Author Archives: hannahhalford

Click the link below to access my website: https://halfordhannah.wixsite.com/impactofcovid-19 Here is my WIX site transcription: — HOME:  A cross-generational look at the coronavirus As the United States has confirmed over 1.33 million coronavirus cases, the cross-generational impact upon individuals has been immense. As of May 11th 2020, over 79,606 individuals have died due to theContinue reading “FINAL PROJECT”

In conducting my primary research, I found a plethora of connections between my primary and secondary research. While interviewing my mother, I noticed illuminating correlations between my secondary research from Forbes Magazine with her own personal statements about her company, Restoration Hardware. My mother’s take on the retail industry regarding the vast unemployment across AmericaContinue reading “Auto-Ethnography Analysis”

For my secondary research, I decided to gather a multitude of articles that brought to light the wide array of perspectives regarding the coronavirus pandemic. In doing so, I first identified  my primary research: my mother and grandfather, which then allowed me to go into more depth by accumulating articles to support and refute theirContinue reading “Secondary Research”

Tell me about the purpose of your website. What would you like visitors to take away from your photo essay? In envisioning the purpose of my website, I aimed to achieve an aesthetic that was both captivating yet highly personal. Considering I chose the topic of identity, I wanted to truly reveal myself to theContinue reading “Project #2 – Photo Essay”

Living in a time of global pandemic, I find myself especially reflective. Pulled from my daily routine, I have become exceedingly aware of the influence that society has had on all aspects of my life; I have internalized a system of norms without even knowing it. With this realization, I have experienced a newfound senseContinue reading “A Step Back From Reality”

Watching a four legged, heavy breathing and unconditionally loving canine brush past my leg on a narrow city sidewalk, I was stunned. Immediately spinning my head around to observe its backside wag back and forth, my jaw dropped at least ten inches. Proceeding to tap my father on the shoulder short of a million times,Continue reading “My First Love, Stella.”

Growing up in a society with an incessant number of distractions, it is often adverse to develop one’s sense of self. Today, the vast impacts of media on individuals in society has made it almost impossible to know oneself. The life long internalization of these sociological forces has created a lack of curiosity among individuals.Continue reading “Maximizing My Rhetorical Freedom”

From a young age, entering college was an event I knew I would partake in. Considering both of my parents attended college, their excitement towards my academic future was clear. It wasn’t until the college process was before me that I began to experience fears surrounding my self worth, my intelligence, and most importantly myContinue reading “Unexpected Nostalgia”

For those of you who are not familiar with the article by Heidi Huntington, “Subversive Memes: Internet Memes as a Form of Rhetoric,” it is an extensive research paper highlighting the underlying impacts of memes on the viewer. This article agues that memes are in fact a form of rhetoric. Within the text, you canContinue reading “A Meme Per Day Keeps The Doctor Away”