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HELLO♡*゚✿


I’m currently working full-time for the University of Pittsburgh during a semi-unplugged year in the country. Do reach out if you’re looking for a creative or technical writer, illustrator, editor, or writing partner (songs, poems, stories, etc.).

- M. G. McDonald

Writing ✑
Illustration ✎
Communication ✌︎
Coordination ☞




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Visual Art


I spend a good deal of my time making art under a pseudonym; if you seek “fine” art, my second website is the place for you.

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Talking Toad


Toad Talk is my newsletter and personal creative outlet for comix and creative writing. 

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Bringing Pitt to the World


As a communicator for Pitt’s University Center for International Studies, I help bring Pitt to the world (and the world to Pitt).

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Coordinating a Collaborative


My first job out of school was billed as “Program Coordinator”. I quickly found out that stood for “six different jobs mashed into one” and learned on my feet how to do all six over three years with the WVPEC.

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February 2021

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Mt. Tabor: A Community History


The Mt. Tabor Baptist Church was established in 1788 and was among the earliest churches founded in Monongalia County, Virginia. In this article, I drew on primary sources and public records to delve into the church’s role in the Mon County community at large.

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April 2019




Witchy Woman: Duessa as a Feminist Force in The Faerie Queene


Ooo ooo, witchy woman, see how she subverts rigid gender norms! I wrote this paper as the capstone for my B.A. and had a great time digging into Elizabethan poetry, conduct books, and crones.

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August 2017




Pride and Prejudice & Fanfiction.net


“I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book!” And indeed, audiences have not tired of Jane Austen’s writing. I explored several adaptations hosted on Fanfiction.net in this article written for an Austen course.

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May 2017