Essay Undergraduate 1,654 words

Mary Rowlandson, Increase Mather, and Puritan Typology

Examines Increase Mather's theological and editorial influence on Mary Rowlandson's captivity narrative, focusing on Puritan typology, gender, and race.

Literature

~9 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 1,123 words

Reality TV Shows and Their Impact on Teen Pregnancy

Examines how MTV reality shows like Teen Mom and 16 and Pregnant influence teen pregnancy rates, gender roles, and adolescent perceptions of motherhood.

Social Issues

~6 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 1,932 words

Butler and Thomson on Freedom, Gender, and Bodily Autonomy

Explores how Judith Butler's gender performativity and Judith Jarvis Thomson's bodily autonomy arguments form a shared moral vision of justice and civil freedom.

Philosophy

~10 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 1,619 words

How Science Is Represented in American Pop Culture

Explores how American pop culture frames science through genetic engineering debates, stem cell research, and South Park satire—revealing a deeply divided cultural lens.

Culture

~9 min read

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Essay Graduate 3,061 words

Arendt on Education, Race, and the Little Rock Crisis

Explores Hannah Arendt's philosophy of education in dark times and critiques her simplistic view of Black Americans during the 1957 Little Rock Crisis.

Philosophy

~16 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 1,103 words

Government Bailouts and the Limits of Capitalism

Explores whether post-9/11 airline bailouts and bank rescues reveal the necessary limits of free-market capitalism and the role of government intervention.

Economics

~6 min read

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Essay Graduate 1,538 words

The Grotesque in 19th-Century English Fiction and Prose

Explores how the grotesque functions as a shared rhetorical mode in 19th-century English fiction and non-fiction, from Austen and Coleridge to Dickens and Carlyle.

Literature

~8 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 1,702 words

Parent-Child Relationships in The Merchant of Venice

Analyzes parent-child dynamics in Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice, examining Launcelot, Jessica, Portia, and Northrop Frye's New Comedy framework.

Literature

~9 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 2,404 words

Robert Merton: Sociologist Who Shaped Modern Theory

Explore Robert Merton's life and key contributions to sociology: middle range theory, strain theory, manifest and latent functions, and the sociology of science.

Sociology

~13 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 3,840 words

Color Semiotics and Power: Red, Yellow, and the Spectrum

Explores how semiotic theory, from Saussure to Eco, reveals which colors—especially red and yellow—convey power in communication and design.

Communications

~20 min read

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