By Lucy Verlaque ’25 Major: English; Minors: Creative Writing, Journalism, Editing, and Publishing and Gender Studies Contributor Biography: In her time at Washington College, Lucy has loved being involved with student-run publications; over the years, she has served as associate and managing editor of Washington College Review, a staff writer and copy editor for The Elm,…
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“She should’ve stayed in the kitchen where she belongs”: Feminine Spaces in Susan Glaspell’s “A Jury Of Her Peers”
By Riley Dauber ’25 Major: English; Minors: Journalism, Editing and Publishing, Communication and Media Studies, and Gender Studies Contributor Biography: Riley Dauber is a senior majoring in English with minors in Journalism, Editing, and Publishing; Communication and Media Studies; and Gender Studies. She believes “women’s stories matter” and loves writing about the male gaze and…
Setting, Class, and Gender in Mansfield’s “The Garden Party”
By Lucy Verlaque ’25 Major(s): English Minor(s): Creative writing; Journalism, editing, & publishing; Gender studies Contributor Biography: Lucy Verlaque is a senior English major with minors in creative writing, journalism, editing, & publishing, and gender studies. In her time at Washington College, Lucy has loved being involved with student-run publications; over the years, she has…
Death of a Magazine: How the WWE Magazine Stayed Down for the Three Count
By Dante Chavez ’24 Major: English; Minors: Computer Science, Creative Writing Contributor Biography: Dante Chavez ’24 is a current senior at Washington College majoring in English with a concentration in Creative Writing and minoring in Computer Science. He is from Baltimore, MD and currently works on campus at the Rose O’Neill Literary House as the…
Suzanne Valadon & The Female Nude
By Sophia Lennox ’24 Majors: History and Art & Art History; Minors: Gender Studies and Museum, Field, & Community Education Contributor Biography: Sophia Lennox is a senior majoring in History and Art History, and minoring in Gender Studies and Museum, Community, Field education from West Windsor, New Jersey. She enjoys exploring human connection, historical context,…
“I want to be great, or nothing”: Amy March and the Subversion of Societal Expectations
By Riley Dauber ’25 Major: English; Minors: Journalism, Editing & Publishing, Communication & Media Studies, and Gender Studies Contributor Biography: Riley is a junior majoring in English with a triple minor in Journalism, Editing, and Publishing; Communication and Media Studies; and Gender Studies. Outside of the classroom, she is the Lifestyle Editor for The Elm,…
What Defines Time? An Analysis of Augustine’s Argument on the Past, Present, and Future
By Fiona Beck ’24 Majors: Anthropology and Philosophy Contributor Biography: Fiona Beck is a senior and soon-to-be graduate of Washington College pursuing a B.A. in Anthropology and Philosophy. While at Washington College, she has been the president of the MMA Club and a part of the Art Club executive board helping coordinate club events and…
Chrétien’s Complex “Perceval”: Commentary on the Knightly Code
By Heather Fabritze ’25 Majors: English and Communications & Media Studies; Minor: Journalism, Editing, & Publishing Contributor Biography: Heather is a junior double majoring in English and communications. She currently works as the News Co-Editor for the campus newspaper The Elm, as well as serving as the Honor Board Chair and a peer mentor. She…
Jane Eyre and its Various Versions: An Exploration of Cover Art and Paratexts Within Multiple Editions of the Novel
By Delaney Runge ’24 Major: English; Minors: Education Studies, Creative Writing, and Journalism, Editing, and Publishing Contributor Biography: Delaney Runge is an English major and triple minor in Education Studies, Creative Writing, and Journalism, Editing, and Publishing. During her time at Washington College, she has served as the president of Zeta Tau Alpha, sung as…
The Popularity of Illustrated Cartoon Covers in the Contemporary Romance Genre
By Riley Dauber ’25 Major: English; Minors: Journalism, Editing, & Publishing, Gender Studies, and Communications & Media Studies Contributor Biography: Riley is a junior majoring in English with a triple minor in Journalism, Editing, and Publishing; Communication and Media Studies; and Gender Studies. Outside of the classroom, she is the Lifestyle Editor for The Elm,…
The Print Culture of Eastern Kentucky’s Pack Horse Library Scrapbooks
By Torey Simpson ’24 Major: English; Minor: Museum, Field, and Community Education Contributor Biography: Torey Simpson is from Harrington, Delaware with a special interest in book history and print culture. While at Washington College she was the President and small group leader of Intervarsity Christian Fellowship, a student assistant at the Rose O’Neill Literary House,…
“Home” and the Abyss in Jun Mochizuki’s Pandora Hearts
By Natalie Martinaitis ’25 Major: English; Minors: Creative Writing and Journalism, Editing, & Publishing Contributor Biography: Natalie Martinaitis is a junior and was the previous Editor-in-Chief of Washington College Review. She is the author of The Post-PSO Project, a novella about a failed project and escape from the planet Mars. In her free time, Natalie…
“I only want to keep Harriet to myself:” Reading Jane Austen’s Emma Through a Queer Lens
By Riley Dauber ’25 Major: English; Minors: Journalism, Editing, and Publishing and Communication and Media Studies Brief Description: The final assignment for Dr. Charles’s Jane Austen class was to choose one of Austen’s novels and examine a theme or issue in the selected text. I chose to look at the queer themes and gender roles…
N. Scott Momaday and the Kiowa People: Returning to Heritage
By Heather Fabritze ’25 Majors: English and Communications & Media Studies; Minor: Journalism, Editing, & Publishing Brief Description: A culmination paper of my research on the Kiowa Tribe’s history, cultural practices, and myths, as well as an analysis of Kiowa writer N. Scott Momaday’s works. I tie together his motivations as an author…
Rejections of Patriarchal Authority and Expectations of Female Passivity in Susanna Rowson’s Charlotte Temple
By Emma Reilly ’23 Majors: English, History; Minors: Journalism, Editing, & Publishing, Gender Studies Brief Description: My paper examines agency and authority in America’s first bestselling novel. Close readings and analyses of relevant paratexts position the novel as distinctly anti-patriarchal. I argue that instances of narratorial and character authority encourage a proto-feminist reading of a…
Elden Ring and the Monstrous Feminine
By Ally Allen ’24 Majors: English and Communications & Media Studies Brief Description: Some game journalists claim that FromSoftware has a “woman problem”. In this paper, I argue that in Elden Ring both Rennala and Melania are monstrously feminine, Rennala being the embodiment of the Monstrous Mother and Melania being the complex representation of abject…
The Values Necessary For a Healthy Nurse-Patient Relationship: How Compassion and Respect Help to Navigate Racism and Sexism From Alzheimer’s Patients
By Nora Beebe ’26 Majors: Philosophy and Political Science; Minor: Religious Studies Brief Description: This piece discusses the virtues needed by both patients and nurses when patients lack the ability for full cognitive function. This paper focus on African American female nurses and Alzheimer patients in order to emphasize how the intersectionality between race and…
Jane and Catherine Join Society: Northanger Abbey’s Plot and Publication
By Grace Hogsten ’25 Major: English; Minors: Gender Studies, Creative Writing, and Journalism, Editing, & Publishing The following was written for ENG 394: Jane Austen Although Northanger Abbey was one of the last of Jane Austen’s works to be published, it is one of her earlier written works. Before writing Northanger Abbey, Austen had not…
Financial Stability or Mutual Affection: What Makes a Happier Marriage?
By Delaney Runge ’24 Major: English; Minors: Education Studies, Journalism, Editing, and Publishing, and Creative Writing Brief Description: Within Jane Austen’s literature, the endings for characters are often happy, but ultimately make the reader think about their true implications. Through this essay, the marital outcomes of Elizabeth Bennet and close friend, Charlotte Lucas, are compared…
Sister Krone and The Impossibility of Mammy in The Promised Neverland
By Dante Chavez ’24 Major: English; Minors: Creative Writing, Computer Science Brief Description: From racist caricatures to minstrel shows, the black figure has been subjected to various forms of torment and ridicule in American media. However, many people are unaware of the effect this media has had on the way black people are depicted on…
The Beginning of the End: Possibilities of the Posthuman in Frankenstein
By: Erica Quinones ’22 English and German Studies majors, Political Science and European Studies minors Abstract: This essay will explore Frankenstein as the stillbirth of a posthuman society, revealing insights into the social norms that Mary Shelley uses to define “human” and the structures therein. These insights arise by reading the Creature in Tandem with…
Voices of the Past
By Alaina Perdon ’22 Environmental Studies major, Anthropology and Chesapeake Regional Studies minors Brief Description: Both within and outside of the linguistic community, many consider modern humans to be the only beings in the evolutionary line capable of speech. This essay examines the biological and cultural evidence suggesting Neanderthals were capable of complex vocal communication…
Illegal Pangolin Trade in Sub-Saharan Africa and Its Reflection on the International Political Economy
What a “Scaly Anteater” Can Teach Us About International Relations and Informal Economic Sectors By Julianna Sterling ’23 International Studies, French and Economics majors Brief Description: An analysis on illegal trading and poaching of the African pangolin in the face of increasing Asian enterprise presence in Sub-Saharan Africa, and how these interactions can overshadow localized…
Magnifying Meaning: Making Sense of Annie Dillard’s Methods
By Analiese Bush ’22 Environmental Studies Brief Description: A review of writer Annie Dillard’s techniques and methods in Pilgrim at Tinker Creek. The following was written for American Environmental Writing (ENG 347). Magnifying Meaning: Making Sense of Annie Dillard’s Methods Have you ever gone herping? Herping is the act of going out and finding slippery…
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