[Linganth] Comments needed! Proposed IRB changes

Steven Black stevepblack at gmail.com
Tue Sep 15 13:57:24 UTC 2015


Hi Kit,
Thanks for the suggestion. I¹ve been in contact with Rena Lederman and Lise
Dobrin, and we¹re working on some sort of basic guidance to accompany this
voluminous document. It should be ready shortly.

Take care,
Steve

From:  "Woolard, Kathryn" <kwoolard at ucsd.edu>
Date:  Tue, 15 Sep 2015 00:18:58 +0000
To:  Steven Black <stevepblack at gmail.com>, "Linguistic Anthropology
Discussion Group (LINGANTH at listserv.linguistlist.org)"
<Linganth at listserv.linguistlist.org>
Subject:  Re: [Linganth] Comments needed! Proposed IRB changes

> Dear Steve -
> 
> Thanks for drawing our attention to this; surely it will be very important.
> But the document is of course overwhelming, and there's no guidance on it
> posted on the AAA website ( I assume the 2011 AAA comment can't be taken to
> correspond to the document at hand now.)  Can you or your committee provide
> any sense of what sections linguistic anthropologists in particular should
> look at, or how we might be affected ­ positively or negatively?
> 
> Thanks and best wishes,
> 
> Kit
> 
> Kathryn A. Woolard,  Professor
> Department of Anthropology, 0532
> UCSD 
> 9500 Gilman Drive
> La Jolla, CA 92093-0532
> 
> Tel. (858) 534-4639
> Fax (858) 534-5946
> 
> 
> From: Steven Black <stevepblack at gmail.com>
> Date: Monday, September 14, 2015 8:31 AM
> To: "LINGANTH at LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG" <LINGANTH at LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG>
> Subject: [Linganth] Comments needed! Proposed IRB changes
> 
>> Dear all,
>> I am writing as chair of the American Anthropology Association¹s Committee on
>> Ethics and the linguistic anthropology representative on the committee to ask
>> all of us to take a look at the most recent Ethics Blog post. The post
>> overviews proposed changes to national IRB rules/ regulations. This
>> represents an opportunity for the AAA to make an impact on regulations that
>> could make research either much easier or much more difficult for
>> anthropologists. Please read the blog, look at the information, and send in
>> your comments. Linguistic anthropologists¹ perspectives are needed! Here is a
>> link to the blog:
>> 
>> http://ethics.aaanet.org/proposed-federal-changes-to-the-common-rule/
>> 
>> Take care,
>> Steve Black
>> 
>> Steven P. Black
>> Chair of the Committee on Ethics of the American Anthropological Association
>> 
>> Department of Anthropology
>> Georgia State University
>> P.O. Box 3998
>> Atlanta, GA 30302-3998
>> 
>> Phone (404) 413-5168
>> Fax (404) 413-5159
>> 
>> 


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