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 that describe your interest in this theme.
Identify 5 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 could be investigated more by scholars.
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): Contemporary immigration from Africa
Theme (specific): Contemporary second generation children of African immigrants (write five sentences about this specific theme and identify 5 scholars)
End the paragraph with your research question: Sample – Do second generation children of immigrants from Africa experience greater upward mobility than their first generation parents?
