Portland State University
California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo
University of Dayton
Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey
Illinois Wesleyan University
Washington University School of Law
Iowa State University
Bridgewater State University
Abilene Christian University
Beyond The Checklist Approach: A Librarian-Faculty Collaboration To Teach The Beam Method Of Source Evaluation,
2021
Belmont University
Beyond The Checklist Approach: A Librarian-Faculty Collaboration To Teach The Beam Method Of Source Evaluation, Jenny Mills, Rachael Flynn, Nicole Fox, Dana Shaw, Claire Wiley
Library Faculty Scholarship
Evaluating information is an essential skill, valued across disciplines. While librarians and instructors share the responsibility to teach this skill, they need a common framework in order to collaborate to design assignments that give students multiple opportunities to learn. Librarians and First Year Seminar faculty at Belmont University collaborated to design a unit of instruction on source evaluation using the BEAM method. BEAM requires students to apply a use-based approach to evaluation, to read and engage with sources more closely, and to think about how they might use a source for a specific purpose. Structured annotated bibliographies that included BEAM ...
Raise The Roof: Permanent Supportive Housing,
2021
University of San Francisco
Raise The Roof: Permanent Supportive Housing, Nico Bruno
Creative Activity and Research Day - CARD
This presentation takes the reader through the process and laws regarding Los Angeles homelessness. The discharging, what they are more likely to face being homeless and how factors such as race, sexuality and gender may be involved.How hospitals only care about money and not the patients themselves. Resources in which to help them such as recuperative care centers and shelters. The process of harm reduction and why it works so well. Why permanent supportive housing has the ability to work but what is hindering it from taking action. A focus on debunking the mindset of people in regards to ...
Murder She Rewrote: Redefining The Female Presence In Crime Fiction,
2021
University of Dayton
Murder She Rewrote: Redefining The Female Presence In Crime Fiction, Claire E. Snider
Line by Line: A Journal of Beginning Student Writing
Brainstorming was first and foremost. Several ideas and possibilities for my final research paper came to me over a course of about a month before I finally settled on my topic. The next step was a brief outline that helped me visualize the setup for my final product. Formulating a list of unusual and powerful vocabulary was something that I sought out to do for this paper, so I ended up including a list at the end of my outline. My next step was to develop a research proposal, and this ended up being a condensed version of what ended ...
Tootsie Pop: Memorable Childhood Candy Commercial,
2021
University of Dayton
Tootsie Pop: Memorable Childhood Candy Commercial, Emily Newcomer
Line by Line: A Journal of Beginning Student Writing
Before I began writing the first draft I watched the Classic Tootsie Pop commercial multiple times and determined how the commercial effectively allured to the audience of both parents and their children. While I wrote my first draft, I continued to play the commercial and reminded myself of the lasting impact of this 1970s commercial as my classmates in elementary school conducted this licking experiment. After my first draft, I received feedback from a classmate and my professor. I took some of their advice, edited my paper, and turned it in.
Cheating In The Digital Age Of Art,
2021
University of Dayton
Cheating In The Digital Age Of Art, Madeline Haara
Line by Line: A Journal of Beginning Student Writing
I wrote this piece for my research assignment in English 198. The course topic was cheating, and my paper delves into the morality behind the reuse of artistic ideas. I use five scholarly articles to support my argument that artistic reproductions should be encouraged and the current legal systems require a change. My writing process included multiple drafts, peer review, and a review with my professor.
The Moment In Which Time Took Over,
2021
University of Dayton
The Moment In Which Time Took Over, Amariá C. Jones
Line by Line: A Journal of Beginning Student Writing
While writing this paper, I felt that it was important for me to “let loose!” I didn’t know exactly what I wanted to write about, but I knew that my abstract topic had to be time. There were so many stories that could’ve been shared, but I believe the appropriate ones made it into the final draft. The writing process concerning this assignment served to be challenging at times, but that was only due to the need of capturing time properly in order to convey the story I had been trying to tell. I enjoyed creating these pieces ...
Reading: The Starting Line Of My Imagination,
2021
University of Dayton
Reading: The Starting Line Of My Imagination, Daniel Sheldon
Line by Line: A Journal of Beginning Student Writing
I asked my parents a few questions about how I learned to read. They started with my dad reading to me while my mom was still pregnant, so that is where I started. Between the questions my parents answered and my own memories, I was able to write about how reading was introduced into my life and what happened as a result.
Rotten In The State Of Aragon: Possible Intrigue Under King James I,
2021
University of Dayton
Rotten In The State Of Aragon: Possible Intrigue Under King James I, Timothy P. Roman
Line by Line: A Journal of Beginning Student Writing
After analyzing a graphic novel tackling the Barcelona Disputation, I made an outline of the opposing arguments presented concerning the identity and legitimacy of the Abrahamic savior. I followed this with a rough draft, which I revised after a short conference with my professor.
Modernity's Empty Symbols And Sequential Snobbery,
2021
University of Dayton
Modernity's Empty Symbols And Sequential Snobbery, Grace Pierucci
Line by Line: A Journal of Beginning Student Writing
We were assigned a paper in which we would reconstruct Orsi's argument of the presence and demonstrate its prevalence in one of three options we read earlier that semester. I read some of Orsi's work, focusing on breaking apart his arguments. I then made an outline for the paper, and Perpetua and Felicity's martyrdom fit the paper the best. I actually wrote the body first, adding an introduction and conclusion later in the process. I turned in one draft to Professor [William] Trollinger and met with the Core Write Place consultants twice before finishing the final draft.
The One, The Intellect, And The Soul … Oh My!,
2021
University of Dayton
The One, The Intellect, And The Soul … Oh My!, Dorian A. Miller
Line by Line: A Journal of Beginning Student Writing
Outlining this essay required many steps between reconstruction and comparison among Plotinus’s Enneads, Plato’s Republic, and Genesis Chapters 1-3. First in the draft, I reconstructed Plotinus’s argument about the three hypostases and his cosmos. Next, I compared Plotinus’s theory of the Intellect to Plato’s Allegory of the Cave and concluded with a comparison between Plotinus’s three hypostases and Genesis Chapters 1-3. I created my first full rough draft and attended a conference with Dr. [Elizabeth] Mackay; from there I used her provided revisions for a second rough draft. I then met with a Write ...
The Irony Of The “God Fearing Man”,
2021
University of Dayton
The Irony Of The “God Fearing Man”, Melina A. Durham
Line by Line: A Journal of Beginning Student Writing
In this essay, my class was required to summarize Martin Luther's idea of justification by faith and then agree or disagree with his argument. I disagreed with Luther; then, I concluded my essay as to how his ideas still exist today in my hometown.
Video For All: An Argument Towards Standardization Of Video Production Practices And Research,
2021
Kennesaw State University
Video For All: An Argument Towards Standardization Of Video Production Practices And Research, Kelley Bostian
Master of Arts in Professional Writing Capstones
Instructional videos, a subset of video pedagogy, are becoming valuable pedagogical tools for instructors within both higher education and professional writing environments. By researching contemporary academic literature and creating video artifacts that put theory into practice, this capstone project answers three important questions: 1) How could video pedagogy shift student attitudes or engagement with course content in digital learning environments? 2) What benefits and limitations of standardizing and researching video pedagogy are valuable for educators interested in creating video to understand, including educators with limited or no video production experience? 3) In what ways could certain production techniques in video ...
On Narrative Approaches To Conspiracy Theory,
2021
University of Mississippi
On Narrative Approaches To Conspiracy Theory, John Hydrisko
Honors Theses
This thesis handles narrative approaches to conspiracy theory. It provides an overview of conspiracy theory and narrative before affirming a relationship between the two. It then introduces Fenster’s work on conspiracy narrative before engaging with the considerations therein. After discussing the tradition of visualizing narrative structure, it applies these practices to conspiracy narrative. This application allows for a discussion of recent innovations within conspiracy narrative. By using the QAnon as a case study, the paper investigates the emergence of protagonism and non-narrativism within the genre. Ultimately, this investigation suggests that contemporary conspiracy narrative is both better suited to the ...
From Starter To Finish: Learning The Literacy Of Sourdough,
2021
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
From Starter To Finish: Learning The Literacy Of Sourdough, Molly Mcconnell
Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research: Department of English
Using the New Literacy Studies and the work of James Paul Gee, the process of making sourdough bread is conceptualized as a literacy, which is then located within food literacy. The literacy of sourdough offers an alternative to neoliberal discourse. The literacy is linked to the rise in popularity of sourdough during the COVID-19 pandemic and is used to explore Bourdieu’s cultural capital. It also connects, rhizomatically (Deleuze and Guattari), and is used to explore concepts of interdependence and time. After establishing this literacy, a pedagogically- focused essay draws upon ecocomposition to expand on what a composition process would ...
Personification In Advertising: A Rhetorical Analysis Of Digital Video Ads In The Insurance Industry,
2021
East Tennessee State University
Personification In Advertising: A Rhetorical Analysis Of Digital Video Ads In The Insurance Industry, Dorm Kpedor
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Major companies in the insurance industry—notably Allstate, Progressive, and Farmers—often employ personification as a creative rhetorical tool in digital video advertisements. By leveraging brand characters in various ways, these companies seek to establish trust and engender emotional impact in customers. Allstate ascribes destructive characteristics that are associated with house cats to its Mayhem character; in doing so they evoke the desired emotional responses of humor and fear. Progressive creates and deploys the Motaur character, a visual personification and play on the Centaur; in this case, the company’s rhetorical strategy is to evoke humor and nostalgia that resonate ...
Building A (Great) Wall: A Semiotic Analysis Of The Rhetoric Of President Donald J. Trump,
2021
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Building A (Great) Wall: A Semiotic Analysis Of The Rhetoric Of President Donald J. Trump, Lauren Gilmore
Honors Theses
When Donald J. Trump announced he was running for president of the United States, the country was thrown into division. He was an abnormality as a presidential candidate and a rhetorical oddity since so many of his messages were ones of ignorance and bigotry rather than understanding and inclusion, the expected rhetoric of a president. Through a semiotic analysis, this study aims to understand who the people were that supported Trump, why his rhetoric appealed to them, the ways in which Trump talked about America and its people, and how his supporters interpreted his language. Semiotics is the study of ...
Presidents And Populist Politics,
2021
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Presidents And Populist Politics, Brooke Sobo
Honors Theses
Populist language is a common rhetorical practice of United States Presidents. There is a breadth of literature on the study of populism and populist language, yet few studies identify populist language as reimagining the relationship between president and people. This paper identifies populist language as a political tactic of presidents and links the tactic’s use to the cultivation of authority and legitimacy. A central theoretical foundation of this paper rests on Skowronek’s concept of political time and authority structures. Through the use of four case studies spanning the presidencies of Andrew Jackson, Franklin Roosevelt, Ronald Reagan, and Donald ...
Deodand,
2021
University of Kentucky College of Law
Deodand, Brian L. Frye
Seattle University Law Review SUpra
Deodands are a delightful example of a common law doctrine that caused something to happen: the Crown was enabled to tax tortfeasors. But not in a way anyone expected at the time or anyone understands today. Look on their logic and despair. You’ll never figure it out, no matter how hard you try. And that’s what makes them so lyrical. The concept of the deodand is beautiful even though we can’t understand it. Or rather, it’s beautiful because we can’t understand it. If we understood deodands, surely they would be as prosaic as life insurance ...
Olivia Burke Master's Portfolio Spring 2021,
2021
Bowling Green State University
Olivia Burke Master's Portfolio Spring 2021, Olivia Burke
Master of Arts in English Plan II Graduate Projects
The following is my final portfolio for my master’s in English with a specialization in Professional and Technical Writing and Rhetoric. It includes an analytical narrative and four projects that best demonstrate my growth and diversity as a writer throughout my time in the program at BGSU. The four pieces are titled: “Transformative Learning at the Secondary and College Level,” “Accessibility in Technical Communication,” “Sharp Objects: Violence and the Need for Control,” and a “7th Grade Survival Guide.”
Final Master's Portfolio,
2021
Bowling Green State University
Final Master's Portfolio, Elaina Halverstadt
Master of Arts in English Plan II Graduate Projects
Practical matters of teaching college writing are the primary focus of this portfolio. Specific topics include an exploration of best practices in preparation for teaching an online college writing course, a rationale for introducing technical writing into an institution as a co-taught interdisciplinary course, a four-week teaching unit for teaching grammar concepts through creative writing, and a resource guide for teaching an introductory technical writing course at the college level.
