY WANT TO BRING YOUR OWN.
Below you will find important information on the location of the short course classrooms, the
daily schedule, WIFI information, where to eat and much more.
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CARMA is a non-profit academic unit that has recently moved from Wayne State University to
the University of North Dakota and is now celebrating its fourteenth year of operation. More
than 1,506 faculty and students from universities throughout the world have attended CARMA
Short Courses since the summer of 2004. Past and current locations of these courses include
Virginia, and Michigan in the United States, as well as Brazil, Australia, India, The Netherlands,
Spain, Israel, Peru, and China. More information about CARMA and the events below can be
found at our website:
http://carma.wayne.edu
CARMA Facebook Page
CARMA YouTube Channel
Overview of Courses and Instructors
Each CARMA Short Courses is a two and a half-day session on a research method or data
analysis topic. CARMA Short Courses place an emphasis on hands-on experience and on the
application of the methodology aimed at skills development through equal amount of lecture and
lab-time. Instructors are leading methodological scholars recognized within the organizational
studies and management areas as experts on their topics. They are current or past editors of
leading organizational journals. Our list of short courses includes introductory and advanced
training on topics that might not be readily available at your institution. In addition, our short
courses provide your students and faculty with the opportunity to network with leading scholars
and other students/faculty in their areas of interest.
Location of Short Courses
The 2015 CARMA Boston College Short Courses will be located in Fulton Hall at the Carroll
School of Management, Boston College
Carroll School of Management
Boston College
140 Commonwealth Avenue
Chestnut Hill, MA 02467-3809
Directions to Fulton Hall: Please click here
Fulton Hall Information
Session 1: June 1-3
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"Ethnographic Methods" - Room Fulton 423
Dr. Michael Pratt
"Grounded Theory Method and Analysis" - Room Fulton 453
Dr. Karen Locke
"Content Analysis" - Room Fulton 425
Dr. Anne D. Smith
Session 2: June 4-6
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"The Craft of Writing Qualitative Research" - Room Fulton 423
Dr. Karen Golden-Biddle
"Interviewing for Qualitative Research"- Room Fulton 425
Dr. Sally Maitlis
Click Here for more information on the daily schedule as well as overnight accommodation.
Daily Schedule
Below you will find information on the daily schedule for CARMA Short Courses held at Boston
College.
Session I Monday June 1 –Wednesday June 3
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Classes will begin Monday morning at 8:30AM- 5:00PM
Tuesday: 8:30AM- 5:00PM
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Wednesday: 8:30AM – 12:00PM
Session II Thursday June 4- Saturday June 6
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Classes will begin Thursday morning at 8:30AM- 5:00PM
Friday: 8:30AM- 5:00PM
Saturday: 8:30AM- 12:00PM
Lunch will be from 12PM to 1:30PM and we will take a quick 15 minute break around 10:30AM
everyday as well as 3:30PM every afternoon.
WIFI Access
Monday June 1, guests go to activate.bc.edu and select activate as guest.
June 2 BC goes live with the new activation system:
To get Guest access on the new system:
Connect to the “BostonCollege” wireless network.
Go to helix.bc.edu and select “Guest Registration.”
Complete the registration form.
They will receive a confirmation email and/or text with their login credentials.
Accommodations
CARMA now has an updated list of hotels near Boston College. All CARMA Short Course
participants are responsible for their own accommodations. Please see the following options
listed below. When calling to reserve, mention you would like the "BC Discount".
Hotel Options
Other approved hotels include:
The Brookline Courtyard by Marriott
40 Webster Street
Brookline, MA 02446
Rates: $159 - $219
Reservations: To access the discounted BC rate, please enter B69 as the Corporate ID on the
website
 Park Lane in Newton
Reservations 617-964-1666
 Bertram Inn in Brookline
Reservations 1-800-295-3822
 Beacon Inn in Brookline
Reservations 617-264-7948
CARMA Laptop and Software Policy
Attendees must bring their own laptops. We switched to this approach after research with over
200 attendees indicated they were able and willing to bring their own laptops for this purpose.
Our experience with this approach has been very favorable. Thus, we now officially ask ALL
Short Course participants to bring a laptop (their own or one from their university) for their use
while in our Short Course Program.
We hope you will find our Short Course offerings to be of interest and we would be very happy
to have you participate in our instructional program at Boston College in Boston. Please let us
know if you have any questions or if we can help in any way. Hope to see you in June!
Sincerely,
Dr. Larry J. Williams
CARMA Director, Professor of Psychology, University of North Dakota