Theses/Dissertations from 2024
Team building through game-based learning in the Technical Communication classroom, Debra J. Crawford
Abductive empiricism: the significance of substance in Andy Weir's Project Hail Mary, Jordan Maloney
Liberty, Post-Colonialism, and RuneQuest: the discourse of Imperialism in tabletop RPGs, Thomas W. Nelson
Theses/Dissertations from 2023
A winter of animal suffering: sacrificial logic, the discourse of animality, and sensory rhetoric in Richard Adam's Watership down, Miina De Lara
Dreamin in Sahuptin: considering David Sohappy, Mikelle Gaines
The acceptance of womanhood: gender performance and self-actualization in L.M. Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables, Anne of Avonlea, and Anne of the island, Lauren M. Hinshaw
Queer historicism as literary theory: an exploration of three texts, Theodore D. Kenning
Performative history: parody and rock 'n' roll in David Bowie's The rise and fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, William R. McPhee
Extranormal sorcery in Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon, HarleyQuinn Wahl
Theses/Dissertations from 2022
Realism as weaponry: challenging Victorian ideals of femininity in Mary Elizabeth Braddon's Lady Audley's secret and Wilkie Collins' Armadale, Taylor Aalgaard
Navigating the labyrinth of House of leaves through a postmodern archetypal literary theory, Samuel K. Hval
The value hierarchies of J.R.R. Tolkien and his legacy: a reimagining of fantasy fiction and the propagation of colonial racism, Alexander Richburg
Theses/Dissertations from 2021
"Trying hard to keep her from feeling outdoors": race, ability, and eugenics in early Morrison, Grace Caraway
Teaching fantasy fiction in K-12 classrooms: purpose, texts, and unit plans, Rachel Lynne Carroll
Animistic poetics: William Carlos Williams' Paterson and Animistic ecology, Kurtis Ebeling
"It's odd, isn't it?": irony, breakdown, and self-healing in Doris Lessing's The golden notebook, Rachel M. Goodner
"To find healing in my wounds": the transformation of memory and trauma into art in J.R.R. Tolkien's The lord of the rings, Graysen S. Russell
Creating usable and accessible courses through usability testing in higher education: a Canvas usability assessment for diverse students, Carrie Schreiner
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
Teaching in hagwons in South Korea: a novice English teacher’s autoethnography, Brittany Courser
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
Mapping the Intertextual Parataxis “Cover Her Face”: Feminist Geography and the Reclaiming of Masterless Women, Cheryl L. Beedle
“A dark archway of rusticated stone”: depictions of moral obligation in Greene’s The Human Factor and Waugh’s Brideshead Revisited, Thomas J. Carter
“Racism doesn’t exist anymore, so why are we talking about this?”: An action research proposal of culturally responsive teaching for critical literacy in democratic education, Natalie Marie Giles
"Could I annoy you for a drink?" : Social management and alcoholism in Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby and Tender is the night, Lucy Anderson Granroth
Stylistic imitation as an English-teaching technique : pre-service teachers’ responses to training and practice, Min Yi Liang
Considerations for selecting an edition of Daisy Miller, Katie J. Peterson
Sororal bonds actualized: sisterhood in Charlotte Bronte's Shirley and Louisa May Alcott's Work, Lorin Richard
Higher-order thinking in synchronous online discussion, Kathy L. Rowley
Telling stories and contextualizing lived experiences in the Cuban heritage language and culture: an autoethnography about transculturation, Tatiana Senechal
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
Multimodal Approaches to Literacy and Teaching English as a Foreign Language at the University Level, Ghader Alahmadi
The value of journaling on multimodal materials: a literacy narrative and autoethnography of an experienced Saudi high school English teacher, Ibrahim Alamri
“If you wanted me to speak your language then you should have stayed in your country”: a critical ethnography of linguistic identity and resiliency in the life of an Afghan refugee, Logan M. Amstadter
Comparing literate and oral cultures with a view to improving understanding of students from oral traditions: an autoethnographic approach, Carol Lee Anderson
Practical recommendations for composition instructors based on a review of the literature surrounding ESL and identity, Patrick Cornwall
One size does not fit all: exploring online-language-learning challenges and benefits for advanced English Language Learners, Renee Kenney
Understanding the potential effects of trauma on refugees’ language learning processes, Charis E. Ketcham
Let's enjoy teaching life: an autoethnography of a novice ESL teacher's two years of teaching English in a private girls' secondary school in Japan, Danielle Nozaka
Developing an ESP curriculum on tourism and agribusiness for a rural school in Nicaragua: a retrospective diary, Stan Pichinevskiy
User experiences of Spanish-speaking Latinos: usabiltiy of the Frontier Behavioral Institute website, Raquel Ramos
Proposed: Technical Communicators Collaborating with Educators to Develop a Better EFL Curriculum for Ecuadorian Universities, Daniel Jack Williamson
Capital games: the Bourdieuxian movements of Heathcliff and Nelly Dean in Neo-Victorian revisitations of Wuthering Heights, Ryan S. Wise
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
WHEN SPIRITUALITY AND PEDAGOGY COLLIDE: ACKNOWLEDGING RELIGIOUS BELIEFS AND VALUES IN THE ESL CLASSROOM, Carli T. Cumpston
HERITAGE LANGUAGE MAINTENANCE: A MEXICAN AMERICAN MOTHER’S SUCCESS WITH RAISING BILINGUAL CHILDREN, Maria E. Estrada-Loehne
TEACHING THE BIOGRAPHY OF PEARL S. BUCK: DEVELOPING COLLABORATIVE READING STRATEGIES FOR MULTILINGUAL WRITERS, Nichole S. La Torre
An Autoethnography of a Novice ESL Teacher: Plato’s Cave and English Language Teaching in Japan, Kevin Lemberger
INQUIRY-BASED PHILOSOPHICAL DIALOGUE FOR ESL COLLEGE COMPOSITION AND FOR CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS, Aiko Nagabuchi
A TRIPLE CASE STUDY OF TWO SAUDI AND ONE ITALIAN LANGUAGE LEARNERS' SELF-PERCEPTIONS OF TARGET LANGUAGE (TL) SPEAKING PROFICIENCY, Jena M. Robinson
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
"I am from Epifania and Tomas": an autoethnography and bi-literacy narrative of a Mexican American orchard workers' daughter, Brenda Lorena Aguilar
Technology use in young English language learners: a survey of Saudi parents studying in the United States, Hamza Aljunaidalsayed
Bilingualism of Arab children in the U.S.: a survey of parents and teachers, Omnia Alofii
"If you're not talkin' mess, then you should be ok": collegiate student-athletes' strategies and practices on social networking sites, Marc C. Anderson
College-level ELLs in two English composition courses: the transition from ESL to the mainstream, Andrew J. Copley
Increasing multimedia literacy in composition for multilingual writers: a case study of art analysis, Sony Nicole De Paula
Reviewing critical pedagogy's criticisms and providing a pragmatic heuristic, Dominick S. Giguere
Be loved from the other side: Amy Denver's influence in Toni Morrison's Beloved, Aubra D. Godwin
Multilingual writers' unintentional plagiarism: action research in college composition, Jacqueline D. Gullon
Games for vocabulary enrichment: teaching multilingual writers at the college level, Jennifer Hawkins
Exploring methodologies in feminist rhetoric and education: using Kirsch and Royster's terms of engagement in the college classroom, Elizabeth M. Matresse
The warrior kings and their giants: a comparative study of Beowulf and King David, Fred McFarland
Critical reflection and the savior role in service learning, Bradley W. Plummer
Saltine box full of dreams: one Mexican immigrant woman's journey to academic success, Adriana C. Sanchez
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
An integrative approach to English composition, ESL, English for specific/special purposes (ESP), and technical communication, Brandy R. Bippes
Teaching the biography of Laura Ingalls Wilder: fostering a media literacy approach for multilingual writers, Kelly G. Hansen
Implementing a modified intercultural competency curriculum in an integrated English 101 classroom, Kathryn C. Hedberg
"Don't wake me, my desk is far too comfortable": an autoethnography of a novice ESL teacher's first year of teaching in Japan, Delaney Holland
ESL ABE, VESL, and bell hooks' Democratic education: a case study of four experienced ESL instructors, Michael E. Johnson
Hunter S. Thompson and gonzo journalism as literature, Michael P. Kiernan
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Beyond Fascism: W.B. Yeats’s A Vision and the Complexities of His Authoritarian Politics, Justin Abel
Using Media to Teach Grammar in Context and UNESCO Values: A Case Study of Two English Teachers and Students from Saudi Arabia, Sultan Albalawi
A Double Case Study of Latino College Presidents: What Younger Generations Can Learn From Them, Sara Aymerich Leiva
ENTROPY, EVOLUTION, AND INFORMATION THEORY: SOCIAL ANXIETIES IN THE TIME MACHINE AND THE CRYING OF LOT 49, Sara Jo Barrett
WRITTEN CORRECTIVE FEEDBACK IN THE L2 WRITING CLASSROOM, Daniel Ducken
Clothing in An American tragedy: a "True picture of life", Rachel L. Flynn
Academic Reading and Writing at the College Level: Action Research in a Classroom of a homogeneous Group of Male Students from Saudi Arabia, Margaret Mount
Reflections on Teaching and Host Mothering Chinese Secondary Students: A Novice ESL Teacher’s Diary Study and Autoethnography, Diane Thames
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Peer editing in composition for multilingual writers at the college level, Benjamin J. Bertrand
Educating Ana: a retrospective diary study of pre-literate refugee students, Renee Black
Coming home: storytelling, place, and identity in N. Scott Momaday's House made of down and Leslie Marmon Silko's Ceremony, Azalyn Croft
The loathly lady from archaic to modern tales, Kirsten M. Dresker
Social pressure to speak English and the effect of English language learning for ESL composition students in higher education, Trevor Duston
The ABC's of font: effects of changing default fonts, Amanda P. Erickson
"The worry that you are yourself": Darl's unforgivable neurodiversity in As I lay dying, Neal Hallgarth
The Ogbanje in Little Bee by Chris Cleave, Courtney A. Harler
Othello as an enigma to himself: a Jungian approach to character analysis, Eric Iliff
Once upon a time: fairytales past and present, Jordan L. Keithley
Poetry in translation to teach ESL composition at the college level, Peter M. Lacey
Using media to teach a biography of Lincoln and Douglass: a case study of teaching ESL listening & viewing in college composition, Pui Hong Leung
The rhetoric of hyperreal hybrids: taming the multiracial woman in advertising, Karhonkwison Logan
"Rosa alchemica," "The tables of the law," and "Adoration of the magi," edited and with an introduction, Brady J. Peneton
Developing a pedagogy of pluralistic linguistic expression in the first year composition classroom, April Dawn Ridgeway
Learning how to learn: teaching preliterate and nonliterate learners of English, Jennifer L. Semb
Non-cognitive factors in second language acquisition and language variety: a single case study of a Saudi male English for academic purposes student in the United States, Nicholas Stephens
