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Women in the Grail Quest and Their Relationship with Pessimistic and Optimistic Storytelling

February 2020 Madison Ingram, Department of English and Modern Languages, Shepherd University In this paper, I compare the literary tradition of the Grail Quest as demonstrated in Sir Thomas Malory’s Le Morte D’Arthur and…

 
 
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Risky Behavior: The Roles of Depression, Openness to Experience, and Coping

July 2018 Rachel K. DiLima, Department of Psychology, Shepherd University The current study aims to better understand the roles of depressive symptoms, the Big Five personality trait of openness to experience, sensation seeking, and…

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The Devil’s in the Details

June 2018 Alexandra McCarron, Department of English and Modern Languages, Shepherd University The Biblical Book of Job, an examination of human suffering that is cosmic in scope, has attracted a significant amount of critical…

Torment of a Saint

June 2018 Melany Alomia, Department of Contemporary Art and Theater, Shepherd University My work is a reflection of myself; physically and mentally it depicts who I am as an individual. In this series, Torment…

The Self-Reliance of Ecclesiastes

June 2018 Lilli Sutton, Department of English and Modern Languages, Shepherd University In this paper, I analyze the book of Ecclesiastes, especially its messages on the futility of life and death. Ecclesiastes is one…

Arts and Humanities / English and Modern Languages

The Places We Write: Writing as Embodied Labor at Shepherd University

March 2018 Claudia McCarron, Department of English and Modern Languages, Shepherd University In contemporary composition studies, researchers are beginning to place emphasis on the effects workspaces have on writing processes. Their studies indicate that…

Perceptions Concerning Obstacles, Stereotypes and Discrimination Faced by Female Sports Reporters and Other Female Sports Professionals

May 2017 Tess Hyre, Department of Mass Communications, Shepherd University Monica Larson, Department of Mass Communications, Shepherd University Steve Chen, Department of Management, Morehead State University Female athletes and sports professionals (i.e., coaches and…

Ameliorate

May 2017 Jenna Sterner, Department of Contemporary Art and Theater, Shepherd University A work-in-progress for several months now, Ameliorate is the ongoing photographic narrative of the reconstruction of historic Ellicott City, Maryland, after the…

Majesty

May 2017 Jillian MacMaster Department of Contemporary Art and Theater, Shepherd University Majesty is a photographic examination of types of women who are unconventional in appearance or who have characteristics that are underrepresented in…

Counter Currents

May 2017 Andrea Siles Loayza, Department of Contemporary Art and Theater, Shepherd University This series of large-scale paintings features endangered shark species and create an environment that provokes a sense of power and helplessness….

“The Destined Prophetess:” Uncle Tom’s Cabin, The Scarlet Letter, and the American Jeremiad

May 2017 Claudia McCarron, Department of English and Modern Languages, Shepherd University In this paper, I examine the power and reach of the American jeremiad as a tool for social reform by tracing its…