By length
Longer 1,500-word essays — typical for midterm papers and undergraduate analytical assignments.
12 samples
An expository essay documenting a student's interviews with senators and a Treasury official to understand federal budget breakdowns, the 2018 shutdown, and the gap between technical planning and political will.
An argumentative essay examining how social class has replaced race as the primary mechanism of social division in contemporary America, exploring the ways economic status shapes interactions, attitudes, and access to resources.
An expository essay on how governments use monetary and fiscal policy to manage inflation and unemployment in the short run, with analysis of the UK's 2008/09 recession response and the Phillips curve trade-off.
A formal critical appraisal of a peer-reviewed nursing research article on the relationship between physical activity, sleep quality, and mental health in college students. Evaluates the study's design, sampling, measurement, analysis, and clinical implications against standard appraisal criteria.
An expository essay tracing social media's role in US politics from its emergence in the 1990s through the 2008 Obama campaign to the 2016 Trump victory, examining how platforms evolved from information distribution to sophisticated influence tools.
A research synthesis examining patient education interventions for prostate cancer screening among African-American men, who face disproportionate incidence and mortality rates compared to other ethnic groups.
An analytical essay examining Blue Apron's market position through supply and demand conditions, price elasticity, cost structures, and competitive challenges in the meal kit industry.
An object biography examining Emperor Qianlong's 1739 golden wine cup – its design, materials, and function – as a lens into imperial power, cultural practices, and resource control in 18th-century China.
An expository essay on collective bargaining processes, union membership trends during 2009, the Great Depression's impact on labor movements, and workplace policies including profit-sharing and leaves of absence.
An argumentative essay making the case that the NCAA's pre-reform NIL rules systematically extracted commercial value from student-athletes while denying them compensation – and that federal legislation, not voluntary NCAA tinkering, is the only durable fix.
An argumentative essay advising a student named Norm who questions whether to pursue accounting after learning about financial scandals. The writer argues that accountants are not always culpable and provides seven ethical guidelines for maintaining professional integrity.
A comparative essay analyzing political economy and cultural studies as two critical approaches to media analysis – examining their shared neo-Marxist roots, their diverging emphases on structure versus signification, and their combined utility for understanding media power.
