English Honors Theses
Here you will find a list of recent English Honors Thesis projects, organized by concentration.
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- African American Literature
- Applied Linguistics
- Creative Writing
- Literature
- Professional Writing
- Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
African American Literature
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Author: Kayla Marie Copeland Committee: Ladrica Menson-Furr & Donal Harris |
Title: 鈥淭he Evolution of Media Representations from the Civil Rights Movement to the Black Lives Matter Movement鈥� (Spring 2019) |
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Author: Kevyanna Lavette Rawls Committee: Shelby Crosby & Will Duffy |
Title: 鈥淏lack Women, Social Activism, and Sexual Assault: An Exploration of Civil Rights Activism & the Black Woman鈥檚 Body鈥� (Spring 2019) |
Applied Linguistics
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Author: Hannah D. Green Committee: Tammy Jones & Ana G. Gal |
Title: 鈥淭he Myth of the Monolingual English Teacher: How Knowing a Second Language Influences
English Language Teaching鈥� (Spring 2020) |
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Author: Anna Maria Kirby Committee: Sage Graham & Lyn Wright |
Title: 鈥淐reating Identity Through Dialect in Fantasy Media: The Absence, Presence and Use of Stereotypes in Characters鈥� (Spring 2020) |
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Author: Lauren James Committee: Rebecca Adams & Shelby Crosby |
Title: 鈥淭he Sound of 糖心Vlog传媒: The 糖心Vlog传媒 Dialect and How It is Portrayed in Different Forms of Media鈥� (Spring 2019) |
Creative Writing
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Author: Bethany Rose Soto Datuin Committee: Marcus Wicker & Donal Harris |
Title: 鈥淕reen Mango: A Collection of Poetry鈥� (Spring 2023) |
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Author: Crystal M. Nouwen Committee: Mark Mayer & Carey Mickalites |
Title: 鈥淭he Snake that Devoured Gullitsur Bay: A Novel in Progress鈥� (Spring 2023) |
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Author: Necia Andrea Cuesta Committee: Eric Schlich & Carey Mickalites |
Title: 鈥沦辞苍诲别谤鈥� (Fall 2022) |
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Author: Zachary Norman Crawford Committee: Mark Mayer & Cristina Maria Cervone |
Title: 鈥淗eirlooms: A Novel in Progress鈥� (Fall 2022) |
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Author: Olivia Lucia Roman Committee: Eric Schlich & Carey Mickalites |
Title: 鈥淎merica to AllMerica: The Slow Fall鈥� (Spring 2022) Honors Thesis Contest Winner |
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Author: Randi Leigh Terry Committee: Eric Schlich, Tammy Jones, & Shelby Crosby |
Title: 鈥淎ll the Colors of The Forest: A Creative Exploration of Romantic, Platonic, and Familial Love Through the Lens of Fantasy鈥� (Spring 2022) |
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Author: Samantha Ann Williams Committee: Mark Mayer & Kathy Lou Schultz |
Title: 鈥淐ommunity as Comfort: A Creative Exploration of Intra-Group Solidarity and Safe Spaces鈥� (Spring 2022) |
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Author: Emily Binkley Committee: Mark Mayer & Carey Mickalites |
Title: 鈥淭he Flood: The Collapse of Identity in a Culture of Foundational Myth鈥� (Spring 2021) |
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Author: Heather Nicole Eudy Committee: Mark Mayer & Theron Britt |
Title: "The Witches of Autumn鈥� (Spring 2021) Honors Thesis Contest Winner |
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Author: Natalie Jean Meihofer Committee: Alice Bolin & Mark Mayer |
Title: 鈥淩eflecting Fanfiction: A Creative Nonfiction Dedication to the Merits of Reading and Writing Fanfiction鈥� (Spring 2021) |
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Author: Ethan Wallace Scott Committee: Eric Schlich, Emily Skaja, & Amit Sen |
Title: 鈥淪ubsistence: A Creative Interpretation on the Absurdity of Living鈥� (Spring 2021) |
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Author: Augusta J. Suggs Committee: Alice Bolin & Emily Skaja |
Title: 鈥淏leeding South: A Collection of Poems鈥� (Spring 2021) |
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Author: Charlie Edwards Committee: Eric Schlich & Catherine Dice |
Title: 鈥沦耻苍谤颈蝉别鈥� (Spring 2020) |
Literature
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Author: Leah Virginia Flettrich Committee: Donal Harris & Emily Skaja |
Title: 鈥淭aylor Swift, Pop Music, and the Creation of Modern Folklore鈥� (Spring 2023) Honors Thesis Contest Winner |
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Author: Montgomery Isabella Miller Committee: Lorinda Cohoon & Ana G. Gal |
Title: 鈥淭eam Edward, Team Jacob 鈥� Team Bella?: An Intersectional Analysis of Constructions of Gender in Stephenie Meyer鈥檚 Twilight Saga鈥� (Spring 2022) |
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Author: Eric Justin Morris Committee: Lorinda Cohoon, Ladrica Menson-Furr, & Elizabeth Weston |
Title: 鈥溾�榃e look out for each other鈥�: Celebrating the Literary and Artistic Values of Kwame Alexander鈥檚 The Undefeated (illustrated by Kadir Nelson), Rita Williams-Garcia鈥檚 One Crazy Summer, and Octavia Butler鈥檚 Kindred鈥� (Spring 2022) |
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Author: Jesse Thomas Simpson Committee: Donal Harris & Jeffrey Scraba |
Title: 鈥淭he Ideal of Community Within Horror: The Only Good Indian and The Shadow Over Innsmouth鈥� (Spring 2022) |
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Author: Donal W. Young Committee: Don Rodrigues & Ana G. Gal |
Title: 鈥淭his Man Belongs to Me!鈥�: Homosociality, Patriarchy, and Homosexual Panic in Dracula鈥� (Spring 2022) |
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Author: Elizabeth Kay Free Committee: Joshua Phillips & Ana G. Gal |
Title: 鈥淢agic, Injustice, and Reconciliations Within the Mabinogi鈥� (Spring 2021) |
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Author: Chelsea Tait Lucas Committee: Ladrica Menson-Furr & Terrence Tucker |
Title: 鈥淭eaching Empathy: Toni Morrison鈥檚 Prophetic Voice on the Intersection of Race and Gender in Song of Solomon鈥� (Spring 2021) |
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Author: Cy Tremmel Committee: Shelby Crosby & Kathy Lou Schultz |
Title: 鈥淭he Tyranny of Memory, and the Need for Empathy鈥� (Spring 2021) |
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Author: Rachel E. Layton Committee: Don Rodrigues & Cookie Woolner |
Title: 鈥溾�楤eing Human and Living鈥�: How HIV/AIDS Established a Vocal and Visible Queer Identity Within Queer Poetry Leading into the 21st Century鈥� (Spring 2020) |
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Author: Reid Matthew Russom Committee: Donal Harris & Terrence Tucker |
Title: 鈥淥ne More River to Cross: Locating the Voices of the 糖心Vlog传媒 Sanitation Workers During the 1968 Strike鈥� (Spring 2019) |
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Author: Julian Rome Committee: Donal Harris, Tim Roche, Daniel Larkin, & Will Duffy |
Title: 鈥淧lato, Emerson, and Thoreau鈥擨nspiration, Interpretation, and the Idea of the Poet鈥�
(Spring 2019) Honors Thesis Contest Winner |
Professional Writing
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Author: Rachel Nichole Guffin Committee: Will Duffy & Lorinda Cohoon |
Title: 鈥淩epresentation of Non-English Languages in Professional Editing鈥� (Spring 2019) |
Teaching English as a Second Language
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Author: Kathleen Sue Snyder Committee: Rebecca Adams & Emily Thrush |
Title: 鈥淭eachers鈥� Perspectives on Effective Methods of Teaching Adult ELL Learners鈥� (Spring 2023) |
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Author: Anna Mei Siu Committee: Emily Thrush & Tammy Jones |
Title: 鈥淔oreign Language Education in the Mid-South: CLIL and Language Immersion鈥� (Spring 2022) |