Volume XV (2025)

Introduction:

Note from the Editor-in-Chief:

It is such an honor to welcome to our readers to our 2025 volume of The Kennesaw Tower! This
particular volume offers a plethora of topics, and in a variety of languages, to our esteemed
readers. 

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El mundo al revés:la casa de Celestina como heterotopía

Frederick Bishop, Samford University 

Frederick Bishop earned his B.A. in Spanish from Samford University in 2025. He currently serves as a Second Lieutenant in the United States Air Force, where he is undergoing pilot training. His academic interests center on the intersections of literature, political science, economics, history, and philosophy.

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La hantise et le métissage dans Amour de Marie Vieux-Chauvet

Tai Caputo, Yale University

Tai Caputo is a first-year undergraduate at Yale University. While enrolled at Iowa City High School, she studied French for three years at the University of Iowa, completing three courses with Professor Anny-Dominique Curtius. At Yale, she is enrolled in the Directed Studies Program, a six-course interdisciplinary introduction to the foundations of Western thought. 

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El feminismo, los místicos, y la crítica política: radicalidad en El divino Narciso:

Jacob Feldman, Southern Virginia University

Jacob Feldman is a senior at Southern Virginia University, where he will receive a Bachelor’s degree in Spanish in May 2026, along with a minor in Philosophy and a concentration in Education. He is co-President of the university’s chapter of the Spanish Honor Society and is a member of the National Honor Society. Jacob works as a Spanish and Writing tutor on campus. His academic interests include second-language acquisition, Spanish-American literature, and comparative studies of the Romance languages. In addition to Spanish, he also speaks intermediate-level Portuguese.

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Entwicklung interkultureller Kompetenz in einem kurzfristigen Intensiv-Englischprogramm: Eine Mixed-Methods-Studie

Gvantsa Kiknavelidze, Kennesaw State University 

Gvantsa Kiknavelidze is an undergraduate student at Kennesaw State University double majoring in International Relations and Modern Languages and Cultures, with German and Political Science minor. Her research interests include intercultural competence, democratic governance, transnational cooperation, and comparative legal and political systems.

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Die Geschichte von Dr. Gerhard Dirks: Die Beziehung zum Bereich der biographischen Studien und sein Einfluss auf die technologische Entwicklung

Marshall McNair, Kennesaw State University

Marshall McNair is a historian and researcher completing his Bachelor of Arts in History, with a minor in German Studies, at Kennesaw State University. His academic work centers on transnational history, memory studies, and the interpretation of twentieth-century conflicts. As a former member of the OWLS-CARE Research Lab, a former intern at the KSU Museum of History and Holocaust Education, and a presenter at the SoTL Summit Conference and the Fall Symposium of Student Scholars, Marshall McNair continues to produce projects at the intersection of scholarly discourse, public history, and global understanding.

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台湾及美国生物多样性政策

Addie Rossinow, St. Olaf College

Addie Rossinow is a recent graduate of St. Olaf College, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Biology, Chinese, and Norwegian. Her academic interests lie at the intersection of international relations and environmental issues, with a particular focus on how global engagement, language learning, and biological sciences can inform responses to climate and conservation challenges. At St. Olaf, she studied abroad in Taiwan for a semester, strengthening her Chinese language proficiency and deepening her interest in cross-cultural environmental work. She will continue this engagement by volunteering for two months at a wildlife rehabilitation center in southeast Taiwan, where she hopes to further develop her skills in wildlife care and conservation while living in a Chinese-speaking country.  

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Mutterschaft als Waffe einsetzen, um den Faschismus zu fördern: Die NSDAP und die AfD in Deutschland

Liz Tillman, Kennesaw State University

Liz Tillman is currently a senior at Kennesaw State University. Her major is Modern Language and Culture, with her primary language being German. She is also a Spanish minor and is studying Chinese and Korean at KSU. In her free time Liz likes to read, listen to music, and play on her Nintendo Switch.

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