Name: Breakout 1.4: It Depends on Who’s Asking: Positionality, Power, and Care in Qualitative Research with Equity-Deserving Communities
Start: 2026-11-16T13:30:00-0500
End: 2026-11-16T14:45:00-0500

Breakout 1.4: It Depends on Who’s Asking: Positionality, Power, and Care in Qualitative Research with Equity-Deserving Communities

Monday November 16, 2026 1:30pm - 2:45pm EST

TBA

positionality; qualitative research; community voices; research ethics; insider/outsider.

Speakers

Yi Wan

PhD Candidate, University of South Carolina

Yi Wan is a Ph.D. Candidate at the University of South Carolina. Her research focuses on how power systems shape information access at the individual, community, institutional, and societal levels, with a particular attention to health information and improving equity in information... Read More →

Kim M. Thompson

Professor, School of Information Science College of Information and Communications University of South Carolina

ProfessorSchool of Information Science
College of Information and Communications
University of South Carolina

LaTesha Velez

Associate Professor, University of North Carolina at Greensboro

LaTesha Velez (she/her/hers) is an Associate Professor at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro LIS program. After working in libraries off and on since 1994, she is now focused on teaching new professionals to thrive in a growingly diverse and globalized field. LaTesha critically... Read More →

Monday November 16, 2026 1:30pm - 2:45pm EST
TBA

Juried Panel, Breakout Series 1

2026 ALISE Annual Conference

Yi Wan

Kim M. Thompson

LaTesha Velez

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2026 ALISE Annual Conference

Yi Wan

Kim M. Thompson

LaTesha Velez

Attendees (4)

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