This led the researcher to probe about what steps, if any, were being taken to address
those concerns in the present context:
Researcher: Now is that something that you guys are actively working to try to
do differently here?
Lambert: Well we hadn’t really talked about that piece. . . .
Edmonds: [simultaneously] We hadn’t really talked about this
Lambert: . . . to be honest. I think one of the approaches that I’ve tried to take is
to make sure that, at least with regards to the residence hall programming, the
idea isn’t for an RA [resident assistant] to go up to a faculty member and say
‘Hey, come present this program in the residence hall.’ I mean, what it’s
supposed to do is, if you’ve got a thought or idea you get resources, you get
information, but you’re still in charge of the program. The faculty member’s
invited to come and add to it, to participate at the level in which they’re
interested but, again, the idea is we’re working with them to put this together,
it’s not ‘oh, come to the hall and do this program’ and poof, here I can check
off the box that this is done.