W10: Lab - Interview Outreach
INTERVIEW REQUEST - EMAIL TEMPLATE
Subject Line: Interview Request for Student Research Project
Dear [XXX]: I am an undergraduate student in IS266 Community Innovation. As part of our semester research project, I am conducting a research project on ___________. The project considers how ________[your project topic] _______ impacted our campus’ climate around safety, inclusion and accessibility, and/or helped shape new innovations on campus (as either new technologies or new policies) related to a safe and inclusive campus climate, culture or infrastructure.
Because of your role/relation to _____________, I believe my research would be enormously benefitted by your insight. If you would be available to speak by phone or Zoom in the near future/coming week or so, I would love to schedule a 20-30 minute interview with you. We could arrange a time that would be convenient to you. All responses to my questions would be optional. I hope my research can help shed light on how support for safety in diverse arenas of student life impact campus culture. Thank you!
Sincerely,
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INTERVIEW QUESTIONS TEMPLATE
- How long have you been working in your role? How did you get started?
- What issues [problems] facing safety, inclusion and accessibility [on other campuses/or at UIUC] does your work address today? And who [or what offices, staff, students, on campus] have been especially important in that effort for you?
- What issues [problems] around safety, inclusion and accessibility did you observe when you arrived on campus? What do they look like today?
- Is there anything particular about the culture or history of innovations around safety, or a campus climate around safety, inclusion and accessibility at UIUC that your work addresses or makes note of?
- What concrete changes have you seen [or noticed via your work] been made over time?