# @reedadmission on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CsJ43D1Pw3A
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/33609063-reedadmission-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2023-05-12T19:16:50.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Reed College Office of Admission (@reedadmission) — https://gondola.cc/reedadmission

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Seniors graduate on Monday, which means it’s the perfect time for another Senior Spotlight!

Caitlin (she/they) is an English major with a creative writing focus from Thousand Oaks, California. Her thesis is a short story collection that reflects on the emotional growing pains of young adulthood and how the constant formation and revision of identity influences interpersonal relationships. Readers can expect double crosses, torments, a would-be Lothario, bees, and so much more. Caitlin also wrote a critical afterword to accompany her prose, in which she details her undying love of the coming-of-age literary genre and the inspiration she takes from realistic fiction mavens like Alice Munro. 

Caitlin’s thesis adviser is Professor of Creative Writing Pete Rock, whose creative perspective has been instrumental in her development as a reader and writer. She is especially grateful for his class on short prose forms, which revolutionized the way she thinks about narrative conventions and what makes a story. 

Caitlin has worked a variety of on-campus jobs during her time at Reed, from serving as a Housing Adviser for first-year students to fostering community among literature majors as one of two student interns for the English department. Caitlin also works as a tour guide and intern in the Office of Admission and can often be found scouting out the office dogs for cuddles and queuing up One Direction on the office's sound system.

Caitlin is grateful for the academic and social opportunities that she has found at Reed over the past four years. She feels Reed’s unique, accepting student body has given her the platform to be her most authentic self and pursue the interests that allow her to live the life of the mind. 

#reedcollege #lovereed

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## Credits

| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Reed College Office of Admission | @reedadmission | https://gondola.cc/reedadmission | University |
| moshea.mo | @moshea.mo | https://gondola.cc/moshea.mo | Photographer |
| moshea.mo | @moshea.mo | https://gondola.cc/moshea.mo | Creative |

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