The Institutional Review Board (IRB) reviews research proposals that involve human participants. Even projects that involve minimal involvement of human participants, such as surveys or questionnaires, require some procedural IRB review. Your department chair or director of graduate studies should have specific procedures in place for your department. The IRB Chairs are Professor David Henningsen and Professor Andrea Bonnicksen. Professor Henningsen can be reached at tm0dxh1@wpo.cso.niu.edu, or by phone at (815) 753-7103. Professor Bonnicksen can be reached at albcorn@niu.edu, or by phone at (815) 753-7059.
Questions related to the IRB approval process, progress of protocols, and status of protocols can also be directed to Sandra Arntz, (815) 753-8524, e-mail: sarntz@niu.edu.