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1.)Who will your research subjects be? How will you find them? How many will you need?

My research subject will be myself due to the fact that I have chosen to write about a person experience. By doing this I will be composing an autoethnography. Therefore, the subject is myself. =)

2.)Are there any potential dangers to your participants in undertaking this research?

There is no potential danger to anyone except for myself. This is going to be and already has been a very emotional process. I’ve learned a lot about myself and how i respond to others just by analyzing my own situation. Because this is so personal the potential danger is self exploration. I hope to be able to grow from this experience.

3.)How will you protect your participants from harm and safeguard their privacy?

I will protect myself from harm by being well educated about my topic and conveying my own experience in a tasteful way while still getting my point across and touching my readers intellectually. By being well educated about my topic I will be able to support my thoughts, feelings, and ideas with the research of others validate my assumptions.

4.)What questions do you have about methods and data collection at this time and how will you answer them?

I spoke with Marlen about feeling like I was going to make this paper more personal than I had to, but he reassured me that it cannot me too personal. This was a major concern I had going into this paper. Now I am more concerned with proper format and citation. To make sure I’m doing this properly I will have to further my research on autoethnographies and study the formatting and citation.