ePortfolio
This page includes documents I have written over the years. Please feel free to view them to get a feel for my style and ideal genre of writing!
Diamond's Hidden Gems is the first and longest-running blog I created in employment with the UCF Library. The installments display my ability to interview, gather relevant information, curate digital designs, and create writing that simultaneously informs and entertains readers.
Video Spotlights is a series in which I watched UCF Libraries research videos and provided detailed summaries for the convenience of readers. This blog displays my analytical skills, as well as my judgment in determining the importance of information in long-form videos.
Know Your Library is the daughter of Hidden Gems. Similar in everything but its namesake, this blog also details library services, events, and faculty members for the information and entertainment of readers.
Individual Works
Below, please find a variety of works I have completed throughout my academic career.
"The Pied Piper: How K-Pop Standom Can Facilitate Social Activism," completed in employment with MacMillan and the EasyWriter Handbook, explores how K-pop standom builds interpersonal identities, establishes figures to rally around, and teaches modern methodologies for activism.
"Sports and Rhetorical Marginalization: A Case Study of Angel Reese & Caitlin Clark," completed through UCF's Honors Undergraduate Thesis program, Texplores the manifestation of racism, sexism, and capitalism in the language and rhetoric of sports media through a case study of WNBA players Angel Reese and Caitlin Clark.
The Rhetorical Appropriation of Black Lives Matter, published in UCF’s Convergence Rhetoric, details the history of the Black Lives Matter movement and the rise of blue lives matter as a counter-movement. The essay details how the generates victimhood amongst police officers rather than acknowledging how they can be perpetrators of violence against racial and ethnic minorities.
The Importance of Cultural Literacy in Criminal Justice, published in UCF’s FPEP Post – Issue 1.2, explores the varying definitions of literacy with time, context, and environment. There is a particular focus on how cultural literacy among first responders – particularly police officers – can improve the experience of criminal justice for citizens of diverse backgrounds.
The Importance of Books in Prison, published in UCF’s FPEP Post – Issue 1.1, details the importance of books and general creative outlets for incarcerated individuals as a method of expression and rehabilitation.
The Virtue of Primary Representation in Various Forms of Media is an essay completed in coordination with several other writers. The text weighs the advantages and benefits of having primary representation in various forms of media.
The Immorality of Forced Penal Labor is an essay that details the history of penal labor in the United States of America, its connection to slavery, its modern justifications, and how it contains a variety of immoral methods.
The Problematic Applications of Punishment Theory is an essay that explores the philosophy of punishment theory, and how it has been applied to justify certain processes and methods in the American Criminal Justice System.