Emeris Alba
Is "broken windows" policing effective?
Gabriel Armfield
Martins Badu
Is Stop And Frisk Racial Profiling?
Prisilla Bueno
Are Individual Educational Program tests being misused?
Christina Burgos
Is it appropriate for the authorities to use solitary confinement with minors?
Pedro Comacho
Karina Castillo
Who built Central Park?
Lauren Coen
How have New Yorkers' eating culture changed in recent years?
Nichole Douse-gadsden
What is the history of Ellis Island?
Bubacarr Drammeh
How did the Great Migration change New York?
Mirtalina Falu
Mohamed Fofana
Joisan Geraldo
Is there a legitimate place for graffiti in New York City?
Luis Gonzales
Should sugary drink consumption be reduced, and are taxes a good way to achieve this?
Steven Gully
Daniel Guzman
Has outsourcing affected manufacturing in New York City?
Arturo Jimenez
What are the main causes of juvenile delinquency?
Luisa Medina
Ana Mejia
Are charter schools superior to district schools?
Amanda Miller
Luis Montesino
Lovejoy Okang
What is the extent of the homeless crisis in New York City? And what more could be done?
Andres Pacheco
Is there any correlation between immigration and crime in New York City?
Raymond Pena
Andrea Ramirez
Marleni Ramirez de fani
Why was the Statue of Liberty built?
Janice Rivera
Is New York An Affordable Place To Live In?
General information about choosing a topic
Once you have chosen a topic for your research paper, and it has been approved by me, it will be posted here.
Your research topic must have some connection to New York City.
You can write an expository essay (a simple description of your findings) or a persuasive essay (an attempt to prove one's opinion is correct). The way your research question is posed is a clue to which kind of essay you will right. If the question focuses on facts—Who built Central Park?—the result will be an expository essay. If, on the other hand, the question asks for an opinion—Is "broken windows" policing effective?—you will be writing a persuasive essay.
Here are some possibilities for research topics:
The history of a famous building, structure, or park in the city:
Who built Central Park?
How was the Brooklyn Bridge built?
What is the history of Governor's Island and the structures that were built there?
Social history:
How has Latino culture changed in New York over the last thirty years?
Why are there so few manufacturing jobs in New York City today?
How did the Great Migration (the movement of rural African-Americans from the South to the manufacturing cities of the North in the early 20th century) change New York City?
What was Harlem like during the Harlem Renaissance?
A question about a famous New Yorker:
How did JayZ become established as a rapper?
Who is Afrika Bambaataa?
How did Fiorello LaGuardia shape modern New York?
An examination of a social issue:
Is "broken windows" policing effective?
How do environmental factors affect health in the South Bronx?
Why is Mayor deBlasio promoting free pre-K schooling?
Are charter schools better than traditional public schools?
Are the police and fire departments hiring enough people of color?
Lifestyle questions:
Is gentrification destroying neighborhoods?
How has Hip-Hop been expressed through fashion—the clothes people wear?
What is parkour, and where is it practiced in New York?
As you can see from this short list, there are plenty of topics out there. You could choose one of the topics above, or devise your own.
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