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…
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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…
Virginia Woolf’s Unrecognized Female Shakespeare: Margaret Cavendish
By: Megan Loock ’22 English major, Journalism Publishing and Editing minor Brief Description: This research paper is an extension of a presentation on philosopher and scientist Margaret Cavendish, her play Convent of Pleasure, and the play’s muti-disciplinary outreach. This paper dives deeper into the University College of Ripon and York St. John’s 1995 performance—the only…
British Abolition Movements and Romanticism
By: Liz Hay ’22 Economics and Humanities majors, Public Health minor Brief Description: This paper focuses on the connections between British Romanticism and abolition, particularly regarding how each movement influenced the characteristics and trajectory of the other. The paper analyzes specific Romantic representations of slavery and their relevance to the abolition movement. The argument concludes…
Inversion of the Serpent and a Queer Reading of Coleridge
By: Vee Sharp ’24 English and Art Majors with Art History concentration and Creative Writing minor Brief Description: Animals hold a very specific weight as symbols, a weight that shifts and changes depending on what culture one looks at them from. Living in a culture very much influenced by Christian symbolism, we tend to associate…
Writers Together Essay: Sappho and Jahan Khatun
By: Emma Russell ’23 English and Theatre majors, Journalism Publishing and Editing minor Brief Description: This piece is about the similarities between the Greek poet Sappho and the Injuid poet Jahan Khatun’s work. Sappho is famous for being regarded as a lesbian due to how she writes her poetry. Jahan Khatun writes similarly to Sappho,…
“Here Anne spoke—”: The Achievement of Autonomy through Silence in Jane Austen’s Persuasion
By: Annalie Buscarino ’21, an English and Sociology double major and Creative Writing; Psychology; and Justice, Law, and Society triple minor. The following work was written for ENG 394: Special Topic Jane Austen Brief description: Jane Austen’s Persuasion narrates the romantic endeavors of Anne Elliot as she silently navigates her identity after losing access to…
Mitigating Risk While Maintaining Community: An Examination of the Effect of the Rise in Antisemitism on the American Reform Jewish Community
By: Kat DeSantis ’22, a Political Science and Philosophy major. The following was created for the Roy Ans Research Fellowship on the Study of Jewish Life and Thought at Washington College. Brief description: “Mitigating Risk While Maintaining Community: An Examination of the Effect of the Rise in Antisemitism on the American Reform Jewish Community” examines…
Shapes of Motherly Sacrifice: Responsibility and Misunderstanding in Beloved and A Mercy
By: Iskandar Haggarty The following work was written for ENG 470: Toni Morrison. Toni Morrison’s novels Beloved and A Mercy both deal with a common thread; motherly sacrifice and its correlation to maternal love. In both novels, the mother character forfeits her child to, in her eyes, “save” them from harm – whether from their current…
An Examination of DSNY’s Organics Collection Initiative: The Costs and Benefits of Composting
By: Emily Hurley ’22, an Economics and Philosophy major and Asian Studies minor. The following work was created for ECN 317: Environmental Economics Brief description: Composting is an easy way to reduce carbon emissions and the impact of harmful landfills. However, composting on a municipal scale can be expensive for local governments who prioritize short-term…
The State of the Baymen: Barnegat Bay Recreational Fishermen’s Perceptions of Local Conservation Efforts
By: Alaina Perdon ’22, an Environmental Studies major, and Anthropology & Chesapeake Regional Studies minor. The following was created for ANT 305: Ethnographic Methods. Brief Description: The state of New Jersey regularly issues a “State of the Bay” address to update citizens on the status of restoration projects being carried out in Barnegat Bay. Though…
STEM in Politics
By: Iyonna Young ’22, a Business Management and Political Science major, and Spanish minor. The following work was created for POL 390: Political Science Internship. Brief description: Have you ever noticed that your congressperson may not actually have a thorough or complete idea about the science behind much of the legislation they present? STEM and its…
“You couldn’t be sure about anything”: Facades in William Trevor’s “Beyond the Pale” and “Death in Jerusalem”
By Annalie Buscarino ’21, an English and Sociology double major and Creative Writing; Psychology; and Justice, Law, and Society triple minor. The following work was created for ENG 334: Irish Short Story. Brief Description: Willian Trevor’s “Beyond the Pale” narrates the disruption of British imperialism through the ignored outburst of a woman against the indifference…
Comic Book Orange: Contrasting Visuality as Representative of the Self in Invisible Man
By Sophia Grabiec ’20, an English major and Secondary Education Studies minor. The following was created for ENG 345: The African American Novel. Brief description: This essay examines the artistic landscape of identity in Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man by close reading the novel as a comic book with orange as the focus. Riddled with contrast and contradictions, Ralph Ellison’s…
Miles Morales as Influence or Influencer: Marvel Comics’ “Ultimate Spider-Man” in Diversity Discourse
By Heber Guerra-Recinos ’20, an English and Art and Art History double major and Creative Writing minor. The following work was created for ENG 494: Book History and American Print Culture. Short Description: After the rise in popularity of Miles Morales after the success of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, this paper is interested in his comic…
Theoretical Analysis: Marxist Exploitation Theory
By Emily Kreider ‘ 20, a Communication and Media Studies major with minors in English and Creative Writing. The following work was created for CMS 250: Intermediate Communication and Media Theory Brief Description: This piece examines the incompleteness of Karl Marx’s theory of exploitation, seeing as his writing does not take into consideration racial inequalities…
Recommendations for Risk Assessments of Intimate Partner Violence
By Saoirse ’20 Abstract Professionals within the criminal justice system will likely encounter victims and/or perpetrators of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) within the course of their professional duties, given the prevalence of IPV. It is important that these professionals take a proactive and not a reactive approach to IPV and play an active role in…
Between the Lines: Race versus Gender in American Studies and Black Women’s Writing
By: Pauline Bewermeier ’19, an American Studies major. The following work was created for AMS 400: Race, Gender, and History of American Studies. Brief description: “Between the Lines: Race Versus Gender in American Studies and Black Women’s Writing” explores the interplay of race and gender throughout the politically charged and historically chauvinistic field of American…
Dismantling Performativity in The Country Wife and The Belle’s Stragatem
By: Erin Caine ’19, an English major. The following work was created for ENG 394: Restoration Comedy. Brief description: “Following the end of the Puritan regime in England in 1660, English theater experienced a renaissance, a restoration. This essay examines two Restoration Comedy plays and the ways in which female characters gain social knowledge and…
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