Table of Contents: 2018


Introduction


Locating the Conversation

 

Literature Review: Scotland and Post-Colonial Studies

Alexia Gardner

Annotated Bibliography: How Dating Apps are Shaping Intimacy in a Digital Age

Nicholas P. Hansel

Fat Comedic Relief is a Thing of The Past: This is Us Shows the Value of Body Positivity

Stephanie Mirah

Proposal & Annotated Bibliography: Reevaluating the Civil Rights Movement: African-American Soldiers and Nazi Germany

Jason Wade


Making Meaning Out of the Personal

 

Keystrokes to Perfection

Rachel Geisel

I Should’ve Told You This Before

Isaiah Hug


Working with Texts

 

Are We Entitled To Our Own Facts?

Anne McKenna

The Cuddle with a Struggle: Rape Culture on College Campuses

Evamar Gonzalez

The Rhetoric of Trophy Hunting

Sophia Pagnone


Following the Research

 

Reciprocity: A Time Commitment for Change

Madeline Beyer

Columbia, Maryland: A New American City?

Sarah Jane Bookter

Cause of Death: Vending Machine

Lucy McGehee

Tumblr: Where Everyone’s Got Groupies

Isabella Sims


Investigating Culture

Invis-ABILITY

Christie Na
Winner, Writer As Witness Essay Contest

Modern Bards on the World Stage: Capturing the Mysticism of Ireland

Hayli Spence


Engaging with the Scholarly Conversation

 

Analyzing ‘Treat Yo Self’ in Parks and Recreation as a Norm: An Application of Constructivism to Television and Beyond

Ellen Johnson

Reading Between the Lines: An Intercultural Pragmanalysis of Icarus

Tina Maglakelidze

Maybe You Can Sell It: The effects of secondary markets on dynamic pricing

Coralyn Maguigad
Winner, University Library Prize for Best College Writing Research Paper

Colonial Discourse and Cultural Memory in Eurogames

Davidson C. Wilbourne


Navigating the Process

The following section presents one student’s writing process beginning with a proposal, then an annotated bibliography, followed by the final essay. Note from the professor about the assignment: Autoethnography is an important (and sometimes controversial) genre in many scholarly disciplines. When writing autoethnographies, scholars use qualitative primary research methods– like notes, observations, and interviews– to reflect critically on a personal experience, connecting it to wider cultural trends. However, successful autoethnography must do more than just tell the story of the writer’s experience: it must contextualize that experience for its audience within a wider conversation. This requires using relevant secondary sources, like those Laura selects and analyzes for their revised proposal and annotated bibliography.

Proposal: Women, Females, and Gender Nonconforming Musicians in Punk Rock

Laura Sislen

Final Proposal and Annotated Bibliography

Laura Sislen

Successes and Failures of Punk Rhetoric and Practices: A look into Gender and Representation in Contemporary Punk Music Scenes

Laura Sislen