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Full-Text Articles in Arts and Humanities
Beyond Words: An Exploration Of Research And Writing For Indigenous Land Acknowledgements, Oksana Flores
Beyond Words: An Exploration Of Research And Writing For Indigenous Land Acknowledgements, Oksana Flores
Master of Arts in Professional Writing Capstones
This capstone delves into the practical application and importance of land acknowledgments within the frameworks of Critical Indigenous Theory and Narrative Theory. Through the utilization of archival research methods, the project not only offers recommendations for crafting an effective land acknowledgment but also provides the necessary historical foundation for the implementation of such a statement at Kennesaw State University. This effort serves to strengthen the university's commitment to diversity and equity on campus.
Thunderfort, Lever Stewart
Thunderfort, Lever Stewart
Master of Arts in Professional Writing Capstones
Thunderfort is a tabletop roleplaying game (TTRPG) that utilizes both synchronous and asynchronous communication in both its rules and its fictitious setting. This project seeks to provide a unique TTRPG experience that is partially or fully digital, played out via text chatting and digital dice rolling. Such a game is also intended to be enjoyed by players without said players needing to worry about game session scheduling conflicts, since a large part of the game is played via digital, asynchronous communication. The full, most up-to-date text can also be accessed at thunderfort.lsflegal.com.
Smoke And Mirrors, Adara London
Smoke And Mirrors, Adara London
Master of Arts in Professional Writing Capstones
When a human trafficking ring comes to town, a grieving graduate student must choose between investigating on her own to save her sister or leaving the investigation to her impassive cop boyfriend.
Big Screen Heroes With Paper Voices: A Superhero Adaptation Research Essay, Zachary Green
Big Screen Heroes With Paper Voices: A Superhero Adaptation Research Essay, Zachary Green
Master of Arts in Professional Writing Capstones
Superheroes may have taken over your phone, tablet, and television screens through the endless adaptations that pelt us from upon high mouse-shaped ears, but their rich history goes back much further than that; they have gripped the public imagination since their creation in comic strips published in newspapers almost one-hundred years ago. But, why exactly has their effect on popular culture, and their subsequent adaptations in various forms of media been so pervasive in the last twenty-five years? What makes these stories and comic book characters, and particularly Marvel comic book characters, so interesting to modern audiences? This essay demonstrates …
Universal Background Generator 2.0, Konrad Drapela
Universal Background Generator 2.0, Konrad Drapela
Master of Arts in Professional Writing Capstones
This project is a backstory generator designed to create randomly rolled information and events that come together to create a short yet detailed background for any character for roleplay games, novels or other such media.
The Exile's War, Stephen Edwards Arnold
The Exile's War, Stephen Edwards Arnold
Master of Arts in Professional Writing Capstones
In Gaelwyn, the village of a thousand stories, Katchan receives a powerful ruby and an ancient technique called writing hidden by his grandmother, Maggaline. Jealous of the power Katchan has, the village Elder seeks to destroy him. After escaping the Elder, Katchan must leave his home and traverse a dangerous and mysterious wasteland that will lead him directly into an ancient conflict that lost a powerful empire to the sands of time.
Ensleyedits: Creating A Style Resource For Professional Writers, Ensley Fraschillo
Ensleyedits: Creating A Style Resource For Professional Writers, Ensley Fraschillo
Master of Arts in Professional Writing Capstones
This capstone explores the creation of a resource that helps professional writers keep up with ever-changing style practices and understand the implications of different stylistic and mechanical choices. Examining the history of style guides, analyzing the content of existing style references through the lens of prescriptivism and descriptivism, and assessing the gaps of current online style resources demonstrate how a new online style resource hosted on Instagram, EnsleyEdits, can meet this need for professional writers. Research on current social media, accessibility, and design practices demonstrate how content on the EnsleyEdits account can succeed on Instagram, and the results of …
Wronged Women: A Foray Into The Wronged Woman's Mind, Suzanna Poole
Wronged Women: A Foray Into The Wronged Woman's Mind, Suzanna Poole
Master of Arts in Professional Writing Capstones
This capstone is about the wronged woman and how she is the the hated woman, the lonely woman, or the crazy woman. I have been a wronged woman and know countless women in my life that have been wronged in some sort of way; either by a lover, a friend, family, or even herself. This project was created to put a spotlight on these various women. My research covered various mental illnesses that occured after a woman was wronged and the ways these can affect women. I wrote four short screenplays about various women at different ages in their lives: …
Vinyle Zine: The Execution Of The Pedagogy Of Pro-Blackness, Kandice Fowlkes
Vinyle Zine: The Execution Of The Pedagogy Of Pro-Blackness, Kandice Fowlkes
Master of Arts in Professional Writing Capstones
Vinyle zine, is a Black literary magazine pedagogically driven to increase cultural literacy within the African-American community. In order to do this, this magazine must have the foundation of Pro-Blackness as a driving force towards advancing Black people in the ways this platform can offer its service. Vinyle zine allows Black individuals to practice using writing and any art form as their medium of expression –a tool that has been utilized to extol African American truths and increase cultural knowledge. By encouraging expression in art and provoking cultural knowledge, Vinyle zine will continue to encourage Black artists and writers to …
Georgia, Lesley Brian Bargo
Georgia, Lesley Brian Bargo
Master of Arts in Professional Writing Capstones
The Vietnam War cast a massive shadow, both home and abroad. Relationships, morality, and humanity hang in the balance.
High Impact Practices In First Year Composition Courses, Haley Hamilton
High Impact Practices In First Year Composition Courses, Haley Hamilton
Master of Arts in Professional Writing Capstones
This capstone project explores High Impact Practices and how they can interact with First Year Composition Pedagogy through the creation of a Course Design for English 1102. The literature review is primarily an examination of research from the field of composition studies and high impact practices in higher education, as well as several aspects of composition studies such as transfer theory and first year composition pedagogy. The course design details ways to implement high impact practices into English 1102 in the context of specific university requirements. Through this project, I was able to make the connection between the WPA Outcome …