ACADEMIC WORK
Pieces of my research literature
Examining language, culture, history, media, politics, and more through a scholarly lens
ARAMCO’S PR CAMPAIGNS IN THE EARLY DECADES OF THE GULF’S OIL DEVELOPMENT
A critical in-depth analysis of the Standard Oil Company of California's propagandistic public relations campaigns in the 1940s and 1950s, against the context of worker exploitation in their Gulf oil fields
What to expect: an APA-style content analysis essay, backed by primary and secondary research, written for an undergraduate research methodology course. Last updated in 2021.
THE CHALLENGES OF INTEGRATING SOURCES IN ACADEMIC WRITING FOR ESL COLLEGE STUDENTS
A review of the struggles faced by students whose native language is not English while integrating sources in academic writing courses and the strategies educators recommend in source integration instruction within the context of a university in the United Arab Emirates.
What to expect: an APA-style research essay, supported by primary findings and existing literature, written for an undergraduate writing-tutor training course
SOUTH SUDAN: RIFE WITH STRIFE
A look at ethnic animosities and identity politics among South Sudanese minority groups as salient causes of the ongoing conflict in South Sudan, with a scrutiny on the breach of South Sudan’s civilian rights
What to expect: an APA-style informative essay, backed by secondary research, written for an undergraduate research politics course. Last updated in 2019.
KASHMIR: A BATTLEGROUND OF IDENTITIES
A take on constructivism as an international relations theory to explain the First Kashmir War between India and Pakistan
What to expect: an APA-style argumentative essay, backed by secondary research, written for an undergraduate politics course. Last updated in 2021.
LEARNING FROM UNITED AIRLINES: WHAT NOT TO DO IN AN ORGANIZATIONALÂ CRISIS
A look at United Airlines’ stakeholders, reputation and crisis history before social media outrage caused by an incident on Flight 3411, and how different news organizations covered the crisis
What to expect: an APA-style content analysis essay, backed by primary research, written for an undergraduate communications course. Last updated in 2021.
THE RUSSIA-UKRAINE OIL HIKE
An analysis of how the Russia-Ukraine conflict has impacted and will continue to impact the oil industry and the renewable energy transition process around the world.
What to expect: an APA-style analysis essay, backed by secondary research, written for an undergraduate politics course. Last updated in 2022.
