In Transit, Spring 2026

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BY Keith Thomas

These excerpts showcase how scholarly breadth is another way of creating scholarly depth. While these two research strategies are sometimes viewed in opposition to one another, with detailed source engagement being sacrificed for a wider conversation between seemingly disparate subjects, the path that these papers trace between their areas of focus actually results in a more insightful and deeper analysis of their subject, likely more than could have been achieved with a narrower focus. Maya Cabrera’s analysis of the evolution of predator representation in wildlife documentaries places filmmaking technique in conversation with ecological history, tracing shifts that can only be fully understood through a synthesis of these fields. And in Alice Xu’s Writing Seminar paper, she interrogates and deepens the very concept of scholarly knowledge, by drawing on both Eastern and Western constructs of truth-creation.

— Jordan Fraser Angel ’27

In Detail, Spring 2026

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BY Keith Thomas

It can feel daunting to create complex, original analysis. Even if a writer has an exciting question and a confident understanding of the elements of a successful piece of academic writing (already no easy task!), crafting the substance of the paper often still feels like exploring an unknown and foreboding terrain. In research, though, it’s often the case that the closer you look, the more you’ll see, as these excerpts demonstrate. Eitan Gelb’s deep engagement with Jewish scholar Maimonides’s framing of polygyny reveals implications for the interaction of culture and law in the context of Jewish tradition. Meanwhile, Louise Sanches Barbosa decrypts the color white’s shades of meaning (pun intended!) in Federico García Lorca’s play The House of Bernarda Alba, showing how this close reading complements the play’s textual narrative and visual staging.

— Jordan Fraser Angel ’27