Proposal Feedback

Some feedback I received on my research proposal was to continue to shape my research question and perhaps look into other questions that can help develop my research question. Overall I received good feedback stating that the topic was very interesting and that my professor was excited to see where my research project is going. Another feedback that I received was to explore some of the gender disparities in institutionalization and why do they exist. This question will also help me develop and narrow down my research question to write my paper. In my feedback, I also received a name of an author who's work can help me explore how "madness" is constructed for women. The last feedback that I received was to look at the story of Nellie Bly, girl stunt reporter who went undercover in an insane asylum, and explore why the Victorian discussion concerning madness and women exists. Some questions that I have about scholarly research is how do I know if an article that I found on a database is a reliable source to use in my research paper. I feel like its hard to tell what is useful in an article when I'm researching.