ADHD and The Deficit of Knowing: What?
This research-based essay explores the author’s experience with ADHD, as the essay’s formatting and usage of space evolves into a visual representation of the ADHD mind and questions the human...
View ArticleSeeing Reality from a New Dimension
Edwin A. Abbott’s book Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions presents the world of Flatland as a utopia from which the reader can gain an enhanced perspective on their constructed reality. Because...
View ArticleFossil-Fueled Discourse
As industrial civilization confronts the realities of devastating global climate change and the local environmental catastrophes precipitated by coal, oil, and natural gas extraction, this paper moves...
View ArticleThe Girls and the Others: Racialized Anthropomorphism in the First Season of...
The Powerpuff Girls (1998) chronicles the lives of three kindergarten-aged girls with superpowers. Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup were conceived in a laboratory by a scientist, Professor Utonium, out...
View ArticleThe “Anarchy” of King Arthur’s Beginnings: The Politics that Created the...
“The ‘Anarchy’ of King Arthur’s Beginnings: The Politics that Created the Arthurian Tradition” examines Geoffrey of Monmouth’s Historia regum Brittaniae in a political and historical context to...
View ArticleWombs, Wizards, and Wisdom: Bilbo's Journey from Childhood in The Hobbit
In The Hobbit, J. R. R. Tolkien constructs middle-aged Bilbo Baggins as a sheltered and emotionally immature ‘child’ during the opening chapters before tracing his development into an autonomous,...
View ArticleBushwhacking Through Anaconda-Filled Jungles
By referencing literary works by academics, such as Patricia Hill Collins, the origin of the conception that the black female body is inherently promiscuous is revealed. The conception that the black...
View ArticleThose Who Can Pay: The Impact of Socioeconomic Status in Long Term Care
In this personal essay I explore the disparities between two different state funded long term care facilities. After completing four months of field work living in a nursing home, I synthesize my...
View ArticleWas the German Battlefleet Programme the Main Reason for the End of Britain’s...
This historiographical essay challenges the common historical narrative that Britain left 'splendid isolation' as a result of perceived German aggression - particularly considering Germany's...
View ArticleScreening for Heavy Metals in Tea Leaves from Bangladesh Using X-Ray...
Trace metal contamination is a global health issue. This study evaluated boxed and loose-leaf tea from Bangladesh using a Handheld X-ray Fluorescence (XRF) analyzer for lead and other metals to...
View ArticleAn “Indian” American Congressman: Dalip Singh Saund’s Indian Heritage and His...
Indian Americans have managed to become one of the most successful minority communities in the United States. With the rise of politicians such as Kamala Harris, Nikki Haley, and Bobby Jindal, Indian...
View ArticleThere, Then Back There Again: A Personal Reflection on Environmental...
In my personal journey essay, “There, Then Back There Again”, I combine personal reflection with travel writing to explore my own conflicted feelings about traveling. I love to travel and hope to one...
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