Student Projects:

Jaiden: My capstone revolves around a singular (but incredibly complex) question: Why are so many Pilipina women leaving the Philippines? Pilipina women make up a significant portion of the migrant domestic workforce, and their displacement from their home country holds conversation regarding the family unit, geopolitics, the intersecting systems of oppression. I am looking through academic theory, research, and art/media representations predominantly written/made by Pilipina women themselves. 

Sophie: I am focusing on analyzing the gaming industry and how online video games intersect with players' gender, race, and class. Major topics of discussion will include the persistence of harassment and exclusion in gaming spaces, how capitalism manifests in-game, and how game worlds can be transformed into sites of resistance and liberation. 

Arianna: I am investigating US literacy and illiteracy through a feminist, intersectional lens to highlight illiteracy through disability studies, discuss literacy as a tool for joy and liberation, and provide feminist solutions to the growing literacy crisis throughout the country. 

Marijane: My focus is on hardcore punk communities within the Columbus metropolitan area, particularly in punk bars. My methods of research are both archival (through viewing recorded material of past shows) and ethnographic (physically attending punk shows and immersing myself in the culture). 

Sarah: The goal of my project, titled Whose Final Girl? A Feminist Horror Viewing Guide, is to create a resource that enables potential film audiences to enhance their thinking about the media they are consuming. By using visuals to explain gender inequality, systemic oppression, and related issues surrounding the Final Girl trope, this guide will allow audiences to grasp abstract ideas through concrete imagery. 

Aliyah: I am focusing my research on climate change, with a particular focus on Hurricane Katrina as a case study. I am analyzing how systems of power set up marginalized communities for failure and exploring a Black feminist response to this environmental racism.

Dr. Shannon Winnubst & Dr. Jian Neo Chen with some of our Fantastic WGSS Majors in the WGSS 4575: Senior Capstone Research Lab