Creative
Jenny, My Angel (pdf)
Story about cancer, survival, hope, and family relationships. This piece of creative fiction demonstrates my ability to write descriptively and to invoke emotions through my writing.


Searing Flesh (pdf)
Creative piece about getting a tattoo. Use of narrative tone to express a mix of emotions, from pain to happiness.



Cookie Day (pdf)
Story about family and fun centered around a family tradition of making Christmas cookies.



House of Horrors (pdf)
Emotional narrative of a family in chaos, highlighted by physical and emotional abuse.



Research & Analysis
Panopticism Today (pdf)
Analysis report on panopticism in today’s society. Analytical commentary on the theory of panopticism as it is presented in the modern world.



Power of the Gaze (pdf)
Report analyzing the visual rhetoric and role of women in advertisements in the 1950’s and present day and how the power of the gaze influences these advertisements and society in general.


Bush vs. Kerry (pdf)
Piece analyzing and debating the pros and cons of the presidential campaign websites of President Bush and Senator Kerry in 2004 in regards to principles of website design and the effective, or non-effective, contribution the websites made to the candidates’ campaigns.

Persuasive Essays
Parody: An Analysis through Jib Jab
(pdf)
Persuasive report analyzing the role of parody in society, including research and discussion of the legal implications of parody and its ties to the fair use doctrine of copyright law.


Protect Fair Use: Reform the DMCA (pdf)
Persuasive report and analysis on the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and how it affects fair use, an important issue for all professional writers.