Project 2

Reflection

            This project presented a more demanding research component than the first, however I choose an idea that provided me with more opportunity to succeed than in the first.  This project really helped me learn how to use the library research resources, and the exercises we did in class really helped me expand on my resource base.  I found it helpful to gather overarching conceptual lenses and critical arguments before writing and as I wrote the paper I found the archival evidence from news articles online, which allowed me flexibility in what I focused on pertaining to the historical proceedings. The IMRD structure was a new way of writing for me, and I think it helped me organize my thoughts better, and after the conference draft I really understood what each section should contain.  Even if future papers do not require such strict sectioning, I can see myself using these ideas to organize future papers.  This paper was a great introduction to what scholarly research papers can be.