As I am finalizing my research paper, the best advice I want to give to future students about the research project is to choose a topic in which you have a personal interest in some capacity. I definitely would have had a much more difficult time getting through the literature and analysis of my primary source if I had not been personally invested in pursuing my research topic.

Professor Fan refreshed my interest in structure-based methods of research, having focused on the structure of How To Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe and how it analogizes to actual structures. Professor Ruberg introduced the areas of game studies and game studies, both of which I am excited to pursue in the future. These fields interest me on a more personal level as their subject matters are closer to me. Finally, Professor Betancourt brought spatial theming to my attention, with symbols and aspects determining some narrative that a space itself presents before the incursion of events. I have already begun to utilize spatial factors in my own research.