Research Essay (Essay Two): Islamophobia
Research Essay (Essay Two): Islamophobia
Write a research paper on a topic of your choosing that connects to Islamophobia. Your paper may address subjects as diverse as Islamophobia and Racism, Islamophobia and Gender, the historical basis of Islamophobia, Islamophobia and 9/11, Islamophobia and funding, Islamophobia and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Islamophobia among Muslims, Islamophobia and Narrative of Modernity (savages – civilization), Islamophobia and rightwing politics, Islamophobia in Europe, Islamophobia and presidential elections, Islamophobia and Trump, Islamophobia and U.S. Foreign policy, Islamophobia in Dearborn, Islamophobia and the clash of civilizations, lived experiences of Islamophobia etc. The list goes on and on! (Look for more inspiration in our syllabus).
However you approach these subjects, you will need to do so from an anthropological perspective. This means first that you should look for anthropologically informed sources (such as anthrosource) when possible and second that you take the approach of an anthropologist in your research: cultural relativity, critically analyzing your own categories, awareness of ideas like ethnocentrism, culture, power, racism, and so on.
For this research paper, you are required to use at least 3 peer-reviewed journal articles in order to build your arguments for your research paper. Please format your in-text citations and bibliography in AAA style, which follows the Chicago Manual of Style , 16th edition (Author-date). You paper should also use other sources in your analysis, whether a website, newspaper article, or historical archive of some sort in your analysis. The best essays will use these latter materials critically.
This paper should be typed and double spaced in Times New Roman 12 pt font and should be uploaded as a single word document. You may consult your notes and other course materials for this exam. You may even cite them. However, you need 3 additional peer-reviewed journal articles as well. This paper should be approximately 7 pages in length.
This essay is worth 30 percent of your grade. It has the following steps.
1) topic identification worksheet due 11/14 at 12:30pm (5%) – done
2) annotated bibliography, outline, and thesis statement due 11/21 at 12:30pm (5%)
3) first draft (with peer review) due on 11/21 at 12:30pm – Bring a Paper Copy!!! (10%)
4) final essay due on 11/21 at 11:59pm (10%)
Sample Rubric (to be adjusted):
Grade
F (Needs Work)
D (Not Bad)
C (Good)
B (Excellent)
A (Rare and Exceptional)
Argument
Essay has no thesis statement
Essay statement has a weak or unclear thesis statement and it is not sustained throughout the essay.
Essay has a thesis statement but it is not sustained throughout the essay.
Essay has a clear and specific thesis statement that is sustained throughout the essay.
Essay has an insightful, innovative, and specific thesis statement that is sustained throughout the essay. This thesis statement has been framed as an argument.
External Research
Includes at least 1 peer reviewed citation of outside research on the subject at hand.
Includes at least 2 peer reviewed citations of outside research on the subject at hand.
Includes at least 3 peer reviewed citations of outside research on the subject at hand. (Exceptions granted with permission).
Includes at least 3 peer reviewed citations of outside research on the subject at hand. These sources are used build an argument that may also depend on primary materials such as interviews, newspaper articles, and websites.
Includes at least peer reviewed 3 citations of outside research on the subject at hand. These sources are used build an argument that may also depend on primary materials such as interviews, newspaper articles, and websites.
Other Sources
Student uses few other primary sources as evidence.
Student uses websites, films, and news paper articles to illustrate and provide further evidence of their argument.
Student innovatively integrates information from websites, films, and news paper articles into their argument. If they are doing historical analysis they find unique and compelling primary sources.
Student not only innovatively integrates information from websites films, or articles into their analysis but is critical of these sources and seek to contextualize them. If they are doing historical analysis they find unique and compelling primary sources.
Student not only innovatively integrates information from websites films, or articles into their analysis but is critical of these sources and seek to contextualize them. If they are doing historical analysis they find unique and compelling primary sources.
Style
Paper is riddled with grammatical errors, punctuation errors, or spelling errors.
Formatting does not follow any of the criteria given for font, spacing, or margins.
Paper length unnecessarily exceeds or does not meet page criteria by multiple pages.
Paper has multiple major grammatical errors, punctuation errors, or spelling errors.
Formatting follows 1 of the criteria given for font, spacing, or margins.
Paper length unnecessarily exceeds or does not meet page criteria by multiple pages.
Paper has multiple grammatical errors, punctuation errors, or spelling errors.
Formatting follows 2 of the criteria given for font, spacing, or margins.
Paper length unnecessarily exceeds or does not meet page criteria by more than one page.
Paper has a few small grammatical errors, punctuation errors, or spelling errors.
Formatting follows 2 of the criteria given for font, spacing, or margins.
Paper length unnecessarily exceeds or does not meet page criteria by a page.
Paper has no grammatical errors, punctuation errors, or spelling errors.
Formatting follows the criteria given for font, spacing, and margins.
Paper length is correct and follows the criteria given.
Citations
The Works Cited page and In-text citations do not follow AAA style guidelines.
In text citations are not used where necessary in the text (after quotes and paraphrasing of source materials).
The Works Cited page and In-text citations do not follow AAA style guidelines.
In text citations are used where necessary in the text (after quotes and paraphrasing of source materials).
The Works Cited page and In-text citations follow AAA style guidelines with multiple errors.
In text citations are used where necessary in the text (after quotes and paraphrasing of source materials).
The Works Cited page and In-text citations follow AAA style guidelines with a few small errors.
In text citations are used where necessary in the text (after quotes and paraphrasing of source materials).
The Works Cited page and In-text citations follow AAA style guidelines with no errors.
In text citations are used where necessary in the text (after quotes and paraphrasing of source materials).
