Recent Theses

English and Journalism

The program has awarded the MA in English for the following theses:

Michael Baumann, "Consuming the Composition Classroom:A Consumer Imageword Praxis—From Is to As If Logics." Neil Baird, director.
Dan Harris, "The Morality of Violence and Philosophy of Living in the Literature of Cormac McCarthy." Charles McLeod, director.
Andrew Hoogheem, "Mapping the Beyond: A Postsecular Reading of Walker Percy's The Second Coming and Lost in the Cosmos." Everett Hammner, director.
Katherine Kelly, "A Critical Examination of Rubrics as an Assessment Tool for Writing Assignments." Peggy Otto, director.
Travis Moran, "Secret, Sacrifice, and Secularism: A Derridean Look at Flannery O’Connor's The Violent Bear It Away." Everett Hammner, director.
Sara Naslund, "Chivalry Undead? Feminism and Contemporary Vampire Fiction." Christopher Morrow, director.
Katherine Schutte, "Blogging as a Method for Situating Students within Academic Communities." Bradley Dilger, director.
Luke Thompson, "Extraordinary Heroes, Ordinary Whiteness: Re-Centered Normative Whiteness Among Marvel and DC Comics Superheroes." Christopher Morrow, director.
Charity Weiss, "Team Edward, Team Jacob, and Team Elbow: Young Adult Literature in a Process-Expressivist Course." Neil Baird, director.
Tracey Winbigler: "Skyscapes in Cather and Pioneer Journals: Faith on a Modernist Frontier." Tim Helwig, director.

Emily Brackman. "Food in the American Experience." Amy Patrick, director; Bradley Dilger and Chris Morrow, readers.
Anne L. Schnarr. "Forms of Terror: Words, Images, and Terrorism in the Novels of Kathy Acker and Don Delillo." David Banash, director; Shazia Rahman and Merrill Cole, readers.