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The New Pioneers of Digital Music
​I wrote this paper for my my English 225 class during my first semester at U of M in the winter of 2013. It is the longest research paper I have written and felt like I wrote my first novel when it was finally complete. The paper discusses how technology has changed the music industry and most specifically, how Pandora and Spotify (two online music listening services) have continued to change the game. After learning more, my opinion has varied since, but I still feel satisfied with argument it makes and the validity of the research. 

Academic: Here are the stand-out essays, research papers and other academic papers from my time in college. You will find many of my interests embedded in them and can wittness my personal style develop as I approach graduation.

Race -- Not a Laughing Matter
​I wrote this paper for my Race and Racism in "Post-Racial" America class. This was also written in my first semester at U of M during the winter of 2013. I decided to include this paper because it is a very in depth review of a topic we discussed in class: how humor is used in race relations and what implications that can have.  After rereading much later I still believe the paper makes an interesting argument and provides good evidence for how racist humor can reinforce stereotypical representations of races. 
Is It Art?
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I wrote this paper at the begining of my first semester at U of M for my English 225 class. After reading about the thoughts of prominant art critics and artists, we were asked to answer the question 'Is it Art?' or, 'what makes art, art?' We also discussed the questions, 'what makes some art, good' and 'is some art better than others?' These are very fasanating questions to me still, and gets at the idea of what humans consider to be beautiful and appealing to them. I think I handled the question well considering it was my first English class at UM. 

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