Catherine McCormick | English @ SUNY Geneseo

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Catherine McCormick wrote a new blog post The Importance of Perspective Taking in Literature in the group American Studies: 8 years, 9 months ago

In our smaller group discussions last class, Sami brought up this really interesting phenomenon where individuals are more likely to be empathetic and sympathetic in their everyday life if they are avid readers. […]
Catherine McCormick wrote a new blog post Who’s to blame in the group American Studies: 8 years, 10 months ago

In response to Sabrina’s most recent post about the question of who is to blame in the Octavia Butler works we examined this semester. I want to agree with Sabrina and add on that this has been something I have […]
Catherine McCormick wrote a new blog post Freud’s Ego and Id in Dawn in the group American Studies: 8 years, 10 months ago

Freud states that there is an ego and an id in each person. The ego is what a person believes they are, what decisions they make, and basically our sense of autonomy. The id is our subconscious desires, desires, […]
Catherine McCormick wrote a new blog post The ‘Love’ Hormone in the group American Studies: 8 years, 11 months ago

The question Stephen asked Rone in Clays Ark was “What is the Chemical composition of Love?” I did some research on Oxytocin, otherwise known as the “love” hormone. Oxytocin acts as a neurotransmitter in the bra […]
Catherine McCormick wrote a new blog post Beauty is in the “eye”of the beholder. in the group American Studies: 8 years, 12 months ago

In last Fridays class we analyzed the appearances of the word “eye” in Romeo and Juliet or its equivalent. I want to agree with Sandy’s analysis about how everyone in the novel is more concerned with how other […]
Catherine McCormick wrote a new post on the site Digital Humanities at Geneseo 11 years, 5 months ago

How the Internet might be helping (or hurting) the Theater Business

For many people the experience of going to a theatre production is a commonality. Most of us have bought a ticket (maybe complained about the […]
Catherine McCormick wrote a new post on the site Digital Humanities at Geneseo 11 years, 6 months ago

Just this year I joined the social media rat race. Before, I was an “every once in a while” Facebook user. But my life changed considerably with graduation from high school and my purchase into the smart phone […]

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