Anthony Ellis Rebecca Agosta English 1102-065 October 23, 2013 Annotated Bibliography DiYanni, Robert.

The Insider's Guide to College Success. Needham Heights, MA: A Viacom Company, 1997. 1-76. Print. Robert DiYanni breaks down the book into three sections: Getting Oriented Academically, Developing Academic Confidence and Looking Beyond Your First Year as a way to guide incoming college students towards academic success. More specially I focused on the first section which offered a blueprint of how students can succeed in college by in many ways developing a new identity for learning in adjustment to their new environment. Although this book primarily focuses on ways for incoming freshman to better themselves with many helpful preparation and advising ideas to set themselves up for success, this source does relate to my research indirectly. I'm researching the identity development of freshman and sophomores here at UNCC and this presents a powerful force for how and why that identity formation change (I believe) comes about. For many students, this is their first time being put in an independent environment in which they have to fend for themselves academically and socially. The forces for this change and advise to freshman students can work to shift some students identity as presented by

DiYanni towards a more coherent focus and added confidence in themselves while for others not. To begin, this book has creditability because it was checked out at the school's library. Secondly, this is a scholarly source because it provides highly suggestive and helpful recommendations of ways for incoming students to better their academic tenure at college. These advising references are backed up by research on behalf of author Robert DiYanni. Gee, James. Identity as an Analytic Lens for Research in Education. Review of Research in Education. 25. American Educational Research Association, 2000-2001. 99-125. Web. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/1167322>. In this article James Gee defines the four identities in people as well as in literature. These identities are outside of the standard societal gender, race and class discussions. He conveys that all people have multiple personalities connected not just to "internal states" but instead to performance in society. Also, Gee forms combinations to qualify how discourse is one way to describe "core identity" which varies from person to person. This article is very strong in connecting to the research that I am conducting. In my research I am analyzing the figured worlds and multiple identities of UNC Charlotte freshman and sophomore students. Gee's viewpoint on identity goes right with my research because the identity fields of nature, institutional, discourse and affinity all relate to the daily personalities of college students. Additionally, identity presented in Gee's study correlates with the individuality as a determinant of actions, speech and emotions of people, especially college students.

Identity as an Analytic Lens for Research in Education is absolutely a credible article because firstly it provides references at the end of the volume pages crediting the research it presented to additional outside sources. Also, the source was published in the American Educational Research Association displaying its credibility. The author James Gee is a renowned educational literary scholar meaning any information he presents is likely to be thoughtfully articulated and comprehensive. Lewis, Taylor. "Multiracial students discover identities in college." USA Today. N.p., 4 Apr 2013. Web. 20 Oct 2013. <www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/04/04multiracialstudents-college-identity/2054529/>. The following article in the USA Today discusses the cultural identity in race while following a multi-racial student from Kansas. Furthermore, the author Taylor Lewis presents studies from experts that convey the balance of race and ethnicity for people in how they are perceived in today's society. The student followed Sam Ho presents his identity among those he faces in his daily community. He explains how some see him as "white" through his appearance but sees himself as multi-racial because of his Chinese immigrant father. This was another great article that contributes greatly to my field of study because the article incorporates identity measures for people in culture as well as how they adjust themselves to others. Also, the article presents a self-study research from Associate dean of students at Cleveland State University Willie L. Banks Jr. in which he explores the different stages a biracial student experiences in identity before and upon entering college. This college study is exactly what I am researching in my own project.

The credibility of this article is not in question because the article is displayed through a Nationally credited online and print newspaper, USA Today. Also, the article was offered in the culture section as opposed to opinion section meaning that is provides information based on research and discovery versus just a writers personal beliefs. Lastly, the writer Taylor Lewis title of "Collegiate Correspondent" shows a respected reputation level in his authorship of stories Magolda, M.B., Torres, V. (2004). Reconstructing Latino identity: The influence of cognitive development on the ethnic identity process of Latino students. Journal of College Student Development, 45(3), 333-347. Torres in her study of the identity process among Latino students identified the importance of combining the forces of ethnic identity with a developing cultural nature when analyzing Hispanic students identity evolution. To support her study, Torres conducted interviews as well as questionnaires to acquire these student's orientation preferences. The study included two main sections of Hispanic identity development: situational identity and Influences on change in identity development. From this she gained knowledge on influences affected Hispanic students development from how they grew up, generational status and the perception of themselves from others in society. On the surface this study on Hispanic identity development does not directly connect to my identity study but it does offer a blueprint of how a quality and thorough research study on identity can be completed. This study includes multiple sources of research from primary to secondary and provides an explanation of the process in identifying a selective cultural direction to evaluate further. This source supports my initial research themes like

the identity the development upon entering higher education in their relationships with others. I fully believe that this study encompasses all the traits of a credible sources from providing well-formulated cultural analysis to offering ways in which the audience can breakdown the study to gain their own perspective on the information presented. Additionally, the author conducted extensive primary research including interviews to form a sound conclusion on Hispanic students identity development and usage in higher education.