The Academic Evolution of Carly Coffman
Works on Racial Justice
In this section, I have included essays that I found most transformative to my understandings of race relations, unjust socio-economic hierarchies, and the post-colonial struggle.
The image to the left is from my trip to the Pomo Kashia Coastal Reserve with the Indigenous Studies Research internship. Trips such as these represent cross cultural learning and the building of personal bonds that work to mend social barriers enforced by colonization.
Essays
This literature review, from LIBS 320D, works to investigate how and why Black and Native American communities are disproportionately endangered by natural disasters.
Interpreting the Discourse of Unnatural Inequalities Displayed Through Natural Disasters
From the work in LIBS 202, this research essay explores the intentional, structural devices that have historically -- and continue to -- worked to criminalize Black marijuana use compared to lax drug use of white Americans.
A Discourse into the Racial Construction of Drug Incrimination
From ENGL 450, this paper utilizes Harriet Jacob's Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl to argue how white ideals in the Romantic era do not align with the conflict promoted by chattel slavery, such as the Cult of Domesticity.
Uplifting the Slave Narrative Beyond the Confinements of White Romanticism
Describe one of your services
Pending final SOCI 382 paper from this semester
Underrated Social Justice Pieces in Pop Culture
