Publications
Embodiment and Interaction: A Dividing Line Between Sculpture and Installation Art
June, 2023
Hegel argues in his Aesthetics that the medium of sculpture reaches its pinnacle through the representation of the
human form. Rather than focusing on the restrictions of the human form, I support Torsen's argument that we
ewing sculptures as bodies in the abstract can provide a more productive account of the development of sculpture.
Furthermore, the embodiment of sculpture—an example of how subjects come to interact with a bodied other—rai-
ses questions about what it means to be a body and interact with other bodies. is paper focuses on how sculptures
can be understood as an external other with a subjectivity of their own as well as how subject-object interactions can
form the basis of a division between sculpture and installation
State-Sponsored Debauchery
2022
This is a poetry chapbook that I've been working on throughout the 2021-2022 school year. The poems in this collection focus on the dual nature of the present moment—its temporality and its potential for immortality. Several of the individual poems are currently being considered for publication.
The American Exile: An Era of American Foreign Policy
June 2020
In "The American Exile: An Era of American Foreign Policy," Nicholas Tappin and Wiley Waggoner explore the foreign policy of the United States on a range of issues and analyze the detrimental effects of a new era of isolationist principles. From the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to the history of NATO, Nicholas and Wiley highlight the benefits of a more cooperative and engaged America. As Kofi Annan, the UN Secretary-General from 1997 to 2006 once proclaimed, "More than ever before in human history, we share a common destiny. We can master it only if we face it together."