• Reconceptualizing Feminist Utopias: Marge Piercy’s Woman on the Edge of Time and Margaret Drabble’s The Millstone 

  Tyler, Bethan (University of Oregon, 2019)

  Theories of feminist utopia tend to focus on its presence within science/speculative fiction, upholding works like Marge Piercy’s 1976 novel Woman on the Edge of Time as exemplars of the genre. Literary critics typically ...

• The Impacts of Increased Heat and Precipitation on Plant Phenology and Demography in Pacific Northwest Prairies 

  Avis, Ben; Ludden, Allie; Mackin, Hunter; Martinez, Andreas; Petitt, Sean; Porter, Elizabeth; Rasmussen, Emma; Steele, Miles (University of Oregon, 2019)

  This study seeks to understand the implications that projected climate change will have on the phenology of seven prairie grass and forb species, such as disruptions in species interactions and native biodiversity loss. ...

• Before the Spectacle: Shaping Gender and Class in Beirut’s Beauty Salons 

  Lollini, Eugenia (University of Oregon, 2019)

  “Beirut, in the words of one designer, is like a third world city that’s put on some makeup” writes Rima Suqi in the New York Times (2016). Indeed, scholars worldwide have coined Beirut the trendsetting beauty city and ...

• “Bannabees,” Bananas, and Sweet Potatoes: Claude McKay’s Songs of Jamaica and Traditional Jamaican Foodways as a Nationalist Expression 

  Hovet, Sarah (University of Oregon, 2019)

  Jamaican poet Claude McKay is largely anthologized for a handful of poems he contributed to the Harlem Renaissance, but his early work authored in Jamaica has long been dismissed for a variety of racist and xenophobic ...

• A Monstrous Philosophy of Emotions 

  Currie, Luke (University of Oregon, 2019)

  Through an analysis of Søren Kierkegaard’s Diapsalmata from the first volume of Either/Or, a work which exhibits strikingly contemporary ways of thinking, this paper seeks to uncover the complex and paradoxical ways in ...

• Guest Editorial — “Obstacles and Opportunities in Undergraduate Research” 

  Keller, Vera (University of Oregon, 2019)

  A week and a half ago, I turned in a six-hundred-page manuscript to a press for peer review. It began its journey seventeen years ago as my undergraduate thesis. In fact, it is the second book to grow out of my thesis. Who ...

• Letter from the Editor 

  Pearman, Joshua J. (University of Oregon, 2019)

  Our inspiration to conduct research can come from anywhere. For some, it might be an interesting idea from a lecture, or a unique detail from a research article. For others, it could be an observation of the world around ...

• Cover Art — “Ancestry” 

  Greene, Elexus (University of Oregon, 2019)

  Ancestry is a representation of being torn between wisdom and desire, where her youth screams for her to be hip, urban, and carefree while her inheritance keeps her grounded and resilient. Her vision has been replaced by ...

• Cover Art-- "Light at Antelope Canyon" 

  Vinitha, Gadiraju (University of Oregon, 2018)

• Letter from the Editor 

  Zhou, Allison M. (University of Oregon, 2018)

• Guest Editorial- "On Undergraduate Research" 

  Mohr, James C. (University of Oregon, 2018)

• Spitting Bars and Subverting Heteronormativity: An Analysis of Frank Ocean and Tyler, the Creator's Departures from Heteronormativity, Traditional Concepts of Masculinity, and the Gender Binary 

  Elkins, Lizzy (University of Oregon, 2018)

  This paper seeks to investigate an emerging movement of rap and pop artists who actively subvert structures of the gender binary and heteronormativity through their music. The main artists considered in this research are ...

• Women's Biological Threat to Confucian Social Order: An Examination of Gender Constructs through an Analysis of Pre-modern Chinese Literature 

  Pellouchoud, Megan (University of Oregon, 2018)

  Cultural views embedded within an array of pre-modern Chinese literature unveil social and gender constructs designed to promote Confucian social order. Confucian culture prioritizes the reproduction of sons, in order ...

• Responding to the Hyde Amendment: Abortion Discourse, Race, and a Conspiracy of Silence 

  Wilms-Crowe, Momo (University of Oregon, 2018)

  This research project examines the discourse about abortion and reproductive justice in order to analyze how race shaped politics within the second-wave feminist movement. Specifically, I explore why more black women did ...

• Cover Art- "Mountains Before The Eclipse" 

  Tran, Sherman (University of Oregon, 2018)

• Letter from the Editor 

  Zhou, Allison M. (University of Oregon, 2018)

• Guest Editorial-"Reflecting on Research" 

  Dudukovic, Nicole (University of Oregon, 2018)

• A Comparison of Robotic Assisted Laparoscopic Prostatectomy and External Beam Radiation Therapy for Urinary and Sexual Function in Men Treated for Prostate Cancer 

  Fischer, Julia (University of Oregon, 2018)

  INTRODUCTION: Prostate cancer is the second most commonly diagnosed cancer in men. Robot Assisted Laparoscopic Prostatectomy (RALP) and External Beam Radiation Therapy (EBRT) are standard treatments for clinically localized ...

• The Role of Religion and Spirituality in Snow Leopard Conservation on and Around the Tibetan Plateau 

  Taub, Hannah (University of Oregon, 2018)

  As an endangered species, snow leopards are in critical and immediate danger of extinction. In the last few decades, concerted efforts on the part of conservation organizations and various governments have created stricter ...

• What Did You Say She Was Like? Features of Gossip Associated with Hearsay Accuracy and Consensus 

  Xu, Chenle (University of Oregon, 2018)

  When gossiping about a person, how does one’s verbal responses affect the impression formed by the gossipers? A previous study on hearsay reputation find that when two gossipers gossiping about a target person, the hearsay ...

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