About
The Institutional Review Board exists as a standing committee.
It consists of at least five members, including:
- A member of the Psychology Department
- A member of the Sociology-Anthropology Department
- A member whose primary concerns are in non-scientific areas
- A representative of the public from the local community who does not have active ties to the College or to the organization sponsoring the research
- An administrator (ex officio)
The chair of the committee is appointed by the administration of the College. The community representative is invited by the Dean of the Faculty to serve on a yearly basis. The community member may serve as many consecutive terms as he or she is invited to and willing to serve.
2021-22 IRB Members
- Sayaka Abe, Japanese Studies
- Netta Avineri, TESOL/TFL at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies
- Janet Brennan, Community Member
- Marcia Collaer, Psychology (Co-Chair)
- Linus Owens, Sociology
- Jake Pirkkanen, Academic Affairs
- Jim Ralph, Dean of Faculty Development & Research (ex officio)
- Martin Seehuus, Psychology (Co-Chair)
- Ajay Verghese, Political Science
IRB Administration
Jake Pirkkanen
Associate Director, Research Compliance
- Email:
- jpirkkanen@middlebury.edu
- Tel:
- (802) 443-3053
- Office:
- McCardell Bicentennial Hall, 329
Marcia Collaer
IRB Co-Chair, A. Barton Hepburn Prof of Psychology & Neuroscience
- Email:
- collaer@middlebury.edu
- Tel:
- (802) 443-2020
- Office:
- McCardell Bicen Hall 273
- Office Hours:
- Fall 2021: Mondays 12:30pm - 1:20pm, Tuesdays 1:30pm - 2:30pm, Wednesdays 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Martin Seehuus
IRB Co-Chair, Assistant Professor of Psychology
- Email:
- mseehuus@middlebury.edu
- Tel:
- (802) 443-5364
- Office:
- McCardell Bicen Hall 279
- Office Hours:
- On Leave for 2020-2021 academic year.