Research Knowledge & Competencies

This area is significant because it offers an opportunity to demonstrate research competence and ability to engage in critical analysis. The only artifact, number Seven, is a paper that focuses on Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA), a methodology for analyzing social phenomena that is qualitative, interpretive, and constructionist. CDA provides a solid methodological framework that I may use in my upcoming research. CDA is helpful to understand that social reality is not something that we, as social scientists, merely uncover, but rather something that we actively create through meaningful interactions.