PORTFOLIO OF WORK
Undergraduate Academic Writing
“UNHARNESSED HEARTS”: MOTHERHOOD IN BELOVED AND MARGARET GARNER
Honors Thesis Project
August 2019 - April 2020
Completed over two semesters of intense research, this project explores the themes of motherhood and maternal love in two works written by Nobel laureate Toni Morrison: the novel Beloved, perhaps her most famous work, and the opera Margaret Garner, which is often overlooked.
CLOSE READING: WAITING FOR THE BARBARIANS BY J.M. COETZEE
Berry College English Department
2019
Close reading is an essential aspect of English education. This essay analyzes shifts in setting and tone, repetition, and parenthetical asides to explain Coetzee's presentation of conflicting ideologies in the novel.
RATIGNOLLE AND REISZ: WOMEN, MUSIC, AND THE AWAKENING
Winner, Alice Wingo Essay Competition 2019 - 2020
Berry College
This essay, written for an upper-division English class, approaches Kate Chopin's novel through the lenses of gender and music, specifically examining the sociohistorical roles of women in music in the nineteenth century and the ways in which they are mirrored in the novel.
PUBLISHING PROJECTS
My favorite aspect of the MPS in Publishing is its hands-on approach to publishing studies. In each course, we as students are encouraged to develop projects related to topics and skills we're learning. Check out some of my projects below!
PANDEMIC REPORTING AND STUDENT JOURNALISM ETHICS
Ethics in Publishing
Our capstone project in the Ethics in Publishing course was to explore an ethical issue as it relates to the publishing industry. I explored student journalism ethics in this paper, specifically focusing on the ethical implications of the COVID-19 pandemic.
SAMPLE PRESS KIT AND PRESS RELEASE
Marketing Strategies
For this project, we were tasked with creating a press kit for a hypothetical title. We included event ideas and media targets, as well as a sample press release. This was a great exercise in understanding everything that goes into book marketing.