If you have come to my site to see my writing on a particular subject, you have come to the right place!
Essays on Economics:
An original, empirical paper about trust, belonging, and COVID-19 behavior in The Gambia can be found here.
A data analysis of how being the least smart member of your family (as measured by the Armed Forces Qualification Test) tends to lead to higher wages can be found here.
All three of my policy memos advocating for certain policy changes in the international development sphere can be found here, studying ways to increase pharmaceutical research in tropical disease, social safety nets and universal basic income in a 25th percentile income country, and congressional pay and incentive structures in Botswana.
A research paper on the carbon tax can be found here.
A statistical analysis of Dartmouth's cookie consumption and correlation to demographic factors can be found here. It is from my economic statistics class.
A microeconomic analysis of marijuana legalization and associated taxes can be found here.
An essay examining Rwanda's economic development from an anthropological and economic perspective can be found here.
A lengthy essay on the origins and change over time of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) can be found here.
An essay about the development of the Japanese automotive industry can be found here.
My political blog, published with the support of the government department in my government independent study, can be found here. It frequently covered economic issues.
Essays on History:
A summary of the history of American healthcare from 1850-2016 can be found here.
A lengthy essay on the origins and evolution of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) can be found here.
A dissection of California Proposition 16's epic loss in 2020 can be found here.
Essays on Latin-American history, specifically examinations of historical themes about slavery in two Latin-American films, can be found here.
Essays on 17th century British North American history can be found here. These include an essay on the importance of 1619, an essay on the Glorious Revolution-era rebellions in North America, and a timed essay on deep determinants (geography, economics, etc) in the development of different colonies.
A comparison of authority in a hagiography of Walatta Petros and the epic of Sundiata can be found here
Here is a discussion of whether colonialism should be the dividing line in African history.
Essays on the History of Crime can be found here. These include a book review, an analysis of the role of truth in true crime, and a true crime essay of my own (along with some analysis of related news coverage).
Essays on Pre-Modern Korean History can be found here. These include an essay on the role of nobi and the correct English translation of the word, and an essay about women's treatment and agency in Neo-Confucian Choson. Lastly, I wrote a research paper on how ethnic Koreans viewed the Jurchen during the Choson period.
A proposal for a potential future PhD dissertation on local sources on the 14th century Empire of Mali can be found here.
An essay about the development of the Japanese automotive industry can be found here.
Essays on Cultural Anthropology:
An anthropological analysis of a carved tusk in the Hood Museum can be found here.
A mini-ethnography of Dartmouth's main dining hall can be found here.
An essay examining Rwanda's economic development from an anthropological and economic perspective can be found here.
An essay drawing thematic conclusions from ethnographies on sex tourism in Mombasa, Kenya and life skills education for Tanzania girls can be found here.
Essays on Africa (lots of overlap with above headers):
Two essays discussing South African literature, during and after Apartheid, can be found at the two links in this sentence.
An essay examining Rwanda's economic development from an anthropological and economic perspective can be found here.
A lengthy essay on the origins and change over time of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) can be found here.
A blog post on Africa and climate change can be found here.
A proposal for a potential future PhD dissertation on local sources on the 14th century Empire of Mali can be found here.
An essay drawing thematic conclusions from ethnographies on sex tourism in Mombasa, Kenya and life skills education for Tanzania girls can be found here.
Essays on African religions can be found here. They include an essay comparing Dogon and Nuer creation myths, an essay on West African religious responses to the trans-Atlantic slave trade, an essay covering the spiritual handling of death, and an essay delving into the origins of the Suwarian tradition, a pacifistic West African Islamic tradition.
Essays on Pre-Colonial African history can be found here, including a paper comparing authority in the Epic of Sundiata and the hagiography of Walatta Petros, and a paper on whether colonialism should be how African history is pedagogically divided.
An anthropological analysis of a West Central African 19th century carved tusk in the Hood Museum can be found here.
I have written three development economics policy memos. Since most of Africa's countries are lower income countries, all three of these policy memos are relevant to Africa's development, though some of the memos are even more directly relevant. Here is one about congressional pay in Botswana, but there are also ones on universal basic income in a 25th percentile GDP per capita PPP country (roughly on par with Zambia) and on increasing pharmaceutical research into tropical disease.
In my senior year of high school, I wrote a 25-page paper on the Empire of Ghana as an independent study.
Other Fields
Here are some essays on sports, philosophy, literature and food sustainability.
Non-Academic Writing:
I spent most of my gap year working for Matt Yglesias at Slow Boring, a popular American politics blog. Here are the pieces I wrote.
I spent my senior fall writing a politics blog as part of my government independent study, which can be found here.
I was the editor-in-chief of the Dartmouth Political Times, so I have published several pieces of political opinion journalism, which can be found here.