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- #28: Attitudes toward Disability with Madhav Pulle '21, PsychologyMadhav conducted a study of college students, staff, and faculty to learn about how accepting these groups were of accommodations in higher education for various kinds of disabilities.Reed community members can read Madhav's thesis, “How Appropriate is “Appropriate”? Views of Students, Faculty, and Staff on Disability Accommodations Based on Type of Disability,” online in the Electronic Theses Archive: https://rdc.reed.edu/i/b7676805-bd5c-4cc9-8e7d-9266086c2eb6This episode contains discussion of topics concerning mental health.23 min
- #27: Franken-thesis with Gabri LaFratta '21, EnglishGabri's thesis focused on Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein" and a response novel written two hundred years later by Jeanette Winterson called "FranKISStein." We also get to hear a bit about one of Gabri's favorite classes at Reed and why you might want to throw a blanket over your desk sometimes.Reed community members can read Gabri's thesis, “"What is your substance, whereof are you made?": Gender, Sex, Bodies, and Love in Frankenstein and FranKISStein,” online in the Electronic Theses Archive:https://rdc.reed.edu/i/319c35f7-7721-4c21-97fb-fa1f524d183123 min
- #26: Subservient Citizens with Abhi Rajshekar '21, Political ScienceAbhi discusses how he came up with the idea of subservient citizens, and what led him to want to investigate state sponsored violence in his thesis year. He was also featured in Reed Magazine's 2021 "What is a Reedie, Anyway?" article:https://www.reed.edu/reed-magazine/articles/2021/what-is-a-reedie/abhi-rajshekar.htmlThis is our last episode for the fall semester, but we'll be back in late January with more interviews from the class of 2021. We hope you have a happy holiday season.Reed community members can read Abhi's thesis, “Constructing Subservience: Theorizing Citizenship Under the Incidence of State- Sponsored Violence,” online in the Electronic Theses Archive:https://rdc.reed.edu/i/1d1aa791-9829-4a49-a180-ccdef5c4447222 min
- #25: The Queer Outdoors with Lauren Mondroski '21, HistoryLauren and Amelie talk about Lauren's thesis on intersections between queerness and the wilderness in postwar war America.Lauren also created a Spotify playlist to go along with her thesis work. Here's the playlist link if you'd like to check it out:https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4SMqmGJPTIUt0BTv6ErYjy?si=f2e7b3e1b4474699Reed community members can read Lauren's thesis, “Out on the Trail: Queer Representations of Wilderness, Morality, and Fantasy, 1950-1979,” online in the Electronic Theses Archive:https://rdc.reed.edu/i/bf831eae-0119-4c3f-8836-8ddde5f4d96b30 min
- #24: Gaps between Cells with Segovia Garcia '21, Biochem and Molecular BiologySegovia wrote a cell biology thesis that focused on cell shapes and the spaces between them. She talks about the path she took to get her thesis, how it became a collaboration with work done at another institution, and the relationship between this thesis work and current cancer research.Reed community members can read Segovia's thesis, “Cytoskeletal Regulation by the Gap Junction Forming Proteins Innexins,” online in the Electronic Theses Archive: https://rdc.reed.edu/i/8d43cd15-4dff-4d03-a320-642fe81abd4a25 min
- #23: Identities in Superhero Comics with Precious Romo '21, ArtPrecious and Amelie discuss Precious's thesis work, which included creating an original comic called "MOTH," and a written thesis exploring identity in superheroes and superhero comics.Reed community members can read Precious's thesis, “Framing Heroes In Crisis: Approaches to Identity in Superhero Comics,” online in the Electronic Theses Archive:https://rdc.reed.edu/i/6064e54b-cc48-4c11-aee7-ae6e4fab455323 min
- #22: Afghanistan and the Taliban with Ethan Sandweiss '19, HistoryOur host, Amelie Andreas '24, speaks with Ethan Sandweiss '19 about his thesis on Afghanistan entitled "Highway to Hell: Afghanistan, America, and the Fragmented State." Since this episode concerned recent events, this interview focuses a little more on the content of the thesis, and a little less on the experience of writing the thesis, than our interviews usually do. It is also a little bit longer than most episodes.Learn more:Find multiple perspectives on Afghanistan under the Taliban from scholars here:https://carnegieendowment.org/2021/08/18/afghanistan-under-taliban-pub-85168Longer article from the New Yorker on the experience of Afghan women:https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/09/13/the-other-afghan-womenDonate to the Afghanistan Emergency Fund by GlobalGiving:https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/afghanistan-emergency-fund/29 min
- #21: Micro to Macro with Mahalia Dryak '20, Environmental StudiesFrank Tangherlini '22 talks to Mahalia about her thesis on microplastics, macroinvertebrates, and fresh water river systems in the Pacific Northwest. Reed's Environmental Studies program is an interdisciplinary major which requires students to select a focus in one of five disciplines: biology, chemistry, economics, history, or political science.Reed community members can read Mahalia's thesis, “The Ubiquitous Pollutant: Measuring microplastics and ecosystem health along the Clackamas River, OR,” online in the Electronic Theses Archive: https://rdc.reed.edu/i/b1b19b93-a3cc-4f01-a6f2-a180798437b0Learn more about Reed's Environmental Studies program: https://www.reed.edu/es/20 min
- #20: Sexual Politics in Argentina with Dashiell Allen '21, SpanishDashiell's thesis exploration of sexual politics in Argentina in the 70s and 80s begins by examining a publication called Somos, an underground magazine published by what was likely the first lgbt political organization in Latin America. Dashiell also talks about what it was like to graduate Reed as a "spring/fall senior" (students who graduate in the fall instead of in the spring as most Reed students do).Reed community members can read Dashiell's thesis, "From Somos to Prosa plebeya: A Discussion of Sexual Politics in Argentina," online in the Electronic Theses Archive: https://rdc.reed.edu/i/349b9f8a-d28e-4ad3-bdf6-d788f614e43523 min
- #19: Deducing the Indeducible with Rowen Bangs '20, Philosophy/MathFrank interviews Rowen about a thesis year like no other. Rowen's thesis experience explored some arguments about the epistemology of mathematics, or, as Rowen puts it, it was "a philosophical argument that used elements of mathematics." Rowen touches on Gödel's Theorem, Peano Arithmetic, and related theories.Reed community members can read Rowen's thesis online in the Electronic Theses Archive, which includes a short preface on the usefulness of epistemic thought in times of great crisis: https://rdc.reed.edu/i/f795436c-1da3-476e-a5e0-6e99c4ded95b23 min
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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.