Friends | Adriana Straughter | English @ SUNY Geneseo

Sorry, no members were found.

Recent Blog Posts

Adriana Straughter wrote a new blog post That Black Person: A Self-Reflection in the group American Studies: 6 years, 8 months ago

The course epigraph for ENGL 101 Literature, Medicine, and Racism is “My job is to notice…and to notice that you can notice.” by Dionne Brand. Meaning, during this course, as readers and thinkers, we need to […]
Adriana Straughter wrote a new blog post Right State of Mind in the group American Studies: 6 years, 9 months ago

Earlier in the semester, I wrote a blog post named Having a Cup of Tea, and it talked on how the video called Tea and Consent touched on the issues of consent in the novel Clay’s Ark by Octavia Butler. As I l […]
Adriana Straughter edited the blog post The Trauma of the Black Man in the group American Studies: 6 years, 9 months ago

What is Trauma? Karen Onderko, a Director of Research and Education, explains what trauma means in her article “What is Trauma?”. “Trauma is the response to a deeply distressing or disturbing event that overw […]
Adriana Straughter wrote a new blog post The Traditional Grave in the group American Studies: 6 years, 9 months ago

Continuing more conversation with the article from Huff Post, “Up To 7,000 Bodies Found Buried Beneath University Of Mississippi Medical Center” by Nina Golgowski. Which talks about the discovery of a grave wit […]
Adriana Straughter wrote a new blog post Bones in the group American Studies: 6 years, 9 months ago

When I think about the word bones, I automatically think of the TV Show Bones. In the show, Dr. Temperance Brennan, a forensic anthropologist who works at the Jeffersonian Institution and also writes books, has […]
Adriana Straughter edited the blog post Zone One Has a Meaning in the group American Studies: 6 years, 9 months ago

During my time in ENGL 101 with Dr. Beth McCoy, I have had an eye-opening experience with the reading she has assigned, especially with the novel Zone One by Colson Whitehead. I’ve expressed, even a few c […]
Adriana Straughter wrote a new blog post What is Uninformed Consent? in the group American Studies: 6 years, 9 months ago

Continuing the conversation of consent, I have realized consent has more layers than the simple, informed discussion that leads to a yes or no reply or signature. I am aware that as a society, we struggle with […]
Adriana Straughter wrote a new blog post The Sisterhood in the group American Studies: 6 years, 9 months ago

Recently I was able to encounter the Urban Bush Women Company perform at Geneseo Wadsworth Auditorium. Urban Bush Women company is a dance company that started with the passion of Jawole Willa Jo Zollar. Their […]
Adriana Straughter edited the blog post Making a Cup of Tea in the group American Studies: 6 years, 10 months ago

In a college atmosphere, one of the most critical topics is consent. Making sure men and women are giving verbal, yes, and no when it comes to any circumstances, especially sexual intercourse. One of the tactics […]
Adriana Straughter wrote a new blog post What is (Un)Informed Consent? in the group American Studies: 6 years, 10 months ago

Adriana Straughter, Caitlin Morazzini, John Serbalik, Olivia Herring, Rachel Cohen, Semefa Agbokou

Informed consent is a challenge that the medical field faces every day. According to Harriet Washington, […]

More Blogs