An advanced discussion of how to prepare for, conduct, and wrap up interviews/qualitative data gathering. In this session, staff from U-M’s Ginsberg Center will share methods for skills in appreciative interviewing, an approach to interviewing that emphasizes interviewee expertise and encourages interviewers to guard against deficit-based thinking. Throughout the session, we’ll model discussions and activities from Ginsberg Center that you can use to prepare for interviewing; in the process, you’ll have the opportunity to practice skills that will strengthen your own communication be it in office hours, classroom instruction, supervision, or other contexts.