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- #65: Carb-Conscious Planes with Aroon Das '24, EconomicsAroon tells us a bit about airline economics under potential carbon taxes, wanting to become an entrepreneur, and deciding to come to Reed because it seemed mysterious.Reed community members can read Aroon's thesis, “Airline Profitability & Fleet Strategies in a Carbon-Tax Environment” online in the Electronic Theses Archive:https://rdc.reed.edu/i/3f32060b-6505-44c2-ab48-97984933931cExplore more interviews with Reed College alumni on our website:reed.edu/burnyourdraft24 min
- #64: Return if Found with Courtland Dorris '24, AnthropologyCourtland talks about her thesis work on the federal law called the National American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, the controversies surrounding it, and the new regulatory changes to the law that just went into effect in 2024. She also tells us how a high school teacher helped her find Reed.Reed community members can read Courtland's thesis, "Returning to Repatriation: An Examination of the Evolving Forces Behind the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act" online in the Electronic Theses Archive:https://rdc.reed.edu/i/2723e27e-31e9-424c-b906-a849ff042ed8Explore more interviews with Reed College alumni on our website:reed.edu/burnyourdraft18 min
- #63: Confounding Variables with He Bai '24, MathematicsHe Bai '24 tells us about how she chose math and statistics as her fields at Reed, what drew her to Reed in the first place, and how the Squidward Constant came to be in her thesis.Reed community members can read He's thesis, "Extending Targeted Function Balancing to Models without Linear Representations," online in the Electronic Theses Archive:https://rdc.reed.edu/i/1cbbc623-aafc-4804-a88f-508edf824c69Explore more interviews with Reed College alumni on our website:reed.edu/burnyourdraft20 min
- #62: A Russian Emigre Poet with Nina Gopaldas '24, Comparative LiteratureBurn Your Draft is back from summer break! Check out this interview with Nina Gopaldas '24, whose thesis involved translating poetry by a Russian refugee named Olga Skopichenko who lived in a refugee camp in the Philippines for a short time after World War II. Nina also tells Avis about her journey to Reed as a transfer student and about how she started college as an applied math major specializing in mathematical finance and became a comparative literature major at Reed.Reed community members can read Nina's thesis, "'Take a Hundred Lines for the Memory of Those who Lived on Tubabao': The Poetics of Exile and Displacement in Olga Skopichenko’s Verse," online in the Electronic Theses Archive:https://rdc.reed.edu/i/519a8b2f-d4f6-4d6a-9ffc-99f295c51d78Explore more interviews with Reed College alumni on our website:reed.edu/burnyourdraft22 min
- #61: ESG Signaling with Tina Bardot '23, Environmental StudiesWe've got one last interview for summer and then we take a break until school starts back up in the fall. Check in with Tina about corporate ESG (environmental, social, and governance) and unwinding with rock climbing.Reed community members can read Tina's thesis, “ESG Beyond Investing: Spillover Effects in Sustainability Signaling,” online in the Electronic Theses Archive:https://rdc.reed.edu/i/80b0c796-2835-4f7f-a219-0ba77535bfe4Explore more interviews with Reed College alumni on our website:reed.edu/burnyourdraft16 min
- #60: Mildly Morally Wrong with Ashley Ledbetter '24, PhilosophyDo you want to listen to this episode? Or do you want to want to listen to this episode? Ashley tells us a bit about first and second order desires in her thesis studying moral responsibility. She also shares with us how she selected her major and shares some of her own struggles with mental illness in her time at Reed.Reed community members can read Ashley's thesis, “How Mental Illness Impacts Moral Responsibility,” online in the Electronic Theses Archive:https://rdc.reed.edu/i/57075318-72d1-4b40-a407-9a5231861249Explore more interviews with Reed College alumni on our website:reed.edu/burnyourdraft21 min
- #59: Performing Gendered Speech with Joray Foster-Wexler '23, LinguisticsJoray tells us about the joy of digging into academic papers in their fall semester, and the fun of using the software in the linguistics lab to analyze the trove of interviews they were working with. There was also a kitten.We'd also like to welcome Avis Corea '27 to the team. Avis is our new student producer on the podcast, and this is the first episode she's produced for us. Welcome, Avis!Reed community members can read Joray's thesis, “Linguistic Erasure Hertz; a post-binary discussion of F0 performance in read speech,” online in the Electronic Theses Archive:https://rdc.reed.edu/i/4c352c75-6c02-45c7-a556-e02c704c6fb1Explore more interviews with Reed College alumni on our website:reed.edu/burnyourdraft18 min
- Thesis Mini #1Producer and current senior, Juno Kerelis, talks about organization, and how being responsible for writing a year-long thesis differs from more structured, assignment-driven courses. Juno talks to other thesising seniors about how they're dealing with organization as well.Explore more interviews on our website: reed.edu/burnyourdraftFollow us on Instagram: instagram.com/burnyourdraft/10 min
- #58: Snowbirds in South Beach with Isaac Walton '24, AnthropologyIsaac graduated in fall 2023 as a spring/fall grad in the anthropology department. His thesis was titled "Aging in The Sun: An exploration of the Jewish Retirement Community in South Beach, Florida," and his work focused on how this community in Florida appeared and disappeared. He also talks about how he found anthropology, found his topic, and found Reed (he's from Australia).Reed community members can read Isaac's thesis, “Aging in The Sun: An exploration of the Jewish Retirement Community in South Beach, Florida,” online in the Electronic Theses Archive:https://rdc.reed.edu/i/8575a9a1-56ae-4511-b75e-9bac3cd03250Explore more interviews on our website: reed.edu/burnyourdraft23 min
- #57: Title IX Perceptions with Francesca Tangherlini '22, SociologyWe're excited to welcome Francesca back to the podcast! Francesca was our first student producer, named the podcast, and was integral as we were still figuring out what we were going to be and how we were going to do it. The voice of this podcast is largely Francesca's voice (along with the voices of all the alumni we've interviewed) and it would have been something entirely different without her. Thanks Frank! (Francesca went by Frank back when she was working for the podcast.)Francesca's thesis examined Title IX implementations and student perceptions of these implementations at the level of the liberal arts college. Check out the episode to hear about institutional review boards, and why you should put your thesis into the library thesis template well before it's due.Reed community members can read Francesca's thesis, “The Small Liberal Arts Experience: Title IX and Student Perceptions of Sexual Misconduct,” online in the Electronic Theses Archive:https://rdc.reed.edu/i/ee929d9c-b4de-4985-b923-baefd1b68685Explore more interviews on our website:reed.edu/burnyourdraft26 min
About Burn Your Draft
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“Burn Your Draft” is a podcast exploring the year-long senior thesis experience at Reed College, an independent liberal arts and sciences college in Portland, Oregon. Each episode showcases a senior…
or recent graduate and interviews them about their thesis: what is it, why did they do it, and what comes next. This podcast is a joint production of Reed students, staff, and alumni, and was made possible by a gift from Seth Paskin '90. New episodes released every other week during the academic year. Episodes may contain explicit language and may deal with sensitive topics. The views, information, or opinions expressed on this podcast are solely those of the individuals involved and do not necessarily represent those of Reed College.