I am currently in the process of conducting an independent ethnographic research project for my anthropology senior thesis that I am very passionate about. I plan on including it in my application for research experience along with my regular lab work.
Without getting into too much detail, my research project will look at the intersection of religion, feminism, gender identity, American identity (esp after the 2016 election), hyper-masculinity, Islamophobia, etc. So basically, all hot topic issues that can possibly be seen as controversial. I don’t plan on writing my specific opinion on any of these issues but rather looking at the real life experiences of people these issues are important to.
Some people have mentioned to me concern that this would make me stand out in a bad way to medical schools, marking my application and person as too controversial or something. What do you guys think?
Without getting into too much detail, my research project will look at the intersection of religion, feminism, gender identity, American identity (esp after the 2016 election), hyper-masculinity, Islamophobia, etc. So basically, all hot topic issues that can possibly be seen as controversial. I don’t plan on writing my specific opinion on any of these issues but rather looking at the real life experiences of people these issues are important to.
Some people have mentioned to me concern that this would make me stand out in a bad way to medical schools, marking my application and person as too controversial or something. What do you guys think?