A Critical Analysis of Antiracist Pedagogical Strategies and Diverse Young Adult Literature for White Educators

Name: Jenna Stanton Majors: English, Education Advisors: Dr. Susanna Sacks, Dr. Christopher Kang (second reader) This independent study attempts to answer the following research […]

Hannah Groetsch

Setting the Stage for Representation: Women Candidates and Moderators’ Impact on the Prevalence of Women’s Issues in Presidential Primary Debates

Name: Hannah Groetsch Major: Political Science: U.S. National Politics Minor: English Advisors: Dr. Angela Bos, Dr. Avram Muñoz (second reader) This Independent Study explores […]

What Girls Do: Girls’ Political Participation Reflected in Contemporary Young Adult Literature

Name: Carly McWilliams Majors: Political Science, English Advisors: Dr. Angie Bos, Dr. Jessica Cowing While young adult (YA) novels have always incorporated political themes, […]

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A Year of N-Confusion: Determining Aggregation in N-Confused Porphyrins Using UV-Vis Spectroscopy

Name: Nina Catalfo Major: Chemistry Minor: English Advisor: Dr. Paul Bonvallet; Dr. Karl Feierabend (second reader) N-confused porphyrins, a porphyrin derivative with a nitrogen atom on the […]

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Hands That Grab and Tongues That Say: Understanding Animal Narrators and Protagonists

Name: Sophie Helen Ryan Majors: English and Psychology Advisors: Dr. Kate Beuter and Dr. Michael Casey; Dr. Tom Prendergast (second reader) Whether through owning a pet or […]

Zoe Dudack

Little Boxes: A Gothic Horror Novella

Name: Zoe Dudack Majors: English Minor: Music Advisors: Dr. Kate Beutner & Dr. Christopher Kang As an avid fan of horror films and ghost […]

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Wooster mourns passing of emeritus professor of English, David Moldstad

David Moldstad, emeritus professor of English at The College of Wooster, passed away on March 31, 2022, in Wooster, Ohio, at 98 years old. […]

Joy E. Bronson '07

Vocation for All Voices: UMC Reverend chooses joy to equip congregations and transform community-building relationships

Joy E. Bronson ’07 insisted from a young age that she wouldn’t be following in her father’s and grandfather’s footsteps as a pastor because […]

Paul Christianson

Wooster mourns passing of emeritus professor of English, Paul Christianson

Paul Christianson, Emeritus Professor of English Literature, passed away on February 15, 2022, in San Francisco, California. Christianson served as the Mildred Foss Thompson […]

Lauren Hines ’09

Refugee Officer Lauren Hines ’09 uses English and Spanish degree in the field

Working for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services as a Spanish-speaking refugee officer, College of Wooster alumna Lauren Hines ’09 interviews people fleeing their countries […]

Julie Larick

APEX Fellowship | Julieanne Larick

Major: English Class Year: 2024 Pronouns: She/Her/Hers Faculty Mentor: Dr. Paul Edminston I wrote articles for Girls’ Life Magazine to encourage readers’ involvement in […]

Sophie Ryan

APEX Fellowship | Sophie Ryan

Major: English, Psychology Class Year: 2022 Pronouns: She/Her/Hers Faculty Mentor: Dr. Paul Edminston I interned at HopeMark Preschool in St. Louis, MO, where I […]

Carly McWilliams

APEX Fellowship | Carly McWilliams

Majors: Political Science, English Class Year: 2022 Pronouns: She/Her/Hers Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jennifer Ison I wrote, designed, and managed social media content, as well […]

Holly Engel '21

Wooster ’21 graduate pursues doctorate at The Ohio State University

After a year’s worth of writing to complete her Independent Study titled “Sinister Cinema: Depictions of Evil in the WWII and Postwar Thrillers of […]

Claire J. C. Eager

Claire J.C. Eager awarded grant to complete book

Claire J.C. Eager, visiting assistant professor of English at The College of Wooster, was named one of 14 awardees of the Project Development Grant […]

James Shanahan

The Apprentice and One Binary to Rule Them All: Gender in Science Fiction and Fantasy

Name: James Shanahan Major: English Minor: Film Advisor: Dr. Bryan Alkemeyer For my Independent Study I wrote the first draft of a novel I […]

Kath Scott

Eat Your Heart Out: Cannibalism, Incorporation, and Transgression in Contemporary and Traditional Fairy Tales

Name: Kath Scott Major: English Advisor: Susanna Sacks When cannibalism is presented in media, it is often mistaken for gratuitous violence, but cannibalism was […]

Sunscreen

Name: Zoe Covey Major: English Advisors: Dr. Christopher Kang and Dr. Thomas Prendergast Sunscreen is a 68-page long novella following different members of a […]

AMERICAN DRAGON: A Story of an Asian American Woman Finding Her Way Home

Name: Hannah Jun Langer Major: English, Studio Art Minor: History Advisors: Thomas Prendergast and Cassidy Ely AMERICAN DRAGON: A Story of an Asian American […]

Immersive Fantasy: An Exploration of Cultural Diversity in Fantasy Novels

Name: Sarah Rapacz Major: English Minor: Art Advisors: Dr. Claire Eager, Dr. Jennifer Hayward Immerse is a medieval fantasy novel exploring the relationships between […]