ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses a way of setting the context ethical issues that arise in interviewing outside of the academy. It illustrates these issues based on an example from research with the American Deaf community. The program and research teams were guided by an advisory board made up of people who worked in the court system and were inclusive of the diversity of language and communication systems. The advisory board provided suggestions of sub-groups in the deaf and hard of hearing communities who showed in courts in the United States. The chapter begins with an introduction of author as a researcher who comes from a privileged group but conducts the majority of his research with marginalized communities. The wonderful issues of cultural diversity and power relations arise in unique ways when interviewing members of marginalized communities. Each researcher who interviews inside or outside of the academy carries the responsibility of identifying the dimensions of diversity that are relevant within research context.
