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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1D1D1D">My name is Hannah Stevens, and I am a doctoral candidate in Technical Communication and Rhetoric at Utah State University. I am conducting a research study (<b>IRB #</b></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1D1D1D"> </span></b></span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1D1D1D">#13738</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1D1D1D">)
to identify strategic tactical interventions utilized by the publishing community to cultivate a positive publishing experience. Specifically, I am interested in learning about specific unhelpful, problematic, and/or harmful peer review experiences where,
in response, an intervention in some form turned these review experiences into positive publishing experiences.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="color:#1D1D1D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1D1D1D">To participate in this research you must be<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>18+ years old, identify as<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></i></b><span class="oypena"><b><i><span style="color:#1D1D1D">part
of the field of writing studies, and have had a negative peer review experience in the last 10 years.</span></i></b></span><span style="color:#1D1D1D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1D1D1D;font-weight:normal">If you take part in this study,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1D1D1D">you
will be asked to complete a survey that should take up to 10 minutes.</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1D1D1D;font-weight:normal"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:normal">The
survey will ask you specific questions about your experience with academic peer review as a submitting author.</span><span style="color:#1D1D1D"><o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:normal">Your participation in this study is voluntary and you may withdraw your participation at any time by closing out your browser for any reason.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The
questions asked in this survey may ask you for sensitive information. You may choose to complete this survey in a private location</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:normal">.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></h2>
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the survey</span></a></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:normal"> </span></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:normal">if you
would like to participate. You can also<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#4472C4"><a href="http://bit.ly/StevensWaltonLOI" title="http://bit.ly/StevensWaltonLOI"><span style="color:#4472C4">read
the letter of information</span></a></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#4472C4;font-weight:normal"> </span></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:normal">for
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">If you have any questions about this study, you can contact Hannah Stevens at<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="color:#4472C4"><a href="mailto:hannah.stevens@usu.edu" title="mailto:hannah.stevens@usu.edu"><span style="color:#4472C4">hannah.stevens@usu.edu</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span>or
Rebecca Walton at<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="color:#4472C4"><a href="mailto:rebecca.walton@usu.edu" title="mailto:rebecca.walton@usu.edu"><span style="color:#4472C4">rebecca.walton@usu.edu</span></a>.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Thank you again for your time and consideration!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">PhD Candidate | Utah State University</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Communications Coordinator | <a href="https://www.usu.edu/intersections/index"><span style="color:#0563C1">CIGSR</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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