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Letter From The Editor's Desk, Cinde Wollenberg Apr 2026

Letter From The Editor's Desk, Cinde Wollenberg

Virginia English Journal

No abstract provided.


Language Choices On Tanzanian Instagram, Carolyne Ulomy Apr 2026

Language Choices On Tanzanian Instagram, Carolyne Ulomy

Vernacular: New Connections in Language, Literature, & Culture

This study examines multilingual practices on Instagram within Tanzania’s rapidly growing computer-mediated communication (CMC) landscape. Using a qualitative corpus-based approach, I analyzed 400 Instagram posts from 40 users and conducted five techno-biographical interviews to explore what shapes language choice and how it relates to content. Findings show that Tanzanian Instagram users draw on Swahili, English, Swanglish/Kiswanglish, Community Languages (CLs) and Foreign Languages (FLs) to communicate and construct online identities. Interview data indicate that language choice is influenced by the intended audience, post content, brand image, language accessibility, the original language of the material and relationships between interlocutors. Corpus patterns further …


“Das Muttermal” - “The Birthmark” - “דער מוטער־צײכן”, Kristin K. Mlay-Kuhns Apr 2026

“Das Muttermal” - “The Birthmark” - “דער מוטער־צײכן”, Kristin K. Mlay-Kuhns

Vernacular: New Connections in Language, Literature, & Culture

“Das Muttermal / The Birthmark / דער מוטער־צײכן” is a trilingual work of transcreative poetry that stages translation as a method of mourning, cultural memory, and feminist inheritance. Composed first in German and then translated into English and Yiddish, the poem explores the catastrophic rupture of maternal loss and the slow transformation of trauma into understanding. The central metaphor of the birthmark—Muttermal, the “mother-mark”—figures the maternal body as both wound and connective tissue, binding ancestors and descendants through a physical trace that persists across generations, geographies, and languages. Formally, the project demonstrates how translation unveils the layered meanings embedded in …


When The Metamorphosis Turns White: Kafka Reimagined In Igoni Barrett’S Blackass, Bisola J. Ajibade Apr 2026

When The Metamorphosis Turns White: Kafka Reimagined In Igoni Barrett’S Blackass, Bisola J. Ajibade

Vernacular: New Connections in Language, Literature, & Culture

Igoni Barrett’s Blackass (2015) has frequently been described as a “race-rewrite” of Franz Kafka’s The Metamorphosis (1915). This framing has shaped much of the critical conversation surrounding the two texts. While these approaches productively illuminate questions of identity and biopolitics, less attention has been paid to situating both texts across the intersecting contexts of German modernism and Nigerian postcolonial literature. This article provides a close comparative reading of Kafka’s The Metamorphosis and Igoni Barrett’s Blackass in order to examine how Kafkaesque elements are reconfigured within a contemporary postcolonial Nigerian context. Drawing on Deleuze and Guattari’s theory of minor literature, alongside …


Exploring Innovative Display Of Painting Through Creating A Dual-Sided Suspended Piece, Erin K. Tichota Apr 2026

Exploring Innovative Display Of Painting Through Creating A Dual-Sided Suspended Piece, Erin K. Tichota

SACAD: Scholarly Activities

For this project, I aimed to expand upon my existent painting skills and learn new methods through unconventional techniques for display. My concept of this piece was to convey the sinking and stagnant feeling of being in a rut of depression. The ropes are meant to convey a web of thoughts that the subject is trapped in, while they are sinking deeper in their bed. The dual sided aspect of this project is meant to further emphasize the concept through creating a sense of  duality and permanence.


Developing Strategies For Pce Outreach, Mariah Blankenbaker, Gordon Carlson, Daniel Adesoji, Levi Eck Apr 2026

Developing Strategies For Pce Outreach, Mariah Blankenbaker, Gordon Carlson, Daniel Adesoji, Levi Eck

SACAD: Scholarly Activities

In collaboration with Professional and Continuing Education (PCE), we produced projects to automate their internal tasks, as well as to promote their services. By taking advantage of software techniques, we bridged live-action footage with 2D and 3D computer visuals for promotional material. In addition, we researched the capabilities of creating a custom Generative Pre-trained Transformer (GPT) and trained it to analyze and interact with thousands of industry datapoints.


2026 Kutztown University Composition Conference Program, Engtlish Department,Kutztown University Of Pennsylvania Apr 2026

2026 Kutztown University Composition Conference Program, Engtlish Department,Kutztown University Of Pennsylvania

KUCC -- Kutztown University Composition Conference

The annual KU Composition Conference is sponsored by the Department of English, and includes student presentations from across campus.


Yellowjackets And White Hoods?!: The Mistreatment Of Bipoc Characters, Suki Shepherd Apr 2026

Yellowjackets And White Hoods?!: The Mistreatment Of Bipoc Characters, Suki Shepherd

KUCC -- Kutztown University Composition Conference

In 2021, a psychological horror television series inspired by Lord of the Flies, reimagined as a high school girls' soccer team, was released. The highly skilled team from Wiskayok High School is on the way to the national championship game when their plane crashes in the Canadian wilderness. With both a teenage timeline and an adult timeline, the show switches between the girls' desperate survival and descent to madness in the woods and modern times, where the truth of how they made it out starts to be revealed.


Growing Up Muslim In America: Discrimination And Religious Identity In Emerging Adulthood, Samira Saleh Apr 2026

Growing Up Muslim In America: Discrimination And Religious Identity In Emerging Adulthood, Samira Saleh

Dissertations

This study examined the impact of depression and discrimination on religious identity development among emerging adult Muslims (ages 18–29) in the United States, with attention to religious visibility and gender. Using a cross-sectional survey design, participants completed validated measures including the Perceived Islamophobia Scale, Everyday Discrimination Scale, Patient Health Questionnaire-9, and Centrality of Religiosity Scale. Grounded in Arnett’s Theory of Emerging Adulthood and Social Identity Theory, the study addresses gaps in research on Muslim mental health and identity within Western sociopolitical contexts. Participants were recruited via university listservs, Muslim Student Associations, social media, and community organizations, and completed a brief …


Back Cover, Michaela Velleno, Erin Robinson, Zoé Shaikh Apr 2026

Back Cover, Michaela Velleno, Erin Robinson, Zoé Shaikh

.RAW Journal of Art and Design

No abstract provided.


Credits, Michaela Velleno, Erin Robinson, Zoé Shaikh Apr 2026

Credits, Michaela Velleno, Erin Robinson, Zoé Shaikh

.RAW Journal of Art and Design

No abstract provided.


Artist Index, Sam Arrigoni Apr 2026

Artist Index, Sam Arrigoni

.RAW Journal of Art and Design

No abstract provided.


'Untitled (Works On Memory)', Itzel Camarillo-Gonzalez Apr 2026

'Untitled (Works On Memory)', Itzel Camarillo-Gonzalez

.RAW Journal of Art and Design

No abstract provided.


'Between The Lupine' & 'The Clovers, Whitetailed Deer', Victoria Dai Apr 2026

'Between The Lupine' & 'The Clovers, Whitetailed Deer', Victoria Dai

.RAW Journal of Art and Design

No abstract provided.


'The Cycle Of Nature: Decay', Taz Fruhauf Apr 2026

'The Cycle Of Nature: Decay', Taz Fruhauf

.RAW Journal of Art and Design

No abstract provided.


'Last Voyage' & 'From Eden', Luke Gillon, Joshua Mahlow Apr 2026

'Last Voyage' & 'From Eden', Luke Gillon, Joshua Mahlow

.RAW Journal of Art and Design

No abstract provided.


'How To Dice An Onion' & 'Glacier', Theo Milner-Hansen, Alyssa Shavely Apr 2026

'How To Dice An Onion' & 'Glacier', Theo Milner-Hansen, Alyssa Shavely

.RAW Journal of Art and Design

No abstract provided.


'Awake', Jordan Mendelevitch Apr 2026

'Awake', Jordan Mendelevitch

.RAW Journal of Art and Design

No abstract provided.


'Outgrown' & 'Withered', Elle Gaspar, Maya Delaney Apr 2026

'Outgrown' & 'Withered', Elle Gaspar, Maya Delaney

.RAW Journal of Art and Design

No abstract provided.


'Cause & Effect Of Beauty Standards'; 'Dissolution: Whale Fall'; & 'Enumeration And Ethical Hacking Iv', Zoé Shaikh, Lillie Turinsky Apr 2026

'Cause & Effect Of Beauty Standards'; 'Dissolution: Whale Fall'; & 'Enumeration And Ethical Hacking Iv', Zoé Shaikh, Lillie Turinsky

.RAW Journal of Art and Design

No abstract provided.


'Angels Die With U', Sofia Del Gatto Apr 2026

'Angels Die With U', Sofia Del Gatto

.RAW Journal of Art and Design

No abstract provided.


'Westward' & 'The Warning Sign', Ashley Fortes, Kaysen Erickson Apr 2026

'Westward' & 'The Warning Sign', Ashley Fortes, Kaysen Erickson

.RAW Journal of Art and Design

No abstract provided.


'Sequel To The Dancing Man' & 'Entelechy (When I Was Born Perfect)', Cézar Gomez, Frank Cooke Apr 2026

'Sequel To The Dancing Man' & 'Entelechy (When I Was Born Perfect)', Cézar Gomez, Frank Cooke

.RAW Journal of Art and Design

No abstract provided.


'Degradation' & 'Midnight Snack', Jack Meyer, Addy Cota Apr 2026

'Degradation' & 'Midnight Snack', Jack Meyer, Addy Cota

.RAW Journal of Art and Design

No abstract provided.


'Joshua Tree, California', Colin Pope Apr 2026

'Joshua Tree, California', Colin Pope

.RAW Journal of Art and Design

No abstract provided.


Preface, Liliana Monge Apr 2026

Preface, Liliana Monge

.RAW Journal of Art and Design

No abstract provided.


Table Of Contents, Maxwell Rice Apr 2026

Table Of Contents, Maxwell Rice

.RAW Journal of Art and Design

No abstract provided.


Opening, Michaela Velleno, Erin Robinson, Zoé Shaikh Apr 2026

Opening, Michaela Velleno, Erin Robinson, Zoé Shaikh

.RAW Journal of Art and Design

No abstract provided.


Cover, Connor Larson Apr 2026

Cover, Connor Larson

.RAW Journal of Art and Design

No abstract provided.


Full Issue, Michaela Velleno, Erin Robinson, Zoé Shaikh Apr 2026

Full Issue, Michaela Velleno, Erin Robinson, Zoé Shaikh

.RAW Journal of Art and Design

No abstract provided.