Description
Identify a specific theme within the research topic you described in the previous assignment. Select a theme that you feel deserves greater attention from researchers.
Write 5 sentences describing your interest in this theme. Why are you curious about it?
Identify 2 scholars who are researching this particular theme and state what interested you about the work that each scholar is doing.
Ask a specific research question within this theme, which you believe needs more attention.
Arrange your statements and research question into a single paragraph that ends with the research question.
Upload as a PDF or Microsoft WORD document (Google docs or other file formats not accepted).
Example of topic vs theme: (general to specific)
Topic (general): African diasporan success following immigration to the US.
Theme (specific): Financial well-being of the children of Haitian immigrants (the next generation in the US). (write five sentences about this specific theme and identify 2 scholars)
End the paragraph with your research question: Example – Does the second generation experience greater financial success than their first generation parents?
