The Federalist IRB requires international research to be ‘culturally appropriate,’ but it is unlikely research of cultural problems would meet the requirement.
By Beth Brelje
Witnessing the life-and-death cultural roadblocks experienced by Ethiopian women in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) moved Idil Issak to advocate for them. That is why she is seeking a Ph.D. in anthropology from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville. But now the school’s “unconstitutional licensing scheme” threatens to prevent her from using her free speech rights to help these women, a lawsuit alleges.
The university’s Institutional Review Board (IRB) has put conditions on her proposed dissertation — Unraveling the Complexities of Ethiopian Female Domestic Workers’ Experiences and Their Responses to Exploitation in the UAE — that Issak says violates her constitutional right to free speech and prevents her from completing her work.
The New Civil Liberties Alliance filed a complaint this week in U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of Tennessee at Knoxville on Issak’s behalf, asking the court to declare the IRB’s actions unconstitutional and allow Issak to begin her dissertation.
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