Research Topics and Themes - WR115 - Readings for Frankenstein - LibraryGuides at Chemeketa Community College

Assignment

This page includes links to online sources related to topics and themes from the book Frankenstein by Mary Shelley.

Some of these sources will require you to log in with your Chemeketa username and password.

Articles from the New York Times may require you to create an account to read the article. Chemeketa students can create a free New York Times account. See New York Times - How to Create a Free Account for instructions.

Arranged Marriages

Artificial Intelligence

"Race to AI [origins of artificial intelligence]." The Guardian, 2023.
"The Modern Prometheus: How Al is Pushing the Limits of Human Knowledge." Computers in Libraries, 2023.
Adaptive Experiments: Machine Learning can Help Scientific Discovery. Research Outreach, 2023.

Beauty & Size Standards and Biases

College Transitions and “Onboarding”

DNA

Domestic Workers - Housekeepers

Falsely Accused “Criminals”

Fields Lacking Equal Employment Opportunities for Women

Isolation, Alienation & Social Rejection

Life-Prolonging Measures / Life-Sustaining Treatments

Mapping the Human Genome

Medical Ethics

"Medical Ethics." Ethics, Science, Technology, and Engineering: A Global Resource, 2015.
"Doctors Need a Better Way to Treat Patients Without Their Consent." New York Times, 2024.
"Exposing how Scientists used Prisoners." The Chronicle of Higher Education, 1998
American Medical Association - Code of Medical Ethics
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Nature Therapy (forest bathing , grounding, etc.)

Ocean Exploration

Polar Expedition The Republican Compiler Dec 23, 1818
Chapter 1 of The Arctic Regions and the Northern Whale Fishery by Captain Scoresby, 1799
Ship Brings Rocky Clues to Life’s Origins Up From Ocean’s ‘Lost City’. New York Times, 2024.
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"Why We Should Still Go Deep," Outside, 2024

Organ Transplantation

"Organs from Genetically Engineered Pigs may Help Shorten the Transplant Wait List." The Conversation : Science + Technology, 2022.
"Surgeons Transplant Pig Kidney Into a Patient, a Medical Milestone." New York Times, 2024.
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"Frenchman Is First in World to Get 2 Full Face Transplants." New York Times, 2018,
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WR115 - Readings for Frankenstein: Research Topics and Themes