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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Hello, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>I am forwarding on the attached call for male research participants. I am also pasting the call for participants below. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>I have not yet participated in this research but have corresponded several times with the researcher and am registered to be a participant myself. I don’t know about the final outcomes of the research but it sounds interesting to me. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>CALL FOR RESEARCH PARTICIPANTS</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>My name is Tara Fannon and I'm a third year doctoral student with the <i>Department of Political Science and Sociology at NUI, Galway, Ireland</i>. I live in Brooklyn New York and I’m getting ready to begin my fieldwork in and around NYC and beyond!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>My research entitled, </span><i><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Personal Narratives of Gender and Disability: Blind and Visually Impaired Men's Accounts of Embodied Selfhood, </span></i><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>qualitatively </span><span lang=EN-IE style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>investigates the relationship between gender, disability and visuality, specifically how visual and textual representations of masculinities and disability shape and are shaped by blind and visually impaired men’s sensory accounts of body and self.</span><span lang=EN-IE style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> <span style='color:black'>In other words, <span style='background:white'>I'm interested in learning what masculinity and disability means to my participants in their everyday lives and, beyond this, what it's like having a visual disability in a time when visual information, image and aesthetic are considered important in our society.</span></span></span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>I am currently recruiting </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>males between the ages of 18-75 who are fluent English speakers, permanent residents of the United States currently living in the United States and who identify as visually impaired or blind (from birth or acquired).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-IE style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Participation in this research will entail one in-depth interview lasting up to an hour and possibly one shorter follow-up interview. </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Interviews can be conducted face-to-face with participants who live in the NYC area or over the phone if preferred. Interviews with participants who live outside the NYC area will take place only over phone because my travel to locations outside NYC is not possible at this time.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Face-to-face interview locations will be agreed upon by the participant and researcher and will take place in public spaces provided they are accessible, suitably quiet to ensure a good recording, and private enough to ensure participant comfort.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>This research is anonymous and confidential.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>While I’m unable to offer financial compensation for participation, if in the case of face-to-face interviews, water and snacks will be provided. Beyond this, there are multiple, worthwhile benefits to participating in this research that range from exploring completely new areas to growing important and under-researched areas.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>If you’re interested in participating or would just like to know more about my research please email me a completed ‘expression of interest’ form (see attached) to: </span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><a href="mailto:T.FANNON3@nuigalway.ie">T.FANNON3@nuigalway.ie</a></span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> and I will be in touch shortly. Your returning this form doesn’t obligate you to participate in my research. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Finally, please feel free to pass this research call onto family, friends or colleagues that might meet the criteria for my recruitment.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Warm regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Tara Fannon</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><br>PhD Candidate <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>School of Political Science and Sociology<br>College of Arts, Social Sciences and Celtic Studies<br>NUI, Galway<br>IRELAND<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><a href="http://www.nuigalway.ie/soc/">http://www.nuigalway.ie/soc/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Visiting Scholar<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Center for the Study of Men and Masculinities<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>SUNY, Stony Brook<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><u><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue'><a href="http://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/csmm/">http://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/csmm/</a><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class=MsoNormal><u><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue'><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></u></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Edward C. Bell, Ph.D., CRC, NOMC<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Director, Professional Development and Research<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Institute on Blindness<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Louisiana Tech University<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>210 Woodard Hall <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>PO Box 3158<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Ruston LA 71272<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Office: 318.257.4554 Fax: 318.257.2259 (Fax) Skype: edwardbell2010<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:dotted windowtext 3.0pt;padding:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><a href="mailto:ebell@latech.edu">ebell@latech.edu</a> <a href="http://www.pdrib.com"><span style='color:#0563C1'>www.pdrib.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>**************************************************************<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>"I am somehow less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops." <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>-- Stephen Jay Gould<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> FANNON, TARA [mailto:T.FANNON3@nuigalway.ie] <br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, September 18, 2015 3:34 PM<br><b>To:</b> Edward Bell <ebell@pdrib.com><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: A research project that you might be interested in<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div id=divtagdefaultwrapper><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Hi Dr. Bell,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>I wouldn't mind you passing the information along before our interview, in the interest in hopefully creating some momentum. I've attached the original call and the expression of interest form.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>As far as our interview, we can leave it until after October 12th. Generally speaking Mondays between 8-1pm and Wednesdays and Fridays between 10-5pm are a sure bet. I'm away on the 16th and I think you may be one hour behind me, just a couple of things to consider. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Tara<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><hr size=2 width="98%" align=center></span></div><div id=divRplyFwdMsg><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> Edward Bell <<a href="mailto:ebell@pdrib.com">ebell@pdrib.com</a>><br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, September 18, 2015 3:37 PM<br><b>To:</b> FANNON, TARA<br><b>Subject:</b> RE: A research project that you might be interested in</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Tara, </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Yes, I am comfortable sharing with our wider community. I thought I would wait until after my interview so that I can say to folks “I have participated and it was a good experience” or whatever, but if it is more important to get it out there I can share it now. If so, can you send me another email that has the initial invitation? I think I have it saved but if I can forward directly from you it might be better. </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>I am out of town October 7-9. Generally, I can be open most days. After October 12 is pretty open for me rest of the month. So, let me know when in that timeframe is good for you and I can double check my calendar. </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Edward C. Bell, Ph.D., CRC, NOMC</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Director, Professional Development and Research</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Institute on Blindness</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Louisiana Tech University</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>210 Woodard Hall </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>PO Box 3158</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Ruston LA 71272</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Office: 318.257.4554 Fax: 318.257.2259 (Fax) Skype: edwardbell2010</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-bottom:dotted windowtext 3.0pt;padding:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in'><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><a href="mailto:ebell@latech.edu">ebell@latech.edu</a> <a href="http://www.pdrib.com"><span style='color:#0563C1'>www.pdrib.com</span></a></span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>**************************************************************</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>"I am somehow less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops." </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>-- Stephen Jay Gould</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p style='background:white'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> FANNON, TARA [<a href="mailto:T.FANNON3@nuigalway.ie">mailto:T.FANNON3@nuigalway.ie</a>] <br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, September 18, 2015 9:59 AM<br><b>To:</b> Edward Bell <<a href="mailto:ebell@pdrib.com">ebell@pdrib.com</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: A research project that you might be interested in</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p style='background:white'><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div id=divtagdefaultwrapper><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Hi Dr. Bell,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Please find attached your copy of the Informed Consent, signed by me.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>My thinking is to start my actual fieldwork in early October. To get an idea of what your availability is, at your earliest convenience, can you provide me with some general days/times that you think you'd be able to talk with me over the phone for our main interview?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>I can tell you that Tuesdays and Thursdays are tough for me because I teach. Other than that I'm very flexible.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Additionally, now that you have a better idea of what my research is about and the types of questions I'll be asking, do you think it's something you're comfortable sharing with your wider community?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Tara<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white;background-attachment:scroll;background-position-x:0%;background-position-y:0%'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><hr size=2 width="98%" align=center></span></div><div id=divRplyFwdMsg><p style='background:white'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> Edward Bell <<a href="mailto:ebell@pdrib.com">ebell@pdrib.com</a>><br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, September 17, 2015 4:29 PM<br><b>To:</b> FANNON, TARA<br><b>Subject:</b> RE: A research project that you might be interested in</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p style='background:white;background-attachment:scroll;background-position-x:0%;background-position-y:0%'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Third time is a charm? Attached. </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>FYI, being blind and unable to see the lines after each question it was not clear that I needed to initial each item. It might be helpful to others to clarify; where you have:</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:6.0pt;background:white'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Please insert initials on the line provided:</span></b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>To add:</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:6.0pt;background:white'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Please insert your initials on the line provided after each item to mark your consent with each statement:</span></b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Or, maybe I am just more dense than your other participants!</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Edward C. Bell, Ph.D., CRC, NOMC</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Director, Professional Development and Research</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Institute on Blindness</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Louisiana Tech University</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>210 Woodard Hall </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>PO Box 3158</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Ruston LA 71272</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Office: 318.257.4554 Fax: 318.257.2259 (Fax) Skype: edwardbell2010</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-bottom:dotted windowtext 3.0pt;padding:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in'><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><a href="mailto:ebell@latech.edu">ebell@latech.edu</a> <a href="http://www.pdrib.com"><span style='color:#0563C1'>www.pdrib.com</span></a></span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>**************************************************************</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>"I am somehow less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops." </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>-- Stephen Jay Gould</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p style='background:white'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> FANNON, TARA [<a href="mailto:T.FANNON3@nuigalway.ie">mailto:T.FANNON3@nuigalway.ie</a>] <br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, September 17, 2015 3:01 PM<br><b>To:</b> Edward Bell <<a href="mailto:ebell@pdrib.com">ebell@pdrib.com</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: A research project that you might be interested in</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div id=divtagdefaultwrapper><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Okay, I see what's happening. You have 'signed' the form but you have not initialed the numbered statements. Can you do this, and then we're good to go.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Best.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><hr size=2 width="98%" align=center></span></div><div id=divRplyFwdMsg><p style='background:white'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> Edward Bell <<a href="mailto:ebell@pdrib.com">ebell@pdrib.com</a>><br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, September 17, 2015 3:55 PM<br><b>To:</b> FANNON, TARA<br><b>Subject:</b> RE: A research project that you might be interested in</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Try this one. I double checked it and it is there on my end. </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Let me know if not, maybe I’m doing something wrong. </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Edward C. Bell, Ph.D., CRC, NOMC</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Director, Professional Development and Research</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Institute on Blindness</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Louisiana Tech University</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>210 Woodard Hall </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>PO Box 3158</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Ruston LA 71272</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Office: 318.257.4554 Fax: 318.257.2259 (Fax) Skype: edwardbell2010</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-bottom:dotted windowtext 3.0pt;padding:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in'><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><a href="mailto:ebell@latech.edu">ebell@latech.edu</a> <a href="http://www.pdrib.com"><span style='color:#0563C1'>www.pdrib.com</span></a></span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>**************************************************************</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>"I am somehow less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops." </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>-- Stephen Jay Gould</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p style='background:white'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> FANNON, TARA [<a href="mailto:T.FANNON3@nuigalway.ie">mailto:T.FANNON3@nuigalway.ie</a>] <br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, September 17, 2015 2:53 PM<br><b>To:</b> Edward Bell <<a href="mailto:ebell@pdrib.com">ebell@pdrib.com</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: A research project that you might be interested in</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div id=divtagdefaultwrapper><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Hi Dr. Bell,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>It looks like the document you sent isn't filled out. Can you just check that?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Tara<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><hr size=2 width="98%" align=center></span></div><div id=divRplyFwdMsg><p style='background:white'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> Edward Bell <<a href="mailto:ebell@pdrib.com">ebell@pdrib.com</a>><br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, September 17, 2015 3:42 PM<br><b>To:</b> FANNON, TARA<br><b>Subject:</b> RE: A research project that you might be interested in</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Hi Tara, </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>See attached.</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Edward C. Bell, Ph.D., CRC, NOMC</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Director, Professional Development and Research</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Institute on Blindness</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Louisiana Tech University</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>210 Woodard Hall </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>PO Box 3158</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Ruston LA 71272</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Office: 318.257.4554 Fax: 318.257.2259 (Fax) Skype: edwardbell2010</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-bottom:dotted windowtext 3.0pt;padding:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in'><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><a href="mailto:ebell@latech.edu">ebell@latech.edu</a> <a href="http://www.pdrib.com"><span style='color:#0563C1'>www.pdrib.com</span></a></span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>**************************************************************</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>"I am somehow less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops." </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>-- Stephen Jay Gould</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p style='background:white'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> FANNON, TARA [<a href="mailto:T.FANNON3@nuigalway.ie">mailto:T.FANNON3@nuigalway.ie</a>] <br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, September 17, 2015 2:34 PM<br><b>To:</b> Edward Bell <<a href="mailto:ebell@pdrib.com">ebell@pdrib.com</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: A research project that you might be interested in</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div id=divtagdefaultwrapper><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Hi Dr. Bell,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Yes you definitely qualify. An important objective of mine is to include a range of diverse voices. I've attached your informed consent. Once you return it to me, I'll forward you a signed copy and we can go from there.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Many thanks for your quick reply.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Tara<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><hr size=2 width="98%" align=center></span></div><div id=divRplyFwdMsg><p style='background:white'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> Edward Bell <<a href="mailto:ebell@pdrib.com">ebell@pdrib.com</a>><br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, September 17, 2015 3:17 PM<br><b>To:</b> FANNON, TARA<br><b>Subject:</b> RE: A research project that you might be interested in</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Hi Tara, </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Yes, I received and reviewed it and no I do not have any questions or concerns. </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Did I qualify as a participant?</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Edward C. Bell, Ph.D., CRC, NOMC</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Director, Professional Development and Research</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Institute on Blindness</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Louisiana Tech University</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>210 Woodard Hall </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>PO Box 3158</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Ruston LA 71272</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Office: 318.257.4554 Fax: 318.257.2259 (Fax) Skype: edwardbell2010</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-bottom:dotted windowtext 3.0pt;padding:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in'><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><a href="mailto:ebell@latech.edu">ebell@latech.edu</a> <a href="http://www.pdrib.com"><span style='color:#0563C1'>www.pdrib.com</span></a></span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>**************************************************************</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>"I am somehow less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops." </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>-- Stephen Jay Gould</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p style='background:white'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> FANNON, TARA [<a href="mailto:T.FANNON3@nuigalway.ie">mailto:T.FANNON3@nuigalway.ie</a>] <br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, September 17, 2015 1:51 PM<br><b>To:</b> Edward Bell <<a href="mailto:ebell@pdrib.com">ebell@pdrib.com</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: A research project that you might be interested in</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div id=divtagdefaultwrapper><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Hi Dr. Bell,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>I'm following up to see if you received the participant information sheet I sent and, if so, if you have any questions or concerns to address. Please do let me know.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>All the best,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Tara<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><hr size=2 width="98%" align=center></span></div><div id=divRplyFwdMsg><p style='background:white'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> FANNON, TARA<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, September 11, 2015 11:48 AM<br><b>To:</b> Edward Bell<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: A research project that you might be interested in</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div id=divtagdefaultwrapper><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Hi Dr. Bell,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Thank you for returning you form. Please find attached a participant information sheet that explains in more detail, my research. This sheet will give you a better sense of the questions I might ask, or at least the questions that are guiding my research. I'm, of course, happy to answer any questions or address any concerns you might have after reading the form. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>All the best,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Tara<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><hr size=2 width="98%" align=center></span></div><div id=divRplyFwdMsg><p style='background:white'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> Edward Bell <<a href="mailto:ebell@pdrib.com">ebell@pdrib.com</a>><br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, September 10, 2015 9:13 AM<br><b>To:</b> FANNON, TARA<br><b>Subject:</b> RE: A research project that you might be interested in</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Hi Tara, </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Attached is my completed request form. I know of probably a dozen or so other men who would fit this criteria (well actually more than a dozen). I would be interested in either participating myself first and/or seeing the nature of the questions before I could strongly recommend the study to others. </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Either way, I am glad to help where I can. See my responses and let me know. </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Edward C. Bell, Ph.D., CRC, NOMC</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Director, Professional Development and Research</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Institute on Blindness</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Louisiana Tech University</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>210 Woodard Hall </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>PO Box 3158</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Ruston LA 71272</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Office: 318.257.4554 Fax: 318.257.2259 (Fax) Skype: edwardbell2010</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-bottom:dotted windowtext 3.0pt;padding:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in'><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><a href="mailto:ebell@latech.edu">ebell@latech.edu</a> <a href="http://www.pdrib.com"><span style='color:#0563C1'>www.pdrib.com</span></a></span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>**************************************************************</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>"I am somehow less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops." </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>-- Stephen Jay Gould</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p style='background:white'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> FANNON, TARA [<a href="mailto:T.FANNON3@nuigalway.ie">mailto:T.FANNON3@nuigalway.ie</a>] <br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, September 9, 2015 6:45 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:ebell@latech.edu">ebell@latech.edu</a><br><b>Subject:</b> A research project that you might be interested in</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div id=divtagdefaultwrapper><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Hi Dr. Bell,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>I come to you by way of Buffa Hanse who I've never met but, in her receiving my 'call for participants' through Sociologists for Women in Society, suggested that you might be interested in participating in my research and/or sharing it with other men who might meet my sample criteria.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>About me, I'm a third year </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>I'm a third year doctoral student with the <i>Department of Political Science and Sociology at NUI, Galway, Ireland</i> and a Visiting Scholar at the <i>Center for the Study of Men and Masculinities, Stony Brook</i>. I live in Brooklyn, New York and I’m getting ready to begin my fieldwork in and around NYC and beyond.</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>My research entitled, <em><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Personal Narratives of Gender and Disability: Blind and Visually Impaired Men's Accounts of Embodied Selfhood, </span></em>qualitatively investigates the relationship between gender, disability and visuality, specifically how visual and textual representations of masculinities and disability shape and are shaped by blind and visually impaired men’s sensory accounts of body and self.</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>I've attached my call and an 'expression of interest' form for your review and to share (if you like). Please don't hesitate to get in touch with me if you have questions.</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>All the very best,</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Tara </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>