Interviewer: All of the questions, although I sometimes may know the answer to something, because I want to give you a chance to answer directly.
Interviewee: Okay.
Interviewer: The first question is where that is most germane. I'm doing the interview because, as you know, I am the internal evaluator for the project and beginning of September, late September, I said to the group "I thought it might be good for me to do a round of interviews to check in with people to get feedback from everyone who is connected to the project, and some are more connected than others, to hear what people had to say about what's gone well, what concerns they have, are there any issues that the staff need to be thinking about."
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So, I was a part of writing the grant and then I conducted all of the interviews over the spring and into the summer and now they are all transcribed and I'm about to begin analyzing then. So, that has been my primary involvement and I have not really been involved with any of the programming that they have done over the last …show more content…
Do you think that the issue of diversity is such that it's not just in the STEM areas, but in the social sciences for example, that there are issues around diversity that need attention as well?
Interviewee: Absolutely, I do. I don’t think that problems with diversity and the challenges that we face as a university's around diversity are at all unique to STEM in my department. We certainly have work to do in many ways around diversity and I know that in the interviews I did I heard from faculty throughout the university that they feel that diversity is a problem within their department and in the university as a whole.
So, yeah, I think it would be optimal if the programming could include ways for not a STEM faculty to be involved, but I recognize the emphasis of the project and also the boundaries set up in the grant maybe at work there.
Interviewer: What about challenges in terms of the research agenda and the work that you have done; are there challenges that you faced in moving forward on that
Interviewee: Okay.
Interviewer: The first question is where that is most germane. I'm doing the interview because, as you know, I am the internal evaluator for the project and beginning of September, late September, I said to the group "I thought it might be good for me to do a round of interviews to check in with people to get feedback from everyone who is connected to the project, and some are more connected than others, to hear what people had to say about what's gone well, what concerns they have, are there any issues that the staff need to be thinking about."
I'm getting near the end of …show more content…
So, I was a part of writing the grant and then I conducted all of the interviews over the spring and into the summer and now they are all transcribed and I'm about to begin analyzing then. So, that has been my primary involvement and I have not really been involved with any of the programming that they have done over the last …show more content…
Do you think that the issue of diversity is such that it's not just in the STEM areas, but in the social sciences for example, that there are issues around diversity that need attention as well?
Interviewee: Absolutely, I do. I don’t think that problems with diversity and the challenges that we face as a university's around diversity are at all unique to STEM in my department. We certainly have work to do in many ways around diversity and I know that in the interviews I did I heard from faculty throughout the university that they feel that diversity is a problem within their department and in the university as a whole.
So, yeah, I think it would be optimal if the programming could include ways for not a STEM faculty to be involved, but I recognize the emphasis of the project and also the boundaries set up in the grant maybe at work there.
Interviewer: What about challenges in terms of the research agenda and the work that you have done; are there challenges that you faced in moving forward on that