Volume #4

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Winner of The Navigator’s Best Writing Award

Embalming and Chemistry: Till Death Do Us Part a Historical and Chemical Analysis of Mortuary Science

Abigail L. Kerr – Chemistry

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Honorable Mention, The Navigator’s Best Writing Award

Advocacy as Persuasion: A Rhetorical Analysis of Reusable Menstrual Product Advertisements


Lillian Floyd – English

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The Controversial and Divisive History of Huckleberry Finn

Max Hall – English

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Stitch by Stitch: Knitting to Find Peace


Isabella Clark – English

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Honorable Mention, The Navigator’s Best Writing Award
Henry Moore’s Seated Woman: Modern Surrealist Abstraction

Cheri Regis – Fine Art

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From Traitors to Heroes: Examining the Motivations and Consequences of the American Revolution

Joshua J. Wood – History

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Byzantine Bust or Komnenoi Triumph?

Cody Evans – History

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How Applying Interdisciplinary Studies Can Benefit Veterans with Non-Combat PTSD

Kelly A. Lillard – Interdisciplinary Studies

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 Forged from the Familiar   

Nicholas A. Painter – Interdisciplinary Studies

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Research Analysis on Personality and Meditation Success

Rebecca Foree – Psychology

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Dietary Aspects of an Urban Turtle Community in a Missouri River Tributary: A Stable Isotope and Fecal Approach

Annastasia Bair – Biology

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Reliable Transportation and its Effects on Supervision Success

Savana M. Watkins – Criminal Justice

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No More Homework?

Luther R. Morales- First-Year Writing

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The Growing Concern of Artificial Intelligence in Writing and Academia

Lee Windsor Jelinek – First-Year Writing