Here’s a compilation of my skills and works from the last few years. For any inquiries about full pieces feel free to contact me.
Academic Essays
Impact of Immigration on Native Men’s Income
For my final Master of Applied Economics project, I researched the effect of immigrants on native-born workers using Python. We continued a working paper by George Borjas from 2001, updated some methods, and applied it to the modern labor force. Our research found that there is a slightly positive effect of immigration on average, native wages when controlled for education, experience, year fixed effects, and state fixed effects at the .01 confidence interval. I was in charge of the coding and reviewed and edited the reports.
Econometric Analysis of Predictors of Family Income
Using R Studio and a multivariable regression model, I studied the relationship of demographic variables like education, sex, race, and other household identifiers and household income. The data was skimmed from IPUMS and is my first, completed econometric analysis project.
Capstone Research: Labor Outcomes, Education, and Inequality in the Age of Automation
UNFPA Developmental Economics Report
In this twelve-page essay, I evaluated the United Nations Population Fund from a developmental economic standpoint, and critiqued its resource allocation with regards to health outcomes and economic efficiency. This was the final project for my World Developmental Economics course, and is formatted in the form specified by my professor. The bibliography is in MLA 8 format.
Examining United States Business Cycle
Unemployment and Inflation
Evaluating the Federal Deficit
Breaking Down GDP
Mythic Symbols Fighting for Americans’ Views: Captain America vs. Red Skull (essay 2019)
I wrote this essay in the last unit of my expository writing course. It argues that Captain America and Red Skull represent democratic and fascist values respectively, and that the heart of America is intimately intertwined in a philosophical battle. I completed it in May, 2019 and used research from both supplied and ungiven resources to construct an argument that warned against the United State’s fascist tendencies. The paper is styled for MLA 8 format.
Looming Potential of a Totalitarian Plutocracy
Nineteen Eighty-Four is an exceptionally important part of western written works and one of my favorite novels. It’s truly an archetype of the dystopian genre. I completed writing this paper in November 2018 as an examination of how tech companies with intrusive privacy policies pose a threat to citizens around the world, much like Oceania’s government had in 1984. This was my first, real academic paper. It was written in APA format.
Fiction
Fantasy
The Revenant
An old hero of a Northern town is awoken each year to protect it from a bloodthirsty spirit. But the Revenant grows weary of his existence.
This short story was created for my graduate school submission to the University of Houston. It is a new take on an old idea I had for a story back in 2020. This story follows a groundhog-day theme with an emphasis on (loss of) memory and duality of the world.
The Killing Field
In the Northern Quickriver Valley, the devoutly faithful community of Hawk’s Rest is plagued by unexplainable disappearances.
Emra Corvine, a sorceress and huntress, thinks the vanishings are product of the town’s brutal religion, but that all changes when her brother, the last member of her family, goes missing in the dead of night. Emra takes fate into her own hands to find what happened to her brother and if he’s still alive, but along the way, her life and her values are jeopardized with each step toward uncovering the mystery.
The Killing Field takes place in Quickriver Valley, a region of new and old gods, ancient forces, and magical mysteries.
Mage’s Redemption
Two slaves attempt to escape the bonds of slavery from Armenin’s Orchard and its despotic, magic-whip-wielding slave master Captain Thorn. On their path to forge their freedom, they are met with a choice to save a fellow slave or continue on their clandestine journey.
Wake The Bloody
An metalmancer assassin plans one last job so they can build a monument to their late wife’s love.
Wake The Bloody is my first crack at writing a non-binary character. Not only did I love the technical experience, but consulting my LGBTQ+ friends about their experiences and referencing their community’s works of fantasy made me a better creator and ally. I definitely plan to include more non-binary characters in my world to make them inclusive and deeper than than they otherwise would be.
This is also in service to the LGBTQ+ community because the stuff I have read has been frustratingly bad, and I think they deserve better things to read.
Defiler
Two knights of the Masked Maiden hunt a gluttonous spirit to try and prevent it from consuming the countryside.
Seed Sower
When his prosperous neighbors go to town for market, Kaynar Swiftfeather, a poor, lonely farmer from the Northern Quickriver Valley, promises to watch their farm. Disaster strikes, and unknown to Kaynar, the shadows of his past have caught up to him.
“Seed Sower,” is a short story where I spent a particular amount of effort on imagery and prose. Not only did I want my short story plot and action to be exceptional and entertaining, I wanted it to read beautifully. I think I accomplished this, especially in the beginning of the work. It was published on Amazon on February 11, 2021.
The Journeyman’s Crypt
A forester with sorcerous powers and her companion, a knight of the Masked Maiden, answer a call to investigate The Journeyman’s Crypt, a pilgrimage site of the Hand of Ground.
“The Journeyman’s Crypt,” was my first delve into Fantasy professionally. It’s a longer short story, but its a fun read with subplot, characterization, and magic systems. It’s foundational to the Quickriver Valley series of short stories I wrote and its worldbuilding is critical for storytelling on other pieces of works. The work was published October 16, 2020.
The Warden
A monk of the god of magic must save a master from the grasps of a necromantic demigod.
I published, “The Warden,” the same date as “The Journeyman’s Crypt,” October 16, 2020. Unlike the other short story, “The Warden,” is much quicker and extremely focused on fast-paced action scenes and infiltration. It extends on the worldbuilding of Quickriver Valley and is my best work in action fantasy.
Science-Fiction
The Hex
A scavenger from one of the poorest places in the start system, Fetch Donaldsen gets offered a second chance at his dream of professional mech fighting in The Hex. The lethality of The Hex is great, but the rewards for winning are even greater.
Western
Judgment Day
Judgment Day strikes Linden Settlement, Texas. Jack McFarland attempts to escape the demonic onslaught with his wife, Leanna and two town members, Dr. Smither and Father Daniel.
The first short story I published was my western “Judgment Day,” on January 17, 2020. It was a brief, horror western with a quick moving plot. It blended vital elements of two genres into a cohesive story with a focus on a dramatic climax.
Podcasting
After Session is a long-form, discussion podcast that I hosted and edited in the fall of 2020. I learned about construction of narrative stories and interviewing through audio, audio editing, podcast web publishing, and interviewing strategies. I recorded it to entertain and stimulate conversation about Dungeons & Dragons and Tabletop Roleplaying Games as a whole.