One look at my post title and one can see I am going in a different angle than anything that I brought in previously. To my chagrin, I am often one of those that believe doing a complete 360 would set me in a new direction. In all actuality, this would be very counter intuitive, seeing as I doubt my goal was to be right back where I started. Instead, what I am attempting to do with this post will (hopefully) result in a 180 turnaround of positivity and not a 360 run-around with no end.
After discussing with several other members of my research class, a new light has surfaced for my research project ideas. As much as I would be intellectually curious to find out the underlying nature on how individuals perceive immigration, religion or homosexuality, I do not know what the end of the journey would entail. This research project will hopefully be a manner for me to start my publishing/presenting/etc. aspect of a writing career and so it may not be completely beneficial to invest such time with no possibility that any of these goals would be accomplished.
As a recent convert to the Professional Writing major, I will instead focus this research project on investigating my own field. Throughout The Subject is Research, they often have examples of students who search within their own field to get an idea of what their future holds. This will be my inspiration, as there are so many branches this major can take, so I must start learning them and attempt to find my own niche within.
The idea that I have then decided on is investigate the Southeastern Writing Center Association (SWCA). It is their 30th year as an organization, and so their history as an association is broad, and I have a personal connection as a writing center tutor. This topic will be very new to me, as I have only recently been introduced to the world of writing centers and feel very much like a fish out of water. My only hope is that I do not get completely stuck out of the water!
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