Debacle On Mount Pierce: A Self-Rescue Story,
2025
Dartmouth College
Debacle On Mount Pierce: A Self-Rescue Story, Heidi J. Downing
Appalachia
Two friends take a wrong turn heading down Mount Pierce in New Hampshire’s White Mountains, navigating several errors of judgement.
When Powder Skis Became A Thing: A Winter's Tale Of Engineers And Unbroken Fields Of White,
2025
Dartmouth College
When Powder Skis Became A Thing: A Winter's Tale Of Engineers And Unbroken Fields Of White, Rick Spedden
Appalachia
Powder skiing used to be the domain of an adventurous fringe element, but with the manufacturing of specialized skis, it is now a mainstream pursuit.
Return To The Cuyahoga Valley: From Toxic Dump To National Park,
2025
Dartmouth College
Return To The Cuyahoga Valley: From Toxic Dump To National Park, Christopher Johnson
Appalachia
Once known as the place where a river caught fire, today’s Cuyahoga Valley National Park in Ohio attracts boaters and hikers.
Rotors, Not Propellers: A Tribute To A Dedicated Helicopter Pilot,
2025
Dartmouth College
Rotors, Not Propellers: A Tribute To A Dedicated Helicopter Pilot, Sally Manikian
Appalachia
A tribute to Carl J. Svenson, a pilot who for three decades flew supplies to huts and shelter sites for the Appalachian Mountain Club before his death in a crash in Croyden, New Hampshire, in October 2023.
Mountain Ninjas: Today's Motorized Beasts Of Burden,
2025
Dartmouth College
Mountain Ninjas: Today's Motorized Beasts Of Burden, Justin Preisendorfer
Appalachia
Motorized equipment like snowcats and helicopters have become critical tools for effective recreation management in the modern era in the White Mountain National Forest of New Hampshire.
Flight Lessons: Drones Find Their Way As Search-And-Rescue Tools,
2025
Dartmouth College
Flight Lessons: Drones Find Their Way As Search-And-Rescue Tools, Sandy Stott
Appalachia
Since 2018, New Hampshire Fish & Game has begun using drones to search for lost and injured hikers in the White Mountains, complementing ground searches, trained dogs, and helicopters.
The Long Way Home: Getting Water,
2025
Dartmouth College
The Long Way Home: Getting Water, Christine Woodside
Appalachia
From the outlet of Ethan Pond in New Hampshire’s White Mountains, waterlogged memories of moose, children, and swimmers resurface.
Appalachia Winter/Spring 2025: Complete Issue,
2025
Dartmouth College
Appalachia Winter/Spring 2025: Complete Issue
Appalachia
Winter/Spring 2025 - Volume LXXVI, Number 1 - Issue #259. The Humanity of Machines: Stories of drones, helicopters, and snowcats in the mountains.
The Mariana Trench Is Not Blue,
2025
CUNY New York City College of Technology
The Mariana Trench Is Not Blue, Sean Scanlan
Publications and Research
“The Mariana Trench Is Not Blue” is a short (2,300 words) creative nonfiction piece about a slice of time when I crewed on Ocean Guy, a sailboat docked in Guam in 1994. I learned about the island’s dangers during what should have been a relaxing day snorkeling with my captain and first mate at Bangi Point, a famous coral reef. Part of the tension emanates from the boat’s terrible condition and from the trench itself which contains monsters larger than any of us--they seem to follow the three of us to shore.
The Monday Manure,
2025
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
The Monday Manure, Zachary David Berston
Journalism
For my senior project, I wanted to create a new section of Mustang News that includes satire and cartoons. The section is called the Monday Manure to fit with the horse themed titles of other sections. This idea began as a project in the Media Innovation and Entrepreneurship class. While I initially had the idea to have a section that included games, I realized that it was a bit too ambitious after discussing that with the team at Mustang news. Over the course of this project, I have created several satire articles and cartoons, as well as organizing a team …
Three Walks Along Wascana Creek,
2025
University of Regina, Regina SK
Three Walks Along Wascana Creek, Ken Wilson
The Goose
"Three Walks Along Wascana Creek" recalls the author's walking along Wascana Creek in Regina, Saskatchewan, in June 2021.
One Of These Things: A Poetic Exploration Of Waste And Discordant Objects,
2025
Grenfell Campus, Corner Brook
One Of These Things: A Poetic Exploration Of Waste And Discordant Objects, Brittany Ellsworth
The Goose
In this narrative essay, I present my thoughts and concerns about the physical waste I encounter on my adventures in my hometown of Corner Brook, NL. I also introduce and differentiate between garbage and my proposed concept of discordant objects and how these objects have inspired my poetic and creative writing practice. The essay concludes with a poem and photograph of one such discordant object.
We Are All Strays Now (Now),
2025
University of Otago, Aotearoa/New Zealand
We Are All Strays Now (Now), Grace Moore
The Goose
Drawing on ideas of kinship and straying, this piece of creative non-fiction considers my relationship with a "neighbourhood cat," dying from a coronavirus, just prior to the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic. It addresses how we make kin with strays, and the ways in which animals insert themselves into human lives.
The Disinformation Vaccine: A Case For Integrating Comprehensive Disinformation Education Into First Year Writing Classes,
2025
Georgia Southern University
The Disinformation Vaccine: A Case For Integrating Comprehensive Disinformation Education Into First Year Writing Classes, Benjamin F. Jackson
Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy
Students’ exposure to disinformation and misinformation is far greater than it has ever been. As the ability of generative AI to produce image, video, and audio deepfakes grows more sophisticated, disinformation will become even easier to spread and harder to detect. The rapid spread of social, political, scientific, and medical disinformation has been deadly and its potential is disastrous. Security experts now warn that dis/misinformation is the greatest threat to national security. Americans at large and students in particular have a demonstrated lack of information literacy when it comes to detecting false information, and bad actors nationally and globally are …
When I Was Five,
2025
University of North Dakota
The Alternate Bios,
2025
University of North Dakota
You Get That From Me,
2025
CUNY Hunter College
You Get That From Me, Robyn Duncan
Theses and Dissertations
You Get That From Me is a mixed-media, collage-based film that integrates personal portraits, allegorical maps, and digital collages with spoken narration to craft a stylistic memoir of a pivotal period in my life: the transition from childhood to motherhood.
Editor's Note & Content Warning,
2025
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Editor's Note & Content Warning, Intertidal Editors
Intertidal
Intertidal Vol. 3 Editor's Note and Content Warning
Editor Bios,
2025
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Shedding, Emerging; A Rebirth,
2025
Dominican University of California
Shedding, Emerging; A Rebirth, Christina Van Dueck
English and Creative Writing | Senior Theses
This thesis is a collection of poems; divided into two parts, the first section intimately explores physicality and essence through graphic writing, inspired by Emerson’s work that is deeply rooted in transcendentalism, idealism, and the divinity of nature. The second part of the collection breathes life into the first through an introspection of naturalistic elements based on linguistic tactility. Inspired by Emily Dickinson, this collection embodies complex celestial imagery to display the abstractness of presence and detachment. Both collections comment on the interconnectedness of human nature in its rawest form and seek to encapsulate a soulful display of the innate …
