Dr. Kakali Bhattacharya
drkakali.bsky.social
Dr. Kakali Bhattacharya
@drkakali.bsky.social
Educator, Mentor, Par/Desi framework builder, Pet lover, Qualitative Methodologist, Strategic Visionary Leader, Author
SPECIAL ZOOM SESSION

Dr. Madhunika Suresh-Mueller presents "Kataikaḷ கதைகள்: Queer Desi/South Asian Transnational Belonging & Home"

🗓️ Sunday, Dec 7 @ 6PM EST
🔗 us02web.zoom.us/j/88391971584
Meeting ID: 883 9197 1584
Passcode: 558509

Methodological support: kakali.org/s2smentoring 💚
December 2, 2025 at 11:38 PM
SUNDAY LIVE SESSION: Anarchival Autoethnography: A New Genre & Digital Zine Dissertation with Dr. Kelley Taksier

Sunday, November 23rd | 6PM EST | Zoom Session

📍 Zoom: us02web.zoom.us/j/8839197158...
Meeting ID: 883 9197 1584 Passcode: 558509

Methodological mentoring: www.kakali.org/s2smentoring
November 19, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Which rules can you break in methodology writing?

Sunday 6PM EST Zoom session on traditional, hybrid & experimental approaches.

When you're serving your inquiry vs. simply being funky to be funky. :)

Register for the Zoom here: us02web.zoom.us/j/8839197158...
ID: 883 9197 1584
Pass: 558509
November 11, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Special Zoom session this Sunday (NOT Facebook Live).

Dr. Rhonda Jackson presenting her narrative inquiry dissertation - just defended at UF. 6PM EST.

Cameras expected. Live methodological learning.

Zoom: us02web.zoom.us/j/8479541986...
ID: 847 9541 9867
Pass: 738604

www.kakali.org/s2smentoring
November 4, 2025 at 8:00 PM
As editor of Departures in Critical Qualitative Research, I desk reject "autoethnography" manuscripts weekly. Why? They're personal narratives.

Sunday 6PM EST: The distinctions that matter for publication.

Free: www.facebook.com/share/g/1Aww...

Both genres are legitimate. They're not the same.
October 29, 2025 at 1:26 AM
📚 FB LIVE: AI in Qualitative Research: The Dos, The Don'ts, and the In-Between-It-Depends-Terrain

🗓️ Sunday, October 19th @ 6PM EST

Join me live. No registration. Bring your questions.

📺 Can't make it? Replay available in group. 🔗 www.facebook.com/share/g/1Aww...

See you Sunday 💚
October 14, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Your ADHD brain isn't broken. Academic systems demanding neurotypical functioning are broken.

AI & ADHD: Adaptive Strategies for Your Whole Self
Sunday, Oct 12 @ 6PM EST

Trauma-informed approach. No productivity porn. Just real support.

Join: www.facebook.com/share/g/1Aww...
October 9, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Overwhelmed by AI in academia? Don't know which tools help vs harm your scholarship?

Join my FB Live Sunday Oct 5 at 6PM EST mapping 20+ AI tools across 5 categories with real talk about ethics, costs & dangers.

No shame, just critical awareness.

QRE Group: facebook.com/share/g/1AwwA6tjw6/ 💚
September 30, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Today's AI talk hit different?

If you're ready to stop feeling confused about AI ethics & biases, join my Critical AI Literacy weekend Oct 25-26.

Transform confusion→clarity without selling your soul.
Early bird $300 ends Oct 15:

www.kakali.org/critAIAcadem...

Share widely 💚
Critical AI Literacy for Academics - Oct 25-26, 2025 Workshop
2-day workshop for academics to learn AI ethically. No judgment, just practical understanding. Limited to 30. Early bird $300 ends Oct 5, 2025.
www.kakali.org
September 22, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Uncomfortable truth: We're becoming intellectually lazy with AI.

Students hide their usage. Faculty question their integrity.

Everyone's confused but won't admit it.

Sunday 9/21, 6PM EST: Let's reclaim our thinking sovereignty.

FB Live in QRE group: www.facebook.com/share/g/1Aww...
September 16, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Academia exhaustion isn't just workload—it's the constant self-editing, unpaid emotional labor & pressure to fragment yourself.

Join my LIVE boundary-building workshop Sun 9/14 @ 6PM EST in QRE Facebook group.

Build YOUR framework. No registration needed.

Link: facebook.com/share/g/1AwwA6tjw6/
September 9, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Theory chapters reading like ancient Klingon? 😵‍💫

What if theory felt like skin—natural and authentically YOU?
This Sunday 9/7 at 6PM EST, I'm sharing how to crack the gatekeeping code:

Time for theory to be liberation practice.

Live in QRE Facebook Group: www.facebook.com/share/g/1Aww...
September 3, 2025 at 7:01 PM
DCQR needs reviewers who think critically + care fiercely 🔥

Got a doctorate? Want to:

→ Master the publication game
→ Build reviewing skills that matter
→ Add legit service to your vita
→ Earn best reviewer award

Apply:

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Let's elevate the field.

#QualitativeResearch
Reviewer Interest Form
Departures in Critical Qualitative Research (DCQR) seeks reviewers open to innovative, experimental, and arts-based approaches to qualitative inquiry. Reviewers will engage with manuscripts that depar...
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August 28, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Semester planning that includes your actual life? Revolutionary 📚

FB Live Sun 8/31 6PM EST: Strategic Planning Without Toxic Productivity

Join QRE group: www.facebook.com/share/g/1Aww...

Because exhaustion ≠ excellence. Time to thrive, not just survive 💚
August 27, 2025 at 5:58 PM
These past two years tested me deeply. With gratitude, I share that our NSF project on community college transfer students in engineering has been awarded. Honored to work with Dr. Sindia Rivera-Jiménez & Dr. Justin Ortagus on expanding pathways + support.
🔗 www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/...
NSF Award Search: Award # 2504177
Track 2: An Exploration of Challenges and Self-Adjustment Experiences of Community College Transfer Students in Engineering
www.nsf.gov
August 22, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Top 5 Mistakes in Qual Research Design:

As a methodologist, I see brilliant researchers derailed by preventable design mistakes. They ask "Why didn't someone tell me earlier?"

This Sunday I'm telling you.

Aug 24 @ 6PM EST FB Live - QRE Group

Join: facebook.com/share/g/1N7vH5g8uJ/

#QualResearch
August 20, 2025 at 9:00 AM
SUNDAY LIVE: AI & Qualitative Research

The toothpaste is OUT. AI is already in your research ecosystem.
Stop pretending. Start navigating.

📅 Aug 17, 6PM EST
📍 QRE FB Group: facebook.com/groups/859037534601518
Not evangelism. Not doomsaying. Real talk.
Be the first to know: shorturl.at/QtLB2
August 13, 2025 at 9:01 AM
#creatorsearchinsights one quick tip on how to ask AI to prompt you that can save you hours of fighting with AI #aieducaton #askingai #chatgpt #aitips #chatgptprompts #claudeprompts
July 30, 2025 at 5:04 PM
📅 Sunday 6/8, 6PM EST
📍 QRE FB Group
🎯 Top 3 Mistakes in Qual Research Design
Your research design might be why your data feels chaotic.
We're covering:

Research questions vs. purpose fights
Theory as decoration not foundation
Methodology-analysis disconnect

Live + replay. Show up in QRE group.
June 5, 2025 at 7:01 PM
🎯 This Sunday FB Live: Autoethnography: More Than Just Professional Navel-Gazing!
From IRB adventures to academic inception - it's serious fun with personal stories! 🌀
Dec 15, 2024 6PM EST • bit.ly/3BscxrL
#QualitativeResearch
December 11, 2024 at 9:11 PM
✨ FREE 90-MINUTE WORKSHOP: Transform Your Qualitative Research
Join me December 15th (11:00 AM - 12:30 PM EST) to turn research insights into powerful stories that honor your participants.
Bring a paragraph of your writing - let's transform it together.
Enroll: drkakali.podia.com/freenarrative
Transform Your Qualitative Research into Compelling Narratives: A Live Workshop
Join award-winning researcher Dr. Kakali Bhattacharya for an immersive 90-minute workshop designed to transform your academic writing. Through her unique contemplative approach, Dr. Bhattacharya will ...
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December 7, 2024 at 6:09 PM
FB Live: Cultivating an Authentic Narrative Voice in Qualitative Research

Join us LIVE on Sunday, Dec 8th at 6 PM EST in the QRE group!
✨ What does voice mean in academic research?
✨ How to cultivate a voice that’s authentically YOU.
✨ Tackling self-doubt & balancing vulnerability.
December 6, 2024 at 9:05 PM
Exciting opportunity! Earn a free seat in the Spring 2025 8-week Narrative Writing in Qualitative Research experience by facilitating weekly co-writing sessions. Commit to a year of service, training, and biweekly mentoring. Apply by Dec 20, 2024! Details & link: forms.gle/ni75wEQvWKAj...
Potential Writing Session Facilitator Trading Interest Form
Exclusive Opportunity: Gain Your Free Access to my Spring 2025 8-week Narrative Writing in Qualitative Research in Exchange for Co-Writing Session Facilitation. A facilitator sends out emails, inform...
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December 6, 2024 at 6:42 PM