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Full-Text Articles in Creative Writing
Lessons In Persistence, Syble Heffernan
Lessons In Persistence, Syble Heffernan
Department of English: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research
LESSONS IN PERSISTENCE is a thesis that operates within the tradition of writing about trauma and resilience, taking up themes of mental illness, class, colonialism, loss of a parent, navigating queerness in a conservative Christian context, and reckoning with gender-based violence and expectations directed toward people socialized as women. The use of ecopoetics highlights the relationship between traumas to the earth brought about by climate change, war, and worldwide suffering, and those brought upon the human body (specifically marginalized bodies) by grief, illness, abuse, and the loss of self. The collection ultimately aims to establish explicit connections between internal and …
Nature Journaling With Insects: A Guide And Journal Template, Danielle Positeri
Nature Journaling With Insects: A Guide And Journal Template, Danielle Positeri
Department of Entomology: Distance Master of Science Projects
An Introduction to Nature Journaling
Nature journaling is a natural history based activity centered on journaling one’s experiences and observations based on surrounding environment and natural lifeforms encountered. A tool commonly used by those who study natural history, famous naturalists such as Charles Darwin and John Muir were known to keep nature journals. Although those who make their careers in environmental sciences or field work keep professional, very detailed journals, journaling can also be a great activity for those who simply enjoy nature. Public educators teach nature journaling to young students to encourage building a plethora of skills: mindfulness, attention …
Utilization Of Creativity-Based Interventions To Combat Nursing Burnout, Heather J. Webb, Pamela Burhoe, Ryan Johnson, Brenna Milliken
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 …
The Opioid Crisis Meets Covid-19 Pandemic, Hannah M. Westerman
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?
Physician Burnout: Stress Within The Health Care System, Aidan Hauser
Physician Burnout: Stress Within The Health Care System, Aidan Hauser
English Department: Research for Change - Wicked Problems in Our World
As our nation’s healthcare system expands, more stress and responsibility are placed on our physicians and frontline healthcare workers. The pressures of the daily job often prove extremely damaging to the employee’s mental and physical health. Physician and worker burnout is a growing epidemic that is damaging our care providers more and more every day. Burnout effects not only workers, but all of those surrounding them as well. This plague is not going to be repaired by one single change, but it is clear that many adjustments must be made to reform our healthcare system.
Freefall In Reverse, Lalini Shanela Ranaraja
Freefall In Reverse, Lalini Shanela Ranaraja
Vázquez-Valarezo Poetry Award
This poem was written as a direct response to the 22nd Vasquez Valarezo Award theme of "Discontentment." Breaking the noun "Discontentment" into its components parts allowed me to explore of the emotions and mental health states experienced by myself and my community during the "COVID summer" of 2020. Each of the poem's stanzas encourages readers to contemplate different emotional stages and the various coping mechanisms they may demand in order to regain a sense of control and stability. The poem also alludes to the value of a strong community during times of crisis, in particular the international student community of …
Music Making Connections, Laura M. Breslin
Music Making Connections, Laura M. Breslin
English Department: Research for Change - Wicked Problems in Our World
The Covid-19 pandemic has made mental health issues sky rocket. Many people are suffering from anxiety, depression, OCD and many other mental health problems now more than ever. Without the in-person interactions, many people are eager to be able to hug friends and family again. People are also eager to see their favorite music artist live in concert again. In this paper, we discuss how music can help your mental health, how to prevent contracting the coronavirus, and ways you can help speed up the process of getting life back to normal.
Wicked Problems: Depression, Sebastian Wendolowski
Wicked Problems: Depression, Sebastian Wendolowski
English Department: Research for Change - Wicked Problems in Our World
Depression is a disorder that can affect anybody and is the leading cause of disability and disorders in the United States. This year, due to COVID-19, it has hit an all time high, affecting many more people. Suicide rates have been steadily growing across all ages, and this year is at a record high too, showing correlation with depression. There are two types of depression, major depressive disorder and chronic depressive disorder. Diagnosis of depression is typically done physically or through a questionnaire, which is compared into a DSM-5. There are many risk factors for depression and other common mental …
Sorry, Can't Come To The Phone, Katherine Wilson
Sorry, Can't Come To The Phone, Katherine Wilson
English Department: Research for Change - Wicked Problems in Our World
Going as far back as 1973, cellphones have been a part of our lives and how we live it. Over the past 10 years, cellphones have taken over much of what we do. How much we use our phones can impact us more than what anyone could have ever thought. Phone usage has increasingly become a problem that may people face. The project lists the multitude of ways that our mental health and everyday life are affected because of how much we use our phones and go on social media. The goals of this project are to explain, provide evidence, …
Why Can't Homeless Addicts Get Help Too, Rachael D. Causland
Why Can't Homeless Addicts Get Help Too, Rachael D. Causland
English Department: Research for Change - Wicked Problems in Our World
Homeless people today struggle more with addiction than people who have stability in their life. Whether it’s due to financial issues, or not having a support system, homeless people struggle to get the help they need for both their addiction and their homelessness. A high number of homeless people report to have started an addiction since being homeless, and they do so to stay alive, in turn people are continuing to stay homeless and many of these people are dying of overdoses or just staying stuck in the situation they are forced to deal with alone. There are some states …
Translator Of Soliloquies: Fugues In The Key Of Dissociation, Seo-Young J. Chu
Translator Of Soliloquies: Fugues In The Key Of Dissociation, Seo-Young J. Chu
Publications and Research
- Chu, Seo-Young. “Translator of Soliloquies: Fugues in the Key of Dissociation” (chapbook). Black Warrior Review 46.2, Spring 2020.
Ua12/2/2 2019 Talisman: Paradise, Wku Student Life
Ua12/2/2 2019 Talisman: Paradise, Wku Student Life
WKU Archives Records
2019 Talisman yearbook.
- Good, Hannah. Paradise
- Morgan, Chelsea. What’s Your Paradise – Caden Dosier, Kenny Ott, Renesha Griffin, Jade Grabeel
- Rzayeva, Manzar. Don’t Wake Me Up Yet
- Fletcher, Griffin. Meet the Parrot Heads – Jimmy Buffett
- McCormick, Dillon. The Birds & the Bees – Sex Education
- Mohr, Olivia. The Gods Aren’t Dead – Samantha Williams, Paganism
- Robb, Hayley. Beyond the Rep – John Huffman, Buddy House, CrossFit
- Frodge, Jordan. Darkness Has Enveloped Me
- Baumgarten, Alex. Make Room – Bedrooms
- Brett, Amelia. A Place to Grow – Baker Arboretum
- Gordon, Zora. Backyard Attractions – Lost River Cave, Flea Land, Historic Railpark …
"The Tyrant Father": Leslie Stephen And Masculine Influences On Virginia Woolf And Her Novel, To The Lighthouse, Anya Graubard
"The Tyrant Father": Leslie Stephen And Masculine Influences On Virginia Woolf And Her Novel, To The Lighthouse, Anya Graubard
Honors Theses
This paper examines the volatile yet nurturing relationship between Virginia Woolf and her father, Leslie Stephen. It specifically considers the effects of three male “tyrants” in Woolf’s childhood, including not only her father but also her two half-brothers, who abused her sexually. Analysis of the dynamics of these relationships provides insight into Woolf’s lifelong battle with mental illness and helps us to understand the complicated relationships she had as an adult with men and women.
In her letters, diaries, and memoir essays, Woolf reveals how she drew from her own experiences of childhood to write her most famous novel, To …
"Free Indirect Suicide: An Unfinished Fugue In H Minor", Seo-Young J. Chu
"Free Indirect Suicide: An Unfinished Fugue In H Minor", Seo-Young J. Chu
Publications and Research
In this lyric essay/work of creative nonfiction (listed among “Notable Essays & Literary Nonfiction” in Best American Essays 2020), Seo-Young Chu uses poetry, autotheory, and creative nonfiction to explore the generational trauma/postmemory han she inherited from her parents and the importance of destigmatizing mental illness through dialogue.
Open Ears, Open Mind, Open Heart: Active Listening, Mia Nguyen
Open Ears, Open Mind, Open Heart: Active Listening, Mia Nguyen
Service-Learning | Student Scholarship
Active listening is the act of listening with all senses– the body, the mind, and the soul. It means empathizing with another person and finding that place within ourselves where we can listen beyond our initial judgements and personal feelings. It is listening beyond words and allowing our souls to understand, connect, and accept one another. Active listening sparks internal purity eliminating all types of judgement and allowing us to truly take in what another person has to offer. It is “an experience of language as a bodily felt process” in which we have a felt understanding rather than a …
Ua12/2/2 2018 Talisman: Grit, Wku Student Affairs
Ua12/2/2 2018 Talisman: Grit, Wku Student Affairs
WKU Archives Records
2018 Talisman yearbook.
- Gibson, Helen. Grit
- Zambrano, Max. Cash Cows – Chaney’s Dairy Barn
- Holt, Delaney. A Quarry Story – White Stone Quarry, Caden Quarry
- McKee, Rylee. Beautiful Grit – BellaMoxi, Dance
- Voorhees, Jessica. Digging Deep – Jean-Luc Houle, Anthropology
- Lucas, Kaley. Black Mountain
- Edwards, Aly. Roots of Stigma – McKenna Vierstra, Jordan Frodge, Max Williams, Robin Farrell
- Eastham, Lillie. Grab ‘Em by the Ballot – Time’s Up Movement
- McCarthy, Hannah. Flesh Memories
- Barritt, Brooklyn. Making a Place at the Table – Dungeons & Dragons
- Gary, Summer. For Adoption: Unwanted Mutt
- Waters, Adrianna. For the Love of Creation – Art …
Empathy, Casey Golomski
Empathy, Casey Golomski
Anthropology
A short poem about suicidal ideation and alcoholism in the United States.
Just Another Girl, Julia D. Marshella
Just Another Girl, Julia D. Marshella
Student Publications
A non-fiction piece that explores the causes of the author’s depression while in college. While she is able to pinpoint specific events that have led to her unhappiness, she realizes that accepting her life in spite of these obstacles will allow her to move forward.
Ua68/13/4 Bowling Green, Vol. 7, No. 1, Kelly Thompson Chapter, Public Relations Student Society Of America
Ua68/13/4 Bowling Green, Vol. 7, No. 1, Kelly Thompson Chapter, Public Relations Student Society Of America
Student Organizations
Magazine produced by senior seminar class in public relations with the Kelly Thompson Chapter of the Public Relations Student Society of America and students in the WKU Department of Journalism.
Regular features include:
- Reflections
- Business
- Art
- Community Service
- Reminiscing
- Curiosities
- Entertainment
This issue includes articles:
- Gray, Beth. Caring Comes Home - Hospice
- Hornback, Todd. Alcoholics Anonymous: Finding a Better Way of Life
- McCoy, Steve. Area Underground Shared by Few - Cave & Karst
- McCormick, Rebecca. Architecture: History Lines the Streets
- McCormick, Rebecca. Landmark: Preservation & More
- Quinn, Paula. Madame Kennedy: Working with the Problem at Hand
Ua68/13/4 Bowling Green, Vol. 5, No. 2, Kelly Thompson Chapter, Public Relations Student Society
Ua68/13/4 Bowling Green, Vol. 5, No. 2, Kelly Thompson Chapter, Public Relations Student Society
Student Organizations
Magazine produced by senior seminar class in public relations with the Kelly Thompson Chapter of the Public Relations Student Society of America and students in the WKU Department of Journalism.
Regular features include:
- Reflections
- Business
- Art
- Community Service
- Reminiscing
- Curiosities
- Entertainment
This issue includes articles:
- Dunkel, Missy. It's 3:30 p.m. What Are Your Kids Doing? - Drug Abuse
- Thomley, Mike. Illiteracy: The Hidden Handicap
- Jones, Linda. Education: Improvement at the Grass Roots Level
- Rappaport, Jessica. Poems Mirror Poet's Life - Lillie Carter