Sorority Rituals - Reflections On Rites of ... - Mari Ann Callais

Individual and Group Interviews
Table 1
Index Individual Interview Group Interview
Campus
Ramapo College 1
University of Alabama at Birmingham 2 1
University of Dayton 2 1
University of Southern Mississippi 2
University of South Alabama 3 1
Louisiana State University 3 1
Florida State University 6 1
Tulane University 5
Loyola University 2 1
Total # of Interviews 23 9
The sorority women were asked to volunteer to participate in the study either by a chapter
officer, the Greek advisor, or me. This study included both private and public institutions with
enrollments ranging from 1,200 to 35,000 graduate and undergraduate students. Chapter size
ranges in membership from 10 members to 210 members. Some participants lived in sorority
facilities such as houses or residence halls, and others were commuter students. I planned
interviews with this criteria established in order to create a range of various sorority experiences.
The criteria included sorority women from various size campuses from different parts of the
country, various size chapters, as well as residential and commuter campuses. Some of the
chapters were older, more traditional chapters, while some will be young and growing. Some of
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