Forthisassignment,youarebeingaskedtoenteranacademicconversationanddevelopapositionon anissuerelatedto leadership,education,and/orjustice.Youareexpectedtowriteawell-conceived essaythattakesapositiononanissueofsomeimportance.Thismeansyoullneedtomakewell-reasonedclaimsandprovideampleevidencetosupportthem,basedonyourresearchinthiscourseand beyondit. Pleaseidentifyajournalwhereyoucouldsubmityourpaperforpublication.Besuretolookatsample articlesfromthejournalandadheretoallsubmissionguidelines.Rememberthatresearchcantake manyforms(i.e.,ananalysisofexistingdata,anarrativeinquiry thatusesstoryasresearch,aprogram review,apolicyanalysis,etc.),andyoushouldidentifyandplanyourapproachtoyourpaper accordingly. Yourfinalpaperalsoneedstoincludeacoverletterthatdoesthefollowing:1)describeshowyour paperhasevolved;2)presents detailsabouthowyouverevisedyourpaperandhighlightshowyou respondedtosuggestionsandquestionsonyourdraft;3)includes aself-assessmentandagradefor yourselfinthecourse. Finally,youshouldplantouseourclassreadingsassourcesforyourpaper,butyoucan(andshould) drawfromothersourcesaswell.Wewilldevelopthispapersinthreestages:1)theproposal(writtenin theformofanabstract);2)adraftofyourpaper;and,3)afinalrevised andeditedpaper withacoverletter.
