Munro and Reality: A Totality of Fragments

It is not so much a cycle of stories but a collection of fragments that Alice Munro assembles in her work, “Friend of My Youth.” This particular work illuminates the rigid social

Sewers and Mines in Richard Wright's The Man Who Lived Underground

Perspective is that part of a poem, novel, or play which a writer never puts directly upon paper. It is that fixed point in intellectual space where a writer stands to view the struggles, hopes, and sufferings of his people. —Richard Wright, "Blueprint for Negro Writing"

The Masculinity and Homoeroticism of Joe Christmas: Reading Across Gender and Sexuality in Light in August

William Faulkner’s 1932 novel

“Heaven — is what I cannot reach”: How Emily Dickinson’s Voice was Influenced by Spoken Worship in Amherst and the Book of Revelation

From her bedroom in Puritan Amherst, Emily Dickinson wrote almost 1800 poems.

“Hers and Hers Too”: Tensions Between Radicalism and Conformity in Dykes to Watch Out For

There’s something truly strange about living in a historical moment in which the conservative anxiety and despair about queers bringing down civilization and its institutions (marriage, most notably) is met by the anxiety and despair so many queers feel about the failure or incapacity of queerness to bring down civilization and its institutions.   — Maggie Nelson, The Argonauts

Summary of “The Implicit Punishment of Daring to Go to College When Poor”

In a March 28, 2019, New York Times op-ed titled “The Implicit Punishment of Daring to Go to College When Poor,” , Enoch Jemmott describes the inequities faced by poor students navigating the college admissions process. Jemmott grew up in a neighborhood where most students, including himself, come from low-income families and where there is a lack of college counseling in schools.

Social Media Political Polarization

Inquiry Presentation

The Lament of the American Dream

In 2002, my family and I emigrated from France to America. My father was offered an employment opportunity here. We received temporary visas, which soon became green cards, and five years later we became citizens. But the transition was not easy. My mother did not know a word of English, and my sisters were seven and ten when they arrived. School was difficult for them, and they had to make new friends. I grew up without issue, knowing both French and English.

The Potential for Video Games to Improve Mental Health Care Access

See the Remediation

My primary audience is American counselors because they can educate the public about the lack of access to mental health care in the United States and support the use of video games to supplement such services.

When You Give a Dog a License: How We Can Stop Service Dog Fraud

"It was the Friday before Thanksgiving break and I was excited to go home for the first time since moving to College Park. My service dog and I made our way to the airport and were waiting in line for a quick bite to eat."

Letter to Doug Bowser

"Based on what has worked for SPARX and BraveMind—games that have been seamlessly incorporated into the toolbox to address mental health disorders ranging from depression to PTSD—I would also like to propose three specific gaming elements for Nintendo’s app."

Convincing of the Urgency of Intersectionality

Without a frame to contextualize the view, one can be blind to a dead body in plain sight. In her 2016 TED Talk “The Urgency of Intersectionality,” Kimberlé Crenshaw argues that because the public has no “frame” or point of view that includes women of color in discussions of racial and gender discrimination, women of color are ignored, and that has led to unseen prejudice.