Academic Writing

California State University, Chico // May 2023 // approx. 115 pages

A thesis that proposes an interdisciplinary approach to understanding horror through the joint lenses of cultural rhetorics, critical race theory, and horror studies. Recent advances in the horror genre have demonstrated the utility of horror as a rhetorical tool for resisting, denouncing, and exposing cultural oppression. It is thus the due diligence of horror audiences to understand horror entertainment in this context.

kimjaxon.com // September 2022 // summary and analysis of scholarly work

Written as an assignment in Dr. Jaxon's "Theories of Literacy" graduate course, this blog article seeks to explain and analyze Bruno Latour's notion of object agency in the context of Deborah Brandt's sponsors of literacy. The blog then goes on to summarize student discussion surrounding this topic as it unfolded in the classroom.

EGSC, Chico State English Department // April 2022 // 7 pages

This article seeks to understand what traits truly make a piece of art "horror." How can one person see a piece of art as horror while another disagrees? The approach taken in this article attempts to define horror in terms of perceived cultural upheaval delivered through art.