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University of Massachusetts Boston
Department of Leadership in Higher Education 100 Morrissey Boulevard Boston, MA. 02125-3393
Consent Form
Spirituality as a Viable Resource in Responding to Racial Microaggressions: An Exploratory Study of Black Males Who Have Attended a Community College
Principal Investigator: Lloyd Sheldon Johnson
Introduction and Contact Information:
You are asked to take part in a research project that explores how Black males who have attended a community college respond to racial microaggressions and whether their spirituality influences their response choices. The researcher is Lloyd Sheldon Johnson, Professor, Department of Behavioral Science, Bunker Hill Community College; Doctoral Candidate, University of Massachusetts Boston. Please read this form and feel free to ask questions. If you have further questions later, Lloyd Sheldon Johnson will discuss them with you. You may reach him by telephone at his office at 617-228-2497 or at home at 617-441-9945, or by email at [email protected]. Lloyd Sheldon Johnson’s academic advisor is Dr. Judith Gill. You may contact her at the University of
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Massachusetts Boston, Department of Leadership in Higher Education. Her email address is [email protected].
Description of the Project:
The primary purpose of this study is to conduct research that will examine how spirituality is constructed by Black males who attended a community college and how it informs and influences their choices when, and if, they encounter racial
microaggressions. In studying the complexity of responses to racism and the utility of spirituality for Black males who attended a community college, it is important to understand these concepts from the subject’s point of view (Bogdan & Taylor, 1975). This research seeks to understand the responses of Black males who attended a community college where they may have had to manage racial microaggressions; the research seeks a deeper understanding by listening to the voices and stories of those who lived through these experiences (Van Manen, 1984).
Participation in this study will require an initial interview where you will provide some basic demographic information (age, community college you attended, and whether you have experienced or witnessed a racial microaggression) and respond to a series of questions that will determine your level of spirituality. This should take less than an hour. If you are selected from the study pool and asked to participate in the comprehensive interview, then that should also take no longer than an hour.
If you volunteer to participate in this study, you will be asked to submit to the initial interview which has two components: you will respond to a short list of interview questions and you will be asked to take the Armstrong Measure of Spirituality (AMOS).
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Next, the comprehensive interview will require you allow the researcher to audio-tape an open-ended interview session.
At no time during this process will your name be used or associated with the audio tapes or the transcriptions of the tapes. At any time during the audio-taping process, you may ask the interviewer to stop the tape. If at any time during your participation in this study you wish to terminate your involvement, you are free to do so. The only persons who will listen to the tapes will be you and, the researcher. At completion of the dissertation for this research, all audiotapes will be destroyed.
The researcher will transcribe the audiotapes. Transcriptions of the tapes, in whole or part, may be used after this research to be included in written documents related to this study. Again, at no point in time will anyone be able to connect you, by name, with any of the transcriptions or written materials related to this study.
Study participants involved in the initial interview process will be given gift bags that contain healthy snacks. Prior to distributing these gift bags, participants will be asked if they have any food allergies. For those who do, gift bags containing spring water will be offered. For those 15 participants who complete the comprehensive interview process, $20.00 gift cards to a local restaurant chain will be given as incentive, paid for by the researcher.
Risks or Discomforts:
The primary risk associated with this study is the emergence of negative or distressful feelings that may emerge when recalling or reliving a racial microaggression. Participants will be informed of the possibility that this could occur. The researcher, a
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professional counselor-therapist, will be able to identify indicators that would alert him to a problem; he will know when to intervene. You may speak with Lloyd Sheldon Johnson to discuss any distress or other issues related to study participation. If you wish to discuss concerns with an outside counselor or therapist, Lloyd Sheldon Johnson will provide you with a list of licensed psychiatrists, psychologists and licensed clinical social workers (LICSW) who specialize in providing services to a Black male population.
Confidentiality and Anonymity:
Your part in this research is confidential. That is, the information gathered for this project will not be published or presented in a way that would allow anyone to identify you or the community college you attended. Information gathered for this project will be stored in a locked file cabinet in a locked office and only the researcher will have access to the office and the data. To protect your privacy, no personal
identification will be used on any of the draft or final documents. You will be identified by a random number assigned to you for the initial interview. If you are one of the 15 selected for the comprehensive interview, you will be randomly assigned the name of a famous Black male writer. This name will be drawn from a bowl containing 25 names. Any data and materials collected during the research, including the audiotapes, will be returned to you once the dissertation is completed. If you do not wish to have the materials returned, they will be destroyed once the data analysis is completed.
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Voluntary Participation:
The decision whether or not to take part in this research study is voluntary. If you do decide to take part in this study, you may terminate participation at any time without consequence. If you wish to terminate participation, you should contact Lloyd Sheldon Johnson directly or by email. Should you decide to terminate participation, all data related to you, including audiotapes, will be returned to you promptly.
Registration for Courses Taught by the Researcher:
As a condition of participation in this research, I agree not to register for any courses taught by Lloyd Sheldon Johnson until after the dissertation has been completed. By signing this document, I agree to this condition.
Rights:
You have the right to ask questions about this research before you sign this form and at any time during the study. You can reach Lloyd Sheldon Johnson at his office at 617-228-2497 or at home at 617-441-9945, or by email at [email protected]. Lloyd Sheldon Johnson’s dissertation chairperson is Dr. Judith Gill at the University of Massachusetts Boston, Department of Leadership in Higher Education,
[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns about your rights as a research participant, please contact a representative of the Institutional Review Board (IRB), at the University of Massachusetts, Boston, which oversees research involving human participants. The Institutional Review Board may be reached at the following address: IRB, Quinn Administration Building-2-080, University of Massachusetts
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Boston, 100 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, MA 02125-3393. You can also contact the Board by telephone or e-mail at (617) 287-5374 or at [email protected].
Signatures:
I HAVE READ THE CONSENT FORM. MY QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED. MY SIGNATURE ON THIS FORM MEANS THAT I CONSENT TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS STUDY. I ALSO CERTIFY THAT I AM 18 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER.
_________________________ __________ ________________________ Signature of Participant Date Signature of Researcher
_________________________ Lloyd Sheldon Johnson Printed Name of Participant Typed/Printed Name of Researcher
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RACIAL MICROAGGRESSIONS