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Star Trek and College Writing 101: Learning Ethnography via the Star Trek Universe

Lori McNelly • November 14, 2017

The O'Briens' Wedding

One of the things I’ve always loved about Star Trek is the idea of exploring the unknown. Isn’t that what we do in our daily lives? Explore unknown situations, emotions, ideas? Humanity is in a constant state of exploration, it’s…

Is Keiko O’Brien the Worst? A Discourse Analysis

Michelle • February 21, 2017

Keiko smiling in her civilian clothes, from "Data's Day"

Keiko Ishikawa O’Brien has something of a reputation among Trek fans. Ask a random sample of about 100 viewers (which I did), and you’ll probably find that, of those who are avid TNG and DS9 fans, about two-thirds (64% in my…