Role of the Counselor in Crisis Response

Citing an Interviewee – Unit 8

In this sentence the individual is introduced (fictitious). You may use the first name here as the introduction, but in the next example you will see that the last name only is used, just like an article author.

· Kelley McPhea (personal communication, February 27, 2012), Disaster Preparedness Response Coordinator for the American Red Cross, was interviewed for this assignment.

After the introduction of the interviewee, however, you only use the last name just like when you report on an article and use the author’s last name only.

· McPhea mentioned for small disasters, such as a house fire, a mental health clinician is not dispatched, but one is on standby for referral, if needed (personal communication, February 27, 2012).

Here the last name only was used appropriately and in the citations you do not need to repeat the name since it was used within the text of the sentence.

· The Damage Assessment Team not only assesses for damage, but also makes a preliminary estimation on what the community may need to return to pre-disaster status (K. McPhea, personal communication, February 27, 2012).

In this last sentence the information was shared without using the interviewee’s name, so the citation includes the first name initial and the last name.

For an interview you must use citations for the information you obtained from the individual, and remember that this is information you would not know otherwise, so it is like finding it in research.

*NO reference is used for a personal interview in the References list.