Hyper-independence in Black Women: A Literary Analysis
Wynter James
The phrase “Strong Black Woman” has become very harmful for Black women everywhere, causing us not to feel like we are allowed to ask for...
The Process of Creating 'You:' Second-Person Perspective and Interactive Texts
Suryka Kom
Whether ‘you’ need to save the princess or debate a choice between A or B, second-person perspective is a fundamentally persuasive style of storytelling that...
Stripping Down Corporate Women’s Portfolios
McKenzie Tullock
This presentation will explore how Roland Barthes’ analysis of the practice of French striptease as a semiotic performance can be used in corporate women’s portfolios...
La Llorona: From Boogeyman to Heroine Across Time
Jazmin Loera-Caballero
Major(s)/Minor(s)
The story of La Llorona is a folktale that has existed at least since the fall of Tenochtitlan and the character has remained a persistent...
A Teller of Stories: The Maternal Uncanny in Carmen Maria Machado's "The Husband Stitch"
Joella Cleary
This project examines the reconfiguration of myth, legend, and folklore to subvert cultural expectations of gendered performance in Carmen Maria Machado’s “The Husband Stitch.” Spivak’s...
Portraits of Place and Personhood: The Life and Work of Southern Appalachian Women
Chloe Snow
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This oral history project offers analysis into the work and embodiment of women in the southern Appalachian region. Using a regional-focus, the project centers on...
The Hand That Holds the Pen: Inheritance of Meaning and the Power of Writing
Sadie Sawyers
In professional writing, meaning is not something that can be made in isolation - it is inherited by the interpretive communities that engage with it...
The Impacts of Generative AI on Embodiment and Writing Communities
Anna Rymer
The recent proliferation of AI-generated writing raises questions for many sectors of academia, especially writing centers and their student clientele. This presentation will explore the...
Human-Centered AI and the Digital Humanities: Developing a Proposed AI Literacy Minor at Salem College
Joella Cleary
This paper discusses the author’s work in an Honors Independent Study through which she helped plan and develop the curriculum for a proposed minor in...
Young Adult Horror Fiction and the Feminist Experience
Helena Bowman
As a writer and a feminine-presenting person, I have always been drawn to horror fiction as a way to explore personal experiences and the cultural...
Improving the First Year Experience Through Writing
Helena Bowman
This paper discusses a research project that investigates the college first year experience at Salem from the intersection of Health Humanities and Writing Program Administration...
If Love Is Your Name, “It’s Natural to Make It Your Business”: The Observer-Narrator in Toni Morrison’s Novel Love
Nikkola Brown
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This paper is the culmination of a senior project for English and Writing Studies. Drawing on the researcher’s previous experience with trauma study, it explores...
Engaging Health Leadership Through Neurodiversity at the Salem College Writing Center
Nikkola Brown
Major(s)/Minor(s)
This presentation is the result of a literature review and an IRB-approved study based on the Salem College Writing Center. It investigates the questions of...
Write What You Know: Culturally Tailored Narratives to Facilitate Conversations in Mexican-American Immigrant Families
Angelica Alvarez Orlachia
Major(s)/Minor(s)
A recent examination of Disney/Pixar films — works traditionally aimed at young children and families — finds an increase of more mature, mental health-related themes...
Contemporary Student Activism and Protest: A Rhetorical Analysis
Sonny Romano
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This project examines contemporary student activism and protest in order to see how student action engages in critical analysis and resists hegemonic ideals traditionally held...