Unit 2 Topic Proposal (this will also serve as the RD of your introduction for Unit 2–so I would not skip this assignment!)

What is important here– and I canā€™t stress this enough– is that you research something you want to know more about, not something you think you already know the answer to.Ā  You may be curious to know why there are so few African American ballerinas in major companies, or you may want to know how much ā€œhousing projectsā€ have changed in New York since James Baldwin wrote ā€œA Talk to Teachersā€ in 1963, or you may want to know what we really learn from playing computer games.Ā  Just be curious. All topics must be approved by me.

Write your topic at the beginning of the post (in question form.Ā  PleaseĀ  no y/n questions)
Then, answer the following as a paragraph.Ā  You must cover all of the questions in bold:

  • Why are you interested in this question? Ā (Feel free to talk about your own personal experience with the topic, or to tell an anecdote about your experience with this subject matter)Ā 
  • What do you expect to find in your research? (Why do you expect to find this?)
  • What will you do if you find information that goes completely against what you had expected to find? (Will you throw it out? Will you write about it anyway? Will you challenge your own assumptions?)Ā 

Category: Unit Two.

Remember, if you didn’t do the homework for Oct 6, you can do that for Tues as well (without a late penalty).

Also, here is the schedule for Office Hours:

Tuesday, Oct 11 (in my office, Namm 511):

  • 12:00 Danya
  • 12:30 Osman
  • 1:30 Nicholas

Weds, Oct 12 (Zoom– I’ll email you the link)

  • 12:00 Chris
  • 12:30 Marly

Thurs, Oct 13

  • 12:00 Keon