CTZN 110: Choosing Well, Acting Right, Being Good, Fall 2018

Dr. Blincoe’s take on Citizen 110 made me rethink my personal ethics and strengthen my reliance on Christianity as my moral compass. My favorite thing about the course was Dr. Blincoe’s strongly unbiased way of teaching and the overall setup of each class. He truly wanted to let us decide what was the morally right thing to do when given a problem. Along with exploring my own moral codes, I read many ancient and modern ethical arguments written by philosophers such as Socrates. While reading, we were asked to take notes such as the ones attached below. Without these notes, I would not have been able to retain much of the things I had read the night before class.

ENGL 165: Writing and Rhetoric, Fall 2018

Most likely one of my favorite classes from freshman year, Prof. Brandon Haffner did a phenomenal job at broadening my horizon of what is considered not only academic writing but writing in general. Before this course, I believed academic and creative writing were far from similar, but now, for me at least, there seems to be more of a gray area separating them – and for the betterment of my writing. Brandon helped me improve my writing by letting me explore different writing structures and ways to gain the emotional trust of my audience to prove my argument. Attached is a research paper I put a lot of love into because it is something I feel so passionately about. Using the Greenwood Library’s database, I read and referenced many peer-reviewed articles to examine how men’s emotions are suppressed and the effect on men’s relationships and self-esteem.

HIST 222: Modern Times, Spring 2019

Dr. Dudley-Shotwell assigned many in-depth reading and video analyses of the history and culture of modern times. Unlike many of my previous history classes, the course focused more so on minority groups and the tactics they used to gain more rights. The reading assignments were also interesting as they showed how vastly different interpretations of the same time period or event can be made. I chose my final project for the class as my artifact as it is a great example of the different aspects of the 20th century that we covered throughout the semester. The final project was a great way to connect many of the different decades and events that I had learned about with one underlying topic of economics.

MATH 171: Statistical Decision Making, Fall 2019

Although I am an English major, I thoroughly enjoyed this math class with Dr. Emmeroson-Stonnel. This statistics class was unlike any math class I have taken before; it was mostly focused on interpreting and analyzing the data. Meaning, there was a lot of writing. I love this kind of writing because I was able to flex my technical writing skills by describing data and what it means in the context of real life. Attached is an example of my writing I did with Taylor Yeager. 

ENGL 365: Shakespeare – Enhancement, Spring 2020

Payten Bovat and I worked together to analyze various film adaptations of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. By focusing our analysis on key scenes and characters that are present/absent across the films, we drew conclusions as to how it changes the motivations, meanings, and overall direction of the story. We found that although the BBC’s adaptation of Twelfth Night is most loyal to the text, Trevor Nunn does a much better job of utilizing film as an art in itself and that She’s the Man works to further Shakespeare’s original rhetorical argument to include the feminist agenda. Attached below is a copy of our completed project. 

Honors 361: The Problem of Evil, Fall 2020

The Problem of Evil opened up a whole new genre of literature. I fell in love with C.S. Lewis’ works and I learned more about my beliefs. The attached document is a reflection of the course’s effect on me with specifics. I thoroughly enjoyed learning more about Christianity and it’s nuances.

Honors 490: Directed Study, Spring 2021

Jessi Znosko was able to pull together a study abroad fulfilling course since it was still unsafe to travel due to COVID-19. We were matched Dutch Honors Program students from Windesheim University. Thanks to the miracles of Zoom and Microsoft Teams, we collaborated to create a social innovation proposal with promotional materials. Including a podcast, infographic, app icon, and a trailer for the podcast. It was a great experience for practicing networking and forming meaningful relationships while online. I also learned a lot about Dutch culture and am interested in visiting the Netherlands in the future. Below is the infographic I designed on Canva about the numerous features of our app Quaranteam.

CTZN 410: Flourishing Together, Fall 2021

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