Written in Spring 2018 Introduction Caenorhabditis elegans are considered a model organism because of their fast reproduction rate, short development period, and transparency, all factors that make them easy to study in the lab. Thus, much research that pertains to humans and animals is first done on C. elegans. What interested our group in particular […]
Research Proposal; Equine Socialization
Abstract In order to determine ways to increase horse health, three studies were created to analyze importance of socialization in overall horse health. The first proposal, a correlational study, correlated horse health, using the Equine Guelph Horse Health Check scale, and socialization using a Pearson’s r test to determine whether or not socialization was a […]
Systems of Dictyostelium; A Wiki-entry
From a systems biology standpoint, Dictyostelium is a fascinating genus. Systems biology refers to the interdisciplinary area of biology that uses a holistic computational and mathematical models to describe biological systems. These can be the systems within an organism, as well as interactions between organisms as a system. It also discusses emergent properties, tissue and […]
A Critique of Research On Self-Disclosure in Therapy
Written in the Spring of 2017 Introduction To Self-Disclosure In counseling, there are many different methods a helper can use to facilitate the helping process. The different methods used vary from helper to helper, and are based on perceived success, training, past experience with different methods, and the theoretical school of psychology of the helper. […]
CLITERACY
Taken at Sophia Wallace’s Cliteracy gallery showing in Agnes Scott College’s Dalton Art Gallery in February 2017. “CLITERACY, 100 Natural Laws, is mixed media project that explores a paradox; the global obsession with sexualizing female bodies in a world that is illiterate when it comes to female sexuality. CLITERACY is a new way of talking about […]
A Reflection on Hidden Figures
Written in Spring 2017 Hidden Figures is a film that tells the story of three forgotten women in Langley, VA, that helped astronaut John Glenn orbit the earth in 1962, effectively changing the tide of the race for space and giving the United States enough momentum to get two men on the moon. These women […]
A Friend to Confide In
This was a one act play that I wrote in the fall of 2015. It was selected to be in the Winter One Act Festival at Webster Groves High School in 2015, and won the Johnathan Franzen Award for Excellence in Writing in the Drama division in 2016. CHARACTERS LIAM: quiet, introverted, always nervous, stammers […]
Illimitata
Finalist in the Webster Groves All Write Competition for poetry, 2015 I am a landscape. Covered in mountains with their snowy peaks reaching for the heavens. Deep valleys filled with lush wildlife, each one a Garden of Eden in it’s own right. Grassy plains that shift and sway to the rhythm of some unknown force, […]
A Reflection on Jamaica Kincaid’s “A Small Place”
This book resonated with me for many different reasons. The main thing I’ll talk about in this reflection response is Kincaid’s writing style. This element of the book creates an interesting journey of reflection for the reader to go through. Throughout the entire book, she writes in a first person perspective, with a kind of […]
Social Media Biography
This was created for ENG110: Women’s Life Writing in Spring 2017
