Portfolio
Academic & Personal
Human Interaction to Happiness
A Correlational Study
Research and study written on the correlational nature of human interaction and overall emotional well-being. Won the Hugh McKee Memorial Award for Best Essay on Workplace or Business Writing at the 2023 Purdue Literary Awards.
Theatre Marketing Tool
Practical Document
Created to aid community theatres in developing marketing plans. Developed with usability testing, Adobe InDesign and Google Suites.
Redesign Portfolio
Design Process
Three redesigned documents for my Digital Design and Production course. Several revisionary processes occurred, which include paper drafting, Canva and Adobe Indesign.
Audre Lorde and Intersectionality
Literary Criticism
Literary criticism exploring themes of intersectionality, feminism, homosexuality, and civil rights in Audre Lorde's literary catalogue. Won the Helen Bass Williams Award for Best Critical Essay on African, African American or Black Literature at the 2023 Purdue Literary Awards.
Mental Illness and Food Insecurity
A Proposed Mixed-Methods Study
Proposed mixed-methods study developed to assess the correlation between food insecurity and mental illness in West Lafayette, Indiana for local food banks.
The Relationship Between Food Insecurity and Mental Health
Initial Research Analysis
An initial analysis developed to assess research written on the topic. Work included research intake, content analysis, summative discussion and consideration of future expansion.
Odysseus In Comparison to Daedalus and Telemachus In Circe
Literary Criticism
An eight-page literary criticism discerning the connection between the several male foils in Madeline Miller's Circe.
Maus: Intergenerational Trauma, Guilt, and Foils
Literary Criticism
A nine-page literary criticism discovering the complex intergenerational guilt and trauma between the two center foils in Art Spiegelman's Maus.
The Morning Mourner
Poetry Collection
A collection written and edited by me. Consists of themes of grief, heartbreak, loss, and redemption. Published through Kindle Direct Publishing.
Lemon Paint
Short Story
A twenty-two page short story consisting of interlocking themes of closetedness, homosexuality, homophobia, intergenerational trauma and mental illness.
