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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Opportunity to participate in research – see below.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style="color:black">From:
</span></b><span style="color:black">Jessica Erin Long <Jessica.E.Cardwell@live.mercer.edu><br>
<b>Date: </b>Friday, January 24, 2025 at 11:48</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">AM<br>
<b>To: </b>Jessica Erin Long <Jessica.E.Cardwell@live.mercer.edu><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[External] Dissertation Research Participation Request</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">My name is Jessica Long. I am a PhD candidate in Counselor Education and Supervision at Mercer University. I am conducting a research
study about <b>counselor attitudes toward sex offenders based on the gender of both a victim and offender</b>. I am emailing to ask if you would like to participate by completing a survey for this research project. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Mercer University’s IRB requires investigators to provide informed consent to the research participants. If you would be interested
in taking this survey, please click the following link for more information on how to participate:
</span><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#467886"><a href="https://merceruniversity.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_db7z7GsjLWFibxY" target="_blank" title="https://merceruniversity.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_db7z7GsjLWFibxY"><span style="color:#467886">https://merceruniversity.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_db7z7GsjLWFibxY</span></a></span></u></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">.</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">If you have any questions about the study, contact the Principal Investigator Jessica Long by phone at (770) 686-7360, or by sending
an email to jessica.e.cardwell@live.mercer.edu.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Mercer University’s Institutional Review Board (IRB) reviewed study #H24-08005 and approved it on 04-Nov-2024<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Questions about your rights as a research participant:
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">If you have questions about your rights as a research participant of if you are at any time dissatisfied with any part of this study, you may contact, anonymously if you
wish, the Mercer University Institutional Review Board (IRB) by phone at (478) 301-4101 or by email at ORC_Research@Mercer.Edu. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Thank you in advance for your time and participation!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Warm regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Jessica Long<br>
PhD Candidate<br>
Counselor Education and Supervision<br>
Mercer University<br>
jessica.e.cardwell@live.mercer.edu<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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