Author Archives: Matthew Kajiwara Hernandez

This essay was my final for English 333 Topic: Multi-Ethnic Literature during the Spring 2021 semester, my last class in the Bachelor of English program, where I was tasked to select one of the assigned readings to complete an original literary analysis and synthesis intended for college-level students. For my essay, I chose to writeContinue reading ““Expression of Self-Love: The Use of Humor in Mat Johnson’s Loving Day””

This paper was originally created for English 379 Travel Writing during the Fall 2020 semester in the Bachelor of English program. For this assignment, we were tasked with creating a narrative that blends together a personal story of travel with historical insight. The only trip I felt was worth reading about was my extended stayContinue reading ““The Kingdom of Hawaii in 2019””

This blog post was created for my short-lived Dungeons and Dragons blog, The Suburban Ranger, during the Summer of 2022, where I wrote about various D&D-related topics, as well as fantasy and science fiction in general. The article addresses a common complaint within D&D’s 5th edition regarding the ranger class, which has faced backlash fromContinue reading ““The Identity of Rangers in D&D 5e; and What Even is a Ranger?””

This article was created for History 580 Nonfiction Writing during the Fall 2021 semester. where each week we worked on creating a nonfiction narrative of our choosing. I decided this was a great opportunity to learn more about my lifelong home in Seattle, so I wrote about one of the city’s most important events, “TheContinue reading ““A Legacy of Progress; Remember the ‘Battle of Seattle’””

This essay was created for English 598 Topic: Environmental Humanities class during the Spring 2023 semester, where we had to write about how a piece of media of our choosing connects to the environmental humanities. I wrote how Nintendo’s video game Pikmin (2001) is a piece of contemporary nature writing as demonstrated through its storyContinue reading ““Nintendo, Gilbert White and Science Fiction; Pikmin as Contemporary Nature Writing””

This essay was the final for English 504 Topic: Posthumanism during the Spring 2022 semester, where we were to construct an argument that extends, further develops, challenges, or invents concepts invested in posthuman scholarship, utilizing one of the classes’ required readings. Considering the topic deals with what comes next for humankind, I decided to writeContinue reading ““What’s on the Posthuman Menu?””

This project was completed for English 507 Methods/Issues in Teaching Composition during the Spring 2022 semester. For the final project, I created a detailed lesson plan for a hypothetical college-level English writing class. The assignment entailed creating a detailed syllabus and lesson plan for an entire month’s work of lessons. This was my first educationContinue reading ““Instructional Unit Final Project””