<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div>Spreading the word: My sociologist friend is looking for
people in tech to interview for her dissertation (themes: diversity,
meritocracy), her email is copied below if you're interested in
contributing your story to this study, or know someone who might be.<br><br></div>Cheers,<br></div><div>Jay<br></div><br>---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Sigrid Luhr</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a target="_blank" href="mailto:sigridluhr@gmail.com">sigridluhr@gmail.com</a>></span><br>Date: Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 4:01 PM<br>Subject: Dissertation Help<br>To: <br><br><br><span style="font-size:12.8px">Hello friends, </span><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">As
you probably know, I'm currently interviewing folks who work in the
tech industry as part of my dissertation. After exhausting most of my
own contacts, I'm reaching out to you. Do you know anyone who works in
the industry in the Bay Area who might be willing to sit down for an
interview with me? I'm casting a pretty wide net right now in terms of
who I interview, so if you think someone might be a good fit for the
study, they probably would be! </div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Gere's
a little blurb that I've been using to send out to potential
respondents (feel free to copy and paste to send to friends you know): </span><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div></div><blockquote style="font-size:12.8px;margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border-width:medium;border-style:none;border-color:-moz-use-text-color;padding:0px"><div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><p style="font-size:12.8px" class="MsoNormal"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">My
name is Sigrid Luhr and I am a PhD candidate in the Sociology
Department at the University of California, Berkeley. I am currently
conducting interviews with tech workers living and working in the Bay
Area as part of my dissertation research. Broadly, the project centers
around diversity and narratives of meritocracy within the tech
industry. </font></p></div></div><div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><p style="font-size:12.8px" class="MsoNormal"><br></p></div></div><div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><p style="font-size:12.8px" class="MsoNormal"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">If you are interested in taking part or have any questions about the study, please let me know. </font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Interviews
typically last an hour and mostly cover work experiences and
perceptions of the tech industry. The interview itself can take place at
a time and place most convenient to you (most take place in coffee
shops). And, as is the case with most sociological research like this, I
will never use your name or any identifying information in my
dissertation or anywhere else. Please get in touch with me at <a target="_blank" href="mailto:sigridluhr@gmail.com">sigridluhr@gmail.com</a> or <a target="_blank" value="+13016558153" href="tel:301-655-8153">301<wbr>-655-8153</a> if you have any questions or are interested in participating. </span></p><p style="font-size:12.8px" class="MsoNormal"><br></p></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="font-size:12.8px;margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border-width:medium;border-style:none;border-color:-moz-use-text-color;padding:0px"><div style="font-size:12.8px"><p style="font-size:12.8px" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></span></p></div></blockquote><font style="font-size:12.8px" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Thank you! </span></font><div class="gmail-m_-6901770439200373769gmail-yj6qo gmail-m_-6901770439200373769gmail-ajU"><div class="gmail-m_-6901770439200373769gmail-ajR" id="gmail-m_-6901770439200373769gmail-:1q4"><br>--<span class="gmail-m_-6901770439200373769gmail-HOEnZb gmail-m_-6901770439200373769gmail-adL"><font color="#888888"><span class="gmail-m_-6901770439200373769gmail-m_6716645124750151342m_9042299748567994778HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br><div class="gmail-m_-6901770439200373769gmail-m_6716645124750151342m_9042299748567994778m_-17114415291576594gmail_signature">Sigrid Luhr <br><a target="_blank" href="tel:%28301%29%20655-8153" value="+13016558153">301-655-8153</a> <a target="_blank" href="mailto:sigridluhr@berkeley.edu">sigridluhr@berkeley.edu</a></div></font></span></font></span></div></div></div></div>