By the Numbers

Since its inception in 2015 QUAL has been dedicated to connecting students, faculty and staff across the UW community. Within our first four years, we have:

• 371 UW members engaged in the QUAL community
  
• 27 graduate students trained with the qualitative methods concentration
• 22 lectures hosted on qualitative methods in practice
• 22 trainings delivered on qualitative data analysis

QUAL Concentration

14 graduate students have completed their degrees with a concentration from QUAL. An additional 13 graduate students are currently pursuing the concentration. These 27 students come from a variety of disciplines including Communication, Environment, International Studies, Law, Nursing, Political Science, Public Health, Sociology, and Social Work.

Programs, Departments & Centers

We have engaged over 50 programs, departments & centers across the UW campus in discussions about qualitative and mixed-methods approaches to research.

Anthropology Archaeology Biology Biomedical Informatics Built Environment Communications Computer Science Construction Management Center for Social Science Computation & Research College of Education English Environment and Forest Sciences Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences Epidemiology eScience Institute Evans School Fisheries Foster School of Business French Geography Germanics Global Health Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies Human Centered Design & Engineering Harborview Injury Prevention & Research Center

History iSchool Institute of Translational Health Sciences Jackson School of International Studies Linguistics Marine and Environmental Affairs Mathematics Medicine Museology Music Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations Near & Middle Eastern Studies Nursing Pediatrics Political Science Psychiatry Public Health Scandinavian Studies School of Law Social Work Sociology Spanish & Portuguese Speech & Hearing Surgery Urban Planning