As a methodologist, educator, evaluator and organizational leader, I prepare individuals and organizations for the systematic analysis of qualitative datasets by building sustainable, agile and deeply interconnected research cultures.
Methodology & Methods Pedagogy
As an expert for qualitative data analysis, data analysis software and methods pedagogy, I have over ten years experience in supporting and guiding researchers, evaluators, project teams and Higher Education institutions. At the Division of Extension (UW - Madison), I currently lead the development of the Data Jam Initiative, an Evaluation Capacity Building framework that that fosters distributed, consensus-focused analyses of large qualitative datasets.
Data Governance
In my role as the Assistant Director for Data Governance, I lead the design of our organization's central data collection systems. This includes the design of institutional reporting policies, the implementation of digital infrastructures for entering, visualizing, and analyzing data, and state-wide capacity building in data literacy.
EVALUATION
I regularly serve as Principal Investigator and co-investigator in intra-institutional evaluation studies in support of high-level strategic planning efforts. My focus lies on the analysis of qualitative data, and the development of analytic workflows that structurally include people with different backgrounds and funds of knowledge - such as stakeholders, partners and colleagues within an institution.
RESEARCH
My research focuses on what practitioners need to successfully analyze qualitative data. I am interested in the role of formal and informal methods education, especially when it comes to learning concrete analytic work, and the adaptation and use of technology (such as qualitative data analysis software). Through my research, I want to support Higher Education institutions in providing equitable access to resources and communities that qualitative analysts require to succeed. My past research interests revolve around metaphor theory & analysis; on cross-language communication & analysis in qualitative research, and on communication in video games.
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Previous workshops, talks, lectures & Consulting (selection)
Washington State University Extension (WA): Community & Economic Development Program Unit
Minnesota University Extension (MN): Family Development Applied Research and Evaluation Team
American Educational Research Association (AERA): Professional Development Section at Annual Meeting
eXtension Foundation
United Nations (NY City): Office of Internal Oversight Services
Wisconsin Downtown Action Council (WI)
University of Santa Barbara (CA): Dpt. of Education, Gevirtz School
University of Southern California (CA): Pullias Center for Higher Education
University at Albany-SUNY (NY): Dpt. of Educational Theory & Practice
Michigan State University (MI): College of Education
UW Madison (WI): School of Education / STS - Software Training for Students / Social Sciences Computing Cooperative / University of Wisconsin-Cooperative Extension / University of Wisconsin Extension Continuing Education, Outreach & E-Learning (CEOEL) / Institute for Research on Poverty / University of Wisconsin Law School / Games+Learning+Society Research Group / School of Social Work / Department of Sociology / School of Medicine and Public Health / Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER) / School of Journalism & Mass Communication
Colgate University (NY): Dept. of Geography / Dept. of Sociology and Anthropology / Upstate Institute / Division of Social Sciences
Public Health Madison & Dane County
FU Berlin: Center for European Integration, NFG Research Group / Berlin Graduate School for Transnational Studies / Berlin Graduate School Muslim Cultures & Societies / Dahlem Research School
Freiburg University: Dept. of Political Science / Dpt. of Sociology / Methods Springschool / Dpt. of Anthropology / Dpt. of Archeology
Vilnius University (Lithuania): Faculty of Philosophy
Institute of Global and Area Studies, Hamburg
Research Institute for Regional and Urban Development GmbH, Dortmund
Tübingen University: Institute of Occupational and Social Medicine
Humboldt University Berlin: Institute for Educational Sciences
Selected Publications
Schmieder, Christian (2019): Qualitative data analysis software as a tool for teaching analytic practice: Towards a theoretical framework for integrating QDAS into methods pedagogy. In: Qualitative Research, December 2019, p.1-19. https://doi.org/10.1177/1468794119891846
Schmieder, Christian / Kyrie EH Caldwell / Ellen Bechtol (2018): Readying Extension for the Systematic Analysis of Large Qualitative Data Sets. In: Journal of Extension 56(6). URL: https://joe.org/joe/2018october/a2.php
Schmieder, Christian (2017): Constructing and Using a Large Organizational Dataset: Identifying Equity Practices in an Institutional Civil Rights Database. In: Woolf, NH & Silver C: Qualitative Analysis Using MAXQDA: The five-level QDA method. New York: Routledge.
Schmieder, Christian/ Biesel, Kay (2016): Metaphernanalyse als rekonstruktives Verfahren. Eine Einführung für die Pflegewissenschaft. In: Hülsken-Giesler, Manfred/ Kreutzer, Susanne/Dütthorn, Nadin (Eds.): Rekonstruktive Fallarbeit in der Pflege. Methodologische Reflexionen und praktische Relevanz für Pflegewissenschaft, Pflegebildung unddie direkte Pflege. Osnabrück. P. 131 - 161
[Metaphor Analysis as Reconstructive Procedure. An Introduction for Nursing Science.]
Dresing, Thorsten / Thorsten Pehl / Christian Schmieder (2015) : Manual (on) Transcription. Transcription Conventions, Software Guides and Practical Hints for Qualitative Researchers. 3rd English edition (1st English edition 2012). Marburg. URL: http://www.audiotranskription.de/english/transcription-practicalguide.htm
Schmieder, Christian (2014): Zur Wahl von QDA-Software. Hintergründe, Funktionalität, Hilfestellungen (Guest Chapter). In: Kruse, Jan: Einführung in rekonstruktive Interviewforschung [Introduction into reconstructive interview research]. Weinheim: Juventa.
[On choosing QDA software: Backgrounds, Functionality, Guiding Aids]
Schmieder, Christian (2013) : Methodologische Einbettung und praktische Umsetzung der Metaphernanalyse in der rekonstruktiven Interviewforschung am Beispiel des integrativen Basisverfahrens. In: Lessing, Marie / Dorothee Wieser (Eds): Zugänge zu Metaphern – Übergänge durch Metaphern”. Paderborn: Fink. 121-138.
[Methodological and practical implementation of metaphor analysis in reconstructive interview research, using the example of the ‚‚integrative basic procedure’]
Kruse, Jan / Debora Niermann / Stephanie Bethmann / Christian Schmieder (2012, eds.) : Qualitative Interviewforschung in und mit fremden Sprachen . Weinheim: Juventa.
[Qualitative interview research in and with foreign languages]
Kruse, Jan / Kay Biesel / Christian Schmieder (2011): Metaphernanalyse. Ein rekonstruktiver Ansatz. Wiesbaden: VS. (Series “Qualitative Sozialforschung”, edited by Ralf Bohnsack, Uwe Flick, Christian Lüders & Jo Reichertz)
[Metaphor analysis. A reconstructiveapproach.]
Schmieder, Christian (2009): World of MaskCraft vs. World of TravestyCraft? Communication, sex and gender in the Online Role Playing Game World of Warcraft. In: Journal of Gaming & Virtual Worlds, Vol. 1, Nr. 1, pp 5-22. Read the article via scribd.com!
Schmieder, Christian (2009): Technik der Legitimation – Legitimation der Technik. Eine qualitative Studie zur Verwendung von MAXqda in qualitativem Forschen. Freiburg: Freidok. URL: http://www.freidok.uni-freiburg.de/volltexte/7082/
[Legitimization of technology – technique of legitimization. A qualitative study on the use of MAXqda in qualitative research.]
Schmitz, Sigrid / Christian Schmieder (2006) : Popularisierungen. Zwischen Naturwissenschaften, Medien und Gesellschaft. In: Kirsten Smilla Ebeling/Sigrid Schmitz (Eds.): Geschlechterforschung und Naturwissenschaften. Einführung in ein komplexes Wechselspiel. Wiesbaden: VS – Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften (= Studien Interdisziplinäre Geschlechterforschung Bd. 14). S. 362-378.
[Popularizations. Between the sciences, media and society. In: Ebeling/Schmitz: Gender studies and the sciences. Introduction into a complex interplay = Studies on interdisciplinary gender studies, vol 14.]