Currently attending Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary (Began August 2015). Studying for Master of Arts in Religion - Bible tract. Focus on the Virgin Mary in the Bible.
Bachelor of Arts in History from Indiana University Southeast (Graduated December 2014)
Independent writer and researcher. Focuses on areas of history, religion, philosophy, popular culture, gender and sexuality, art, and culture.
Currently writes for both academia and fiction books. Supervisors: Tyler Mayfield and Shannon Craigo-Snell Address: New Albany, Indiana
This paper was done for an undergraduate philosophy class at Indiana University Southeast. It fo... more This paper was done for an undergraduate philosophy class at Indiana University Southeast. It focuses on proto-feminist philosopher Mary Wollstonecraft's critique of the eros- which was particularly based on Rousseau's ideas- and how she applied it to relationships between men and women. In Wollstonecraft's time relations between men and women were not equal primarily because women did not have the same educational rights, privileges, and accesses as men did. This paper applies Wollstonecraft's original ideas found in her "Vindication of the Rights of Women" and applies and studies it to various male-female relationships throughout history, whether mythical or actual. It examines the problems with relationships built on superficial attractions and the advantages of relationships built on substantial commonalities (both phrases given to me by my educator Dr. Leigh Viner).
Paper done for Religious Studies Old Testament/Hebrew Bible undergraduate course at Indiana Unive... more Paper done for Religious Studies Old Testament/Hebrew Bible undergraduate course at Indiana University Southeast. Paper examines and contextualizes Old Testament passage from the Book of Jeremiah. Explains how its focuses on the ancient Near Eastern goddess Asherah and her place in ancient Hebrew and Israelite religion along with the history of the book itself.
A paper done for my 19th Century Philosophy class at Indiana University Southeast in 2014. Paper... more A paper done for my 19th Century Philosophy class at Indiana University Southeast in 2014. Paper applies Nietzsche's Apollonian and Dionysian dichotomy from "The Birth of Tragedy Out of the Spirit of Music" to the 2014 animated film "The Lego Movie", Oscar Wilde's "Salome", and other aspects of art and culture. My overall idea is that the tragedy that Nietzsche describes in "The Birth of Tragedy" is not dead as he believed it to be and is in the process of being resurrected. The film "The Lego Movie" is an example of how the Apollonian and Dionysian dichotomy and tragedy are still alive and surviving, but that people must delve into their culture to make more tragedies.
Paper done for my senior History Seminar class at Indiana University Southeast in Spring 2014. T... more Paper done for my senior History Seminar class at Indiana University Southeast in Spring 2014. Theme of the paper was history and memory; basically says to describe a certain historical event and how it is remembered. My main focus was the early modern European witch trials and witches how they were depicted in art and popular culture and they survived into modern times. My main point was that female witches were presented in three archetypes in early modern art: the hag, the seductress, and the inverted woman. I showed this through the various paintings and how said paintings reflected descriptions from the Malleus Maleficarum (The Witches' Hammer) and the Compendium Maleficarum and how they survived into modern popular culture.
Please note that this was an undergraduate project. Both my writing style and research methods were very basic at the time.
This paper was done for an undergraduate philosophy class at Indiana University Southeast. It fo... more This paper was done for an undergraduate philosophy class at Indiana University Southeast. It focuses on proto-feminist philosopher Mary Wollstonecraft's critique of the eros- which was particularly based on Rousseau's ideas- and how she applied it to relationships between men and women. In Wollstonecraft's time relations between men and women were not equal primarily because women did not have the same educational rights, privileges, and accesses as men did. This paper applies Wollstonecraft's original ideas found in her "Vindication of the Rights of Women" and applies and studies it to various male-female relationships throughout history, whether mythical or actual. It examines the problems with relationships built on superficial attractions and the advantages of relationships built on substantial commonalities (both phrases given to me by my educator Dr. Leigh Viner).
Paper done for Religious Studies Old Testament/Hebrew Bible undergraduate course at Indiana Unive... more Paper done for Religious Studies Old Testament/Hebrew Bible undergraduate course at Indiana University Southeast. Paper examines and contextualizes Old Testament passage from the Book of Jeremiah. Explains how its focuses on the ancient Near Eastern goddess Asherah and her place in ancient Hebrew and Israelite religion along with the history of the book itself.
A paper done for my 19th Century Philosophy class at Indiana University Southeast in 2014. Paper... more A paper done for my 19th Century Philosophy class at Indiana University Southeast in 2014. Paper applies Nietzsche's Apollonian and Dionysian dichotomy from "The Birth of Tragedy Out of the Spirit of Music" to the 2014 animated film "The Lego Movie", Oscar Wilde's "Salome", and other aspects of art and culture. My overall idea is that the tragedy that Nietzsche describes in "The Birth of Tragedy" is not dead as he believed it to be and is in the process of being resurrected. The film "The Lego Movie" is an example of how the Apollonian and Dionysian dichotomy and tragedy are still alive and surviving, but that people must delve into their culture to make more tragedies.
Paper done for my senior History Seminar class at Indiana University Southeast in Spring 2014. T... more Paper done for my senior History Seminar class at Indiana University Southeast in Spring 2014. Theme of the paper was history and memory; basically says to describe a certain historical event and how it is remembered. My main focus was the early modern European witch trials and witches how they were depicted in art and popular culture and they survived into modern times. My main point was that female witches were presented in three archetypes in early modern art: the hag, the seductress, and the inverted woman. I showed this through the various paintings and how said paintings reflected descriptions from the Malleus Maleficarum (The Witches' Hammer) and the Compendium Maleficarum and how they survived into modern popular culture.
Please note that this was an undergraduate project. Both my writing style and research methods were very basic at the time.
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Please note that this was an undergraduate project. Both my writing style and research methods were very basic at the time.
Please note that this was an undergraduate project. Both my writing style and research methods were very basic at the time.