Hello,

My name is Jinane Sounny-Slitine. I am a doctoral candidate in the College of Education at The University of Texas at Austin. I am looking for undergraduate students who are interested in participating in a research study that will serve as part of my doctorate degree requirements.
I am looking for undergraduate students who are interested in participating in an exploratory research study focused on understanding how Arab American college students experience a sense of belonging on campus and make meaning of their racial and ethnic identity. Your perspective will help contribute to research about Arab American college students’ experiences and ways institutions can better support them.

To participate you must:

• Self-identify as Arab American
• Be born in the United States
• Have a least one parent who immigrated to the United States from the Southwest Asia or North
• Africa (SWANA) region and identifies as Arab

Enrolled as at least a first-year undergraduate student at the University of Texas at Austin Participants who fit the above criteria will complete a brief demographic questionnaire and two individual interviews. Participation in this project, including the demographic questionnaire and interviews, will roughly take two to three hours to complete. The interviews will be held on Zoom© and scheduled at the participants’ convenience. Participants will choose their own pseudonyms and the participating institution will also receive a pseudonym. All identifying information and responses collected will be masked and kept confidential.

After completing the interviews, participants will earn $40.00 gift card for each interview. Potential indirect benefits to participants include the opportunity to contribute to expanding the knowledge and understanding of Arab American college students.

Interested in participating?
Please fill out this short survey: https://utexas.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6gKrNmEeaHPnC86

This study has been approved by the UT Austin Institutional Review Board (STUDY00003303). If you have any questions, please contact me at jinane@utexas.edu.

Thank you,
Jinane Sounny-Slitine, LMSW, Ph.D. Candidate | Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
Higher Education Leadership & Policy
College of Education | The University of Texas at Austin

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