Volume 1: Spring 2017
Permanent URI for this collection
This issue of Royal Road includes essays composed during the 2015-16 academic year. Students completed revisions during the fall semester of 2016.
EDITORS
Daniel Dooghan
Joseph Letter
David Reamer
Royal Road features the best researched arguments produced in the University of Tampa's AWR 201: Academic Writing and Research course. Student essays are nominated by instructors and reviewed by a faculty panel; those that are selected for potential publication undergo a process of peer review and revision that refect the standards of academic publishing. Selected essays are published annually and used as models for future sections of AWR 201.Cover: "Caravan on the Silk Road" from the Atlas Catalan, circa 1380. Used via creative commons licensure.
Browse
Recent Submissions
Item Levels of Parental Influence and the Effects on Children: Too Much, Not Enough, and Just Right(Department of English and Writing, The University of Tampa, 2017) Gefroh, MichelleThis paper discusses how different levels of parental involvement determine the type of person a child will be, and explains why authoritative parenting is optimal because it involves a mixture of high and low influence. It reveals that combining high and low parental influence with the authoritative parenting style can lead to the most positive effects on children and adolescents. Numerous sources in relation to this topic are referenced, such as academic journals, books, and an interview with Renee Patrick, an expert in the field of developmental psychology. This paper offers knowledge that can benefit parents and children because it is a topic that is relevant to their everyday lives. Parenting is a monumental part of how children develop, and it is important that they are able to mature into well-rounded and successful individuals. The purpose of this paper is to present the information to parents that authoritative parenting is superior to permissive and authoritarian.Item Romantic Zombies: What Their Representation in Film Means for Racism(Department of English and Writing, The University of Tampa, 2017) Murphy, EmilyIn cinematic history the representation of zombies began in 1968 with George Romero’s film Night of the Living Dead (Barber 1). In Romero’s film, zombies are depicted as brain-dead, flesh eating monsters. Since Romero’s time, zombies have begun to infiltrate the romantic comedy film genre. Films such as Pretty Dead (2013), Zombie Prom (2006), Warm Bodies (2013) and I Am Legend (2007) have used zombies as romanticized bodies in their plot lines. The shift from brain-dead corpses to possible romantic leads initiates a change from racism and othering to acceptance and tolerance. Films that incorporate zombies through a romantic lens challenge the original use of zombies in America. This challenge motivates audiences to see humanity in a body that has been traditionally separated or discriminated against.Item Hysteria in Utopias: The Condition of Women in Bellamy and Morris(Department of English and Writing, The University of Tampa, 2017) Stockdale, KatieThroughout history even the supposed egalitarian societies have failed when it comes to women’s rights. And while utopian writers attempt to create perfect societies, the conditions women face often have a dystopian bent. Do utopian societies, like their real world counterparts, cause undue stress on women, driving them to rebel against their societies? In order to answer this question, we will look at two utopian novels, and a short story about hysteria, as case studies: Looking Backward by Edward Bellamy, News from Nowhere by William Morris, and "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.Item Lustful Killings in Ciudad Juárez: A Look at “Femicide,” Machismo, and Roberto Bolaño’s “Precious”(Department of English and Writing, The University of Tampa, 2017) Browne, GregoryGendered socialization leads to gendered violence. Parents provide children with their first lessons about gender, and the home becomes a child’s first impression of power differences between the sexes. This raises the question of how much a child’s home life influences their gender-specific stereotypes and expectations. When looking at violence against women, gender socialization cannot be ignored. In the mind of a perpetrator is a deeply embedded attitude towards gender. This attitude begins developing in the home and is gradually influenced by other socializing entities like education, the media, and government.Item Let Women Fight(Department of English and Writing, The University of Tampa, 2017) Shapira, CarlaOn December 3, 2015, Secretary of Defense Ash Carter announced, without exception, that all fields in military combat will be available to eligible females (Pellerin). This integration will begin as of January 2, 2016, enabling women soldiers, current and entering, the opportunity to be employed in 220,000 positions or approximately 10% of jobs previously reserved only for males (Tilghman). With women making up more than 50% of the population, Secretary Carter emphasizes the significance of integrating women into every field in the military. He states, “[t]o succeed in our mission in National Defense, we cannot afford to cut ourselves off from half the country’s talents and skills” (Schwartz and Lubold). Without lowering the standards set in military history and tradition, women will be eligible to participate, providing them with an opportunity previously only granted to men. These opportunities will allow women to progress in their careers, enabling them to obtain the highest levels of leadership provided by combat arms (Tilghman).Item Disillusioning the Youth: How Standardized Testing Reduces Learning Opportunity(Department of English and Writing, The University of Tampa, 2017) Pantano, RobertWithin us all there is a compulsion to learn and placate the deeply inquisitive conscious facet of the human mind. Starting as a child, it seems as though we cannot refrain from asking something about everything and igniting the flame of perpetual inquest. Arguably, it is formal education’s role and responsibility to aid in the fostering and fulfillment of this inquisitive nature. Modern American education is comprised of individuals of immensely diverse backgrounds, skillsets, intellectual capacities, and social positions. It is, therefore, essential that the educational infrastructure reflects and supports such diversity. In its current form, education does not attend fully to the spirit of inquiry, creativity, and diversity that children and society so need and deserve.Item "Do No Harm": An Evaluation of the Courts’ Decision-Making Policies in Overruling Children & Families’ Refusal of Treatment(Department of English and Writing, The University of Tampa, 2017) Ross, KayleighThe purpose of this research paper is to prove why the courts have the authority to overrule families’ and children’s refusal of potentially life-saving treatment. The author describes the decision-making policies and laws used to guide judges’ decisions and justify their rulings. The case of Cassandra C., a seventeen-year-old minor diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma, helps demonstrate how these policies are practiced in the courtroom. Court cases, particularly the case of Daniel Hauser, are used as evidence to describe why the court’s actions are warranted even in cases in which treatment is refused based on a family’s religious values. The courts’ decisions are ultimately justified since legislation’s primary initiative is to protect the greater welfare of society. After proving that the courts’ decisions are warranted, the author suggests that legislatures adopt the harm principle, contrary to the best interest standard, to not only justify court intervention, but also to clarify the circumstances necessary for involvement. With support from professionals in this field of study, the author also encourages legislators to implement the constrained parental autonomy model as opposed to the mature minor doctrine. By employing the harm principle and constrained parental autonomy model, the author argues that these decision-making laws will clarify when court intervention is justified, and thus cause less conflict in the courtroom.Item [Front Matter] Royal Road: A Journal of Undergraduate Research(Department of English and Writing, The University of Tampa, 2017) Dooghan, Dr. Daniel, Ed.; Reamer, Dr. David, Ed.; Letter, Dr. Joseph, Ed.Editor's Introduction