Student Work: Research
Letter to a Making Critter
Democratizing Collaboration through the Lens of Donna Haraway’s Multi-Species Engagement
The Black Panther Party Chapter Archive
A collection student research from Delio Vásquez's course, “The Black Panther Party: History and Theory of a Political Movement," about regional Black Panther Party chapters.
What Makes a Person?
A comparison of the Buddha's, Sigmund Freud's, and Carl Jung’s understanding of personhood
Whose Abolition?
In summer 2020, I witnessed the eerie formation of a narrative: the sensationalized focus on the police officer that little matched the masses’ sentiments regarding prisons. There was lots of “ACAB!” and little “Prisons are obsolete.”
Washed Away
The Fishing Community of Arugam Bay, Sri Lanka, in the Wave of the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami
Deconstructing a Nation through Its Own Song
When hands are placed over hearts reverence, who is this anthem for, and what does it represent for our present? A reimagining on violin.
Japan Sinks?
If disasters harm humanity, what is the purpose of creating more disasters in fiction? A case study of the Japanese science fiction story that has been adapted nine times since its release as a novel in 1973.
Ana vs. The Codex
How has the pre-Hispanic cultural tradition of painting translated to the art present in our community today?
Editor’s Note, A Seat at Our Table
Writing and research from Shatima Jones's interdisciplinary seminars, “(De)Tangling the Business of Black Women’s Hair” and “Black Experiences in Literature, Movies, and Television,” published in honor of Black History Month, 2021.
Blackness on Film: Tropes, Trauma, and Resistance
The fourth installment of "A Seat at Our Table," featuring “Breaking the Stigma: Black Mental Health Narratives in Film” by Andrea Maia, “Black Trauma and Resistance in Film: A Characterization of Police Brutality” by Cecilia Innis, “The Magical Negro Trope in Literature and Film” by Sydney Cusic, “Black Women and Liberation in Blaxploitation Films” by Louis Tambue, and “Portrayals of Black Masculinity in ‘Paid in Full’” by Michael Flom.
