RESEARCH TOPICS

CAREER/ MAJOR FAMILY LOCAL NATIONAL INTER-NATIONAL POP CULTURE/ MEDIA TECH HEALTH EDUCATION HOBBIES/ SPORTS HISTORY
Engineering:  replacement for the shuttle • New car engines running on a different energy source • Amount of U.S. graduating engineers • Is Autocad still the leader in CAD drawing? • What are landmarks in engineering history? • Different types of engineered cars • Great structures past to future built by engineers • Job Opportunities

Mass Comm: Why is mass comm. such a competitive college? • Pros and cons of MC degree

Accounting:

Frauds • enron • Arthur Anderson worldwide • demand for accountants • will the demand last?

Biology: Genetics- EDS • Pediatrics and  behaviors/ parental guide 

Kinesiology: Different components of coaching • sport psychology (in comparison to common psychology) • Creatin • Steroid Abuse 

 

 

 

 

General: Spending quality time together • How does a close death play an impact in a family’s lifestyle or wellbeing? • Siblings • Birth order • Twins • Father's influence on spouse choice • Smoking and its effects • Costs of rehab • Gay/Lesbian couples/ marriage • Underage drinking • Divorce's effect on children • Adoption laws, rights of the birth mother, effects on children • Transnational/ transracial adoption

Genetics and heredity: balding • skin tone • diabetes • infertility  • alcoholism

 

 

 

Public schools: funding • test scores • zoning

Economics: gov. funding • income per capita • poverty • rate of pay • cost of living • cost of tuition • public v. private colleges • equity in financial aid distribution • unequal attention to different geographic areas of the state • LSU’s “money problems” • Campus costs; how much is used to help the campus (not just academics) local job opportunities

Misc.: The South: why people stay or go • racism • Baton Rouge and the West Nile Virus  • Crime and violence • Road construction • Differences in east and west germany 

Katrina/N.O: housing, insurance, downtown, rebuilding UNO

 

 

 

 

War in Iraq: current condition • was it worth it? • domestic response • international response • war on terror • exit strategy

Oil/Gas: prices • alternate fuel sources • ethics of oil industry

Politics: Corruption in federal government • Lack of constituent input • Accountability for elected officials •  current rating of the president • Wages for workers • 911 Truth • Gov.'s hidden agenda • Presidential campaign 2008

Misc.: Stereotypes • Racism • Xenophobia (fear of the unknown)

Corporate Scandals • Mass Corporate ownership

 

 

U.S. image abroad •

Genocide and the inaction of the UN (Rwanda, Sudan, Kosovo) •  Crisis in Darfur • North Korea going crazy • China and treatment of girl babies • democracy and freedom in other countries • Islam extremists • Mao’s regime • Guinea Worm and other diseases in Africa •  Medical care abroad •  India and China- economies booming, now in a bidding war for oil •  Chile- new female president Michele Bachelet •  Liberia- new female prime minister hoping to change things • Terrorism- general • Ghengis khan—800 yr anniversary • Sierra Leone- diamonds/ conflict • International Adoption policies • Fashion Industry/Central of France •  Haiti and reconstruction • Effect of sports events on a country •  Child Labor

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate takeover of media sources •  Lack of actual informative news •  TV programming • Who killed Biggie and Tupac •  Was Lil Kim sentencing an example for other celebrities? •  Why is the paparazzi making Britney Spears look like a horrible mother? •  Music television and ethics/ morality •  TV ratings • The closing airwaves •  The not blockbuster hits •  "alternative" media •  Movies/ Hollywood's effect on kids • Why aren’t their more full-figured models? • -Are rappers really watched by the FBI? • Minorities in the Media • Global Players • Multiple faces of celebrity • Changing roles of women • Women as role models for girls • Dixie Chicks • Subliminal Advertising • Rich celebrities avoiding taxes • Violence in the media and its effects • Video games, parental involvement, good for education?, violence in

 

 

 

 

HD-DVD/Blu-ray competition • New comm. technologies •  OS wars • Apple and the PC clones • Should we tax internet purchases? •  Net neutrality • Digital copyright •  What effect does technology have on education? • Internet and the evolution of childhood • Technology and work ethics • The future of the internet • The rise of the computer based era • Computer literacy • Teens-benefits and abuse of tech. • Computer based testing • Online college courses • Using technology for wrong reasons (porn, etc.) • E-bay shopping • Blogging • Myspace/AIM sexual predators, lawsuits, protection for minors •  Facebook's impact on college campuses • illegal downloading

 

Cost of prescriptions • Insurance costs and payouts •  Methods and effectiveness of birth control •  Price regulation of drugs •   Osteoporosis • Fitness and nutrition • Alzheimer’s • Heart disease/clots • Fast food •  Diets •  Dieting pills • Stem cell research •  Tooth regrowth • ADD medicine and children •  Anti depressants • Cancer treatment and cures • breast cancer •  AIDS: cures, research, quality of life • New research • Leukemia 

Weight issues: Anorexia, the effects of a physical appearance on woman’s attitudes, obesity • Siamese Twins • Mental illness • Health risks of certain age or racial groups • hair loss • plastic surgery

Tuition costs • funding • TOPS

Testing: Performance on math/ science tests • Standardized tests, what do they measure? • history of standardized testing • pre-professional tests (GEE 21, GRE)

Low priority given to public schools • arts in public schools • Programs that don’t work or aren’t funded • Curriculum • organization of schools • lack of a department head in high school that chooses the curriculum instead of the state • College admission • Teacher quality • teacher education • Bullies • is high school teaching the right things? • is it challenging enough? • College degrees in the future • Higher education in the future of jobs • No Child Left Behind • drop out rate • cultural differences in education • diversity in education

 

 

 

Is the DH an unfair advantage to the AL? • Steroids in baseball/record breaking • College athletes and perks given by the school • Cost of tickets to All Star, World Series • Fishing • Canoeing • Cheer or dance discrimination • Paintball • Staying fit and cheating • Future of World Soccer • Past, present, future soccer • teens and money management • Kids and sports • Parental involvement in sports • Art- how artistic people may differ in mind etc. from non artistic • gambling habits

 

 

World War II controversies (Britain and France idle after Poland is invaded) • Why none of the Kings’ children have any kids • Boycott in LA • How Corretta Scott King continued her husband’s journey after his death • origin of eating seafood • Gov. scandals • Gov. coverups/ conspiracies • Moon landing in 1960’s • Audrey Hepburn • Frank Sinatra • How would I go about finding my origins or true ancestry? •  Ghandi • -Are the events of the world predicted in the Bible? • Greek mythology • holocaust • history of islam • ice age • history of new orleans • beginnings of america • Civil War • World War II