Christian E. Tabet
Scholar
My goal as an academic scholar is to write critically, concisely, and credibly. The work displayed below demonstrates my critical research skills, my ability to synthesize outside arguments, and my capacity to articulately join in larger academic conversations. This room serves as a testament to my being committed to a higher caliber of written work and research.
By the end of Fall 2020, my honors undergraduate thesis will be the largest research project I have completed to date. This thesis argues the necessity for a critical examination—using a comparative framework—of service-learning practices and programs. It compares the efficacy of personal, localized experiential learning examples with what the existing research asserts a successful service-learning component is actually structured. This thesis is a culmination of my service interests, my critical research and writing skills, and my ability to craft a larger stake in the conversation about meaningful civic engagement.
Honors Undergraduate Thesis
This research proposal was completed during my first semester as an undergraduate student at UCF, and was later accepted in the 2019 Knights Write Showcase as a research poster presentation. This proposal provides an analysis of existing gender content of the old Looney Tunes cartoon, and the inherent speech levels within them. By rhetorically analyzing these speech levels, we can better understand how they influence behaviors and beliefs on the topics presented during the show's runtime. This proposal demonstrates my abilities as a scholar engaged in the practical, real-world implications of seemingly innocuous things—the work of the rhetorician.
Research Proposal / Report
This piece was a major assignment, divided into two parts, designed as an investigate exploration of everyday literacy practices in the world around us. This work examines the deliberate literacy practices of a local business, and how these themes play into the larger construct of a “figured world.” It considers the way literacy practices emerge and affect our behaviors and interactions in shared spaces, beyond simple reading and writing. This piece really demonstrates the flexibility I have as a researcher to start with one idea, and adapt based on the responsiveness of the data to create a finished piece that represents a fresh perspective.