Thursday, October 30, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Namaste Lounge
Building on last April’s Bridging Perspectives: Navigating Community-Engaged Research and IRB Requirements, this Building Practices colloquium event continues the conversation between researchers, administrators, and the IRB with a focus on answering the pressing questions raised by our community. Together, we will explore:
- Involving undergraduates in community-engaged research
- Navigating IRB requirements in ways that respect cultural, social, and political environments
- Minimizing harm and risk when conducting research with vulnerable populations and community organizations
- Ethical quandaries in community-engaged research that the IRB does not cover
Through dialogue and collective problem-solving, this session seeks to move beyond identifying barriers toward developing clearer practices, stronger collaborations, and more practical strategies between researchers and the IRB for supporting ethical community-engaged research.
Roundtable moderators
- Regina Day Langhout, Professor of Psychology
- Sana Khoury-Shakour, Director of the Office of Research Compliance Administration
- Jessica Taft, Professor of LALS and Director of the Dolores Huerta Research Center for the Americas
- Lora Bartlett, Associate Professor of Education and Department Chair
- Saskias Casanova, Associate Professor of Psychology
- Margarita Azmitia, Distinguished Professor of Psychology and IRB Chair
- Heather Bullock, Director of the Center for Economic Justice and Action and Professor of Psychology
- Ned LeBlond, Managing Director for the Institute of Social Transformation and Campus + Community
- Rebecca London, Professor of Sociology and Faculty Director of Campus + Community
This is a B.Y.O. lunch time colloquium event. Event sponsors will provide drinks and snacks.
Sponsors: Campus + Community and the Office of Research
Schedule
11:00 – 11:20 AM | Welcome & Framing
Moderator(s): Sana & Rebecca
- Purpose of the convening: what actions can we take to better align and support community-engaged research through the IRB review process?
- Overall goal: Last convening left us with some lingering questions. In this session, we aim to create an open space for further discussion to better understand the challenges and brainstorm potential solutions.
- Progress made within the last year:
- Adoption of CIRTification and allowing community partners to be approved on UCSC IRB as investigators
- Creation of new FAQ that will be distributed to all investigators who report they are doing community-engaged research (be prepared to distribute, maybe with QR code?)
- Simplifying the IRB application form, improving the clarity for affiliated researchers
- Tone setting (respect, listening, equity of voice)
- Introduction to the activity
- Introduce table leads and topics
- Talk about the format of the session
11:20 AM – 12:15 PM | Roundtable discussions
For each table:
- Mini overview: Key issues and considerations from the first event
- Table questions, feedback and input
- Brainstorm solutions for improvement
- Write top 5 issues and solutions on butcher paper
Table A: Involving undergraduates in community-engaged research
Moderators: Regina Langhout and Sana Khoury-Shakour
Note takers: Evin Knight
Table B: Aligning IRB regulations with cultural, social, or political environments
Moderator: Jessica Taft and Lora Bartlett
Note takers: Gabby Alvarez
Table C: Minimizing harm and risk when conducting research with vulnerable populations and community organizations
Moderators: Saskias Casanova and Margarita Azmitia
Note takers: Jessica De La Cruz
Table D: Ethical quandaries in community-engaged research that are not covered by the IRB
Moderators: Heather Bullock and Ned LeBlond
Note takers: Darío León
Floaters between tables: Bri Quinn, Rebecca London