
<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><p data-start="101" data-end="181"><br></p><p data-start="183" data-end="208">Dear Graduate Students,</p><p data-start="210" data-end="606">Dr. Alice Lee, Associate Professor in the School of Education, is leading a new campus-wide initiative called <strong data-start="320" data-end="332">GradQual</strong>, which aims to strengthen qualitative research support and training for graduate students across UCR. As part of this effort, she’s gathering input from graduate students about their experiences, needs, and interests related to qualitative research methods and resources.</p><p data-start="608" data-end="775">If you use—or are interested in using—qualitative methods in your research, please take a few minutes to share your perspective by completing the short survey below:</p><p data-start="777" data-end="870"><strong data-start="777" data-end="793">Survey link:</strong> <a href="https://forms.gle/D5BwVVybUdYxT7jG9" target="_blank">https://forms.gle/D5BwVVybUdYxT7jG9</a><a data-start="794" data-end="868" class="decorated-link" rel="noopener" target="_new" href="https://forms.gle/D5BwVVybUdYxT7jG9"><span aria-hidden="true" class="ms-0.5 inline-block align-middle leading-none"><svg width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="currentColor" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" data-rtl-flip="" class="block h-[0.75em] w-[0.75em] stroke-current stroke-[0.75]"><path d="M14.3349 13.3301V6.60645L5.47065 15.4707C5.21095 15.7304 4.78895 15.7304 4.52925 15.4707C4.26955 15.211 4.26955 14.789 4.52925 14.5293L13.3935 5.66504H6.66011C6.29284 5.66504 5.99507 5.36727 5.99507 5C5.99507 4.63273 6.29284 4.33496 6.66011 4.33496H14.9999L15.1337 4.34863C15.4369 4.41057 15.665 4.67857 15.665 5V13.3301C15.6649 13.6973 15.3672 13.9951 14.9999 13.9951C14.6327 13.9951 14.335 13.6973 14.3349 13.3301Z"></path></svg></span></a></p><p data-start="872" data-end="1000">Your feedback will help inform the development of future workshops, courses, and campus-wide support for qualitative research.</p><p data-start="1002" data-end="1091">Thank you for taking the time to contribute your thoughts to this important initiative.</p><p data-start="1093" data-end="1207">Best regards,<br data-start="1106" data-end="1109"><strong data-start="1109" data-end="1133">Diego Esparza, Ph.D.</strong><br data-start="1133" data-end="1136">Department of Political Science<br data-start="1167" data-end="1170">University of California, Riverside</p></body></html>