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In response to a need within the field of composition studies within the Anglosphere (the English-speaking world) for further investigation into the teaching of composition in non-Anglo contexts, this thesis seeks to provide a...
Within the traditional Christian discourse of love, redemption is most often available through an act of self-sacrifice. This project aims to examine alternate models of redemption within contemporary black women's fiction that both...
This dissertation explores the formation and significance of the screenscape in popular culture. A screenscape encompasses the mixture of screens and bodies that enter into and transform the aesthetic quality of social space. After...
This collection of short fiction, Hoop Dancing: A Novella and Seven Stories, focuses on working class men and women living in eastern North Carolina. The majority of the characters are a single generation removed from the family farms...
This dissertation addresses the following question: how did the interaction of image and word contribute to the formation and preservation of a community of white supremacists I refer to as the cult of lynching? The value of...
This thesis examines the relationship between portrait photography and rhetorical ethos in nineteenth-century women rhetors. Facing a challenging rhetorical situation in which credible women were relegated to the home, the women featured...
While social media has garnered attention for its entertainment and market value, it has received less consideration for its contribution to transnational activism. In particular, we have yet to examine the practices of individual users...
This study addresses the following questions: how can we account for the emergence and change of a discipline and what is the role of the individual in this change? I answer these questions through a case study of the discipline of Basic...
This dissertation explores the formation and significance of the screenscape in popular culture. A screenscape encompasses the mixture of screens and bodies that enter into and transform the aesthetic quality of social space. After...
The Calculation of Love, a novel, follows a precocious fourteen-year-old girl's first semester of high school. After watching her brother have sex with his pregnant teenage girlfriend, Mallory Shreckengost begins reading about the...
This article explores the history of Superman to offer commentary on the changing nature of Burkean identification across distinct historical periods. Beginning with the creation of Superman in 1938, I explore Superman's Golden, Marvel, ...
This dissertation explores how the relationship between individuals, society, and communication technologies is represented in television narratives and their overflow. My choice in using television as my media case study stems from the...
Investigating Expertise: A Mixed-Methods Examination of the Curricular Framework within the Subject-Matter Preparation, in Literature, of Secondary English Teacher Candidates
Using a mixed methods approach, the researcher examined the phenomenon of subject-matter preparation within the curricular framework of secondary English teacher programs by examining program structure, literature coursework, and teacher...
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