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Hog Heaven: A Comparison of Death in Human and Non-Human Animals
(2025)My senior honors thesis in philosophy investigates questions of how we ought to assess the harmfulness (or lack thereof) of death for those who have died. Specifically, I consider two hypothetical yet plausible case studies. ... -
The Television Set as a Social Sculptural Form
(2025)The Television Set as a Social Sculptural Object explores the entrance of the television set into art spaces as an object, and traces the fluctuations in its status as a tool, an object, an art object, and eventually a ... -
Experience-dependent Selection of Purkinje Cell Targets
(2025)Neuroplasticity refers to the formation of new neuronal connections and the reorganization of existing ones based on experiences and environmental demands. While plasticity in the visual cortex is well studied, its role ... -
“Seeing (with -DI) is believing”: The acquisition of evidentiality by L1 English L2 Turkish learners
(2025)Slobin’s Thinking-for-Speaking hypothesis suggests that language users’ first language (L1) channels their attention in certain ways when speaking in a second language (L2). In particular, speakers’ attention may be channeled ... -
Desegregation Policy Implementation in Austin, Texas: How Brown v. Board Made Educational Equality Improbable
(2025)Seventy years ago Brown v. The Board of Education was hailed as the solution to educational inequality yet there is still a large racial opportunity gap in American schools. I detail how Austin Independent School Districts ...
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