Post Oral Argument Presentation- Journal 2

             A couple of weeks ago we had to do our first oral argument presentation in front of the English and Communications Departments. I was pretty stressed out thinking about it because I didn't want anybody to tell me to start over with my data or analysis. To prepare for the presentation, I had to make sure that I sent out my new and updated survey to the first year students, as well as the student leaders on campus. With this information I was able to have more clear and concise answers that I think are good enough to get me through until my final presentation and final paper. Since I am doing qualitative research on the survey results, it isn't the number of surveys that matters, but the quality of the answers.

             Having my survey information definitely helped me feel more confident when preparing for the presentation. I was also able to meet with Dr. Bollinger and get some more resources for my literature review, which is a section that I was, and still am, lagging on. One thing I had to make sure that I mentioned in the presentation was my plan for adding on to my literature review and taking out some unnecessary information. I think that making these changes to my literature review will help bring me so much closer to end result of my literature review. 

             When I gave my presentation, we were able to get feedback from each person in each department to figure out next steps and different things to consider. As I was preparing for the worst, I believe that I had really positive feedback from each professor who gave it to me. Dr. Bollinger gave me some good advice, but also added on some points and thoughts that strayed away from where I was going with my topic. I still appreciated his feedback, like I always do, but it was more of a way for me to think about next steps for the future once I graduate. 

             After my presentation was done, I was surprised I didn't receive any feedback from Dr. Vrooman, but I had an email from him that had an article attached that I could use for my literature review, which I probably appreciated a lot more. Not only was there the article that he sent me, but there is about two whole pages of references that I can use as well to really enhance my literature review.

            I think that overall my oral argument presentation went really well and has allowed me to successfully move forward with my research and my data collection for my analysis as well as researching for my literature review.