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Cripping Literature through Reparative Reading: Gender, Disability, and the Case for Symbiosis
Alexis Bentz ‘24 — How can literature simultaneously reinforce harmful ideas about disability and offer opportunities to challenge them? This paper examines the intersections of disability and gender in Charlotte…
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Outside the Scope: Tracing the Impacts of Intersectionality’s Shift from the Academic to the Public
Siobhan Davenport ‘25 — How did intersectionality move from an academic framework into mainstream public conversation? This paper traces the evolution of intersectionality from Black feminist legal scholarship into digital…
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Ghosts, Gays, and Guillotines: Giovanni’s Room as a Baldwinian Gothic
Jordan Spector ‘25 — What makes Giovanni’s Room feel so distinctly Gothic? This paper examines James Baldwin’s novel alongside the Victorian Gothic tradition, exploring ghosts, monsters, haunting, and bodily possession…
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Role of S100A8/A9 Proteins in Identifying Tuberculosis Disease States
Sai Prem ’26 — Can a pair of inflammatory proteins help distinguish different stages of tuberculosis? This study investigates S100A8/A9 as potential biomarkers for identifying tuberculosis disease states. Using serum…
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AIRIS: Pushing the Boundaries of GRB Optical Afterglow Observation
WashU Satellite — How can we capture the fleeting aftermath of some of the universe’s most energetic events? AIRIS, a fast-slewing optical telescope being developed by WashU students, is designed…
