Reflection Paper Undergraduate 1,506 words

Understanding Truth and Connection in Nonfiction Writing

A reflection on nonfiction narratives exploring how authors use personal perspective, tradition, and empathy to connect readers to true events and moral struggles.

Literature

~8 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 1,428 words

Reeve and Hanks Speeches: Rhetorical Appeals Compared

A rhetorical comparison of Christopher Reeve's 1996 DNC address and Tom Hanks' 2005 commencement speech, analyzing emotional appeals, statistics, and audience strategy.

Communications

~8 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 1,066 words

Moral Status of Advertising in a Free Market Economy

Explores the moral status of advertising in a free market economy, examining persuasion, consumer freedom, dependency effects, and honest representation.

Ethics

~6 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 1,659 words

Socrates' Alleged Hypocrisy: Apology and Crito Reconsidered

Examines whether Socrates contradicts himself in the Apology and Crito regarding obedience to law and divine will, analyzing the persuasion defense.

Philosophy

~9 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 1,180 words

Slavery's Corruption of Women in Frederick Douglass's Narrative

Analysis of how Frederick Douglass uses accounts of enslaved and white women to expose slavery as a morally corrupting institution in his influential 1845 autobiography.

Literature

~6 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 1,020 words

History and Key Theories of Social Psychology

Explore the history of social psychology, its major theories—attribution, cognitive dissonance, drive, and schemata—and core concepts like attitudes and self-concept.

Psychology

~6 min read

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Research Paper Undergraduate 2,223 words

Autism Spectrum Disorders: Social Skills and Development

Explores autism spectrum disorders, social skill deficits, behavioral therapies, and developmental research designs to support children with ASD in academic settings.

Psychology

~12 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 1,047 words

Burke's Pentad Applied to Bush 2004 "Thinking Mom" Ad

Applies Burke's Pentad to the Bush 2004 "Thinking Mom" TV ad, analyzing how act, scene, agent, agency, and purpose shape its anti-Kerry tax messaging.

Communications

~6 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 2,048 words

The Many Faces of Prejudice in Five Classic Essays

An analysis of how Staples, Angelou, Kincaid, Hurston, and Momaday use personal narrative to convey the emotional reality of prejudice more powerfully than argument alone.

Literature

~11 min read

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Book Review Graduate 1,882 words

ADR and Negotiation: Building Relationships as We Negotiate

A law student review of Fisher and Brown's negotiation framework, covering rationality, understanding, communication, reliability, and acceptance in ADR.

Law

~10 min read

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