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  Summary of This Week’s Announcements 

  • Call for Special Issue Submissions: Cultivating qualitatively:
    An almanac of tending interdisciplinary qualitative inquiry at the University of Georgia

 

  • Free Webinar | PACER 3.2 and AI-Assisted Psychometric Analysis

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Call for Special Issue Submissions: Cultivating qualitatively: An almanac of tending interdisciplinary qualitative inquiry at the University of Georgia 
 
This special issue of the International Review of Qualitative Research invites contributions that engage qualitative inquiry as a practice of cultivation and collective reimagining in a moment marked by uncertainty, constraint, but also of possibility. Drawing inspiration from the University of Georgia’s Interdisciplinary Qualitative Studies program and the recent celebration of its 25th anniversary, we seek to assemble an almanac—an evolving, relational archive that gathers reflections, provocations, and creative works attending to the past, present, and futures of qualitative inquiry.
Please see the following link for the full proposal and information on submission: 
Questions can be directed toward Maureen Flint (maureen.flint@uga.edu) and Giovanni P. Dazzo (giovanni.dazzo@uga.edu)
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Free Webinar | PACER 3.2 and AI-Assisted Psychometric Analysis

I'm hosting a free webinar on Thursday, October 15, at 7:00 PM Eastern to demonstrate PACER 3.2, a freely available psychometric analysis software platform for Windows and macOS.

This will be a practical, hands-on session focused on using PACER and exploring its AI integrations, rather than the statistical theory behind the methods.

What We Will Cover:
Getting started with PACER, importing data, and conducting analyses.
Performing IRT, cognitive diagnostic modeling (CDM), DIF, test equating,
and other psychometric analyses.
Connecting PACER to Claude Desktop and using natural language to initiate analyses, explore results, and generate reports.
Exploring how AI-assisted workflows can complement traditional psychometric analysis.

Both the webinar and PACER software are Free!

Thursday, October 15, 2026
7:00 PM Eastern
Online via Zoom

Register Here:
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/QJLDVX_eRMCLoW0yq52ISg

Participants are encouraged to download PACER 3.2 in advance
if they'd like to follow along.

Download PACER (Windows and macOS):
https://github.com/hdoran/PACER_Download/releases

Please share this invitation with colleagues, students, researchers, and anyone interested in psychometrics, educational measurement, or the emerging role of AI in our field.
Questions can be directed to: Harold Doran at harold.doran@gmail.com harold.doran@gmail.com

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Olga Gould-Yakovleva, Ph.D., M.Ed., M.A.
Qualitative Researcher,
Editor, The Qualitative Report,
Leadership, Executive Committee Member &
Senior Web Manager"
American Educational Research Association
Division D Measurement Research & Methodologies
Email: jo126edu@gmail.com

La Tasha T. Washington, DTech, ADAT, MBA
Executive Assistant
Chancellor’s Area - Human Subjects Research Support
Clinical Trials Office
LSU Health Shreveport
Assistant Web Manager
American Educational Research Association
Division D Measurement Research & Methodologies
Email: latasha.washington@lsuhs.edu
 

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