Essay Undergraduate 1,296 words

St. Petersburg Metro: Vital Role in Urban Transportation

Explores how the St. Petersburg, Russia metro system functions as an essential and still-expanding urban transit network serving millions of daily riders.

Geography

~7 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 1,346 words

Little Red Riding Hood: Morality, Psychology, and Feminism

Explores how "Little Red Riding Hood" has been interpreted as a moral guide, Freudian allegory, and feminist symbol across centuries of retellings.

Literature

~7 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 1,873 words

Railroad Expansion and Economic Growth in New York State

Explores how railroad infrastructure drove population growth, manufacturing, and commerce in 19th-century New York State, from rural towns to metropolitan centers.

History

~10 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 1,627 words

Diabetes as a Public Health Issue: Community Action Plans

Explores how Solano County, CA tackled childhood obesity and Type II diabetes through tailored community action plans targeting food, fitness, and culture.

Health

~9 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 1,733 words

Maxim Magazine, Gender Stereotypes, and Satire

An essay analyzing how Maxim magazine uses satire to subvert gender stereotypes while its advertising reinforces them, with examples from a 2007 issue.

Communications

~9 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 1,672 words

Bioethics and Informed Consent in Human Subjects Research

Explores bioethics frameworks, informed consent requirements, and the ethical history of human subjects research from Nuremberg to modern medical practice.

Ethics

~9 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 1,552 words

Durkheim, Marx, and Critical Theory on Modern Society

Explores Durkheim's and Marx's approaches to modern society, then synthesizes Marx, Freud, and Weber through critical theory's critique of corporate capitalism.

Sociology

~8 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 1,100 words

Key Healthcare Issues Facing the United States Today

Explores major U.S. healthcare concerns including adverse drug events, MRSA infections, the uninsured population, medical identity theft, and eldercare workforce shortages.

Health

~6 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 1,522 words

Moonlight Theory and Character Humanization in The Scarlet Letter

Explores how Hawthorne's moonlight theory humanizes Hester Prynne, Arthur Dimmesdale, and Roger Chillingworth in The Scarlet Letter through dual characterization.

Literature

~8 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 1,815 words

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich: Politics and the Human Spirit

An analysis of Solzhenitsyn's novel examining its political critique of Soviet communism and its philosophical exploration of preserving humanity in the gulag.

Literature

~10 min read

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