Undergraduate Research & Scholarships

Daphne Maskrey L&S Arts & Humanities

Inhibiting Progress: A Critical Analysis of Title IX

This research project conducts rhetorical analysis of Title IX policy to investigate its limits in the pursuit of nondiscrimination. I ask: How does the language of Title IX contribute to the discourse surrounding sex-based discrimination, and what rhetorical limitations obfuscate Title IX’s declared pursuit of nondiscrimination? Based on my firsthand experience with Title IX, I hypothesize that Title IX enacts a discursive feedback loop wherein the language around sexual harassment and sex-based discrimination self-limits in the pursuit of nondiscrimination. My project hopes to point out the limitations of Title IX policy and articulate an alternative to this policy’s discriminatory effects.

Message To Sponsor

I am deeply grateful for this wonderful opportunity. This grant gave me the chance to engage in self discipline and explore new research techniques that I never had the time to try. I feel that I took a massive step toward my final product. I hope that in the coming months I can produce a piece that my mentors and the donors can be proud of.