User:Ingridxreyes/sandbox

Title: Article Evaluation

Africana studies

I enjoyed this article as a whole; however, I would argue that it needs a wide range of modifications. I can see why it is appealing to some audiences to have a short informative article, but it is excluding a lot of context and information to how Africana studies came to be. Something that jumped out in the concluding paragraphs is how rushed the writing seemed to be-- there are a few syntactic and grammatical errors towards the conclusion. Furthermore, although the article's content is limited, that does not justify the lack of citations. My last critique would be that a majority of the references are books that cannot be accessed online, which the Wikipedia modules advocated against.

10/11: Articles

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen_Ochoa

This article meets topic requirements as Ellen Ochoa is a Hispanic woman working in NASA, and she was the first Hispanic woman to go to space in the world. I think this article will be easy to expand, as expanding on just the context and origin of her interest in science will be lengthy.

Possible sources:


 * https://americacomesalive.com/2014/09/24/ellen-ochoa-first-latina-astronaut-inventor-now-director-mission-control/
 * https://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/ochoa.pdf

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France_A._Córdova

This article meets topic requirements because Frances Cordova is a Mexican woman who became the youngest person to hold the position of NASA chief scientist. I believe this article can easily be expanded since I can easily write about her field work in Mexico, also I would like to add that her personal life section is only two sentences about her husband and kids. Overall, I’d like to expand on her actual personal life, and what shaped her aspirations.

Possible sources:


 * https://www.nsf.gov/nsb/members/current_members/cordova.jsp
 * https://myhero.com/dr_france_cordova
 * Not really reliable but interesting read

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ynes_Mexia

This article meets topic requirements since Ynes Mexia is a Chicanx botanist who was never recognized for her work. Again, this article would be easy to expand as a significant chunk of her personal life section is dedicated to her husband. Also, elaborating on the fact that her work might be discredited since she did not have a college degree to vouch for her knowledge in the field of botany.

Possible sources:


 * https://www.calacademy.org/blogs/from-the-stacks/archives-unboxed-ynes-mexia

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