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