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Mom, Svea I. Silverberg

Emerging Writers

This nonfiction essay gives a look into beginning the grieving process of an abusive parent.

Pandemic Memory Project: Student Reflections On The Covid-19 Pandemic Of 2020, Javier Acosta, Jazylina Albelda, Stella Artukovich, Carter Bell, Tyler Bernius, Hailey Butcher, Janelle Feraro, Declan O'Flynn, Trinity Formalejo, Abigail Garcia, Jason Halpren, Jasmin Mazarlegos-Rodas, Citlaly Molina, Armando Munoz, Sophia Portillos, Alaiyah San Juan, Leslie Solorio, Sven Zalmovic, Adrianna Torres, Brooke Vafi, Saul Valle, Deepalakshmi Vanaraja, Olivia Wynn, Yoselin Calderon, Alycia Carrasco, Pj Volz, Nanik Tangore, Aaron Richardson

History and Political Science | Pandemic Memory Project

"The Pandemic Memory Project," is the work of students in Making of Today: Contemporary World History from Fall term, 2023. It is a poignant and insightful e-book collection that documents both American and international student experiences of the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic. Through a series of reflective essays, students candidly share their memories and reflections on the profound impact of the pandemic as it affected various aspects of their lives.

Spanning the periods before, during, and after the pandemic, these essays offer a rich tapestry of personal narratives that explore the complexities of learning, friendships, and personal identity amid unprecedented challenges. …

September 11, 2001, Gracelyn Cox

Celebrating Writers and Writing in our Communities

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Rocks, Izelle Magana

Celebrating Writers and Writing in our Communities

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What Does 8th Grade Really Teach You, Parker Pierson

Celebrating Writers and Writing in our Communities

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Jane Aronson, Aliyah Machado

Celebrating Writers and Writing in our Communities

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John Snow: Father Of Epidemiology, Eleanor Nichols

Celebrating Writers and Writing in our Communities

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Hidden Gems In The Odyssey, Quinn Fowler

Celebrating Writers and Writing in our Communities

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How Details Work As Hidden Gems, Avin Stephens

Celebrating Writers and Writing in our Communities

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Fulfilling The Journey: Hidden Gems In The Odyssey, Bhima Richards

Celebrating Writers and Writing in our Communities

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The Life And Times Of Anita Mattie Cummings Young, Linda Delane

Literary and Intercultural Studies | Senior Theses

“The Life and Times of Anita Mattie Cummings Young” is a memoir about my mother’s life growing up in Los Angeles, California, during a tumultuous time for African Americans in the country. During my research I discovered additional information about her grandmother that showed me who inspired her to become the woman she was.

The Acorn Contains The Oak, Bettina Jefferis

Literary and Intercultural Studies | Senior Theses

“The Acorn Contains the Oak” combines memoir and poems to explore a journey of healing intergenerational trauma.

Discursos Del Viaje Del Agua: Siglos Xv-Xxi, Lilianet Brintrup Hertling, Gladys Ilarregui

Trade & Scholarly Monographs

Estos textos pasados por agua nacen del “IV Simposio Libros, Viajes, Viajeros y el discurso del agua” que tuvo lugar en la Europa-Universität Flensburg en Julio de 2022, frente al Mar Báltico. En un marco interdisciplinario cuyo tema central fuera el agua, se abrió un diálogo para sumergirse en las rutas marítimas de los diarios de viajeros, la influencia de los océanos en las literaturas y en los escenarios acuáticos de poblaciones diversas dentro y fuera de la imaginación histórico-literaria. Este volumen no pretende abarcar la totalidad de lo presentado en esa ocasión, sino reunir una serie de ensayos sobre …

Why You Should Send Your Child To School With Lunch, Alina Zhang

Celebrating Writers and Writing in our Communities

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A Podcasting Series On The Historical Event Of Hawk’S Nest Tunnel Disaster, Hannah G. Morgan

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

This professional project will look into the Hawk’s Nest Tunnel Disaster – a disaster that was birthed due to extreme capitalism and exploitation during the 1930s. This project will explore historical documents, books and interviews with those who are passionate about the event. With that research material, I will produce an educational narrative podcast with a cohesive storyline detailing the event, including a beginning, middle and end. The podcast series will be uploaded to Apple Podcasts and Spotify. This professional project can be replicated and used for other similar projects.

We Are Dust, Emily Niebuhr

Intertidal

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Looking For The Exit Door, Nicole Kowalewski

Honors Senior Capstones and Theses

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Methodologizing Transnationality: Relational Writing As Collective Inquiry, Sun Young Lee, Minhye Son, Taeyeon Kim, Jin Kyeong Jung, Soo Bin Jang

Department of Educational Administration: Faculty Publications

How can we take transnationality as a space of in-betweenness to generate new possibilities, moving beyond geographically bounded spans between countries? This article presents five authors’ collective inquiry on transnational positionalities, which we practiced through the relational, transformative, and reflective writing of the self in a community space. We staged the collaborative writing into two processes: the emergent process of thematic writing and the relay writing. Interweaving “I” and “we” voices that cannot be captured through categorical thinking, our collaborative quest resists normative identity politics, proposing writing as a method of collective inquiry for the nuanced understanding of the transnationality …

Binder 1, Caleb Brooks

Intertidal

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Girls Who Dance In The Weeds, Bailee Isackson

Intertidal

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