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Pause And Possibility: Pre-Service Teachers’ Perspectives On Creative Writing Clubs, Stephanie Altier Dec 2022

Pause And Possibility: Pre-Service Teachers’ Perspectives On Creative Writing Clubs, Stephanie Altier

Honors Projects

Creative writing clubs can enrich the lives of writers and facilitators. These clubs provide many opportunities to enrich their members’ academic, social, and personal development (Clifton, 2022; Siskel & Jacobs, 2011; Lawton, 2021). This project uses a focus-group study of five pre-service Integrated Language Arts teachers to explore the teachers' perspectives on advising creative writing clubs. Their insight informs a web-based teacher resource, Creative Writing Club Hub. Major findings are that participants harbor low self-efficacy towards creative writing and that the most effective method for encouraging them to advise these clubs may be to create a creative writing community …


Payton's Final Master's Portfolio, Payton Boshears Dec 2022

Payton's Final Master's Portfolio, Payton Boshears

Master of Arts in English Plan II Graduate Projects

Here is my final Master's Portfolio. I did not have specialization for the English program, so for the portfolio I chose four different projects that represent the variety of courses I have taken during my time here at BGSU.


The Lights In The Dark: A Covid-19 Journey, Kristen Justice Palado Dec 2022

The Lights In The Dark: A Covid-19 Journey, Kristen Justice Palado

Capstone Projects and Master's Theses

My project is entirely focused on the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown, particularly when CSUMB moved to a virtual setting, and how a global pandemic brought a family closer together. COVID-19 was a terrifying disease that began in the Spring of 2020 and instilled in all of us fear, stress, and anxiety. Families were scared to go out and have family parties, schools shut down and abruptly moved to a virtual modality for teaching, and the mental health of the world began to decrease. For this project, I will be using my own voice and experiences to create …


Western Wall, Jerusalem, Judi Yitti Koval Nov 2022

Western Wall, Jerusalem, Judi Yitti Koval

The John Carroll Review

No abstract provided.


The Old Man, Madeleine Polcyn Nov 2022

The Old Man, Madeleine Polcyn

The John Carroll Review

No abstract provided.


Migraine During A Late Night Drive, Julia Kashuba Nov 2022

Migraine During A Late Night Drive, Julia Kashuba

The John Carroll Review

No abstract provided.


The Kitchen Table, Emily Elvoid Nov 2022

The Kitchen Table, Emily Elvoid

The John Carroll Review

No abstract provided.


Unexpecting, Mara Bahmer Nov 2022

Unexpecting, Mara Bahmer

The John Carroll Review

No abstract provided.


Peeling, Jessica Disalvatore Nov 2022

Peeling, Jessica Disalvatore

The John Carroll Review

No abstract provided.


Two Or Three Days Ago, Marcie Blandford Nov 2022

Two Or Three Days Ago, Marcie Blandford

The John Carroll Review

No abstract provided.


Optimal View, Andy Penk Nov 2022

Optimal View, Andy Penk

The John Carroll Review

No abstract provided.


Brown Bear, Ashley Bernett Nov 2022

Brown Bear, Ashley Bernett

The John Carroll Review

No abstract provided.


The Train Of Time, Gehan A. Pendlebury Oct 2022

The Train Of Time, Gehan A. Pendlebury

be Still

This poem evolved over the course of one year and was first written in a spontaneous effort to cathartically release a spectrum of challenging experiences. It details the struggles, triumphs and reflections associated with being a mother in medical school.


Utilization Of Creativity-Based Interventions To Combat Nursing Burnout, Heather J. Webb, Pamela Burhoe, Ryan Johnson, Brenna Milliken Oct 2022

Utilization Of Creativity-Based Interventions To Combat Nursing Burnout, Heather J. Webb, Pamela Burhoe, Ryan Johnson, Brenna Milliken

Non-Thesis Student Work

In addressing the potential for a creative writing practice to serve as an effective intervention against nurse burnout, we ask the following research question: In RNs who have practiced between 2-10 years, does participation in a creative writing program decrease burnout symptoms compared to nurses who do not participate within a time frame of one year. Burnout syndrome is a collective term that encompasses many subcategories that result in negative attitudes towards patients and coworkers, as well as increased turnover rates. Burnout syndrome was already a significant concern before the COVID-19 pandemic because of the high demand and stress of …


A Field Guide To Jezero Crater, Mars, Lee Adair Oct 2022

A Field Guide To Jezero Crater, Mars, Lee Adair

WWU Honors College Senior Projects

This project aims to blend art, creative writing, and scientific inquiry to explore the possibilities of geology research on our neighboring planet, Mars. This exploratory field guide combines journals, notes, and images to inform the reader of what they can expect to see on the Martian surface.


The Advantage Of An Iterative Writing Process For Novels And Short Stories, Annie Jackson Aug 2022

The Advantage Of An Iterative Writing Process For Novels And Short Stories, Annie Jackson

Masters Theses

Many writers struggle with completing a novel when they follow the traditional process of working through plot, character and world building problems in prewriting activities followed by sitting and drafting the story in a linear process scene by scene and chapter by chapter. This thesis proposes an alternate iterative approach. Iterative drafting creates multiple smaller versions of the full story that build to a first draft. By moving several problem solving activities into the draft itself writers can find increased opportunity for quick analysis, low effort corrections and a more efficient drafting method. This thesis lays out the description and …


The Haunting Of Wright Manor, Katherine Holzman Aug 2022

The Haunting Of Wright Manor, Katherine Holzman

Honors Program Theses and Projects

The Haunting of Wright Manor explores the fear of the unknown, and more specifically, the hereditary nature of evil. “The phrase ‘nature versus nurture’ was first coined in the mid-1800s by the English Victorian polymath Francis Galton in discussion about the influence of heredity and environment on social advancement”(Serpell 2013), writes Mick Serpell in the British Journal of Pain. Essentially, “Nature versus Nurture” boils down to a debate of which character traits are inherited and which are the result of external environmental factors. Wright Manor’s protagonist, Victoria Mariano, finds herself struggling with the aforementioned debate. At the age of 12, …


Dead On Arrival, Paige Couture Aug 2022

Dead On Arrival, Paige Couture

Honors Program Theses and Projects

No abstract provided.


Episode.Txt: Poetry, Samuel D Stermer May 2022

Episode.Txt: Poetry, Samuel D Stermer

Cardinal Compositions

This poem was created in Ayaat Ismail's English 101 course.


A Monster Known As Relapse: Poetry, Madison Bowles May 2022

A Monster Known As Relapse: Poetry, Madison Bowles

Cardinal Compositions

This poem was created in Ayaat Ismail's English 102 class.


Creative Writing Poetry Assignment, Ayaat W Ismail May 2022

Creative Writing Poetry Assignment, Ayaat W Ismail

Cardinal Compositions

This assignment sheet was designed for English 102.


Creative Writing/Art Introduction, Lana Helm May 2022

Creative Writing/Art Introduction, Lana Helm

Cardinal Compositions

No abstract provided.


Where The Gender Gap Is Going: An Infographic, Grace Kramer May 2022

Where The Gender Gap Is Going: An Infographic, Grace Kramer

Cardinal Compositions

This infographic was designed for Brittany Smart's English 102 course.


What We Need: A Poetic Study In Struggle And Self-Healing, Grace Anne Calabria May 2022

What We Need: A Poetic Study In Struggle And Self-Healing, Grace Anne Calabria

Undergraduate Honors Thesis Collection

In many ways, this thesis examines the eternal, repetitive inevitabilities of life. In a collection of poems, these inevitabilities are examined through the eyes of an observant and omniscient narrator: a girl, long in love with a boy, facing the struggles and rewards of learning to be alone in various ways after the 2020 pandemic. Because this thesis provides an examination of struggles and self-healing alongside its creative centerpiece of the collection, the poems are accompanied by a compilation of memoiristic reflections. This thesis contributes to conversations of mental health, love, growth, and finding legitimacy and value in creative work, …


100 Million, Cade Scott May 2022

100 Million, Cade Scott

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Alec, an 18-year-old filmmaker, decides to bunk with a group of TikTok stars in a mansion in the suburbs of LA in hopes of becoming as famous as them one day. But, he soon finds out that they plan to keep him behind the scenes. Forced to continue helping them film and post their videos, he starts witnessing shady events involving his step-brother, Kevin. The events reach a crescendo when some of the TikTok stars accidentally disappear. Alec investigates and discovers a sinister plot, and then he finds himself in a fight for his life. Which ends with him narrowly …


The Screen And Development: Creative Writing And Liminality In Children’S Literature, Rebecca E. Glenn May 2022

The Screen And Development: Creative Writing And Liminality In Children’S Literature, Rebecca E. Glenn

All Theses

This creative thesis strives to research and implement the overlap of liminality found within Children’s Literature, especially those works that exist through the screen. The critical component of this thesis explores the ways in which childhood development and maturity, a theme commonly found within Children’s Literature, embodies its own “right of passage” associated with the liminal. The journey of the Children’s Literature protagonist is often wrought with this movement from familiar boundaries to a sense of new development. The critical analysis emphasizes the methods Children’s Literature genre uses emotion, familial connections, symbology, space, and even elements of the monstrous to …


Sorrow, Healing, And Hope: A Braided Narrative, Abigail Maggi Apr 2022

Sorrow, Healing, And Hope: A Braided Narrative, Abigail Maggi

Honors Projects

This project is a creative nonfiction essay about sadness. In the form of a braided essay, I weave personal narrative with insight and guidance from therapists, psychologists, and friends. In this essay, I share my experience of sadness and how I have processed my emotions during challenging times. The essay is split into three sections – sadness, feeling a little better, and hope – to share my story, the skills I learned that helped me move through sadness, and my decision to choose hope despite and amidst the struggles.


Plant Wise, Sophia Llamas Apr 2022

Plant Wise, Sophia Llamas

Honors Projects

Conceptually, Plant Wise is the key to bridging the gap between preconceived ideas about vegan and vegetarianism and successfully integrating plant-based foods into your everyday life. Physically, Plant Wise is a self-educational, interactive booklet chock-full of activities intended for users to complete at their own pace. Inside this 56-page booklet, there are recipes, doodling spaces, weekly check sheets, activities to do with friends and family, challenges, and so much more. Plant Wise utilizes these activities and journaling opportunities throughout as a self-reflective vehicle to give users an experience to reflect on, which aids in the retention of what’s been learned …


W.E.A.N, Sunday Ajak Apr 2022

W.E.A.N, Sunday Ajak

Uplifting Blackness Collection

This speech was performed by Sunday Ajak, motivational speaker, writer, and poet at the 2022 Black Students' Association Black History Month closing ceremonies.


About The Dark Times: Poetry For The Miocene, Nadine Waggoner Apr 2022

About The Dark Times: Poetry For The Miocene, Nadine Waggoner

WWU Honors College Senior Projects

About the Dark Times is a chapbook of seventeen poems documenting the author's experience of the Covid-19 pandemic, specifically the Omicron wave which affected the Pacific Northwest from January 2022 to February 2022. Themes include the impact of isolation on the author's self-identity, academic success, and mental health. The chapbook is separated into three sections: 'Poetry for the Miocene,' 'Poetry for the Late Cretaceous,' and 'Poetry for the Permian.' Fossilized animals and periods of mass extinction throughout the earth's history are used in metaphor and comparison to the author's personal experience. The poems each include elements of ars poetica and …