Hola! My name is Karina and this is my 5th year at Dominican. I received my undergraduate degree from DU in English Literature with a Concentration in Secondary Education back in 2015. Although I decided not to teach, I have been working in the field of education since graduation. Working with opportunity youth in nonprofit, I found my niche. I always knew I wanted to work with students, but had a hard time pinpointing to what capacity. After serving as a program director for almost five years and absolutely loving it, I made the decision to return to school in the only field that made sense for me – social work.
As an English major, I have some experience with research papers and all of the fun things that come with them such as literature reviews, searching for sources, reviewing sources, and writing a persuasive argument. However, after completing the readings for this week, I am anxious about this course because the research seems so much more scientific than my previous experience. I know this course will take us step by step through the process, but I can’t help but feel a bit overwhelmed at the moment. There seems to be so many time-consuming steps to the literature review and research paper, it is intimidating. I am a super organized person so I know that will be an advantage; but I know I need to establish deadlines for myself in order to not feel overwhelmed with the workload. Additionally, another concern I have is APA format. I was conditioned to write in MLA format as an undergrad, and am very much still getting the hang of writing in APA. It makes me feel more at ease that many of my classmates have expressed being on the same boat. We will get through this together!
Karina's Search for Research 