IRB Committee
Institutional Review Board (IRB) for the Protection of Human Subjects
The IRB consists of volunteer staff, faculty, and community members who are the first point of contact when an IRB application is submitted. It is the IRB Chair’s job to determine the level of review (exempt, expedited, or full board review) for the application, NOT THE RESEARCHER. The IRB members possess the requisite knowledge of standards to evaluate protocols for their degree of risk for human participants. All IRB members may also act as consultants with researchers to aid them both in application preparation and with specific aspects of working with human participants, such as informed consent and anonymity issues.
| Member Area | Name | Affiliation | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Director of Institutional Research | Katherine Coy, Chair | Harper College | kcoy@Harpercollege.edu |
| Provost Office Representative | Michael Bates | Harper College | mbates@harpercollege.edu |
| Qualitative Research Representative | Monica Edwards | Harper College | medwards@harpercollege.edu |
| Quantitative Research Representative | Chris Athanassopoulos | Harper College | cathanas@harpercollege.edu |
| Local University Representative | Jodi Lampi | NIU | jlampi@niu.edu |
| Community Member | Deborah Burdsall | Lutheran Home & Services | dburdsall@gmail.com |
| Ethics Consultant | Philosophy Faculty Member | Harper College |