Annotated Bibliography & Artifacts
Past Projects
Threats to the American Grid
Winter 2023 — Research Writing: This paper demonstrates Alec’s concise and deep research writing capabilities. The paper discusses various threats to the American power grid (storms, terrorism, cyberattacks) and possible remedies.
Essays
Living Memory Project
Battle of Seattle — WTO Protests of 1999
Summer 2025 — History of American Journalism: Demonstrates Alec’s in-person interviewing capabilities and ability to structure it into a cohesive paper. A research project into the living memory of the 1999 WTO protests in Seattle, also called The Battle of Seattle
Persecution of Christianity in Japan
Spring 2025 — Topics in the Study of Culture: Alec shows he can cover complex topics in the short essay format. A paper on the development of Christianity in Japan followed by the closing of the country and the persecution of the Christian religion.
Living Memory Project
Battle of Seattle — WTO Protests of 1999
A research project into the living memory of the 1999 WTO protests in Seattle also called The Battle of Seattle
Problems in Mass Transit Procurement
Winter 2026 — Directed Study: Demonstrates Alec’s ability to construct a well-sourced research paper at a high level. An undergrad research paper on Mass Transit Procurement globally, comparing cost saving approaches and the ways that Sound Transit itself and the legislation that created it, set it up for failure.
Photography
Photography by Alec Hageman taken over the last six years. Demonstrates a good understanding of photography and composition.
Challenges and joys of stocking Lake Leota
A low breeze passed through the trees and over the lake's water. Residents, some with their children, turn from their conversations as a white Ford F-250 laden with fish backs down the driveway. An older woman named, Diana, with curly short white hair steps out and introduces herself. Diana then pulls herself up onto the bed of the truck, opens a massive grey plastic tub, dons two camo gloves and starts unloading fish into several five-gallon buckets for the children and their parents to release into the lake.
It’s Saturday, May 11th, 2024, on Lake Leota, an about 5-minute drive east of Woodinville Washington. The lake is being stocked, that is, fish that have been artificially raised in a hatchery are being released in the lake. This is quite a common practice, according to the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, over 500 water bodies are stocked with trout and kokanee every year by the agency.
Spring 2024 — Media and Communications Techniques: Alec demonstrates the ability to go into the field and source new information for a well written news article
Short Stories
Our Past is Our Future
In a city of factories and mercury light, the past is inescapable. Driven by the memory of a smile that turned vicious, Camille cuts a path through the royal guard to reach Queen Isabelle. She was forced to kill for the King before; now, she kills for herself. The blade is drawn, the castle is burning, and the debt of the past is about to be paid in full.
Rust and Past
A poem about the sins of the past and a hard choice ahead.
Short Film
Concepts Without Plot
Spring 2024 — Working with Video: Alec constructed a short film from script and storyboard into a final edited film.