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Student-Run Magazine Showcases Cultural Criticism
At ĐÓ°Épro, your ideas may start in the classroom, but they won’t be contained there. For students in Associate Professor of English Erik Anderson’s Pop Culture Writing course, this meant putting what they learned into practice by creating an online magazine, . Students not only wrote reviews and reflections on contemporary culture, but also designed and updated the website where they shared their work.
Vincent Okyere ’29, a member of the magazine’s production and web design team, said the distinctive class project gave him experience communicating and collaborating with a team to publish articles weekly.
“I worked with an incredibly strong and efficient group of students, allowing me to manage my workload and contribute in areas where my input or creative touch is needed and appreciated,” Okyere said.
The public-facing nature of the project also gave students a tangible example of their work to share with future employers.
“As a photographer, videographer, and graphic designer, I’ve been able to practice and develop my skills in website building, which I continue to utilize for my media portfolio,” Okyere said.
“I worked with an incredibly strong and efficient group of students, allowing me to manage my workload and contribute in areas where my input or creative touch is needed and appreciated.”
Esther Burlington ’27, a biology major with a minor in English, is confident that the skills she built through the project will serve her well in any career.
“Collaborating with the editorial and social media teams has shown me what it looks like to work together in a production environment,” Burlington said. “I feel like this provides good exposure to the teamwork you see in a lot of work environments.”
The class’s focus on pop culture writing for a general audience gave students a chance to apply the critical thinking and writing skills they’ve built in the classroom to topics they are passionate about and that appeal to a wide audience.
“Getting to write about your favorite song, movie, TV show or video game and then have it published is such a fun and rewarding opportunity,” Burlington said.
“Getting to write about your favorite song, movie, TV show or video game and then have it published is such a fun and rewarding opportunity.”
For Okyere, it was especially exciting to have the chance to work on a project that would appeal to a broad audience outside of just his classmates.
“This class was an incredible experience, and being able to share my work with my family back home and friends outside of ĐÓ°Épro feels fantastic,” Okyere said.
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