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The Impact Of The Gut-Brain Axis On Alzheimer’S Disease, Elissa Wakim
The Impact Of The Gut-Brain Axis On Alzheimer’S Disease, Elissa Wakim
Best Integrated Writing
Elissa’s review for the Graduate Biomedical Review focuses on the links between the gastrointestinal tract and the brain; the gut-brain axis and the development of Alzheimer’s disease. As a student in the Microbiology and Immunology Masters Program Elissa was particularly interested in the gut microbiota and their connection to neurodegenerative disease. She tidily reviewed the literature and wrote a fascinating and compelling piece of work.
Best Integrated Writing 2024 - Complete Edition, Wright State University School Of Humanities And Cultural Studies
Best Integrated Writing 2024 - Complete Edition, Wright State University School Of Humanities And Cultural Studies
Best Integrated Writing
Best Integrated Writing includes excellent student writing from Integrated Writing courses taught at Wright State University. This is the first issue after a 5 year hiatus.
Lessons For Life, Andrew Becker
Lessons For Life, Andrew Becker
Best Integrated Writing
Andrew’s paper is well structured, and it clearly shows his interaction with the material he chose to read and displays his beginning personal journey in understanding Zen Buddhism. The rewrites and editing of the paper he composed brought him closer to what he was trying to say. The final version of his writing and editing process exhibits the discipline a first-year student can master. Those who research the brain tell us that when a student makes the type of personal connection that Andrew has with the academic material the student remembers the material studied long after the class has ended.
The Struggle Within, Robert Puthoff
The Struggle Within, Robert Puthoff
Best Integrated Writing
In The Struggle Within, Bob seeks to understand basic teachings for Hindus in The Bhagavad Gita and then ambitiously seeks to apply some of those lessons to his own life as a college student. Bob is one of the few students who chose to read The Bhagavad Gita, which speaks to his ability to challenge himself academically; in addition, he also uses one of the class’s textbooks to help him decipher key elements of the story. Bob’s leap from The Bhagavad Gita into his own life experience is a tribute to his ability to look at his life and to …
Self As Religion In Noviolet Bulawayo's We Need New Names, Lauren Randall
Self As Religion In Noviolet Bulawayo's We Need New Names, Lauren Randall
Best Integrated Writing
In this essay, Lauren shows how a breakdown in the belief in the Christian God in NoViolet Bulawayo’s novel We Need New Names leads to the protagonist’s renewal of faith in herself. As the world around her implodes and modern-day Zimbabwe collapses under the political regime of Robert Mugabe (who is never named in the novel but whose baleful influence is nevertheless assumed), “Bulawayo juxtaposes human endurance and the absence of a helpful god to achieve commentary on Darling’s fortitude and resilience.” The essay presents several original insights and offers a sensitive and highly nuanced picture of the divided colonial …
Self-Destructive Educationin Tsitsi Dangarembga’S Nervous Conditions, Sarah Miller
Self-Destructive Educationin Tsitsi Dangarembga’S Nervous Conditions, Sarah Miller
Best Integrated Writing
In this essay, Sarah examines Tsitsi Dangarembga’s 1988 novel Nervous Conditions, set during the colonial period in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). She argues that the novel portrays education in an ambivalent light: while it serves as a vehicle of liberation and progress for the black Rhodesian characters, it also reveals to them the injustices of colonial occupation. The essay uses excellent textual examples and good support from secondary sources to convincingly advance this thesis. I believe that Sarah makes us rethink the function of education in a critical light; when viewed in the African colonial context, education becomes a tool for …
“María Llena Eres De Gracia” Y Una Desconocida: La Fortaleza Del Espíritu Humano, Yaakov Oliveira
“María Llena Eres De Gracia” Y Una Desconocida: La Fortaleza Del Espíritu Humano, Yaakov Oliveira
Best Integrated Writing
The compassion for, and understanding of, The Other, without bias, is the most revealing attribute of this paper. Given that immigration, and undocumented people constantly coming to the US, has become a national issue, it is inspiring to see that there still are ways of evaluating the problematic--with objectivity--yet with admiration. This writer is capable of seeing with the inner eyes, perceiving the colloquialisms of the Spanish language, the traits of the culture, and the emotion of both narratives that he is comparing. At the end of the day, film and art remain as the bridge between cultures.
The Scientific Narrative Of Leonardo’S Last Supper, Amanda Grieve
The Scientific Narrative Of Leonardo’S Last Supper, Amanda Grieve
Best Integrated Writing
This paper presents a clear and original thesis about Leonardo da Vinci’s Last Supper that incorporates important scholarly research and Leonardo’s own writings. The literature on Leonardo is extensive, yet the author has identified key studies and distilled their essential contributions with ease. Moreover, she has looked to Leonardo’s writings on the art of painting to draw conclusions about his great mural.
The Bello Chavez Family: A Reflection Of Health In The Mexican American Community Through A Family Nursing Assessment, Vanessa Bello Chavez
The Bello Chavez Family: A Reflection Of Health In The Mexican American Community Through A Family Nursing Assessment, Vanessa Bello Chavez
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Vanessa Bello Chavez provides an in-depth, personal look into the health problems that affect Hispanic families across the United States. The writing takes a personal view and makes it relatable to all.
Best Integrated Writing 2018 - Complete Edition
Best Integrated Writing 2018 - Complete Edition
Best Integrated Writing
Best Integrated Writing includes excellent student writing from Integrated Writing courses taught at Wright State University. The journal is published annually by the Wright State University Department of English Language and Literatures.
La Crisis Ignorada, Joseph Pokorski
La Crisis Ignorada, Joseph Pokorski
Best Integrated Writing
Pokorski researched the food production practices of pre-Columbian civilizations. He uses his research to evaluate the current food production practices of transnational corporations and offers suggestions for best practices.
A Reflection: The New Introduction To Islam, Seth Rollins
A Reflection: The New Introduction To Islam, Seth Rollins
Best Integrated Writing
Rollins’ personal narrative recounts his research into the religion of Islam. Rollins observes that Judaism, Christianity, and Islam have much in common.
Evolving Concepts Of God, Jordan E. Mcgee
Evolving Concepts Of God, Jordan E. Mcgee
Best Integrated Writing
McGee’s reflection weaves personal narrative with knowledge gained from scholarly texts about the nature of God. McGee cites historical representations to illustrate that our collective concept of God is ever evolving.
La Evolución Espiritual De España: De La Religiosidad A La Posmodernidad A Través De Los Medios Artísticos, Larissa Swartz
La Evolución Espiritual De España: De La Religiosidad A La Posmodernidad A Través De Los Medios Artísticos, Larissa Swartz
Best Integrated Writing
Swartz meditates on the intersection of Spanish culture and religion. Her work emphasizes the ways in which both literature and The Bible shape the spirituality of Spanish culture.
Outlandish Outsourcing, Traci Grodner
Outlandish Outsourcing, Traci Grodner
Best Integrated Writing
Grodner Provides a review of Thomas Friedman’s The Lexus and the Olive Tree that relates a personal anecdote about outsourcing to her academic analysis of the text. Grodner concludes that outsourcing has dire implications for both domestic and foreign workers.
An Excerpt From The Latin Ladies, Julia Gomez-Cambronero
An Excerpt From The Latin Ladies, Julia Gomez-Cambronero
Best Integrated Writing
In this excerpt, Gomez-Cambronero offers an editorial about the effect of U.S. involvement in Central America’s politics on the children of the region. It also contains Gomez-Cambronero’s essay on a poem by Rubén Darío.
Trans* Suicide: The Final Option, Alexander Oxner
Trans* Suicide: The Final Option, Alexander Oxner
Best Integrated Writing
Oxner researched the factors involved in the high rate of trans* suicide. Oxner determined that a strong social support system might reduce these high rates.
Best Integrated Writing 2017 - Complete Edition
Best Integrated Writing 2017 - Complete Edition
Best Integrated Writing
Best Integrated Writing includes excellent student writing from Integrated Writing courses taught at Wright State University. The journal is published annually by the Wright State University Department of English Language and Literatures.
A Reflection On God And Sex: What The Bible Really Says, Howard Wagner
A Reflection On God And Sex: What The Bible Really Says, Howard Wagner
Best Integrated Writing
Wagner uses humor and honest self-appraisal to discuss the contrast between his burgeoning academic knowledge of the Bible and what he had been previously taught, and he determines that faith is an ongoing process.
In Search Of God’S Path, Ann Brake
In Search Of God’S Path, Ann Brake
Best Integrated Writing
Brake weaves personal response and critical analysis into a discussion of Sikhism from the perspective of a western observer.
The Distribution Of Globalized Power, Rachel Canter
The Distribution Of Globalized Power, Rachel Canter
Best Integrated Writing
Canter reviews Thomas Friedman’s The Lexus and the Olive Tree and observes the dissonance between our notions of globalization and global society; she offers an alternate worldview that pays respect to regional cultures and values.
Empathy In Its Entirety, Callie Reymann
Empathy In Its Entirety, Callie Reymann
Best Integrated Writing
Reymann critically analyzes three novels through the lens of empathy and then applies her critical analysis and observations to her experiences as a person diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome.
Conflicting Cultural Identity And The Baz Benin In Edwidge Danticat’S Claire Of The Sea Light, Kellianne Rinearson
Conflicting Cultural Identity And The Baz Benin In Edwidge Danticat’S Claire Of The Sea Light, Kellianne Rinearson
Best Integrated Writing
Rinearson explores the connection between the gangs in Edwidge Danticat’s Claire of the Sea Light and mythological figures in Haitian folklore thus adding nuance to the discussion of Caribbean cultural identity.
The Grimké Sisters: Radical Defenders Of Women’S Rights And Abolition, Megan Bailey
The Grimké Sisters: Radical Defenders Of Women’S Rights And Abolition, Megan Bailey
Best Integrated Writing
Bailey examines the intersection of gender and religion in the abolition movement of the American Civil War and argues that the Grimké sisters’ effectiveness in preaching against slavery was undermined by the perception that they were too radical.
Medical Journal Of Leontius, Slave Of Vitus Aelianus: A First-Person Historical Fiction Written From The Perspective Of A Roman ‘Doctor’, Amanda Bucher
Best Integrated Writing
Bucher conveys the attitudes towards gender and sexuality in the Roman world through the use of first person historical fiction.
A Gray Area, Lindsay Smith
A Gray Area, Lindsay Smith
Best Integrated Writing
Smith conducts a close reading of Homer’s Odyssey and presents the gender dynamics that subvert, through the depiction of a powerful Circe, prevailing attitudes of male superiority.
Best Integrated Writing 2016 - Complete Edition
Best Integrated Writing 2016 - Complete Edition
Best Integrated Writing
Best Integrated Writing includes excellent student writing from Integrated Writing courses taught at Wright State University. The journal is published annually by the Wright State University Department of English Language and Literatures.
Woodrow Wilson’S Ideological War: American Intervention In Russia, 1918-1920, Shane Hapner
Woodrow Wilson’S Ideological War: American Intervention In Russia, 1918-1920, Shane Hapner
Best Integrated Writing
Shane Hapner analyzes the effects of Woodrow Wilson’s principle of self-determination on American intervention in Russia from 1918-1920 in this essay written for the Integrated Writing course HST 4220: Soviet Union, taught by Dr. Seam Pollock at Wright State University.
Circular Thinking: An Original Analysis Of Lord Of The Flies, John Callon
Circular Thinking: An Original Analysis Of Lord Of The Flies, John Callon
Best Integrated Writing
John Callon examines traits of circular thinking and imagery in William Golding’s Lord of the Flies in this essay written for the Integrated Writing course ENG 4560: Capstone in Integrated Language Arts Curriculum, taught by Dr. Nancy Mack at Wright State University.
Are The Main Institutional Changes That Created The “Business Man” Still Relevant?, Hayden Joblin
Are The Main Institutional Changes That Created The “Business Man” Still Relevant?, Hayden Joblin
Best Integrated Writing
Hayden Joblin examines the forces driving the evolution of the modern business man and whether those still have relevance in this essay written for the Integrated Writing course EC 3190: Institutional Economics, taught by Dr. Hee Young Shin at Wright State University.