Transformative Interviewing

Catalog description

This methods course focuses on training students in the practice of transformative interviewing, a method of semi-structured interviewing and analysis used to disrupt stereotyping and to foster connection. It is a tool based on the science of human connection that tells a five-part story of who we are as humans, how stereotypes get in the way and cause a crisis of connection, the consequences of the crisis, and the solutions. Transformative interviewing is a solution to the crisis of connection. Each class is divided into two parts: 1) Discussing the course reading that describes different interviewing techniques and methods of analysis than transformative interviewing and 2) Learning the method of transformative interviewing. The objectives of this course are to: 1) provide a brief overview of the science of human connection; 2) understand and learn how to conduct transformative interviews; 3) learn how to construct an interview guide containing a variety of primary and secondary questions following a sequence appropriate for the purpose of the interview; and 4) learn how to analyze transformative interviews using qualitative techniques.