Volume 3 (2025)
Welcome to the Third Edition of The Agora!
The Agora, an NMSU Journal of Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity, presents its third edition. This edition is part of an annual publication powered by NMSU students.
Introduction
Note from the Editor
Jessica Barrio
Full Length Articles
Hieronymus Bosch’s Purgatory in In Bruges
Yalet Yanar
Defined Places, Contested Memories: An Analysis of Historical Memory in La Ascensión, Chihuahua, Mexico
Joel Gonzalez Parra
The Overmedicalization of the Female Orgasm and the Orgasm Gap
Mackenzie Dybvik
Nature’s Menu: The Science Behind the Raw Dog Food Movement and How to Safely Add Raw Meat to Your Dog’s Diet
Finn Bush, Kate Padilla, and Grace Mynatt
Music Therapy's Application on Developmental Milestones Throughout Childhood and Adolescence
Paige Whisler and Sarah Daughtrey
Review
Faculty Creative Work Review Collusions
Mackenzie Dybvik and Chantay Herrera
Creative Piece
The Imperfect Soul
Jasmine Vaughn
Student Editors
- Editor-in-Chief
- Jessica Barrio
- Editorial Board
- Alexandra Dimauro
- Chantay Herrera
- Esai Cisneros
- Mackenzie Dybvik
- Emiliano Iniguez Salgado
- Mason Kokovayr
Faculty Advisor
Peer Reviewers
- Faculty
- Cynthia Fabrizio Pelak, Ph.D
- Jordan Lavender-Smith, Ph.D
- Elizabeth England-Kennedy, Ph.D
- Laura Hooton, Ph.D
- Merranda Marin, Ph.D
- Bree Lamb, MFA
- Rodrigo Figueroa Obregon, Ph.D
- Lori Keleher, Ph.D
- Shannon Parish, Ph.D
- Graduate Students
- Taylor Andrews, Ph.D candidate