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…
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Lancelot and Gawain: The Importance of Their Bond
By Courtney Poetsch ’25 Major: English; Minors: Education Studies and Theatre Contributor Biography: Courtney Poetsch is a senior English major with Education Studies and Theatre minors. She plans to teach English in either a middle school or high school after graduation. Courtney has taken a variety of English classes, and she tends to write about…
Religious Belief as a Strategic Tool of Inducing Empathy in the Slave Narrative of Mary Prince
By Charlotte Becker ’26 Major: English Contributor Biography: Charlotte Becker is an international student from Germany who is studying at Washington College for the academic year of 2025-26. Outside of the classroom, she is a staff writer for The Elm, the German TA, and a dancer for DancEscape. Brief Description: This essay explores how Mary…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
“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…
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…
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…
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