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General Topic Area
Specific Topic Area Topic Ideas
Abuse
Child abuse
Abuse
Child abuse
Abuse
Child abuse
Abuse
Child abuse
Abuse
Domestic abuse
Abuse
Domestic Abuse
Abuse
Domestic violence
Abuse
Domestic violence
Abuse
Elder abuse
Abuse
Elder abuse
Child abandonement & neglect
Child Abuse Child discipline vs child abuse (latino community)
Research Question How are children and families affected by parental abandonment, and how can they be helped to cope with the consequences? What are the factors/conditions that lead to child abuse? How can kids be helped to tell about their abuse? What are the long-term effects of abuse? Where is the line between discipline and abuse in Latino families in the U.S.?
How are children affected when they are in the Effects of drug use around presence of drug use in the home or neighborhood, children and what can be done to diminish these effects? What are the effects of domestic abuse on children as they grow up, and how can they be helped to Domestic violence heal from the trauma? Domestic violence against men What types of psychological problems come from Domestic Violence witnessing domestic violence? Difficulty in prosecution of What problems in law enforcement systems domestic abusers in prevent victims of domestic violence from obtaining homes due to regulations [help? justice? treatment?], and how can these etc problems be addressed? What are the conditions in elder care systems that lead to abuse of patients, and wnat are ways to Elder Abuse prevent this abuse? What factors lead to higher rates of child abuse in lower income communities, and what strategies are Child abuse being used to fight this problem?
Abuse
Sexual abuse
Abuse
Sexual abuse
Animals
Animal cruelty
Animals
Animal cruelty
Animals
Animal testing
Animals
Animal treatment
Animals
Animal treatment
Economics
Economics
College costs Financial aid for undocumented Students
Economics
Low income issues
Economics
Predatory lending
Why are rates of sexualt assault so high on Native Sexual Abuse in Native American reservations, and why is prosecution of American Communities perpetrators so difficult? What are the effects of childhood sexual assault on boys as they grow, and why is it so difficult to Sexual assault of males identify or stop? What is the relationship between animal cruelty Animal cruelty and violent behavior toward other people? Why do pitbull attacks appear to be so common, and what can be done to change the negative Perceptions of Pitbulls perception of these dogs? How is commercial product testing on animals a Animal Testing form of abuse? What are the ways to significantly lower the number of animals in shelters [in L.A.] without Life as a shelter animal euthanasia? What kinds of problems come as a result of puppy Animal abuse/Puppy mills mills, and should the practice be banned? Why is college becoming more & more unaffordable for so many Americans, and what will be the impact of this unchecked rise on the Rising costs of college country? How will [certain qualified] undocumented Financial aid for immigrants access to financial aid & in-state tuition undocumented Students rates benefit communities & economies? Low Income communities are limited in fulfilling their Why is poverty such an inescapable cycle, and potential how can the cycle be broken for more families? How did predatory lending practices contribute to the housing crisis of 2008 and its impact on lowPredatory Lending in Low income communities, and what is being done to Income Communities prevent future crises?
Education
Education Education
Education
Education
Education
Education
Education
Education
Education
What is the impact of cuts to arts programs on kids, and what can be done to raise public awareness Arts education Performing Arts in Schools about the importance of arts education? What are the benefits of successful charter Charter schools solving schools, and how can these practices be Charters as a solution traditional school problems implemented in traditional schools? Decolonizing American Cultural relevance education system What is the value of culturally relevant education Culturally relevant Culturally Relevent for minority students, and how can CRE be education Education integrated into schools? How does the currect system of public education How Education system is stifle innovation, and how can the system be Education killing creativity changed to foster creativity? What is the impact of poverty on academic achievement, and how can the effects of poverty Effects of poverty Effects of poverty on youth be combatted in education? Why do marginalized groups face such significant barriers to educational equity in the U.S., and how Inequalities in will addressing these barriers benefit not just those education Inequalities in Education marginalized, but the nationa as a whole? Why do young men of color struggle to graduate inequalities in Why don't minority boys from high school, and what can be done to help education finish high school? more young men succeed? How can comic books be used to increase student engagement and understanding in school across Relevant education Comics as tools for literacy disciplines? What is the impact of ability tracking in education, Special education & Tracking in public and how can public education push more students tracking education to achieve at grade level?
Education
Special Education Students
Children with disabilities
Environmental
Effects of educational Effects of educational stress stress in teens Shark fishing, Animals misconceptions
Environmental
California drought
Green architecture
Deforestation
Deforestation/carbon offsets
Endangered species
Japanese Dolphin Slaughter
Green space
Lack of green space in cities
Education/Health
Environmental
Environmental
Environmental
Environmental
Pollution
Environmental
Pollution
Effects of plastics on marine life Marine pollution & ocean runoff
Environmental
Pollution
Gulf Oil Spill
How are students with special needs treated by school communities, and what can be done for more inclusion & emotional support? How does standardized testing and school grading impact excessive student competition & stress in students? How will marine ecosystems & human lives be affected by the overfishing of sharks? What is the best way for California homeowners to best deal with the drought? What are the advantages & disadvantages of carbon offsets as a legitimate strategy to mitigate the effects of deforestation? What are the impacts, environmentally and socially, of the annual dolphin slaughter in Japan, and what can be done to stop or curtail the practice? How do green spaces benefit residents of lowincome communities, and what avenues are available to increase green spaces in cities like Lawndale, Gardena, & Inglewood? (or "South LA area") What are the direct and indirects effects of plastic particulates on different coastal organisms, and how can these particulates be prevented from reaching the ocean? How does urban runoff affect coastal ecosystems and what can be done to combat this problem? How did the 2010 Gulf Oil Disaster impact ecosystems and the economy in the Gulf regions, and who is to blame?
Health
Disease treatment
Health
Food-related issues
Health
Food-related issues
Health
Food-related issues
Health
Gender issues
Health
Medical access
Health
Medical options
Health
Teenage Stress
What groups are affected most by lupus and why, and why does there appear to be a lack of Lack of Health Education: sufficient treatment for these groups that suffer with Lupus the disease? The relationship between fast food and childhood What is the relationship between fast food and obesity childhood obesity? Undecided, but will consider: * What is a food desert? * Where are they most commonly found? (What people? Race/ethnicity? Socio-economic status?) * How are people affected by this condition? * What can be done to improve access to healthier foods in deserts? * What other factors compound the problems of Food Deserts food deserts? Why are poor people so addicted to fast food, what are the consequences of this addiction, and who is Food Deserts responsible? Why is there an apparent lack of gender-specific research in medicine [when it comes to genderLack of gender-specific neutral disease/physiology], and how are women study in medicine affected by this lack of research? Breast Cancer Risk in women of different How/why is the health care system failing to care socioeconomic statuses for women/families in poverty in the U.S.? Why have Eastern Medicine practices not been more integrated into Western Medicine, and what Western Medicine vs needs to be done to include more of these Eastern Medicine techniques? What factors to increased stress in teens, and how can they be equipped to deal with the effects of Medical Field stress?
Homelessness
Homelessness Homelessness
Homelessness
Immigration
Immigration
Immigration
Law
Law
* What are the leading causes of homelessness in LA, and how can these be addressed to genuinely solve the issue? * What resources are available to help house the homeless, and why have they failed to help in a Homelessness Homelessness legitimate way? Lack of medical attention How can society successfully help the homeless for homeless with mental who are mentally ill without obstructing their civil Homelessness illnesses rights? What are the major cause of homelessness, and Homelessness Homelessness what is being done to end homelessness? What factors lead to homelessness among LGBT teens, and what can be done to stop this increasing Homelessness LGBT Homeless LGBT Teens problem? Taking into account the validity of multiple Immigration crisis of perspectives on the issue, what can the United Central American refugee States do to prevent future refugee crises as with children at US/Mexico the recent influx of Central American immigrant Immigration border children? What are the common traits of successful immigrants [of the immigrant from poverty or other challenging conditions?] in the U.S. education system, and how can this be used as a model to Immigration Immigration and education help more immigrants succeed? What is life like for the undocumented farmworker Living as an in California, and what needs to be done to Life as an immigrant undocumented immigrant improve working & living conditions? What are the conditions that lead so many young Gang violence/gang men to join gangs, and how can this cycle be Gangs injunctions stopped? What is the value of graffiti, and how can Los The Criminalization of Angeles find a balance between respect for Graffiti Graffitti property and art?
Law
Law
Guns Impact of Mexican Drug Wars on California Communities
Impact of Mexican Drug Wars on California Communities
Law
Police conduct
Police brutality
Law
Police conduct
Police brutality & race
Law
Police conduct
Police Misconduct
Law
Police conduct
Police brutality
Law
Police conduct
Police brutality
Law
Police conduct
Police brutality
Law
Police conduct
Police brutality
Prisons
Effects of incarceration of parents on children
Law
Firearm Violence
What are the factors that lead an individual to commit a mass shooting [at a school such as Sandy Hook, Columbine, or UCSB], and how can these tragedies be prevented?
How does the drug war in Mexico/Central America impact life in California? Why have American police forces become more militarized in communities of color, and what is the effect of this militarization on those communities? What circumstances increase the rates of police brutality against minorities? Why do police officers use excessive force, and what can communities do to decrease the incidences of violent policing? How real [serious] is the issue of police brutality in the United States? What causes police officers to use excessive or deadly force, and how does this affect the community and its relations with police? What causes police officers to use excessive or deadly force, and how does this affect the community and its relations with police? Why are local police forces becoming more militarized, and what is the impact of this process on communities served by these forces? How are children of parents in prison affected, and what can be done to help the kids cope & avoid following their parents' paths?
Law
Prisons
Recidivism & the monetization of prisoners
Law
Prisons
Privitization of Prisons
Law
Prisons
Recidivism
Law
Sex trafficking
Sex Trafficking
Media
Cultural portrayals
Portrayal of African Americans in Media
Media
African American Cultural stereotyping stereotyping in media
Media
Asian stereotyping in Cultural stereotyping media
Media
Ethnic portrayal
Media
Music business Mysogyny in Cosplay/Comic Conventions
Media
How does recidivism and the industrial prison complex affect inmates and their families, and how does it benefit corporations? What is the connection/relationship between The American Private Prison System and recidivism rates today? What makes re-entry programs for released prisoners so effective, and why have these programs not been more widely implemented? How do girls become victims of child sex trafficking in California, and how can they escape? What are the effects of the use of racial stereotypes in film & TV on African Americans, and what can be done to counteract those effects? What is the impact of negative representations of minorities in film & tv, & what are the best ways to minimize these representations & impacts? What are the effects of stereotyping of Asians in television & movies, and how can Asian Americans deal with these stereotypes? Why are Latinas so narrowly stereotyped in film & tv? What are the effects of this stereotyping on the audience? How can the negative effects of this stereotyping be minimized?
Portrayal of Latinas in Media Corruption in Music Cheating bands out of money or changing How have record companies taken advantage of musicians to fit the label's musicians and their work, and what effect has this expectations etc had on the listening public? How can women be creative and independent with Mysogyny in their physical appearance without fear of being Media/Cosplay objectified?
Media
Mysogyny in Cosplay/Comic Conventions
Media
Mysogyny in Cosplay/Comic Conventions
Media
Race-related
Media
Media
Military
Military
Military
Politics
Mysogyny in Media/Cosplay
Mysogyny in Media/Cosplay Diversity in the modeling industry
Why does society seem to accept that women bear some responsibility for sexual harassment and assault? How does the culture of "conventions" and "cosplay" highlight the larger societal issue of women's supposed culpability in mysogyny and sexual harassment and assault?
What are the effects of violent video games on Effects of video game children, & how can parents help their kids avoid Video games violence potential problems from these games? What are the negative effects of video game violence on teenage behavior, and what needs to Video games Video game violence be done to limit these effects? Why is it such a challenge for veterans with PTSD How to effectively treat to receive proper treatment, and what can be done PTSD Veterans PTSD - Military to ensure this does not continue? Why is it such a challenge for veterans with PTSD to receive proper treatment, and what can be done PTSD Veterans PTSD - Military to ensure this does not continue? Why is it such a challenge for OEF and OIF Treatment of Veterans Inadequate Military Aid for veterans to receive adequate treatment, and what (broad) Veterans can be done to ensure this does not continue? Lack of Funding for Why do emergency services in CA face such Funding for Emergency Services shortages in funding, and what is being done to emergency services (Firefighters budgets cut) make up for the shortfall?
Politics
Geopolitical
Politics
Nuclear power plants Nuclear Power Plants
Psychology
Body image
Psychology
Body image
Psychology
Body image
Psychology
Body image
Psychology
Body image
Psychology
Body image
Psychology
Body image
The Israeli/Gaza Conflict
How has religion made peace impossible in Israel? How can Palestinians and Israelis coexist peacefully? What is the best way to work toward lasting peace in Israel? Based on the current events in Israel, should its government be removed? Why is nuclear power the wrong choice for global energy needs of today?
Self-deprecation due to media standards of beauty What impact does media imagery have on teen (women, teens, and men) girls in the U.S., and how can teens deal with it? What role does media play in the development of Eating Disorders and eating disorders in young women, and how can Media girls be equipped to combat this influence? What are the consequences of girls sending sexually explicit photos to boys, and what can be Sexting done to stop this dangerous practice? Media influence on women What impact does media imagery have on teen & beauty standards girls in the U.S., and how can teens deal with it? What impact does sexualized media imagery have Media influence on women on teen girls in the U.S., and how can teens deal & beauty standards with it? Media influence on women Why do so many adolescent girls struggle to be & beauty standards happy with their appearance? Where does the modern standard of beauty for Media influence on women women in America come from, and how can the & beauty standards importance of this standard be diminished?
Psychology
Body image
Psychology
Body image
How has American [media culture] contributed to a Factors that lead to eating rise in eating disorders in [teenage, adolescent?] disoders girls, and what can be done to arrest the problem? What factors drive women to cosmetic surgery, what are the unintended consequences of the Cosmetic surgery surgery, and how can women be helped to improve addiction self-esteem?
Psychology
Body image
Media influence on women/standards of beauty
Psychology
Gender roles
Psychology
Gender roles
Psychology
Mental illness
Psychology
Mental illness
Psychology
Mental illness
Psychology
Mental illness
What is the impact of media and products targeted at young girls on these girls, and what can be done to help girls understand that Barbie isn't real? How does cultural reinforcement of established gender norms affect children as they grow, and what can be done to help teens cope and help Gender roles families find understanding? How does cultural reinforcement of established gender norms affect children as they grow, and what can be done to help teens cope and help Feminism, gender roles families find understanding? What are the ways that mental illness is monetized by the psychiatric care system, and how does this practice affect the lives and care of those the Marketing of mental illness system purports to serve? What are the conditions that lead to school shootings, and how can future incidents be School Shootings prevented? Effects of disabled children How does having a child with a disability affect the on siblings family? What mental health services are available in schools in low income communities, and how does Mental health services in this impact teens struggling with mental health low-income communities issues?
Misconceptions of Mental Mental illness Illness Arts used for healing Arts used for healing Psychology/Education trauma trauma Psychology
Psychology/Media
Body image
Hypersexualization in Media
Psychology/Media
Rape culture
Rape Culture
Race
Race categories
Race Categories on Standardized Tests (You have to choose 1)
Race
Race categories
Colorism
Racism
Racism/Contradictions of America
Race
How does the stigma and misconceptions of depression affect the overall understanding and treatment of this illness? How can art be used as a form of therapy for victims of trauma? What are the effects of an increasingly hypersexualized global mass media, and what must be done to counteract these effects? How is rape of women tacitly encouraged in American culture, and what needs to be done to change this? What is it like to live as a person of mixed racial heritage in the U.S., and what role does narrow categorization play in the lives of these individuals? What are the impacts of colorism and how has it shaped the African American community today, and how can all shades of ethnicity be celebrated? How does the ignorance or denial of the persistance of racism in America allow it to continue & thereby prevent the country from healing racial divides?