Professor, Family Medicine
I am a qualitative research methodologist and technologist specializing in the analysis of online conversations. I am co-author of Doing Qualitative Research in a Digital World and Looking for Insight, Transformation and Learning in Online Talk. I am a certified professional trainer for ATLAS.ti and an affiliate of the Center for Computer-Mediated Communication. From 2020-2022 I served as Director of Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities and was a member of the Provost Scholar's Academy in 2022. In 2023 I will serve as a Fulbright Distinguished Scholar in Poznan, Poland at Adam Mickiewicz University.
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About Trena M. Paulus
I am a qualitative research methodologist and technologist specializing in the analysis of online conversations. I am co-author of Doing Qualitative Research in a Digital World and Looking for Insight, Transformation and Learning in Online Talk. I am a certified professional trainer for ATLAS.ti and an affiliate of the Center for Computer-Mediated Communication. From 2020-2022 I served as Director of Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities and was a member of the Provost Scholar's Academy in 2022. In 2023 I will serve as a Fulbright Distinguished Scholar in Poznan, Poland at Adam Mickiewicz University.
| Present | Affiliate Faculty, East Tennessee State University ‐ Applied Social Research Lab | |
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| Present | Professor, East Tennessee State University ‐ CARE Women's Health | |
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| Present | Professor and Provost Academy Scholar, East Tennessee State University | |
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| Present | Professor, Research Division, East Tennessee State University ‐ Family Medicine, Quillen College of Medicine | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Grants
| 2019 | Developing Evidence-Based Messages for Low-Income African American Parents to Limit Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Intake Among Their Young Children |
| Robert Wood Johnson Foundation | |
| Role: Qualitative Research Senior Advisor | |
| Colleague(s): C.J. Cotwright, L. Birch, & J. Hall | |
| $300,000 | |
| 2011 | Improving Online Teaching & Learning: University of Michigan-Flint Professional Development Program |
| University of Michigan | |
| Role: Consultant and Project Director | |
| $7,560 | |
| 2010 | Challenge, Create, Connect: University of Tennessee College of Nursing Faculty Development Program |
| University of Tennessee | |
| Role: Consultant and Project Director | |
| $1,250 | |
| 2009 | Evaluating an E-Learning Faculty Development Program |
| Sigma Theta Tau | |
| Role: Principal Investigator | |
| Colleague(s): S. Mixer & T. Wyatt | |
| $1,000 | |
| 2009 | Implementation and Evaluation of an E-Learning Faculty Development Program |
| Tennessee Nurse's Foundation | |
| Role: Principal Investigator | |
| Colleague(s): C. Myers | |
| $2,500 | |
| 2009 | Online Facilitation and Community Building Basics: College of Nursing Faculty Development Program |
| University of Tennessee | |
| Role: Consultant and Project Director | |
| $6,500 | |
| 2007 | Promoting Healthy, Happy UT Graduates: Combating Stress and the Freshman 15 |
| University of Tennessee Office of Research | |
| Role: Co-Principal Investigator | |
| Colleague(s): L. Jahns | |
| $237,005 | |
| 2006 | Investigating the Web Pen Pals Project: What Students and Teachers Have to Say About Designing, Facilitating and Engaging in Online Spaces for “Critical Talk” About Young Adult Literature |
| National Council of Teachers of English | |
| Role: Co-Principal Investigator | |
| Colleague(s): S. Groenke | |
| $20,000 |
Honors and Awards
- 2006 - Helen B. Watson Outstanding Research Award
- 2009 - Spotlight on Innovative Faculty, University of Tennessee
- 2009 - Office of Research QUEST Scholar of the Week
- 2009 - Faculty Fellow, Innovative Technology Center
- 2012 - Faculty Development Leave, University of Tennessee
- 2014 - Visiting Scholar, University of Tasmania
- 2014 - Affiliate, Center for Computer-Mediated Communication, Indiana University
- 2015 - Certified Professional Trainer for ATLAS.ti data analysis software
- 2017 - Association of Educational Communication & Technology Division of Distance Learning Distance Education Best Practice Award
- 2018 - Neal R. Norrick Special Issue Award for “The Microanalysis of Online Data (MOOD)” in the Journal of Pragmatics
- 2019 - Spotlight on a new text: Treating online talk as a source of qualitative data: A research guide by Trena M. Paulus. Newsletter article for the American Educational Research Association Qualitative Research Special Interest Group
- 2019 - Indiana University School of Education News: Paulus uses qualitative research to study online conversations
- 2023 - Fulbright Distinguished Scholar, Poznan, Poland, Adam Mickiewicz University
| 2003 | Ph.D., Education, Indiana University | |
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| 2001 | M.S., Instructional Systems Technology, Indiana University | |
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| 1997 | M.A., Applied Linguistics, East Tennessee State University | |
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| 1991 | B.A., English and Philosophy, Franklin College | |
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Contact Information
PO Box 70621
Johnson City, TN 37614
Office: Ed Allen Hall (VA Campus)
Phone: 423-439-6317
Email:
