Become a trained OHAP Interviewer: Oral History Project

Become a trained OHAP Interviewer.
Take your first step to becoming an interviewer and sign up here.

Being interviewed is the first step to become an OHAP Interviewer. Here are some things to know:

• The first step is to be interviewed yourself. All Interviewers must first be interviewed and trained.
•  Prospective interviewers are required to complete on-line training and work with an OHAP mentor until they demonstrate their capacity to follow instructions and use technology.
• Interviewers are trained and supported by the RPCV Oral History Archives Project Guide. They follow established oral history interviewing guidelines to ensure that highest quality standards are consistently applied.
• Volunteers procure their own interviewing equipment and software (typically a laptop and Zoom license) and cover minor costs of supplies they choose to purchase.  

Interviewers schedule their own interviews, follow protocols developed by the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History for conducting interviews, recording and uploading digital files of interviews to the Nunn Center, and submitting online Deeds of Gift and metadata to the Nunn Center. To be considered an active interviewer, the interviewer is expected to conduct at least two interviews.

 Register to become a trained OHAP Interviewer:

• Contact: OralHistoryProject@peacecorpsconnect.org
• Or sign up here
  (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfSnTHnoVWezuxwVfPRt6jo55PBG_-6wYhlsFOud8tXCRIprQ/viewform)

Questions?
Contact: OralHistoryProject@peacecorpsconnect.org

The RPCV Oral History Archives Project (OHAP) preserves the Peace Corps experience through comprehensive oral history interviews with Returned and Evacuated Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCVs), Peace Corps Staff, and Host Country Counterparts. These interviews are then made accessible to the public through online digital archives.

About the Oral History Project:

• Listen to Pat Wand's interview on "AirTalk With Larry Mantle" on KPCC 89.3 FM, an NPR affiliate in Los Angeles, broadcast 25 February 2021.
• Listen to an interview with Evelyn Ganzglass, Violet Esipila and S. Olivia Donaldson on the NPCA "Jobs with Jodi" podcast about recent updates and projects, 6 June 2022
• Read the Worldview Article, A Larger Context: Saving the Voices of Complex Peace Corps Experiences by Pat Wand
• Learn more about the Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Oral History Archives Project here: www.PeaceCorpsOralHistory.org
• Learn more about the University of Kentucky Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History here: https://libraries.uky.edu/nunncenter