Greetings,
My name is Alicia Beretta and I am a PhD in Rhetoric student at Texas Woman’s University in Denton, Texas. I am conducting a Dissertation research study on how instructors implement archival research skills and/or materials into their undergraduate writing classrooms and what perceived benefits for both students and instructors are. I am seeking to interview writing instructors between the ages of 20-67 who currently teach, have taught, use, or have used archival research in an undergraduate writing, rhetoric, or literature course within the last 10 years. Participation will take about 100 minutes of your time. You may choose to participate either in-person or virtually through Zoom. Participation is not required, and at any point, you can decline participation in this study. Through the collection and coding of these interviews, I will gain a better sense of what archival research in the writing classroom looks like, its benefits to students and teachers, and perhaps gather ideas on ways to support archival research in the undergraduate classroom. If you are interested in participating in this study, I will send a follow-up email with the consent form.
Your potential input and participation are deeply valued, so please let me know if you have questions via email (aberetta). If you have questions about your rights as a participant in this research or the way this study has been conducted, you may contact the Texas Woman’s University Office of Research and Sponsored Programs at (940) 898-3378 or via e-mail at IRB.
Your participation is voluntary and you may decline participation without penalty. Note: There is potential risk of loss of confidentiality in all email, downloading, electronic meetings, and internet transactions. Any emails sent to the primary investigator or the research team will be saved only in order to accurately reflect the participation preferences of consenting subjects. Only the investigator and her research team will have access to instructor responses and interview transcripts. All materials and recordings whether audio, video, or written will be saved in a locked folder on a password-protected laptop that only the investigator and her research team will have access to. Any emails sent to the researchers will not be analyzed or used as secondary data in this study. While results of this study may be reported to institutional stakeholders and disseminated in academic journals and at conferences related to writing instruction and archival research, the investigator and her team will take all precautions extended by law to protect participant information.
Best,
Alicia Beretta
Alicia Beretta, Ph.D. Candidate
Graduate Teaching Assistant
LCGS Department
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