Essay Undergraduate 1,103 words

Fallacies of Reasoning in TV Commercials: DIRECTV & Nikon

Analyzes slippery slope and appeal to authority fallacies in two TV commercials: the DIRECTV stray animals ad and the Ashton Kutcher Nikon campaign.

Communications

~6 min read

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Case Study Undergraduate 1,630 words

Power, Influence, and Leadership in McGuffey's Restaurant

Explores how power and influence shape leadership, the role of communication skills, and a case study of McGuffey's Restaurant's organizational challenges.

Business

~9 min read

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Reflection Paper Undergraduate 605 words

E-Government, Trust, and Citizen Confidence in Public Administration

A critical review of Tolbert and Mossberger's study on e-government and public trust, examining findings, methodology, and real-world limitations.

Government

~4 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 2,578 words

Letter from Birmingham Jail: Rhetoric and Analysis

An analysis of MLK's Letter from Birmingham Jail examining its rhetorical strategies, historical background, and key quotes from the 1963 civil rights document.

History

~13 min read

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Research Paper Undergraduate 2,071 words

False Identification and Biased vs. Unbiased Lineup Instructions

Explores how biased vs. unbiased lineup instructions affect false eyewitness identification rates, testing four hypotheses with 55 undergraduates in a lab study.

Psychology

~11 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 646 words

Rope (1948): Murder, Philosophy, and Moral Responsibility

An analysis of Hitchcock's Rope (1948) linking the film's murder plot to the Leopold and Loeb case and Darrow's argument about societal culpability.

Arts

~4 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 1,999 words

Servant Leadership Philosophy: Workplace and Personal Life

Explores servant leadership as a personal management philosophy, covering its core traits, workplace implementation, family life application, and key advantages.

Theories

~10 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 1,328 words

Analyzing Gary Varvel's Green New Deal Editorial Cartoon

A rhetorical analysis of Gary Varvel's 2019 political cartoon mocking AOC's Green New Deal, examining how imagery and text work together to satirize the bill.

Communications

~7 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 2,896 words

Christabel Pankhurst's Suffragette Speech: Rhetoric Analyzed

Analyzes Christabel Pankhurst's 1908 recorded speech using Toulmin's argument model, Burkean identification theory, and Goffman's framing theory.

Communications

~15 min read

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Research Paper Undergraduate 949 words

Theories Behind the Collapse of the Mayan Civilization

Explores two major theories — warfare and famine — explaining the collapse of the Mayan civilization between the ninth and tenth centuries A.D.

History

~5 min read

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