Dear Colleagues:

We (Peri Schwartz-Shea and Dvora Yanow) are on the program at the 
Midwest Political Science Association meeting to do an "informal 
roundtable" on our research on Institutional Review Boards.  Based on 
our initial analysis, we argue that the standard IRB assessment process 
for social science projects is poorly designed.

As we are trying to advance our thinking on this topic, we would like to 
hear your own stories about your experiences with IRBs.

We invite you to stop by for conversation on the topic.

The paper title is "Reviewing Institutional Review Boards:  Issues for 
Field Research."  The session is Thursday (4-12) at 4:25 p.m.

Should you wish to see our paper beforehand, we will be posting it on 
the MPSA website:  
http://64.112.226.77/one/mpsa/mpsa07/index.php?cmd=mpsa07&id= 
<http://64.112.226.77/one/mpsa/mpsa07/index.php?cmd=mpsa07&id=> by April 5.

With best wishes,
Peri and Dvora

-- 
Peregrine Schwartz-Shea
Associate Professor

University of Utah
Political Science Department
260 South Central Campus Drive Rm 252
Salt Lake City, UT  84112-9152

(801) 581-6300 phone mail
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