Saturday, June 02, 2012
I actually did work on my paper on Monday for 4 hours and I made great progress. I redid pages 1-20 fixed the citations and got the point where I am integrating the Lawson source. I am very excited about this resource for two reasons. First it is a source of great content for my chapter 2 and second it is a great example of the kind of writing that I need to do. I will refer to it while I am writing in terms of referring to articles as articles as well as the examples of transitions, summaries and just how the reporting is done. There is a great example of this on page (need to find the page where she writes about what was done her view). Today I was not able to work but I was thinking and two things came to me. First I am absolutely sure about my design now. I wish to survey/interview African American male college students who are entering college with a major other than science or STEM. This is absolutely the group that I need to connect with. And I can ask them when you were choosing a major what made you NOT choose a career or computer science as a major. The other thing that I am very happy about is that I now have a strategy for a title for my dissertation. On page 17 of the Lawson book the reference to the title of the book "Bad Blood: The Tuskegee Experiment". The subjects were told that they were looking for Bad Blood. I need to keep my eyes open when I am collecting data or as I am reading or writing to figure out my title. For example Opting Out which is another book I am reading. Maybe one of my subjects or folks that I am listening to or as I am reading will utter a phrase that I can use. Like Glenn said Technology is the new hip-hop. Wednesday I am back to writing.
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