Bob Trudeau, Professor of Political Science, Providence College
I just completed several hours of workshop in NUD*IST4, led by Ray Maietta, this past Saturday, here at Providence College. It was an excellent workshop. I appreciated Ray's personal skills: being able to remember, without flaw, the names and research interests of a dozen strangers, from the beginning. I appreciated his teaching skills -- and as a former director of a Center for Teaching Excellence, I tend to watch for these things -- he treated the exercise conceptually, in a non-linear fashion albeit with a clear outline. He responded to questions appropriately, even when that took us down a line he may have wanted to save for later; i.e. he took advantage of the "teaching/learning moments" as they occurred. He did NOT do a follow the book routine, nor did he do the ten easy steps routine, but instead started from where we were starting, with our research questions, leading us from there into the relevant steps in NUD*IST4. Finally, there was enough hands-on work on the computers to give us a sense of how it works, and at least in my case, to want to do more. For me, the whole exercise was extremely helpful, and given that this is on a Saturday near the end of the semester, that's saying a lot. In thirty years of university level teaching, I've been to (and conducted) a lot of workshops, believe me. This one was excellent, among the best I've experienced.

Debbie Goessling, Assistant Professor of Education, Providence College
The NUDIST workshop on Saturday December 11 with Ray was outstanding. He helped a computer phobic professor and gave her confidence to use NUDIST. He not only talked about technology but he wove his comments with qualititative methodology. The materials provided were excellent. I can't wait to try our all the new nodes after Christmas. Thanks for bringing him here to Providence College, it has given but struggling research a needed boost. 

Lawrence Shulman, Dean and Professor, School of Social Work, University at Buffalo (SUNY).
I found the day so helpful that I have booked Ray and two of his assistants to come to our school in February for a two day workshop. I announced it to our faculty and Ph.D. students and I have already filled the 24 available spaces. An overwhelming positive response to the idea (it's a Friday and Saturday) and an example of what I (as a Dean) can do to help my faculty and Ph.D. students develop the skills necessary to expand their research horizons. It will easily pay off in their future external funding efforts.

Stuart Shulman, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Political Science, Providence College:
Ray did a wonderful job. The workshop moved at a good pace and in ways that showed great pedagogical care and expertise. I liked the format, particularly the way in which we shifted back and forth between discussion, lecture, demonstration and guided activities. Ray's quick ability to learn the participants names and speak directly to their comments was impressive. I liked it that he could integrate different participants questions and comments into a coherent description of what we needed to know, and why we needed to know it. Every participant commented to me on the excellence of the training. The breadth of his knowledge in this field was obvious to all. I look forward to working with Ray in the future.