How COVID-19 Affects Sleep in College Students
Abstract This article explores the decrease in sleep quality during the pandemic and offers strategies to combat sleeplessness. Sleep is an essential part of our lives, all humans do it. But are...
Archives: Special Issue: Pandemics & Politics, 2020
Public Opinion on the Phrase and Organization “Black Lives Matter” Nationally and in North Carolina
Abstract This paper will explore the change in public opinion of both the phrase “Black Lives Matter” and the organization created from the movement of police reform beginning in 2013 (BLM.inc). As the...
How Capitalism is a Driving Force of Climate Change
Abstract Global economic growth leads to the increased consumption of natural resources, pollution, and loss of biodiversity and simultaneously widens the income gap between the wealthy and the poor. Kim Stanley Robinson’s New York...
Why We’re Not Happy: Analysis of “Beautiful Now”
Abstract This article analyzes the role of introspection and reflection in happiness in Zedd’s “Beautiful Now” music video. In American culture, people tend to place the value of individual happiness over social...
The Effects of Charlotte, NC’s Mural on the Community and the BLM Movement
Abstract Art expresses ideas that are sometimes too complex to set into words. Murals are one form of art that activists often use to evoke emotion, promote a cause, and bring awareness to...
Broken Barriers and Burned Bridges: John Lanchester’s The Wall and Xenophobia in Modern Society
Abstract This paper will discuss the use of metaphor and imagery in John Lancester’s novel, The Wall, to argue against the manifestation of ideological and physical walls in society. Comparisons are drawn between...
Minority Underrepresentation in Coronavirus: A Book for Children
Abstract The purpose of this study is to evaluate how children’s books portray the experiences of people of color amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. COVID-19 is disproportionately impacting minority communities as compared to White...
PODCAST: COVID-19 and Our Relationship With Wildlife
Abstract Covid-19 seemingly appeared out of nowhere, but the truth is that it was likely transmitted to humans by animals that had the disease. Many animals infect others of their species with diseases...
A Problematic White Influence on Young Black Minds: Examining “A Boy’s Life of Booker T. Washington” by Walter C. Jackson
Abstract This paper examines the problematic nature of Walter C. Jackson’s children’s book, A Boy’s Life of Booker T. Washington (1922), and argues that Jackson wrote the text in an act of performative...
PODCAST: COVID-19 Impact on Plastic Pollution
Abstract When it came to the global shutdowns due to COVID-19, people began to rely on non-reusable plastic to protect themselves from the newest infectious disease – not fully recognizing the detrimental environmental...