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When The People You Love Are No Longer Down The Hall, Diego Hernández Hernández Sep 2026

When The People You Love Are No Longer Down The Hall, Diego Hernández Hernández

Undercurrents: A Journal of Undergraduate Student Composition

Diego Hernández Hernández is a Computer Science major and prospective Mathematics minor. Originally from El Salvador, he grew up primarily in Revere and Holbrook, Massachusetts. A first-generation immigrant and nontraditional student, Diego returned to school seven years after graduating from high school. His essay examines how communication between emerging adults and their families changes after they leave home, drawing particularly on his relationship with his mother. To make that relationship visible to readers, he incorporated a series of their text messages into the project. Diego explains that this essay “was special to me because it revolved around my family and …


Trans Joy And The Lesson Of Authentic Living, Emma Victra Danvers Sep 2026

Trans Joy And The Lesson Of Authentic Living, Emma Victra Danvers

Undercurrents: A Journal of Undergraduate Student Composition

Emma Victra Danvers is a Psychology major from North Kingstown, Rhode Island. Her essay investigates trans joy and the research demonstrating the positive effects of gender transition. As a trans woman writing during a particularly difficult period for the transgender community, Emma wanted to examine joy not as an escape from political realities but as a meaningful source of strength and resilience. She explains, “The more I started writing it, the more I realized how much I have to be happy about. I found that trans joy again that I lost for a little bit.” The project also helped Emma …


The Impacts Of Glp-1 Medication Use, Physically And Culturally, Jack Daley Sep 2026

The Impacts Of Glp-1 Medication Use, Physically And Culturally, Jack Daley

Undercurrents: A Journal of Undergraduate Student Composition

Jack Daley is a Computer Science major from Williston, Vermont. Inspired by his family’s experience with GLP-1 medications, including his mother’s experience as a Type 1 diabetic, his essay examines the medical applications of these drugs beyond their increasingly popular association with weight loss. Because public conversations about GLP-1 medications were changing rapidly while he was writing, Jack found it especially rewarding to investigate “a topic that was developing in real time” and that he regularly encountered outside an academic setting. The project allowed him to move beyond personal experience and popular discussion to develop a more informed perspective on …


Fuck The Academic Filter, Ana Swanson Sep 2026

Fuck The Academic Filter, Ana Swanson

Undercurrents: A Journal of Undergraduate Student Composition

Ana Swanson is an Anthropology major from Warwick, RI. Ana explains that writing papers has always been challenging for her, not because of ability, but because of boredom. “I just don’t enjoy writing in a strict, buttoned-up tone—or the academic filter, as I call it in this essay,” she shares. Discovering that she didn’t have to conform to that filter felt revolutionary and opened up a new way of approaching her work. Returning to college after leaving her studies twice, Ana came back with a renewed sense of purpose and a focus on anthropology, a subject she genuinely loves. Writing …


Baby Fever, Meet Reality Check, Victoria R. Reginaldo Sep 2026

Baby Fever, Meet Reality Check, Victoria R. Reginaldo

Undercurrents: A Journal of Undergraduate Student Composition

Victoria R. Reginaldo is a Biology major from Weymouth, MA; she was born in Brazil and speaks Portuguese. Victoria explains that this essay was meaningful to her because it allowed her to think about an idea she has carried with her since she was young, the desire to have children, and how that dream is shaped and complicated by the realities of today’s society. “As I get older and begin to realize that life isn’t so simple, it made me want to research and write about how society influences the decision to have children,” she shares. Victoria notes that this …


The Dystopian Landscape Of Short-Form Content, Leslie Payne Sep 2026

The Dystopian Landscape Of Short-Form Content, Leslie Payne

Undercurrents: A Journal of Undergraduate Student Composition

Leslie Payne is a Psychology major with a Communications minor from Vienna, Virginia. Leslie explains that when her class began discussing the impact of social media, she immediately knew what her essay would focus on. “It felt like the only possible thing I could write about,” she recalls, noting how strongly she felt about its pervasive effects yet lacking the structured expression to articulate them before this assignment. She was particularly interested in the overlap between short-form content, identity formation, and media cycles, and writing this paper gave her both the research and framework to better understand those connections. She …


Saint Joan Of Arc And The Modern Transgender Liberation Movement, Nick King Sep 2026

Saint Joan Of Arc And The Modern Transgender Liberation Movement, Nick King

Undercurrents: A Journal of Undergraduate Student Composition

Nick King is a Classical Languages and History major from Haverhill, MA. For Nick, this essay became a source of both comfort and empowerment, particularly within the context of our current political climate. He explains that “being a trans person is hard, and we need more role models of resilience,” and this writing project allowed him to give voice to those complexities. Written during his second semester of college, Nick notes that the atmosphere of political strife pushed him to pour even more passion and conviction into his work. This essay is especially meaningful to Nick because it reflects the …


Compelled By Darkness: Batman, Mental Instability, And The Blurred Line Of Heroism, Chloë Lucien Sep 2026

Compelled By Darkness: Batman, Mental Instability, And The Blurred Line Of Heroism, Chloë Lucien

Undercurrents: A Journal of Undergraduate Student Composition

Chloë Lucien is a Music major with a Dance minor from Mattapan, MA. Chloë explains that this essay was deeply personal because Batman’s story has always been more than a comic book origin to her. “Batman himself has become a mirror I could look into, a reflection of my own journey from pain to purpose,” she shares. Writing about Bruce Wayne allowed her to explore how mental wounds can coexist with, and even fuel, acts of courage, challenging the simplistic “hero-versus-villain” narrative while bringing self-acceptance to her own ongoing work of healing. For Chloë, the essay became more than an …


Understanding The Role Of Data Science Applications In Soil And Water Health, Payton Davis, Debabrata Sahoo, Dara Park, Brook Russell Sep 2026

Understanding The Role Of Data Science Applications In Soil And Water Health, Payton Davis, Debabrata Sahoo, Dara Park, Brook Russell

Forestry and Natural Resources

Data science is an emerging field that can be incorporated into many disciplines, including environmental science. Data science can provide valuable information from data, enhancing the understanding of systems and environments. This publication is intended to give an overview of the different aspects of data science and how data science can be leveraged into and applied to soil and water health.


Words Words Words, University Of North Florida Sep 2026

Words Words Words, University Of North Florida

William J. Roach Textual Materials

Pamphlet: Programs and faculty offered by the Department of Language and Literature, University of North Florida  Date: 1982


Comforts With The "S", Reese Smith Sep 2026

Comforts With The "S", Reese Smith

Undercurrents: A Journal of Undergraduate Student Composition

Reese Smith is a nursing major from Quincy, MA. She says that she has come to realize how as a society we have very little comfort in our everyday lives and “often live a robotic lifestyle day in and day out, without taking much time to appreciate what is around us and incorporating comforts into our daily routines.” When writing this essay, Reese felt that she was able to take her own research and apply it to her daily life by taking time to infiltrate comforts (with an “s”) into her own routines. Her research is special to her since …


Film's Depictions Of Mental Illness, Mandy May Sep 2026

Film's Depictions Of Mental Illness, Mandy May

Undercurrents: A Journal of Undergraduate Student Composition

Mandy May is a psychology major from Canton, CT. Mandy’s purpose for writing her essay was to spread awareness of the impact that negative portrayals of mental illnesses in the media have on audiences. She shares that, as a psychology major, she has always been “hyper-aware of the way films exaggerate and emphasize unrealistic stereotypes surrounding mental illness.” Mandy feels that this essay gave her the opportunity to “finally research more about the reality of these depictions, and to hear about how people with mental disorders are affected by negative portrayals.” With a growing interest in child psychology, fueled by …


Writing Is Really Really Scary, Brian Coughlin Sep 2026

Writing Is Really Really Scary, Brian Coughlin

Undercurrents: A Journal of Undergraduate Student Composition

Brian Coughlin is a biology major from Melrose, MA. He believes that “everyone has the capacity to write something beautiful, but so many people are turned off of it because they think of some boring English essay they had to write about The Catcher in the Rye in eleventh grade.” Brian’s goal in this essay is to show that writing is “so much more than cracking open a thesaurus to impress your teacher.” This piece of writing is important to Brian because it was one of the first essays he wrote while trying to break away from the conventional writing …


Leaving Brushstrokes On The Page: Writing That Grabs You And Demands Attention, Lauren Brown Sep 2026

Leaving Brushstrokes On The Page: Writing That Grabs You And Demands Attention, Lauren Brown

Undercurrents: A Journal of Undergraduate Student Composition

Lauren Brown is a biology major and film minor from Firestone, Colorado. She “adores writing” and enjoyed the freedom in experimentation with voice in this essay. She says, “I loved being exposed to different forms of writing a paper that all fell under analysis or research. There are so many ways to be flexible with style and incorporate your own voice that I was able to see, analyze, and try myself.” Lauren also wanted to explore “how education often sucks the joy out of writing as an artform and makes it into something easily replicated by a site like ChatGPT.” …


A Conversation Amongst Trees, Bella Brown Sep 2026

A Conversation Amongst Trees, Bella Brown

Undercurrents: A Journal of Undergraduate Student Composition

Bella Brown is an environmental science major and a biology minor from Glastonbury, CT. Bella says that she is “super passionate about nature and finding new ways to preserve and understand it” and when she was presented with the task of writing a research paper she knew that she wanted to further explore a podcast episode about trees communicating through fungi, or “talking trees.” She says it “seemed like a huge breakthrough on understanding how our forests function as complex ecosystems.” Bella also notes that one thing she loved about writing this paper was the freedom to choose whatever topic …


The Lesbian Dyke-Otomy: Does “Dyke” Demonize Or Defend?, Arabela Damarillo Sep 2026

The Lesbian Dyke-Otomy: Does “Dyke” Demonize Or Defend?, Arabela Damarillo

Fresh Voices: Composition at Cal Poly

No abstract provided.


The Right To Your Rights, Aidan Yoon Sep 2026

The Right To Your Rights, Aidan Yoon

Fresh Voices: Composition at Cal Poly

No abstract provided.


The Price Of Perfection: Analyzing The Causes Of Korean Beauty Standards, Sofia Joyner Sep 2026

The Price Of Perfection: Analyzing The Causes Of Korean Beauty Standards, Sofia Joyner

Fresh Voices: Composition at Cal Poly

No abstract provided.


Mobile Food Vendors: An Integral Part Of Our Cities, Katja Friess Sep 2026

Mobile Food Vendors: An Integral Part Of Our Cities, Katja Friess

Fresh Voices: Composition at Cal Poly

No abstract provided.


Dumb Blonde, Rachel Moglia Sep 2026

Dumb Blonde, Rachel Moglia

Fresh Voices: Composition at Cal Poly

No abstract provided.


Educational Piracy: A Plan To Make A Change, Stearman Rubey Sep 2026

Educational Piracy: A Plan To Make A Change, Stearman Rubey

Fresh Voices: Composition at Cal Poly

No abstract provided.


Words Unspoken: How Stuttering Influences Childhood Development, Naomi Sabes Sep 2026

Words Unspoken: How Stuttering Influences Childhood Development, Naomi Sabes

Fresh Voices: Composition at Cal Poly

No abstract provided.


Inclusive Sexual Education Curriculum For Lgbtq+ Youth, Ginger Perez Sep 2026

Inclusive Sexual Education Curriculum For Lgbtq+ Youth, Ginger Perez

Fresh Voices: Composition at Cal Poly

No abstract provided.


Toothpaste On Tap: Robert F Kennedy’S Perspective, Ethan Gallagher Sep 2026

Toothpaste On Tap: Robert F Kennedy’S Perspective, Ethan Gallagher

Fresh Voices: Composition at Cal Poly

No abstract provided.


Our Social Dilemma, Olivia Roman Sep 2026

Our Social Dilemma, Olivia Roman

Fresh Voices: Composition at Cal Poly

No abstract provided.


Trash-Talking Trash Tv: A Rhetorical Analysis, Amelia Flint Sep 2026

Trash-Talking Trash Tv: A Rhetorical Analysis, Amelia Flint

Fresh Voices: Composition at Cal Poly

No abstract provided.


Keith Lee: The Power Of Presentation, Roman Noravian Sep 2026

Keith Lee: The Power Of Presentation, Roman Noravian

Fresh Voices: Composition at Cal Poly

No abstract provided.


Spreading Aloha One Musubi At A Time, Arjunan Easwarachandran Sep 2026

Spreading Aloha One Musubi At A Time, Arjunan Easwarachandran

Fresh Voices: Composition at Cal Poly

No abstract provided.


Imaginary Friends And The Art Of Character, Cat Schurter Sep 2026

Imaginary Friends And The Art Of Character, Cat Schurter

Fresh Voices: Composition at Cal Poly

No abstract provided.


Kosovo’S Strategic Missteps With International Law, Parker W. Remick, Robert Muharremi Sep 2026

Kosovo’S Strategic Missteps With International Law, Parker W. Remick, Robert Muharremi

Journal of Peace, Conflict, and Security Studies

This paper interrogates the principle of selective engagement with international law in the foreign policy of Kosovo, arguing that international law functions less as a neutral arbiter between states and more as a pliable instrument wielded in the pursuit of national objectives. Through a meticulous analysis of Kosovo’s post-2008 trajectory, the study unveils a pattern of selective engagement with international legal mechanisms highlighting both moments of strategic acumen and critical miscalculations. Despite possessing the legal attributes of statehood, Kosovo’s struggle for international legitimacy is hampered by a failure to fully exploit legal avenues, from multilateral treaty accession to litigation and …