Now Accepting Submissions for Tracks 5
Tracks is a student-edited research journal housed in the English, Philosophy, and Modern Language department at West Texas A&M University. Submission is open to all outstanding undergraduate research in the humanities at WTAMU, including literature, the arts, history, social studies, communication and cultural studies.
Submission guidelines:
- Essays should be roughly 8-14 pages, multimedia projects and longer papers up to 20 pages will also be considered.
- Please include your full name, major, and WT ID number.
- Citations can be in any appropriate scholarly method (Chicago, APA, MLA, etc.)
- Send questions and submissions to rweir@wtamu.edu
- Deadline to submit is September 8.

The fourth edition of Tracks highlights essays on feminism, popular culture, and Milton and was edited by the Fall 2022 Advanced Editing and Publishing class: Shelby Davis, Rachael Draper, Stephanie Espinoza, Carly Evetts, Samuel Lay, Niang Lun, Alice McDonald-Pate, Makenzie Merritt, and Brinn Reeves.
Printable Version of Tracks IV
Tracks IV Contents |
Makenzie Merritt |
2 |
Front Matter | 4 |
Jennifer Francis |
8 |
A Supposition of Snark: Elizabeth Hands’s Crafted Defiance Madi Nation |
12 |
Revealing the Gendered Experience: The Complexity of Care Work Courtney Umphress |
28 |
Joshua Knorxel |
42 |
The Sorrows of Unrequited Love: A Comparative Study of Tom Denise Velarde |
46 |
From Audrey Hepburn to Nicolas Cage; How Language and Dialect Maegan Story |
60 |
The Fall of Satan (1866), Engraving for Paradise Lost. Doré, Gustave (1832-1883), |
70 |
“Lycidas”: Milton’s Growth in Critique Erin Lewis |
74 |
“The Flowing Gold of Her Loose Tresses Hid”: Titillating Exegesis in Jonah Dietz |
92 |
© Tracks: Research in the Humanities
Department of English, Philosophy and Modern Languages
West Texas A&M University