The Ohio State University Consent to Participate in Research Study Title: Precariously Centered: The Labor of Writing Center Directors of Color

Researchers: Beverly J. Moss & Eduardo Mabilog
Sponsor: None

This is a consent form for research participation. It contains important information about this study and what to expect if you decide to participate. Your participation is voluntary. Please consider the information carefully. Feel free to ask questions before making your decision whether or not to participate. If you decide to participate, you will be asked to sign this form and will receive a copy of the form.

Purpose: Eduardo Mabilog, a graduate student at the Ohio State University, is conducting research to understand the labor and experiences of writing center directors of color. For the purposes of this study, participants should self-identify as a person of color and be in a position to direct a writing center to some capacity (inclusion of assistant directors, leaders of learning centers involved in the support of writing, coordinators, or other similarly titled roles).

Procedures/Tasks: Following this consent form is a series of demographic questions to better understand the contexts in which directors of color work in. These questions range in descriptions about your own role as well as the institution you work in. Following this demographic survey you will be prompted to check if you are interested in a follow up set of interviews. Two hour long interviews will be conducted with follow up participants.

The first interview will be a one-on-one interview about your experiences and perspectives on being a director of color. This interview will be approximately an hour long.

The second interview will have the option to continue the one-on-one structure or participate in a focus group. Both options will response to questions revisiting previously described answers to check for researcher understanding and your additional thoughts.

Duration: The study will take approximately 2 hours and 15 minutes with both stages of interviews (1 hour for each session) and survey (15 minutes). You may leave the study at any time. If you decide to stop participating in the study, there will be no penalty to you, and you will not lose any benefits to which you are otherwise entitled. Your decision will not affect your future relationship with The Ohio State University.

Risks and Benefits: This study involves minimal risks. Some people may experience mild stress associated with an interview, but neutral wording will be used to alleviate the issue. You may ask to move to a different question or end the study at any point. You will not benefit directly from participating in the study.

Confidentiality: Efforts will be made to keep your study-related information confidential. However, there may be circumstances where this information must be released. For example, personal information regarding your participation in this study may be disclosed if required by state law. Also, your records may be reviewed by the following groups (as applicable to the research): • Office for Human Research Protections or other federal, state, or international regulatory agencies; • The Ohio State University Institutional Review Board or Office of Responsible Research Practices; • Authorized Ohio State University staff not involved in the study may be aware that you are participating in a research study and have access to your information; and • The sponsor, if any, or agency (including the Food and Drug Administration for FDA-regulated research) supporting the study.

For Zoom Interviews: We will work to make sure that nobody intercepts your responses without approval. But, because we are using the Internet, there is a chance that someone could access your online responses without permission. In some cases, this information could be used to identify you. For Focus Group Participants: While we ask other group participants to keep the discussion in the group confidential, we cannot guarantee this. Please keep this in mind when choosing what to share in the group setting. Future Research: Your de-identified information will not be used or shared for future research.

Participant Rights: You may refuse to participate in this study without penalty or loss of benefits to which you are otherwise entitled. If you are a student or employee at Ohio State, your decision will not affect your grades or employment status. If you choose to participate in the study, you may discontinue participation at any time without penalty or loss of benefits. By confirming below, you do not give up any personal legal rights you may have as a participant in this study.

The Institutional Review Board responsible for human subjects research at Ohio State University has reviewed this research project and deemed it acceptable according to applicable state and federal regulations and University policies designed to protect the rights and welfare of participants in research." Contacts and Questions: For questions, concerns, or complaints about the study, or you feel you have been harmed as a result of study participation, you may contact Eduardo Mabilog (mabilog.1@osu.edu) or Beverly J. Moss (moss.1@osu.edu).

For questions about your rights as a participant in this study or to discuss other study-related concerns or complaints with someone who is not part of the research team, you may contact the Office of Responsible Research Practices at 1-800-678-6251.