INFORMED
CONSENT: KNOWING YOUR RIGHTS
You are a very important and respected participant in this research
project. Therefore, it’s essential that you receive the necessary
information regarding your fundamental rights as a participant. The
Boston College Institutional
Review Board (BCIRB) maintains strict policies for the ethical disclosure
of these rights to all individuals who take part in graduate student
research studies that have been approved by the university. The following
summary of these rights is provided for your information and review:
Voluntary Participation
Your decision to take part in this research study is purely voluntary
and it is yours alone. You are truly doing the researcher a great favor
by taking part in this study, and this is why your kind interest and
support of this project are so deeply appreciated. Although you may
not benefit directly from having participated in this project, the empirical
data gathered and ultimate results of the study will hopefully contribute
to our current understanding of the academic profession, particularly
within the context of visual art and design higher education.
Free
to Withdraw at Anytime
You are always free to withdraw from this research study at anytime
without harmful, negative consequences or retaliation – whether
now by deciding not to take part, or later during the survey taking
process should you decide to exit the online questionnaire.
Confidentiality and Privacy
Your responses to survey questions are confidential. No personal identifiers
whatsoever are contained in the questionnaire. The host website for
the survey, PsychData.net, maintains robust and efficient enterprise
level security for its protected server and therefore minimizes risks
of intrusion during data transmission or potential loss of privacy;
For further information about these safety features, please visit their
security information
webpage. All data obtained for the study will be used for dissertation
research purposes only, subject to the official policies of my university,
as well as legal restrictions and guidelines of the U.S. Department
of Education (DOE: 34 CFR 97.116). Data will be maintained by the researcher
for a period of three (3) years and then destroyed immediately thereafter.
Compensation
If you are among the first 100 participants to complete the online questionnaire,
and therefore, eligible to receive an honorarium (gift card/certificate),
then you will need to provide your name and mailing address information
in order to receive that compensation. Be assured that using the online
registration form will in no way identify your responses to survey items.
This information is requested for mailing purposes only and will not
be disclosed to third parties.