#academic papers

It is such a pleasure to achieve what I've always dreamt of : bringing out the potential of Japanese graphic narratives in all it's glory.

Here's the link/ DOI for those interested to read:

My younger self, who loved applying her Literature Major knowledge to whatever media she'd consume, must be both proud and rather in disbelief.

Takopī’s Original Sin and The Summer Hikaru Died are two mangas that have had me by the throat, recently . Thus, I decided I must deliver to the best of my abilities!

Grateful always.

I just finished uploading some of my old academic coursework to my academia.edu page. I use my ‘real’ name over there, of course, so don’t be thrown off by that boring thing. But anyway…

For those interested in reading 7 papers from my graduate-school days (with the exception of 1 paper from undergrad), here’s what I just put up:

“Seeking Salvation: Christianity and Conflict in Thirteenth-Century Iceland” (2017)

“‘Governour and of Oure Tales Juge': Storytelling, Meditation, and the Behavior of the Host in The Canterbury Tales” (2017)

“Social Commentary in Njal's Saga: Law in the Presence of Feud” (2017)

“Cheese, Women, and Social Anxieties in Thirteenth-Century Iceland” (2018)

“Rewriting Romance: Honor and Reputation in Ívens saga” (2018)

“A Hilt in Violent Hands: Swords, Bonds, and the Monstrous in Beowulf” (2018)

“Ordinary Clothes in Unordinary Places: Gender, Cross-dressing, and Performing Masculinity in Medieval Iceland” (2019)

And, of course, there’s also my Master’s thesis.

I should emphasize one thing, though: these are simply class papers—‘mere’ coursework, if you will. They are not academic articles, for they never underwent the scrutiny of peer review required for such a ‘lofty’ status. As such, they cannot be used as sources in ‘proper’ academic work. So…don’t cite them in your papers, if you happen to write one. You can mention them, I suppose…but they won’t have much weight, I fear.

I’m only sharing them because they’ve done nothing but collect dust since I turned them in for grading and, to be quite honest, are still insightful probably? Regardless of their ‘lowly status,’ I think people may—may—be able to learn something from them and, most importantly, think more deeply about certain topics. I want them to engage people’s minds, help people view certain passages or historical ‘truths’ differently.

If that happens for even one of you, I’d be a happy skáld indeed.

So, with far too much said, I hope someone enjoys my past academic toils.

If anyone can direct me to some studies or legit anything remotely academic that'd be super helpful :>>

"Given a graph G(V, E), where V is the number of vertices and E is the number of edges, the probability P of two nodes i and j being connected, given by C, can be calculated with the score S(i, j) described as follows: { K_i * K_j, i =/= j, S(i, j) -> { (K_i - K_j) * e^i-j, i = j

where K_n is the degree of the nth node"