2022 EDITION
Volume 4, Fall 2022
This page contains all of the submissions from the fourth edition of Illuminate, which was published in Fall 2022. You will find all of the academic entries and creative entries listed below. Also archived on this page is the list of contributors to the edition.
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BUSINESS, ECONOMICS, AND TECHNOLOGY
EDUCATION
HISTORY, POLITICS, AND CULTURE
LANGUAGE, LITERATURE, AND PHILOSOPHY
MEDIA STUDIES AND THE ARTS
SCIENCE, MATHEMATICS, AND HEALTH
SOCIAL SCIENCES
POETRY
PHOTOGRAPHY
FINE ART
SOCIAL SCIENCES
2022: ILLUMINATE AUTHORS & CONTRIBUTORS
Alexis Bennett
Alexis Bennett is a recent graduate of William Paterson University (WPU) where she received a BS in Management with a minor in Global Public Health. Alexis was a student in the Honors College at WPU and worked as a Senior Writing Consultant at the university’s writing center. Currently, she is a Literacy Coach at Boxwood Learning Center, a non-profit aimed to improve the lives of at-risk youth. She will be entering her Peace Corps service in January 2023 and will ultimately pursue a career that allows her to nurture neglected communities and make positive, sustainable changes in the world.
Gina Calo
Gina Calo graduated from the University of Saint Joseph in CT in May 2022, earning a bachelor’s degree in nursing and obtaining her RN license. She is currently completing her master’s degree at Yale University and will graduate in 2024 as a nurse practitioner specializing in Women’s Health. Gina is currently working as a vaccine and summer camp nurse. In her free time, Gina enjoys fishing and all things outdoors.
Mark Crisci
Mark Crisci is a third-year student who transferred to New College of Florida in Fall 2022 from SUNY Orange studying Data Science. As a SUNY Orange Honors Program student, his thesis argues that Neoliberalist economic theories hijack capitalism to promote a system where opportunity is perpetually distributed unequally to a small portion of citizens. At the same time, the vast majority bequeath a boot-strap mentality to their children to navigate unlevel economic landscapes that rely on a large portion of the population to be socially, economically, and politically poor. In his spare time, he volunteers with The Alzheimer’s Association and is the Team Retention Chair on the board of the Orange/Sullivan chapter in Orange County, New York. Mark is determined to achieve his Master’s in Data Science to work with non-profit organizations.
Shannon DiCristina
Shannon DiCristina is a student at Fairleigh Dickinson University and a member of the University's Honors Program and Honors Academy. She is a senior passionately studying Literature and Education; she plans on becoming an English teacher post-graduation. At Fairleigh Dickinson University, Shannon is the president of the English Honors Society Sigma Tau Delta and an executive board member for the Greek Order of Omega Honors Society. She is also a collegiate cross-country athlete and publicity cochair for the Honors Department.