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Summer 2026

Conquering High-Stakes Communication

Fairy Tale Analysis

CourseConquering High-Stakes Communication
CaseFairy Tale Analysis
InstitutionNYU Stern
TermSummer 2026

My team reframed "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" as a credibility system that failed in slow motion rather than a simple parable about lying. I took Peter's perspective, examining how the villagers judged him without dialogue and diagnosed the problem without ever asking why — so that by the time the wolf actually came, his real cry for help went unheard.