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Navigating Identity: An Autobiographical Exploration Through Poetry, Scott Kenimond

Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects

This honors project stands as a monumental cornerstone in my undergraduate journey. It seamlessly blends the rigorous academic training I have received with the uncharted territories of personal introspection and expression. Throughout my years as an undergraduate, I have been introduced to many literary theories, styles, and works that have sculpted my understanding of the written word. This project is a harmonious marriage of that theoretical foundation with the rawness of my personal experiences.

Serving as an enveloping experience for the undergraduate English major, this endeavor embodies the essence of what literature and poetry aim to achieve — a nuanced …

Green Grass: A Collection Of Short Stories, Julia Wynne

Undergraduate Theses, Professional Papers, and Capstone Artifacts

Within the country club setting, the levels of financial wealth span greatly, from young adults in search of summer employment to businessmen sealing deals on the 18th hole while retired couples vacation in spacious homes situated directly on the course. Often associated with privilege and luxury, golf is much more than just a game, involving defined dress codes, social events, organized leagues, and tournaments. Centered around the lives of staff and members of an Arizona country club, Green Grass is a collection of short stories that uses the game of golf to explore privilege, money, and motivation. Golf is a …

Looking For The Exit Door, Nicole Kowalewski

Honors Senior Capstones and Theses

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Guns Can't Kill Ghosts, Krista B. Ruffo

Honors Undergraduate Theses

This thesis explores the grieving process of a child, 6-year-old Maple, in a fictional way. As Maple attempts to carry on with daily life, such as attending first grade, after the death of her father, she experiences supernatural visions that cause her to consider what life and, consequently, death is. She also contends with her mother’s unwillingness to tell Maple why her father is dead, since her mother believes that keeping Maple shielded from the full truth is the best course of action. Maple struggles with sleeping issues, reoccurring dreams of her father, depression, lack of interest in formerly exciting …

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

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Girls Who Dance In The Weeds, Bailee Isackson

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The Mulberry Tree, Aydin Gulle

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One Shared Meal, Amy G. Dala

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Untitled, Blake Maxon

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Birdhouse, Vaishali Nair

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Untitled 2.2, Arabella Staufenberg

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Star Girls, Kylynn Mireles

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Stag, Johnny Elder

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Lizzy In Spring, Julia White

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Untitled, Beverly Chang

Intertidal

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Mama, Maya Seagraves

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Untitled, Blake Maxon

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Above All Montanan Angels, Gavin Hart

Intertidal

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Little Soldier Boy, Liam Stock

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Rift, Anonymous Author

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Author Bios, Author Bios

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In The Room That Only I Can Know, Noah Cours

Intertidal

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Binder 1, Caleb Brooks

Intertidal

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Once Upon A Cure, Tyler Suzuki

Intertidal

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Meat Matrix 2: Gate Of Flesh, Ian Pines

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Scallops Of Your Shoulder, Tony Gudkov

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Untitled, Siena Lopez

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My Lover Is An Vampire, Liam Stock

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Dark As Day, Rachel Keady

CMC Senior Theses

“All works, no matter what or by whom painted, are nothing but bagatelles and childish trifles... unless they are made and painted from life, and there can be nothing... better than to follow nature." - Caravaggio

In the fall of 2021, I registered to take “Italian Baroque Art” with Professor Gorse at Pomona College, for the spring of 2022. Professor Faggen, one of my advisors, encouraged this and piqued my interest in the characters of this world. After some casual online research, I was transfixed by one artist in particular: Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio. How could I not be struck …