- Acquainting one another with their respective research
- Discussing our research strategies, data base use and data issues
- Engaging with the questions raised by all of our work
- Supporting each others’ work by providing feedback on substance and presentation
- Creating an ongoing list of projects past and present for eventual posting on the CSHE website
Format
- Monthly meetings for an hour and a half
- At every meeting a check in with new and existing members about their project(s)
- When possible prior to each meeting an abstract, proposal, raw summary, finished or draft piece should be circulated among the group
- At the meeting the author informally presents a summary of his or her research questions and issues and does not necessarily make a formal presentation—this is research in progress
- Depending on the consensus of the group pertinent articles by non-members could be circulated and discussed for the issues germane to the participants