God's New Whiz Kids?: Korean American Evangelicals on Campus

Appendix B: Letters to Interview/Research Subjects

Appendix B Letters to Interview/Research Subjects Letter of Introduction for the Directors/Leaders of the Campus Organizations Hello, my name is Rebecca. I am a Korean American graduate student in the WU sociology department. I am interested in conducting a study on the growth of Korean American and other Asian American campus evangelical organizations on college campuses. In particular, I am interested in collecting general descriptive information on Korean American and other Asian American campus evangelical organizations, finding out the organizations’ major concerns and themes, and exploring some of the reasons behind the growth of Korean American and other Asian American campus evangelical organizations. Because ___ is one of the largest Korean American (or Asian American ) campus evangelical organizations on the WU campus and has chapters on several other college campuses, ___ was selected for study. If I can get your permission to conduct participant observation and interviews in your organization, I would like to participate in your worship services and Bible studies and conduct personal interviews with the college student members and staff of your organization. My study will be conducted for three academic quarters—starting from the Fall 2000 quarter and ending in the Spring 2001 quarter. I would like to interview about ten members from your organization for about 30 minutes to an hour and a half. I will ask questions regarding how they came to participate in your organization and ask them about their involvement in the organization. By not disclosing the name of your organization and not recording the interview subject’s real names, confidentiality will be maintained for your organization and interview subjects. On published records, your organization will be identified as a Korean American or Asian American 159 campus evangelical organization on a large college campus in California and the names of the interview subjects will be changed to maintain confidentiality. In closing, I would like to ask you for your help and permission to conduct participant observation and interviews in your organization. If you allow me to conduct my study in your organization, I will be more than happy to address any concerns you might have regarding my study and share my findings with you. Sincerely, Rebecca Kim Letter of Introduction for the Directors/Leaders of the Campus Organizations (Non-Asian American) Hello, my name is Rebecca. I am a graduate student in the WU sociology department. I am interested in conducting a study on the growth of campus evangelical organizations on college campuses. In particular, I am interested in collecting general descriptive information on students’ involvement in campus evangelical organizations; finding out campus evangelical organizations’ major concerns and themes; and exploring some of the reasons behind its growth in recent years. Because ___ is one of the largest campus evangelical organizations on the WU campus and has chapters on several other college campuses, ___ was selected for study. If I can get your permission to conduct participant observation and interviews in your organization, I would like to participate in your worship services and Bible studies and conduct personal interviews with the college student members and staff of your organization. My study will be conducted for three academic quarters—starting from the Fall 2000 quarter and ending in the Spring 2001 quarter. I would like to interview about ten members from your organization for about 30 minutes to an hour and a half. I will ask questions regarding how they came to participate in your organization and ask them about their involvement in the organization. By not disclosing the name of your organization and not recording the interview subject’s real names, confidentiality will be maintained for your organization and interview subjects. On published records, your organization will be identified as a campus evangelical organization on 160 | Appendix B a large college campus in California and the names of the interview subjects will be changed to maintain confidentiality. In closing, I would like to ask you for your help and permission to conduct participant observation and interviews in your organization. If you allow me to conduct my study in your organization, I will be more than happy to address any concerns you might have regarding my study and share my findings with you. Sincerely, Rebecca Kim Letters to Interview/Research Subjects | 161 ...