My name is Ali Shakeel and currently I am studying Mechanical Engineering at SUNY New Paltz. As I develop and grow the trajectory of my career continuously shifts, along with my interests. As life stands however, I’d like to work in the Engineering workplace for the initial period after my college graduation and then eventually open my own Mechanical Engineering oriented firm. I’d like to expand as further as possible in the Engineering field. Regarding interests/accomplishments, my days consist solely of studying, basketball and gym, I’ve geared my interests towards my future accomplishments. Basketball brings be both cardiovascular well-being and networking, working out, again, provides physical improvements and school related studying guides me towards my eventual career.

Welcome to my eFolio! The contents of this portfolio will directly contextualize and synthesize the wicked question, how objects affect our cultural identities & how they they act as significance agents of influence? I decided to grapple with the intricate affects of the television on family relations following the 2nd World War because the television acted as a uniting agent for countless broken families.

To backtrack, my nostalgic experiences sparked my initial interest with the television. Growing up, a daily gathering in front of the television post-dinner time had become a ritual in my household. I often reminisce memories of my family viewing television series, and upon reflecting the mere object truly did act as an agent of unity and togetherness. My proposal articulates this thought process in detail. Now, I must gather evidence that my experience and thought processes was shared by those broken families post-World War 2. Scholarly insights regarding specific experiences of families solidified my nostalgic yet fascinating agenda. I took specific pieces of evidence from scholars and connected it to my ideas of shifting family narratives post-World War 2, all specifically highlighted in my Annotated Bibliography.