Outstanding Student Writings in the Disciplines
Writing in the Disciplines (WID) is seeking submissions for its online publication featuring our students' exemplary writing in all the disciplines taught at Montgomery College. We seek excellent writing by students in all disciplines so that our online publication can showcase the diversity of styles and types of academic writing at MC. Submit your paper today!
Thank You for Participating in the WID Call for Papers.
Dear Colleagues and Students,
On behalf of the Writing in the Disciplines (WID) Committee, we extend our sincere thanks to everyone who participated in this year’s Call for Papers. We are truly grateful for the time, dedication, and enthusiasm you brought to this initiative.
We are pleased to announce that the winners for this academic year have been selected. Congratulations to all who submitted work; we were impressed by the high quality and thoughtfulness of the entries.
We look forward to your continued engagement and to next year’s submissions.
Thank you again for your ongoing support of the WID program.
Warm regards,
The WID Team
- 1st Place: Lila Wooden, Defying Containment: Unifying Themes in Dostoevsky’s Notes from Underground
and Gödel’s Incompleteness Theorems (PDF,
) - 2nd Place: Mauro Torres, Concept and Story, TVRA 129, Spring 2025 (PDF, )
- 3rd Place: Nina Velikaia, The Story of My Grandmother’s Life (PDF, )
Writing in the Disciplines is pleased to showcase our students' exemplary writing in all the disciplines taught at Montgomery College. This page features the full range of excellent student writing from Montgomery College students. All documents below require Adobe Acrobat PDF readernew window.
- Chris Brandon, Robert Gould Shaw and the Massachusetts Fifty-fourth Regiment Memorial (PDF, )
- Elliott Hung, Historical Buddha on a Lion Throne from China's Northern Wei Dynasty (PDF, )
- G. E. Lyon, Community Visual Identity for The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation Art Center (PDF, )
- Asifa Sahim, Islamic Art and Spirituality (PDF, )
- Maria Elena G. Thayer, Contemporary Artist Role Models (PDF, )
- Russell Channing Wickham, Usonian: One Man's Solution to Economical Housing (PDF, )
- Tamara Weiner, Alexander Calder's "Hollow Egg" (PDF, )
- Christopher Corley (PDF, ) , Mpox and HIV: A Shared Struggle for Recognition and Resources within the LGBTQ+ Community
- Layann Bashir (PDF, ) , Stomata Density in Shade vs Sun Leaves
- Phoenix S. Bryant (PDF, ) , Intergenerational Epigenetic Effects of Parental Trauma on Offspring
- David Corea, Going Paperless (PDF, )
- Ashley Pereira, Are Viruses Alive? (PDF, )
- Anne Kobus, Journal Writing Response (PDF, )
- Crystal Parker, Brain-Eating Amoeba Thrives in Warm, Fresh Water (PDF, )
- Professor Leah Royce's Anatomy Course (PDF, )
- Ronnie Stepanik, DNA Use in Species Identification-Barcoding: Item Scanning Technology Applied to Organisms (PDF, )
- Ashley Engel, Horse Show (PDF, )
- Andrew Evans, Schizophrenia (PDF, )
- April Grant, Biofuels (PDF, )
- Mercedes Lopez, Cause and Effect in Self-Concept (PDF, )
- Selamawit Baraki (PDF, ) , Harriet Tubman: Digital Story Script
- Farzana Ahmed, Man on Wire: A Few Authentic Friends (PDF, )
- Fidel Guevara, A Man Touches the Sky (PDF, )
- Shewita Hebteselassie, The Great Feat of Philippe Petit (PDF, )
- Armando Morales, The Odyssey of Philippe Petit (PDF, )
- Josephine Owusu, Philippe Petit, The Risk Taker (PDF, )
- Jane Rozario, The Great Team Behind Philippe Petit (PDF, )
- Tsion Woldemichael, Who Are You (PDF, )
- Keith Li, Language Lover (PDF, )
- Kevin Alexander (PDF, ) , The Rise to Equality
- Louisa Kalinyak (PDF, ) , Society Beware: The Truth behind Artificial Intelligence
- Jennifer Norris (PDF, ) , On the Outside: Cultural Outliers, Responsibility, and the Concept of Home
- Christian Pak (PDF, ) , To Quell the Hate Machine
- Mikaya Davis (PDF, ) , The Unfortunate Trend in the Black Community
- Nwanneka Orupke (PDF, ) , Workers Arise: The American Civil Rights Movement and the Victory of the Memphis
Sanitation Workers in At the River I Stand
- Rakin Md Alim, Arundhati Roy: Caste Determines Everything in Indian Life (PDF, )
- Carolina Correia dos Santos, Hollywood: The Land of Stolen Dreams (PDF, )
- Jenny He, Preparing for a Sunday Night (PDF, )
- Joshua John, The Fake News Infodemic: The Dangerous Illusion of Truth (PDF, )
- Thomas Van, Anatomy of a Revolutionary: A Comparative Analysis of Maximilien Robespierre and Pol
Pot (PDF, )
- Jacob Westerfeld, The Virus (PDF, )
- Rotem Weiss, Does the Boycott, Divestments, and Sanctions Movement Contribute to Peacebuilding
Within the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict? (PDF, )
- Anna Mullen, Residential Sewage Backups in Baltimore (PDF, )
- Alexandra Rose Atienza, I Don't Belong Anywhere (PDF, )
- Matthew Bushman, The Music Sounds Better With You (PDF, )
- Samantha Cameron, Libidinous Bugs; Lecherous Quacks (PDF, )
- Lea Ferrandi and Irina Koltsova, Bonjour, My Dear Tovarish (PDF, )
- Robert Harries, The Women of Beowulf: Power and Duty in Anglo-Saxon Society (PDF, )
- Jonathan Montesino, My Life on My Shoulders (PDF, )
- Pauline Orock, The Stunning Similarities between Katha Pollitt and Charles Colson: A Case Study of
“What’s Wrong with Gay Marriage”, and “Gay ‘Marriage’: Societal Suicide" (PDF, )
- Antwoine Shepard, Protecting the Personhood of Children: The Case for Mandatory Vaccination (PDF, )
- Angela Tan, Cereal Marketing Targets Different Audience (PDF, )
- Deborah Stevenson, Unlocking the Narrative Style of "A Rose for Emily" (PDF, )
- Samuel Williams, Does Rap Music Set a Bad Example for the Youth? (PDF, )
- Shu Ying-Lin, Minimizing Risks of Invasion of Privacy (PDF, )
- Kenia Avendafio-Garro, Rivera and Corridos: Teachers of the Mexican Revolution (PDF, )
- Neydyn Gomez, Honor Within the Heart of Human Sacrifice (PDF, )
- Marianne Sylla, A Call for Roman Glory (PDF, )
- Emma Trebel, An Evening at Le Canard Câline (PDF, )
- Alisa Tsaturov, 1901-1917: Upheaval in Russia (PDF, )
- Gabrielle Koscielski (PDF, ) , Environmental Law
- Kerry Bradshaw (PDF, ) , Case Study: Tornado Outbreak in DC Area
- Jennifer Barr, Physics in the News (PDF, )
- Eva Knoth, The Photoelectric Effect (PDF, )
- David Leal, Team Project Reflection (PDF, )