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Courtney McColgan HIS399: Top Revolutionary Medicine 5/9/2023 Dr. DeCoster Final Reflection Coming into this course, I was unsure what to expect for the semester as the topic at first glance seemed expansive. However, going through the course material and consuming each book over the last several months brought about a whole new perspective on medicine Read More …

Introduction to Podcast: Hi, my name is Courtney McColgan and today I’m going to be chatting with my mom Susan McColgan about the topic of empathy. It’s going to be a pretty broad discussion about the topic and we’ll be touching on the paper that I’ve written as well, regarding the topic of Empathy and Read More …

What strikes me about these two pieces is their approach to empathy, with Chen’s focusing on the perspective of a brainwashed church member coming to the realization of the faults that were involved with the church through emphasizing. While Jamison’s focused on the route of empathy and believing or rather listening to the stories of Read More …

Based on the headnote from the editor in emerging in which they write, “Jamison questions our ability to feel empathy for others when we aren’t sure whether or not the source of their suffering is real” (Barrios 222). I think it should matter whether you’re able to affirm if the source of their suffering is real Read More …

Intro to Interview: Hi, my name is Courtney McColgan, today I’m going to be doing a group conversation with my classmates Paige, Jackson, and Maddy. I chose these interviewees because we share unique perspectives in how we view topics that allow for good conversations We’re going to be discussing the topics of covering and inclusion, Read More …

After reading the articles that have been assigned so far, I have come to the conclusion that I would like to write my paper about the word Covering. My reasoning is that in relation to all the words that were listed I feel a deeper connection to this one more than others. As somebody that Read More …

From the readings we were to pick from for this week, I chose two articles, both falling under the basis of covering and the pressure to cover. They were entitled, “Teacher Who Was Suspended After She Showed Photo of Her Wife Reaches $100,000 Settlement” by Michael Levenson and “Post-#MeToo, Ernst & Young Grapples With Diverging Read More …

Lalami’s writing about assimilation encompasses the many different perspectives that we assign to the word. She begins her paper by bringing up a memory she had on a plane, in which the passenger she was speaking to believed that the Koreans that lived in his city should assimilate. This then steps into the word assimilation Read More …