Question
10 Page research paper, double spaced, on African Americans in sports
At least 6 sources
Sociology 346 (Race, Class & Gender)
California State University, Long Beach Instructor: Armando Mejia
Fall Semester 2016 RESEARCH PAPER AND PROPOSAL GUIDELINES
Proposal Due: September 20, 2016 & Final Paper Due: December 1, 2016
General Description:
You are required to write a research paper on a topic relevant to the course, covering some topic relevant
to the sociology of race, class & gender, either at the local, regional, national, or global levels of analysis.
The paper should be written individually and should be based on academic research references, which may be
supplemented with other data from the news media, policy reports, interviews/observations, and/or
community organization documents. The general goals of the assignment are to provide you with the
opportunity to gain in-depth knowledge on a topic that suits your interests relevant to the course. It is, in
essence, your opportunity to become an expert on a particular question or issue that you find interesting
and/or intriguing. There are two options that will satisfy this requirement.
The first option is to write a paper that examines a relevant topic to race, gender, and/or class in the
United States.
OR
The second option is to write a comparative paper which examines some aspect of race, gender, and/or
class globally or in another society.
The decision of which research paper option to choose is yours. Regardless of the option you choose,
however, each paper will be the same length in text (excluding bibliographies or attachments). Also, both
options will be graded equally. The final paper must have a cover page with your name and the title of the
paper on it. Moreover, the paper should be typed, double space, with one inch margins, proof-read, and free
of errors.
RESEARCH PROPOSAL:
In order to help you organize your ideas for the research paper, each student in the class is required to
prepare a 2-page research proposal/bibliography. Please use my office hours or contact me via email if you
would like to discuss your ideas before turning in your paper proposal. Your paper proposal should take the
form of two-to-three paragraph description of the topic you want to research. It is best to try to write out at
least two ideas, even if they are on related subjects. Do not worry about refining the subject or having a
subject that is too unusual; I will provide you feedback and assist you in developing your paper topic.
Your research proposal should explain the following:
1) The reasons for selecting your topic and the analytical question you hope to answer in your paper.
2) Why you (and the writer) care about this questionwhat will it help us to understand? What are its
broader meanings and implications?
3) How do you intend to answer your question? In other words, what lines of reasoning will you pursue? How
will you break down your big question into smaller ones? (These smaller questions may help you organize
your paper into sections). Identify the types of evidence you will need to research and analyze your questions. 2
In addition to the description and question, your proposal should include a preliminary 1-page
bibliography of primary and/or secondary sources you will use in your research. Primary sources are those
written by a group or person involved in what you are studying. This can also include field observations,
pictures, letters, interviews, and the commentary of others, especially in the form of newspaper and
television accounts. Secondary sources are scholarly research on your subject. Scholarly work is written by
someone who holds an academic position or who uses a sustained, data-based, systematic form of inquiry to
draw conclusions about a case or cases. Be sure to check social science and sociology databases at the
CSULB Library for sources. Web sites may only be used as primary sources or whenever other sources of
information are not available. I suspect that most papers will include a combination of primary and
secondary sources.
Finally, keep in mind that you are writing a research paper in which the central task is to use evidence to
make an argument. If you are doing a paper based primarily on fieldwork, it will be important for you to
make connections between the event/issue you are investigating and any academic literature on the subject.
This means that you should base the argument in your paper on evidence from observations, collected data,
and readings, not on unfounded opinions. PROPOSAL DUE DATE: SEPTEMBER 20, 2016. All
Proposals are due in class.
LENGTH AND STYLE OF THE FINAL RESEARCH PAPER:
Your research paper should be 10 pages in length (not including the cover page, bibliography, and/or
attachments!). When writing the paper, please observe the following elements of style: 1) ALL papers must
be typed, double-space, stapled, and use one-inch margins; 2) ALL pages (except for the title page) in the
paper must be clearly numbered; 3) ALL papers must be checked for spelling and/or other grammatical
mistakes before they are submitted for grading. This is important because simple mistakes can take the
readers attention away from your argument and can result in a lower evaluation of your paper; and 4) ALL
papers are required to use a separate title page with a descriptive title for the paper. Moreover, the authors
name, student ID number, and due date for the paper need to be included on the title page.
RESOURCES:
There are a variety of resources available in the CSULB library that will prove useful in completing
your paper. The following sources are suggested:
1) Reference Works: These include encyclopedias, historical documents, and other publications
written or produced by a community-based organization, etc. 2) Academic Databases and Periodicals: Additionally, you may consult sources that provide sociological
analysis of your topic. The librarys CD-ROM data bases should provide many leads. It would be a
very good idea to consult CSULB librarians to help you identify the journals and other databases that
would be most appropriate to use in researching your topic. You may find useful these, and other,
journals in writing your papers: A) Social Science Quarterly; B) American Sociological Review; C)
American Journal of Sociology; D) Social Science Journal; E) Social Forces; F) Ethnic and Migration
Studies; G) International Migration Review; H) Ethnic and Racial Studies; I) Gender and Society; J) 3
Sex Roles; K) Sexualities, etc., etc. There are many, many more scholarly journals which may contain
relevant information for your paper, so please think of this list as only a partial suggestion of what you
may find useful.
3) Newspapers: For some topics, national newspapers (i.e, New York Times, Washington Post, etc)
and perhaps local/regional newspapers (i.e, Los Angeles Times, Orange County Register, etc) are good
sources for basic information. The CSULB Librarys electronic databases would be useful in
researching newspaper stories, particularly on topics for which there is limited academic literature.
Recent electronic files of current newspaper articles should be available at the library also. 4) The Internet: There are virtually hundreds of web sites that some of you may find useful in
completing your term papers. Please consult with a librarian at the CSULB University library to obtain
assistance locating sites that may be useful. If you are drawing data/information from interviews and field observations, it will be important for you
to develop a research strategy before engaging in fieldwork. If you plan on conducting a community-based
study, please consult with me during office hours about your plans. In general, if you incorporate fieldwork in
your paper, please prepare in advance by doing the following: Make sure you have a clear question(s) you want to research and a justification for doing so
Narrow down the list of individuals or organizations you may want to consider as part of your research
Once you have narrowed down the names, topic, questions, location, and organization you want to study,
make sure you will have access to the information you need. The more organized you are in advance, the
less time you will waste conducting field research that is not relevant to your paper!
Make sure that once you identify the a group to study that you will have access to the information you will
need, that you will be safe, and that you will be welcome. Please let me know in your proposal if you are
conducting research with a grassroots organization, the contact information for the individual(s) you plan
to work with, and if you will need a letter from me to gain access to information or to secure an interview.
Grassroots organizations in general may be very particular about who they allow to interview its staff, and
you may need an official letter from your instructor (in this case me) to let the organization know that you
are conducting class work and that the information you will gain from them will only be used for
academic purposes.
If you conduct fieldwork/interviews as part of your paper, it will be important (and required) that you
include in an appendix to your paper the questions that were asked during the interview. If the interviews
are done in a language other than English, please include the questions as they are written and used. GROUND RULES:
1. Your paper must focused on some issue relevant to race, class, and/or gender of your choice, either in
the United States or another society (for a partial list of suggested topics, please see the last page of this
document). The decision of what and where to focus the paper on is yours; regardless of your focus (U.S
vs. another country), each paper will be the same length in text (excluding bibliographies or attachments).
Also, both options will be graded equally 4
2. Your research paper should be 10 pages of text in length (double-space typed pages). Attachments, such
as pictures, maps, tables, graphs, etc. do not count as part of the 10-page requirement.
3. The paper should have a cover page, with a proper title and the names of the authors of the
paper. Moreover, the paper should be typed (12-inch font), double spaced, with 1 inch margin on all
sides of the paper, and free of typing or citation errors.
4. References for the paper can be both primary and/or secondary. Primary sources are those
written by a person or a group involved in what you are studying. This can also include field observations,
pictures, letters, interviews, and the commentary of others, especially in the form of newspaper and
television accounts. Secondary sources are scholarly research documents on your subject. Scholarly work
is written by someone who holds an academic position or who uses a sustained, data-based, systematic
form of inquiry to draw conclusions about a case or cases. Please note that internet web sites may only be
used as primary sources or whenever other sources of information are not available. DO NOT depend on
internet references to write your papers! I expect all papers to be based, primarily, on academic research.
5. All sources used to write the paper must be included in a bibliography at the end of the paper. In addition,
all quotes cited in the text of the paper must be referenced either in footnotes, endnotes, or in-text
citations. If you use interviews as part of your research strategy, they should also be noted in the
bibliography.
6. Follow university rules of academic integrity. Needless to say, this is to be your own work. No joint
or group papers are allowed. Moreover, plagiarism of published work will be severely punished.
You will receive an automatic F for the paper if you plagiarize. If you have questions regarding
what constitutes plagiarism, please make sure to consult with me before turning in your paper.
7. Grades for the paper will be based on the clarity of your presentation, the consistency of your
analysis and conclusion, and the range of sources consulted. I strongly encourage you use the most
appropriate sources of information in your papers. Papers relying on only internet sites are highly
suspicious and will NOT be accepted! Remember, this is a paper on something you are supposedly very
interested in!! So, give it your best effort and enjoy it!
8. All research papers are due in class on the due date. RESEARCH PAPER DUE DATE: DECEMBER
1, 2016. No late papers accepted!
FINAL SUGGESTIONS:
Please keep in mind that a good research paper is one that has undergone previous revisions. We will devote a
class session before papers are due to comment on everyones papers; more on this session will be announced
in class. I also strongly encourage you to consult university writing assistance services (i.e, The Writers
Resource Lab in the Language & Arts Building (LAB) Room 206. Phone: 562/985-4329). Students in
previous years have found the assistance provide by the Writers Resource Lab very useful. In general, try to
start researching and writing as soon as possible so that you have enough time to properly revise your work.
Good luck! I look forward to reading your work!. 5
SOME TOPIC IDEAS FOR YOUR RESEARCH PAPERS
Here below are some possible ideas to help you determine your own paper topics. These are
suggestions ONLY! They are meant to give you a sense of the variety and range of topics that you could
write about. You are free to develop your own paper topic. I ask, however, that you stop by during my office
hours some time during the semester to check in with me about the progress of your paper. I look forward to
learning about your paper topic and to offering you my assistance during the research and writing process of
the paper.
1. Race, Gender and the Glass Ceiling in Corporate America
2. Economic and Environmental Inequality in the U.S-Mexico Border Region
3. Immigration and Inter-Ethnic Conflict in the United States
4. Housing segregation and class in U.S Cities
5. Housing Problems and Policies in Post-Communist Russia
6. Economic Inequality in Communist China
7. Prostitution and Sex Trafficking in Thailand
8. Race and Housing Segregation in American and Canadian Cities
9. Economic and Social Aspects of Mexican Immigration to the United States
10. Race, Crime, and Incarceration in California
11. Educational Success and Challenges of Asian Americans
12. Racial Profiling and Policing in the United States
13. Educational Discrimination and Achievement of U.S Latinos
14. Same-Sex Marriage and Its Challengers in the United States
15. Race, Class and Housing Segregation in U.S Cities
16. Poverty in Long Beach, CA (or another city, state or country)
17. Affirmative Action in Higher Education in the United States and Brazil
18. Globalization and Labor Market Impacts on Non-College Educated Workers
19. Women and The Problem of Domestic Violence
20. The 9/11 Terrorist Attacks and U.S Airport Security
21. Drug Use, Prostitution and the Law in the Netherlands (or another country)
22. Child Labor in India and Pakistan (or another country)
23. African Americans and Environmental Injustice
24. Toxic Waste in Native American Reservations
25. Corporate Crime in the United States
26. Corporate Power and Political Influence in the United States
27. Gender and the Funding of College Sports
28. Women and Sexual Harassment in Corporate America
29. Health Problem and Inequalities in Urban America
30. Racial Profiling by Urban Police Departments
31. The Digital Divide and Its Social Consequences
32. Race, Criminal Records, and Employment Outcomes
33. Gender, Race and Health Problems of the U.S Elderly Population
34. Female Labor and Working Conditions in Export-Processing Zones
35. Human Trafficking in the U.S-Mexico Border Region
36. Violence and Safety Issues of Transgender People
37. Transportation Problems of the Poor in U.S Cities
38. The Housing Foreclosure Crisis in Los Angeles and Orange Counties
39. Pesticides and Farm Workers in California and the United States 6
40. Water Privatization and Social Conflict in Developing Countries
41. Latinos and Environmental Health Inequalities
42. The Gentrification of Inner-City Neighborhoods and Its Consequences
43. Labor and Justice Issues at Walmart
44. Environmental Hazards and Community Impacts
45. Poverty and Poor Peoples Movements in the United States
46. Undocumented Youth and their Educational Challenges
47. The Test Score Gap Between White and Non-White Students
48. Race and Environmental Injustice in Post-Apartheid South Africa
49. Latino and African American Males in the U.S Prison System
50. Race, Gender, and Poverty in Long Beach
51. Women and Domestic Violence in the U.S
52. Age, Gender, and Employment Discrimination
53. Women and the Glass Ceiling in Corporate America
54. African Immigrants and African American Educational Differences
55. Motherhood and the Hiring Decisions of Employers
56. Womens Education and Employment in Science and Engineering
57. Inter-Racial Marriage in the United States and Brazil
58. Race, Class, and School Tracking
59. African Americans in U.S Sports
60. Representation of Women in U.S Sports Magazines
61. Ethnic and Women-owned Businesses in the United States
62. The Boarding School Experience of Native Americans
63. Asian Americans and Educational Stereotypes
64. Latinos in U.S Baseball
65. Jewish Immigration to the United States
66. Irish Americans and Policing
67. Race, Gender, and U.S Youth Gangs
68. Violence Among Same-Sex Couples
69. Race, Class, and Health Disparities
70. Inter-Racial Conflict in U.S Schools
71. Post-911 Portrayal of Muslim Americans
72. Young Women Factory Workers in Chinas Economy
73. Gay Rights Organizing in the United States and Latin America
74. Domestic Servitude and Violence in the Middle East
75. Mexican Immigrant Labor in American Agriculture
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