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Hailey's Hearing Aids,
2023
Whittier College
Hailey's Hearing Aids, Hailey Marie Garcia
Whittier Scholars Program
Individuals from the deaf and hard-of-hearing community are likely to experience more anxiety and depression due to defective cognitive, social, communicational, and emotional skills (Azizi et al., 2019). The word “disability” is embedded with historical negative connotations with phrases such as “deaf and dumb” because if they were deaf or mute then they were automatically labeled as inferior (Horovitz, 2007). Since the 18th century, the DHH community has been seen as incapable, even inhuman, hence the development of emotional deficiencies that bleed into one’s perception of society and their self esteem (Gallaudet, 1886).
How do you navigate a hearing world …
The Siren Of San Francisco,
2023
Whittier College
The Siren Of San Francisco, Emily Gage
Whittier Scholars Program
The Siren of San Francisco is a story I have been interested in telling for the longest time focusing on the coming of age of the main character, Mia, and how she deals with change through gaining the power of shapeshifting. A lot of the graphic novel explores the relationships between Mia, her mom, and her close friends and how her relationships with them change during this transitional period.
The driving force behind this story was my enduring interest in relationships, identity, feminism, and how people can shape the people around them, including themselves. I approached this particular story from …
Reviving Local Journalism And Storytelling: Reporting On The "Oc Weekly",
2023
Whittier College
Reviving Local Journalism And Storytelling: Reporting On The "Oc Weekly", Lauren E. Montoya
Whittier Scholars Program
In an effort to reflect the importance of local journalism, the following project is a narrative piece reporting on the closure of the OC Weekly, an alternative news source that ended in 2019, which was hardly reported on. This project aims to change that by further demonstrating the severe impact on communities in which these meaningful sources of news disappear, and why they matter. It calls on people to advocate for and change transform journalism into more than corporate-centered news that too often disregards the critical aspect of storytelling. Storytelling brings communities together and is the life of journalism, …
Καθαρός: The Pure - Setting Narrative In The Fourth-Century Roman Empire,
2023
Olivet Nazarene University
Καθαρός: The Pure - Setting Narrative In The Fourth-Century Roman Empire, Emma Branstetter
Scholar Week 2016 - present
My presentation illustrates the development of the Christian historical fiction novella named Καθαρός set in the early fourth century of Christian history closely following the events of the Great Persecution and its long-term effects on Christian communities in Asia Minor and North Africa. Previous Christian novels set in the Roman era primarily focus on the first century, and with the significant thematic potential found in later centuries after the life and resurrection of Christ, I embarked on this writing project. The research that affects my narrative is separated into four categories: the history and effects of Diocletian’s Great Persecution, fourth-century …
Flight,
2023
Lindenwood University
Flight, Hannah Davis
2023 Student Academic Showcase
My manuscript, Flight, is a novel concerned with intersections, and examines how the borders between humans, both artificial and circumstantial, can be interpreted as ways of connecting with one another. It is a hybrid novel written in the form of a braided essay that integrates both nonfiction excerpts that span from grief philosophy to music history to biology, and lyrical narrative. It addresses grief from multiple angles, examining the holes that other grief literature has not addressed. In a time concerned with polarization, such a manuscript, though experimental, has become more pertinent than ever. Other books similar to it are …
Conferencing, Canes, And Other Adventures,
2023
Wayne State University
Conferencing, Canes, And Other Adventures, Audrey Carroll
The Woodward Review: A Creative and Critical Journal
No abstract provided.
Dear Data Miner,
2023
Wayne State University
Dear Data Miner, Carolyn Oliver
The Woodward Review: A Creative and Critical Journal
No abstract provided.
Vortext,
2023
Wayne State University
Vortext, Ma|De
The Woodward Review: A Creative and Critical Journal
No abstract provided.
Belongings,
2023
Wayne State University
Belongings, Karen Regen-Tuero
The Woodward Review: A Creative and Critical Journal
No abstract provided.
Evening Sketch: After Marvin Bell (5),
2023
Wayne State University
Evening Sketch: After Marvin Bell (5), Jadyn Dewald
The Woodward Review: A Creative and Critical Journal
No abstract provided.
The Builder,
2023
Wayne State University
The Builder, Jeffrey Doka
The Woodward Review: A Creative and Critical Journal
No abstract provided.
Self-Portrait,
2023
Wayne State University
Self-Portrait, Emilee Kinney
The Woodward Review: A Creative and Critical Journal
No abstract provided.
A Sculptor To The Sculpted,
2023
Wayne State University
A Sculptor To The Sculpted, Maggie Kennedy
The Woodward Review: A Creative and Critical Journal
No abstract provided.
Retaggio,
2023
Wayne State University
Retaggio, Divya Mehrish
The Woodward Review: A Creative and Critical Journal
No abstract provided.
The Black Box Of Community Ecology,
2023
Wayne State University
The Black Box Of Community Ecology, Bryce Baron-Sips
The Woodward Review: A Creative and Critical Journal
No abstract provided.
A Twosome Blaq Beak Sonnet,
2023
Wayne State University
A Twosome Blaq Beak Sonnet, Gabriel Mainoo
The Woodward Review: A Creative and Critical Journal
No abstract provided.
Full Issue: The Woodward Review 2.2, Spring 2023,
2023
Wayne State University
Full Issue: The Woodward Review 2.2, Spring 2023, The Woodward Review Editors
The Woodward Review: A Creative and Critical Journal
No abstract provided.
Faulkner & The Demon In A Bottle,
2023
Lindenwood University
Faulkner & The Demon In A Bottle, Ernesto Gomez
2023 Student Academic Showcase
My story is one about the dangers of mankind in its relentless pursuit of knowledge and asks questions regarding how much is one willing to sacrifice all for the sake of being superior to those around him, and rising above what society expected one to stay as or become. This short story of my own creation was made through my own effort and tempered by the criticism of those around me, truly befitting of a story that examines the nature of knowledge and what we are willing to do in order to grasp it.
Splinters,
2023
Lindenwood University
Splinters, El Jayne
2023 Student Academic Showcase
Splinters is a piece of creative fiction that explores how love is communicated through art. A young man shares the art of wood carving with his grandfather who taught him, and, as his grandfather’s health begins to fail, he uses it to return that love to him. Through the eyes of this narrator, we are taken on a journey of love and loss between generations, and come to understand that the simplest of things often hold the greatest weight. Though fiction, this work is heavily inspired by my own relationship with my grandmother and the art we share with one …
2023 Writers Literary And Art Magazine: In The Garden,
2023
University of Portland
