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Embracing Our Inner Weird Barbie, Kayla Mackney Apr 2024

Embracing Our Inner Weird Barbie, Kayla Mackney

KUCC -- Kutztown University Composition Conference

No abstract provided.


Unequal Punishment Of Women And Minorities In The Workplace, Jorden Woodson Apr 2024

Unequal Punishment Of Women And Minorities In The Workplace, Jorden Woodson

KUCC -- Kutztown University Composition Conference

No abstract provided.


The Power: Gender: A Superhero Or A Scapegoat?, Zoe Winfield Berken Apr 2024

The Power: Gender: A Superhero Or A Scapegoat?, Zoe Winfield Berken

KUCC -- Kutztown University Composition Conference

No abstract provided.


Schedule & Program Booklet, English Department, Kutztown University Apr 2024

Schedule & Program Booklet, English Department, Kutztown University

KUCC -- Kutztown University Composition Conference

The program for the 2024 Kutztown University Composition Conference.


Amplifying Tutor Voices: A Qualitative Analysis For Improving Writing Center Tutoring Practices And Pedagogy, Leah Washko May 2023

Amplifying Tutor Voices: A Qualitative Analysis For Improving Writing Center Tutoring Practices And Pedagogy, Leah Washko

English Department Masters Theses

Within the walls of university writing centers, tutors and tutees collaborate. They discuss writing, but even more than that, they communicate about ideas and theories bigger than themselves, all while discovering their identities. Exploration of how tutors define their authority and agency, while also highlighting the importance of tutors’ voices, is necessary for the continuation of writing center studies. Writing center tutors’ roles may be understood by some, but the mental hurdles, the questioning natures, and the care-giver roles they are emersed into need to be further investigated. Through a study conducted at Kutztown University’s Writing Center, tutors were surveyed …


The Positive And Negative Factors Affecting Students With Exceptionalities, Scott Elliott Apr 2023

The Positive And Negative Factors Affecting Students With Exceptionalities, Scott Elliott

KUCC -- Kutztown University Composition Conference

No abstract provided.


How I Found And Reunited With My Biological Family, Gina Glantz Apr 2023

How I Found And Reunited With My Biological Family, Gina Glantz

KUCC -- Kutztown University Composition Conference

No abstract provided.


Womanhood In Dark Winds, Caitlyn Koch Apr 2023

Womanhood In Dark Winds, Caitlyn Koch

KUCC -- Kutztown University Composition Conference

No abstract provided.


Using City As Text In An Elementary Classroom, Jonathan Weinrich Apr 2023

Using City As Text In An Elementary Classroom, Jonathan Weinrich

KUCC -- Kutztown University Composition Conference

No abstract provided.


Conference Schedule, Monday, April 17, 2023, Sandra Leonard Apr 2023

Conference Schedule, Monday, April 17, 2023, Sandra Leonard

KUCC -- Kutztown University Composition Conference

No abstract provided.


Conference Program 2022, Sandra M. Leonard Apr 2022

Conference Program 2022, Sandra M. Leonard

KUCC -- Kutztown University Composition Conference

No abstract provided.


Dracula's Harem: Feminine Otherness And Reverse Colonization Of The Male Body, Amanda Shipman Jan 2022

Dracula's Harem: Feminine Otherness And Reverse Colonization Of The Male Body, Amanda Shipman

Journal of Dracula Studies

No abstract provided.


The Securitate Versus Dracula, Tourism And Ideology In Communist Romania, Valentin Gheonea Jan 2022

The Securitate Versus Dracula, Tourism And Ideology In Communist Romania, Valentin Gheonea

Journal of Dracula Studies

The present study focuses on the methods by which the Romanian Securitate intervened in the management of a tourist activity – the Dracula itineraries – considered to threaten the country image of communist Romania.


Title Pages, Vol. 24, 2022 Jan 2022

Title Pages, Vol. 24, 2022

Journal of Dracula Studies

No abstract provided.


Table Of Contents, Vol. 24, 2022 Jan 2022

Table Of Contents, Vol. 24, 2022

Journal of Dracula Studies

No abstract provided.


Infectious Queers: Hiv/Aids And The Vampiric Body In Interview With The Vampire (1994), Ian Clark Jan 2022

Infectious Queers: Hiv/Aids And The Vampiric Body In Interview With The Vampire (1994), Ian Clark

Journal of Dracula Studies

No abstract provided.


The Regendering Of Van Helsing: Sister Agatha's Unique Approach To Investigating Dracula's Methods And Mental Processes, Taylor Holden Jan 2022

The Regendering Of Van Helsing: Sister Agatha's Unique Approach To Investigating Dracula's Methods And Mental Processes, Taylor Holden

Journal of Dracula Studies

No abstract provided.


Vampire Crusades: The Separation Of The Crucifix And Wafer From Their Intended Purpose In Dracula, Olivia Vanvoorhis Jan 2022

Vampire Crusades: The Separation Of The Crucifix And Wafer From Their Intended Purpose In Dracula, Olivia Vanvoorhis

Journal of Dracula Studies

No abstract provided.


"Knowing It's Real Means You Gotta Make A Decision": Depictions Of Post-Traumatic Disorders And Coping Mechanisms In The Punisher And Jessica Jones, Megan M. Rutter Jun 2021

"Knowing It's Real Means You Gotta Make A Decision": Depictions Of Post-Traumatic Disorders And Coping Mechanisms In The Punisher And Jessica Jones, Megan M. Rutter

English Department Masters Theses

Post-traumatic disorders have been included in some of the most popular narratives in mainstream culture. Though the early decades of movies included 1948’s The Best Days of Our Lives is an award-winning movie that follows three veterans home from World War II and depicts their struggles with reacclimating to society it became more popular after Vietnam veterans and their allies fought and protested for an appropriate diagnosis for PTSD after decades of it not being seen as a legitimate psychological disorder. Since then, post-traumatic disorders have been included in media as popular as the series finale of M*A*S*H in 1983, …


Finding Hope In My Miscarriage, Ashley Mcconnell Apr 2021

Finding Hope In My Miscarriage, Ashley Mcconnell

KUCC -- Kutztown University Composition Conference

This narrative describes what it was like as a full-time working mother dealing with the hardships of stress relating to work, home, children, and marriage resulting in a miscarriage.


A Live Conference Program Apr 2021

A Live Conference Program

KUCC -- Kutztown University Composition Conference

No abstract provided.


Standardized Testing: The Act Leaving Children Behind, Sadie Doss Apr 2021

Standardized Testing: The Act Leaving Children Behind, Sadie Doss

KUCC -- Kutztown University Composition Conference

Standardized Testing has been common throughout our educational system in the past few decades. Through the No Child Left Behind Act, our society has discovered the flaws of incentivizing these tests. This act has created lasting effects that has shaken up the integrity of our educational system. The common victim: the children being subjected by this act.


A Life Supply Of Roads, Navon Cooper Apr 2021

A Life Supply Of Roads, Navon Cooper

KUCC -- Kutztown University Composition Conference

I compare the decisions that I've chosen in life to a poem by Robert Frost.


The Stillness In Time: A Reflective Narrative, Molly Heller Apr 2021

The Stillness In Time: A Reflective Narrative, Molly Heller

KUCC -- Kutztown University Composition Conference

This piece is a narrative that spans just about four and a half pages (double spaced). It describes a trip to my former middle school and all of the memories that flood back with it by taking the reader on a mental tour of the building. Written in first person, it provides a sense of my individual middle school experience in a way that feels relatable and personal. Throughout the piece, I make reference to the parallels and differences between my life in quarantine and my life in middle school.


A Moment In These Times, Samantha Smith, Ky Gainer, Allyson Mosley, Zoey Knauf, Emma Meakim, Athena Garrison Apr 2021

A Moment In These Times, Samantha Smith, Ky Gainer, Allyson Mosley, Zoey Knauf, Emma Meakim, Athena Garrison

KUCC -- Kutztown University Composition Conference

This poster presentation Collects short essays by fall 2020 Effective Composition students. The authors share small moments they have experienced during the pandemic. This collection serves as a time capsule so that, years from now, others can understand what everyday life was like during Covid-19.


Teaching To The Test Or Limiting Students?, Victoria Rivera Apr 2021

Teaching To The Test Or Limiting Students?, Victoria Rivera

English Department: Research for Change - Wicked Problems in Our World

The purpose of this paper is to shine light on the way the school systems have been teaching and how it is affecting students in a negative way. It focuses mainly on teaching to the test and how it stops students from learning creatively and also does not let teachers teach the way they might want to. It also shows how this is a wicked problem and is more than a small school system issue. This impacts students, teachers, and the society we live in. The results of this research was that there were a lot of other authors that …


The Opioid Crisis Meets Covid-19 Pandemic, Hannah M. Westerman Apr 2021

The Opioid Crisis Meets Covid-19 Pandemic, Hannah M. Westerman

English Department: Research for Change - Wicked Problems in Our World

Abstract: How have the COVID-19 pandemic and the Opioid Crisis have collided to create a negative effect on those who abuse drugs and other substances? These two wicked problems are now collectively making it more difficult for those to recover and overcome substance and drug abuse worsening the Opioid Epidemic. With no clear answer in sight can vaccines and more accessible rehab help to progress these wicked problems?


Looking Into The Effects Of The Age Of The Internet, Sarah Schaefer Apr 2021

Looking Into The Effects Of The Age Of The Internet, Sarah Schaefer

English Department: Research for Change - Wicked Problems in Our World

The internet has grown to play a large part in our society in the past couple decades, but with the rapid change in technology we have been ill prepared for the effects of our reliance on digital content. Looking into how different demographics and age groups are affected, we come to a conclusion that the general population needs to work to better educate themselves on the impact caused from an overuse of the internet.


Obesity: A Growing Concern In America, Julie T. Garrity Apr 2021

Obesity: A Growing Concern In America, Julie T. Garrity

English Department: Research for Change - Wicked Problems in Our World

No abstract provided.


The Impact Of The R-Word, Jocelyn Mckelvey, Jocelyn Mckelvey Apr 2021

The Impact Of The R-Word, Jocelyn Mckelvey, Jocelyn Mckelvey

English Department: Research for Change - Wicked Problems in Our World

Racism cuts deep. In a recent study by Shardae McNeil, 87 and 94% of African Americans reported experiencing at least one discriminatory event by the time they reached adolescence. Her research indicates that those that experience racial discrimination during adolescence are vulnerable to a greater risk of lower psychological functioning, internalized symptoms, and elevated levels of depressive symptomology. McNeil introduces the component of family support. Family support is an important coping method for incidents such as racial discrimination and can bring a positive mental health outcome in adolescents.