Written Works
Below are assignments for various classes during my studies at Carnegie Mellon. Scroll to the bottom to view each document and use the drop-down menu to navigate.
Venture Capital Proposal: texTrade
Dec 6, 2010 { 70-340: Business Communications, Fall 2010 }
Business Communications culminated in this written business proposal to a venture capital firm. It was a group effort that continued throughout the semester and involved designing a feasible start-up business. My group developed an online yet on-campus textbook trading service named texTrade that would facilitate the purchase and sale of textbooks between students. This proposal summarizes and then details how texTrade would operate if it were put in play. Personally, I was responsible for the layout and the "Operations" portion of this work.
Google Capstone Analysis
Nov 30, 2010 { 70-311: Organizational Behavior, Fall 2010 }
In this group case analysis, we briefly discuss Google's history and then apply two main course themes, culture and intrinsic motivation, to Google's work environment. This paper concludes with advice to Google's management, in regards to treatment of its employees, on how to sustain its current state of success. I was responsible for the writing under the "Job Characteristics Model" section and a large portion of the revisions.
Wallerstein's World Economic System Theory
Feb 2, 2010 { 79-246: Industrial America, Spring 2010 }
This essay discusses Wallerstein's World Economic System Theory and how colonial America fits into this model. This piece concludes with some prescriptive advice regarding weaknesses of the model in the context of the rapidly changing world.
Tourette's Syndrome
Nov 11, 2009 { 85-102: Introduction to Psychology, Fall 2009 }
This research paper explores Tourette's Syndrome with a case study. It also discusses treatment methods as well as their respective efficacies.
Terrorism: Issue Analysis
October 28, 2009 { 76-101: Interpretation and Argument, Fall 2009 }
The goal of this paper was to form an argument, based on readings done in class, of the cause of terrorism. One side attributes the cause of terrorism to clashes between cultures; the other side argues it is due to other issues such as globalization or foreign policy.