Example of questions you can ask yourself and in your interview:
Some of these are on page 102 of the Bucher Book. You do not have to use all these questions and you are free to use your own questions or a combination. You can also modify the questions as you see fit as long as you can get the information you need to meet the requirements of the paper.
What is your name? Does your name have a meaning or significance? What is it?
Where and when were you born?
What is your family background? Who raised you? Whom did you consider ”family” growing up? Where did you spend your childhood? What place in which you lived has influenced you the most? What kind of community did you grow up in? Where do you currently live (ie rural, suburban, urban). How do you think your family and community environment in which you grew up affected you?
What was your social class background when you grew up? Describe the level of education and types of jobs held by those who raised you. Did you and your family experience upward or downward mobility? How did that affect you? How have your experiences in the United States influenced your ideas of the “American Dream”?
What schools did you attend? Did you feel like you belonged or were an outsider in your school? Why? Did you feel like you had to “leave your culture at home” in order to be accepted at school? Were the values you learned at school similar to the values you learned at home?
How has your identity been influence by your race, gender, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation (dis)abilities, and/or social class? How important were these to your identity, goals, and values?
Cultural Encapsulation: In what way has your upbringing and/or current situation limited your exposure or increased your exposure to other cultures and races?
