Emma Shinker Writing Portfolio

Emma Shinker Writing Portfolio

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About me

Ohio Magazine

The Wooster Voice

Research

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About Me

Hello!

I am a writer based in Columbus, Ohio. With a B.A. in English and history from The College of Wooster, and a background in both newspaper and magazine journalism, I have experience adapting my work to a variety of styles and audiences. When I'm not working, I'm probably reading, crocheting or playing my violin. I look forward to working together!

Writing

Copy editing

Fact-checking/ research

Contributing Writer Fact-checker

Ohio Magazine

26 Ways to Explore Columbus This Spring and Summer

March/April 2025

22 Ways to Celebrate the Holiday Season in Columbus

Nov./Dec. 2024

4 Reasons to Visit Grove City This Fall

Sept./Oct. 2024

8 Free Things to Do in Columbus this Summer

June 2024

4 Reasons to Explore Columbus This Season

March/April 2024

Upcoming:

9 Ways to Enjoy Butler County This Spring, May 2025

The Wooster Voice

Features Editor Writer Chief Copy Editor

Partnership with OneEighty teaches boundary setting

Jan. 26, 2024

"M&M" project sweetens life on campus

Oct. 6, 2022

Hot takes: student opinions of the new Lowry Student Center

Sept. 9, 2022

New club fosters community for students with disabilities

April 11, 2022

The endurance of art: "Painting Biathlon"

March 4, 2022

"Art Heals": Ebert Art Center's new exhibit

Feb. 11, 2022

This paper traces the nineteenth-century movement for women's clothing reform from its formation and subsequent abandonment by early feminists, to its time as a cornerstone of health-reform sects, to its eventual mainstream acceptance by those with motivations opposite the movement's first champions.

Research

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"Shades of Pemberley": Transformation through Adaptations of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice

My interdisciplinary thesis explores the potential of four twenty-first century rewritings of Pride and Prejudice to engage with the history of the novel and make it more accessible to students, with a specific focus on social critique and marginalized characters. The three chapters discuss Austen and her beloved novel's relationship to adaptation, gender and class, and decolonial theory.

Fashioning Change: The Deradicalization of Women's Dress Reform Movements in the United States 1850-1900

New Lakes and New Perspectives: Young Narrators and Climate Change in Sonya Larson's "At the Bottom of New Lake"

Through the lens of a dystopian short story, this paper demonstrates how the author uses a young adult narrator to question what defines a disaster, critique adult responses to climate change, and ultimately move beyond the limits of standard realist fiction in order to focus on the possibilities of the future.