Grief Within an Envelope: How Sorrow Transcends Mortality and Manifests in the Ordinary 

• Context: Introduction to Literary Studies: Ghost Stories at the College of the Holy Cross.

• Description: An analysis of Edith Wharton’s "Pomegranate Seed," examining how mundane objects become symbolic conduits for grief. 

You’re Gonna Need a Bigger Boat: The Paradox of Memory and Travel in “The Republic of Conscience” 

• Context: Exile Literature: Displacement and Memory at the College of the Holy Cross.

• Description: An analysis of Seamus Heaney’s poem, exploring the dichotomy between movement and memory within the condition of internal exile. 

The Stairs That Lead to Nowhere: Liminal Spaces in Holub’s Poem

• Context: Exile Literature: Displacement and Memory at the College of the Holy Cross.

• Description: An analysis of Miroslav Holub’s “Five minutes after the air raid,” focusing on the destruction of liminal spaces in the context of war.