Personal Statement of Purpose for entering into a doctoral Sociology Program

For my entire adult life, I have maintained continuity in my service to the community, an unswerving path to aiding the poor, sick, and needy through dedicated nursing. Providing compassionate care is as intrinsic to me as breathing, and yet, as a mature professional, I have found that I want to affect greater change in the lives of others, and on a greater scale than ever before. I have given all that I am to my career, in terms of my energy, time, and frankly, my love.Do not copy our samples.

There is no doubt in my mind as to my desire for enhancing my career, and I do not take this next step lightly or to achieve simply a larger paycheck. While I do not feel I have exhausted every path of opportunity or challenge, instead, because of my experiences in health care, I have seen distinct and growing needs within my community and extended community for addressing specific social areas, work that I cannot completely address through nursing.

Nursing deals with one part of the equation, while sociology will enable me to address the issues directly, creating sustainable change. Working in a public hospital has brought me into direct and socially intimate contact with patients. Specifically, I have worked with HIV/AIDS patients before and after antiretrovirals changed the course of the disease in the US, the massive influx of immigrants from China and Mexico adding more diversity to our healthcare system and posing new challenges, an explosion in the severity of crack and methamphetamine use all but destroying lives; increasing numbers of middle class people, newly unemployed, frightened and uninsured entering the ER. I observe younger people succumbing to chronic illnesses formerly only seen in the elderly and the elderly developing multiple, chronic illnesses more than ever before. Recognizing the insidious nature of discrimination by race, sex, class, and conditions such as socioeconomic decline add to medical difficulties if not generate them. This is wrong and I want to be an active participant in and provide relief to specific groups for their and our collective amelioration of life chances.Do not borrow from our samples.

During studies for my Master’s degree, different theoretical perspectives were applied to policy situations focusing on nursing and health. My summer residency in health policy at the **** **** Association (**A) in ******* is an example of this. Working with the residents, managers, the head of the ***** Housing and Urban Development, and staff at **A, we converted public senior housing to smoke-free residences for the health of the vulnerable senior residents. This involved attending meetings with managers and residents, taking a survey of the residents, and compiling data that helped move the *** ***** ordinance forward.

In another example, I educated and surveyed the citizens of ***** by attending community meetings about upcoming votes on ********* ordinances covering many areas in the city. Surveys were taken and the data compiled providing evidence to the [City] managers to help them decide to vote in favor of stricter ***** *** throughout the city. These efforts helped the ******* ordinances pass, setting benchmark standards and making the city’s ********* ordinances some of the most extensive in the U.S.Our Samples are viewed hundreds of times per day!

These positive educational opportunities instilled in me priceless confidence and self-esteem, and also a thorough appreciation of what it takes to move society to change and improve the lives of its citizens. At the same time, it helped others enjoy smoke-free, healthier environments and lives. I had a chance to see change in a new light, not on an individual level, but again from a sociological perspective on health. I want to be an active participant in and provide relief to specific groups for their and our collective improvement of life.

For my part, I see only qualified, relevant, and contemporary research into the area of the elderly, specifically the aging, and those seniors facing increasing poverty. My research would focus on socio-economically challenged elderly women, their biomedicalization/pharmaceuticalization, unique needs and daily, long-term issues thereof. Having served myriad, diverse patients, I have a raw passion, and understanding of the realities elderly, poor women, particularly women of color coping with health issues, that needs to be focused, refined, and fixed upon the tools that will bring about a better tomorrow for them. What greater display of our humanity could we offer than to help the underserved within our community, our neighbors, those we share our lives with, and those who have served us as we have grown?Anti plagiarism software utilized by schools, employers, program directors, and businesses are ALL fully aware of our samples!

Earning my PhD in Sociology will enable me to bring my newest goals, ambitions, indeed my dreams to fruition. Post graduation, I envision contributing and participation in the extended research community, work that will help bring a voice to those who are unable to speak for themselves, are simply not heard or blatantly ignored. By working with or within a non-profit, NGO, or similar agency, I will have access to the resources that will bring relevance to my research as well as the vehicle by which to implement change. Moreover, I want to help ensure the future field of Sociology by teaching tomorrow’s researchers, bringing real world practical examples and the benefit of decades of experience in the field for burgeoning students.

Sociology is truly multidisciplinary. To this end, I feel that what I bring to the SBS PhD sociology program is directly in line with this ideal. Having a solid academic foundation in biology, physiology, nursing, and graduate health policy, coupled with direct patient health care experiences will bring invaluable insights to the field of Sociology. The multifaceted issues we are facing in today’s healthcare crises, combined with consistent influx of diverse patients into the U.S. healthcare system require such a foundation and maturity of understanding. This is what I bring, and I am eager to engage with an accomplished student body and benchmark-setting faculty, faculty who are themselves involved in active research, and one in which the focus is on health, precisely where I aim to make my own mark.Do Not Plagiarize.

In truth, I bring my humility as well, and embrace the fact that I need to refine my current grasp of research skills. Having recently completed graduate work with ****, I am completely confident in the ability of the faculty, that I will get the superior guidance to be an effective researcher, as well as access to the finest resources available.

Earning my PhD will also give me a unique role in my community, one of a role model, a trusted role I would take with the greatest seriousness. To this end, I have already been an active participant and volunteer, helping the poor and homeless in my area through food banks, food distribution, soup kitchens and others. I am frequently reminded of what I saw ***** ****, when I went on a ****** tour, visiting [Southeast Asia]. While my worldview of cultures was forever changed, the issues of crushing poverty remain, sadly, global and I know that I will never forget what I have seen. Recognizing the issues though is only the beginning. Dedicating ourselves to eradicating the issues is key.Copyright © 2009 PersonalWriters.com

**** has been my sole choice for academic development since ****, and I have been impressed repeatedly by the professors, staff, and friendly, welcoming student body. Having taken many Sociology courses, not only as part of the health policy program, but as electives and auditing others, I am confident that these are professors that I want to learn from and am confident of my fit into the aims of the curriculum, especially given its health focus. In truth, I do not believe any other school could match the breadth, autonomy, or relevance of the curriculum.

I look forward to my continued academic relationship with **** with great eagerness.

Thank you for your time and kind consideration,