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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> Weatherton, Maryrose <mweath13@vols.utk.edu><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, July 26, 2022 8:23 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Maryrose Weatherton <mweath13@vols.utk.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Request for forwarding - faculty resource use survey</font>
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<span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif; color:black">Dear Colleagues,</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif; color:black">I am a PhD candidate in the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology department at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville. My dissertation focuses on the relationship between resource use and academic outcomes. <b>I
am seeking to collect survey data related to which resources life science faculty members use,</b> and how useful they perceive these resources to be.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif; color:black">In order to reach as large of a sample size as possible,<b> I am asking staff within life science departments to forward information to faculty members their departments.</b> Recruitment material is attached
to this email and is also found below the dashed line. The survey will take students approximately 5-10 minutes to complete. Please find additional survey information below.</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif; color:black">You are under no obligation to send this email. If you have any questions or concerns related to the study or students’ rights as research participants in this project, </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif; color:black">please
contact me (Maryrose Weatherton, <a href="mailto:mweath13@vols.utk.edu" target="_blank">mweath13@vols.utk.edu</a>) or a UTK IRB Compliance Officer at <a href="mailto:utkirb@utk.edu" target="_blank">utkirb@utk.edu</a>, 865-974-7697.</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif; color:black">Thank you,</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif; color:black">Maryrose Weatherton</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif; color:black"></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> I am recruiting individuals to participate in a research survey for my dissertation. The survey will gather information about what resources you use in your role as a faculty member and how useful you perceive
these resources to be. If you agree to participate, you will take a survey that should take approximately 5-10 minutes to complete. Demographic and institutional information will also be collected, but not your name. The data collected in the survey may be
used in a future publication.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> <span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,0)">If you are interested in participating, please follow this link: </span></span><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,0)"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:"72","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:medium; white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="https://utk.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3xhc7PywR2JHXIq" target="_blank">https://utk.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3xhc7PywR2JHXIq</a></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> ,
which will take you to a Qualtrics survey website.</span></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The consent form for this research is attached to this email and is also integrated into the survey. If you have questions about the study or your rights as a research participant in this project, please contact me
(Maryrose Weatherton, <a href="mailto:mweath13@vols.utk.edu" target="_blank">mweath13@vols.utk.edu</a>) or a UTK IRB Compliance Officer at <a href="mailto:utkirb@utk.edu" target="_blank">utkirb@utk.edu</a>, 865-974-7697.</span></p>
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