Script to Secure Verbal Consent from Your Interviewee:
Thank you for your participation and your willingness to share your
memories and/or knowledge about a historical event.
The purpose of this research is to create a public record of experiences
from people who witnessed or participated in counterprotests that
occurred at UAlbany in the spring of 2023. Questions can be answered
with respect to either or both counterprotests that occurred in relation to
the following events:
1) Tuesday, April 4, 2023, TPUSA’s event to feature speaker, Ian Haworth
2) Wednesday, April 19, 2023 Anti-Abortion Display by Created Equal (based in
OH) and NY State Right To Life with LED screens featuring graphic images of
fetuses on the podium in front of the Campus Center.
This interview is for an oral history essay assignment for a research seminar
class in the Department of Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies taught by
Dr. Rajani Bhatia at the University at Albany.
By doing the interview, you indicate that you are 18 or over and that you
are voluntarily choosing to participate, and be audio or video recorded. I
will use your interview as the basis for an essay assignment.
The video and/or audio recording of your interview may be archived in
digital form for future viewing and may be displayed, in full or in part, ona
public internet site for use with appropriate citation. Additionally, the
faculty member, interviewer, or other students in the class conducting these
interviews may desire to produce a resulting research paper, research
article, website, and/or film. Your name will be attached to your story as a
recorded experience and public record.
Do you agree to participate?
The Department of WGSS greatly appreciates your participation in this oral
history project.
Let me also say that there are no right or wrong answers. I am interested
in your unique experiences, knowledge, and viewpoint. Please feel free to
decline to answer any question. The interview shouldn’t take more than an
hour. Before we proceed, do you have any questions?
