Cosmo Digital: Scholarly Essays

Scholarly Essays:

Having graduated from College not too long ago, I have a vast archive of research papers and scholarly essays I created while there. The vast majority of these suck. A lot. Even though I graduated with an extremely high grade point average, most of college was extremely boring and wasted my time. The sole exception are these few essays I have chosen to keep.

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Lonely Gods: Women and Gays in Comic Books
My magnum opus of college, this was my Senior Honors Thesis. This link takes you to the website I created in conjunction with the thesis, where the entire paper is preserved in PDF form. At 62 pages with around 200 footnotes, it is not for the light reader. And yes, I did get an 'A' on it.

The Cultural Relevance of Grand Theft Auto
I have wanted to write an essay about GTA for a long time. In 2006, I finally got my chance for a Speech class. I could write about anything I wanted, so long as I tied several speech terms into the subject, which I did very well. Eleven pages as a PDF.

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The Early English Printing Industry
Written for one of my English History classes, I decided to look into the state of the Early English Printing industry, examining figures such as William Caxton, Wynkyn de Worde, and others.

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The Unworthy Son: Alexei Petrovich
In this paper written for my Russian History class in 2004, I examine the short and painful life of Tsarevich Alexei Petrovich, the son of Peter the Great. This research was fascinating because there was very few sources about him.

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H.P. Lovecraft's Racism
Written early on in my college career, I was able to write about a favorite author of mine, H.P. Lovecraft. I examined his racist views, and how they fit into the cultural beliefs of the 1920s.