Author spotlights

Hongying Wu

This paper examines 20th-century American artist Ben Shahn’s Jersey Homesteads Mural and the importance of his Jewish identity as reflected in this mural by comparing the finalized work with the...

Hongying Wu

This paper examines 20th-century American artist Ben Shahn’s Jersey Homesteads Mural and the importance of his Jewish identity as reflected in this mural by comparing the finalized work with the...

Alan Cai

I have always been interested in history, politics, and current events. I participate in Model United Nations, judge debates, and run a current events publication, the Common Forum, as the...

Alan Cai

I have always been interested in history, politics, and current events. I participate in Model United Nations, judge debates, and run a current events publication, the Common Forum, as the...

James Prince

My enthusiasm for local history sparked at age nine when I was captivated by the historical society’s model of the Trapper’s Cabin at our town’s street fair. It was that...

James Prince

My enthusiasm for local history sparked at age nine when I was captivated by the historical society’s model of the Trapper’s Cabin at our town’s street fair. It was that...

Ava Rahman

Though I enjoy all my humanities subjects in school, including history, French, and art, I above all love literature. This probably explains why my research paper, “Understanding the Myth and...

Ava Rahman

Though I enjoy all my humanities subjects in school, including history, French, and art, I above all love literature. This probably explains why my research paper, “Understanding the Myth and...

Fiona Reenan

History, particularly European history, art, religion, and literature are areas of my academic interest. History has always been a passion of mine, but writing and publishing my essay on Michelangelo’s...

Fiona Reenan

History, particularly European history, art, religion, and literature are areas of my academic interest. History has always been a passion of mine, but writing and publishing my essay on Michelangelo’s...

Alex Li

I study biology and East Asian languages and civilizations at the University of Pennsylvania. I am interested in topics of gender and sexuality within pre-modern Japan, and enjoy doing cancer...

Alex Li

I study biology and East Asian languages and civilizations at the University of Pennsylvania. I am interested in topics of gender and sexuality within pre-modern Japan, and enjoy doing cancer...