Academic Writing

The Cut-Throat Construct and its Warping of Women: An Analysis of Gender and Performativity in He’s Out There (2018)

In this essay that blends film analysis with literary analysis, I assess the slasher film He's Out There (2018). By analyzing He’s Out There using gender and performativity theory, this paper illustrates how this film challenges gender’s entrenched systems of limitations; whilst, showcasing the consequences of rebelling against a system that humanity fears to recognize as manufactured, not innate.

(2023) Published in The Real and Animated Worlds on Disney+, Volume VIII, Issue 2: Summer 2023 (Cinematic Codes Review)

(2023) 2nd Place Recipient of Amy M. Young Award in Literary Scholarship

(2023) Accepted to the Northwest Undergraduate Literature Conference

Finite Femininity and Mythological Misperception: An Analysis of Monkey King: Journey to the West, The Odyssey, and Norse Mythology

In this essay, I explore Chinese, Greek, and Norse mythology analyzing these works for the gender performance of their characters and policing of femininity. I draw parallels between these radically different group's myths and the necessity of recognizing the prejudice inherent within them that normalizes the enduring minimization of women. 

(2023) Accepted to 2023 Northwest Undergraduate Conference on Literature

The Haunting History of Oppression and Trauma: A Comparative Analysis of Beloved and Sing, Unburied, Sing

In this essay, the abstract provides the best summary I could provide: "This paper seeks to define hauntology (i.e. spectrology) and cultural haunting; the characterization of the ghosts in Beloved and Sing, Unburied, Sing; and how ghosts shape these books' respective narratives. By illustrating these concepts and the ways they function within Beloved and Sing, Unburied, Sing, this paper will prove to readers the profound symbolism capable through hauntings (i.e. via hauntology/spectrology) and how they embolden the pertinent messages that Morrison and Ward seek to communicate about the power dynamics of race and the nature of trauma within their respective literature."

Published in the 15th edition of Audeamus 

(2022) Finalist for Amy M. Young Award in Literary Scholarship

Resolving Rossetti’s “Ambiguous” Stance on Feminism: An Analysis of Goblin Market"

In this essay, I apply a feminist literary analysis lens to the poem, Goblin Market, by Christina Rossetti in order to derive important insight into the Victorian period and to demonstrate her unique approach to feminism. Over the years, many scholars have ridiculed Rossetti's more covert approach to pioneering the rights of women and her inferred acceptance of their limited role within society; however, this essay highlights Rossetti's literary activism and the profound power she alots to women within her work.

(2022) Presented at Northwest Undergraduate Conference on Literature

Unmasking the True Monster: An Analysis of Frankenstein

In this literary analysis essay, I assert that the true monster of Frankenstein is scientific ambition. This essay proves that Victor Frankenstein is in an emotionally abusive relationship with science that refutes the popular belief that mankind (i.e. Victor Frankenstein) is the true monster of the tale.

(2021) Finalist for Amy M. Young Award in Literary Scholarship