QRI Storytelling Series | Jacinda Dariotis

The Storytelling Series features the stories of faculty from across campus who are teaching, employing, and developing novel qualitative research techniques. The series seeks to highlight the journeys of our faculty – what led them here to UIUC – and take a deeper dive into the innovative methods they are applying in their current research.  

During this session, Human Development and Family Studies Professor Jacinda Dariotis, Director of the Family Resiliency Center, shares the story of how she began her journey intending to be a neurosurgeon, pivoting 180 degrees, filling her methodological toolbox, and finding a calling for participatory research and evaluation. Dr. Dariotis will speak about how it has been rewarding and risky with lessons that continue to be learned, several of which will be shared in the session.