This series contains undergraduate honors theses based on the thesis professor’s department.
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Theses/Dissertations from 2023
Multilingual Schoolscapes of Elementary Schools in East Tennessee, Olivia Campbell
Theses/Dissertations from 2022
..., Claire Alfonso
A Survey to Highlight Areas of Focus for Patient Care in Settings Utilizing Medical Interpretation, Azayzel DeRegis
An Analysis of and Guide to Tamora Pierce’s Protector of the Small Quartet as Compared to the Established Young Adult Fantasy Canon, Emma Marie Gilbert
The Past and Present: Issues of Male Patriarchy Throughout Historic Literature and Dominance in Media Today, Leah Moore
Analyzing the Use of Chiastic Structures Within Patriarchal Narratives in Genesis, Hunter Seehorn
A Claiming of Kin: A Linguistic Analysis of Southern Appalachian English in Melissa Range's Scriptorium: Poems, Jolee White
Theses/Dissertations from 2021
A Trip Through the Divine Comedy: An Allegory for Depression and its Role in Bibliotherapy, Matthew Curry
Distant Stars Become Future Homes: The Close Relationship of Interstellar Between Hard Science-Fiction and Spectacle, Gabriel Davis
The Impact of BookTube on Book Publishing: A Study of John Green's Looking for Alaska, Amanda Mitchell
When Honor Falls: A Study of Japanese Honor in Young Adult Literature, Joshua Nave
Fire and Brimstone: Analyzing Evangelicalism's Burning of the Bible in Favor of Literature, Kylee Phalen
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
The Effects of Bilingualism in Post-Stroke Aphasia Patients: Clinical Implications Within the United States, Kristen Bennett
The Roadmap: exploring T.S. Eliot’s The Waste Land with World War One literature, Matthew Bennett
The Effects of the Socio-Political Climate on Children’s Literature Over the Past Eighty Years, Molly Daniels
Shahrazad in Appalachia: Surviving Violence Through Stories and the Support of “Sisters”, Kaitlyn Hill
The Poetic Process: A Poetry Collection, Kirsten Noelle Litz
THE CASE OF LIMBO: THE SEARCH FOR IDENTITY IN SYLVIA PLATH’S SHORT FICTION AND THE BELL JAR, Kristin Lyons
Translating Contemporary Minimalist Poetry: Limitations and Complexities, Hannah G. Riddle
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
Trans Stories, Trans Voices: How the Internet Empowers Transgender Creators to Have Agency in Trans Fiction, Pepper J. Heifner
“The Fight Starts Here:” Appalachian Mountaintop Removal in Three Contemporary Young Adult Novels, Sarah Mawhinney
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
Storytelling through Movement: An Analysis of the Connections between Dance & Literature, Zoe Hester
Nevertheless, She Persisted: A Linguistic Analysis of the Speech of Elizabeth Warren, 2007-2017, Matthew Jennings
The Medicine of Middle Earth: An Examination of the Parallels Between World War Medicine and Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, Anna Pfeiffer
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
The Role of Attitudes and Motivations as Major Factors in Acquisition of Spanish as a Second Language, Laura Cabaniss
With Great Power: Examining the Representation and Empowerment of Women in DC and Marvel Comics, Kylee Kilbourne
“A Show about Language”: A Linguistic Investigation of the Creation of Humor in Seinfeld, Lindsey N. King
How Disassociating the Past Reassociates the Present: Distilling the Magic out of Magic Realism in Susan Power’s The Grass Dancer, Abby N. Lewis
An Embodiment of a True Woman in Emilia Pardo Bazán’s “Las medias rojas” and “El encaje roto”, Olivia Dorothy Short
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
When in Doubt: An Exploration of the Role of the Oracle in the Harry Potter Series, Emily J. Milner
Finding Inspiration in Darkness: The Exploration of Obscurity in Romanticism through the Works of Lord Byron and Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, Sarah E. Seal
Transforming the Mundane: Juxtaposing Maria Friedman’s "High Society" with George Cukor’s "The Philadelphia Story" as an Emphasis on the Importance of Theatre, Dana T. Speight Ms.
The Art of the Process: The Creation and Production of Wrinkles in Our Clothing, Julia Alexandra Yancey
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
“The Bedroom and the Barnyard: Zoomorphic Lust Through Territory, Procedure, and Shelter in ‘The Miller’s Tale’” & HAUNCHEBONES, Danielle N. Byington
The Recognition of Micro Poetry as a Literary Art Form Across Time and Culture, Kaitlyn M. Dahle
Non-Language Barriers to Effective Care of the Hispanic Population, Elizabeth M. Dobbins
The Rebuff of Discovery: A Collection of Poems, Kayla M. Ireson
Pathologized Peculiarities: A Collection of Short Stories, Kasey Jones
Linguistic Landscape of Main Streets in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Rachel E. Lay
Linguistic Landscape of Main Streets in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Rachel E. Lay
Magic and Femininity as Power in Medieval Literature, Anna McGill
Innocent Until Proven Guilty: Shakespeare's Use of Source Material in Three Plays, Alexandria C. McQueen
Inadequate Translations: Spanish/English Discrepancies in the Translated Sonnets of Garcilaso de la Vega, Jessica V. Palmer
Everest, Rebecca A. Seaman
Tobacco and Tar Babies: The Trickster as a Cultural Hero in Winnebago and African American Myth, Catherine Squibb
"A Spark" With Critical Introduction "Ore and Lore: Mining, Literature, and Loss", Andrea J. Warren
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Motherless Women Writers: The Affect on Plot and Character in the Brontë Sisters’ Novels, Laci J. Baker
"Beyond the Pavement" and "Setting Fire to the Sky" With Critical Introduction: "Exploring the Dark: Gothic Short Stories", Samantha Nicole Campbell
The World by Memory and Conjecture, Margaret G. Colvett
Give us a Gender Neutral Pronoun, Yo!: The Need for and Creation of a Gender Neutral, Singular, Third Person, Personal Pronoun, Elizabeth J. Elrod
Was Gawain a Gamer?, Gus Forester
Back to the Future: Taking a Trip Back in Order to Move Forward in Octavia Butler’s Kindred, Zakary H. LaFaver
Grief in the Iliad, Patrick R. Stickley
The Effects of Gender on Interruption among Peers, Kelsey R. Stubbs
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Skin Story: with critical introduction: “Scars left by the commonplace for women”., Bethany I. Adkins
Rebels Against Restriction: A Look Into the Effects of Restrictions and Censorship on Adolescents., Jordan Blevins
Redemption, Brittany Boone
The Roles of Women, Animals, and Nature in Traditional Japanese and Western Folk Tales Carry Over into Modern Japanese and Western Culture., Jessica Cooper
McCarthy's Outer Dark and Child of God as Works of Appalachian Gothic Fiction., Ava E. Gooding
Escapism, Oblivion, and Process in the Poetry of Charlotte Smith and John Keats., Jessica Hall
Beauty and the Beast: Across Cultures and Time., Bridgette Johnson
The Symbolic Power of Red in Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale., Karla M. Roland
An Explication of Satire in Mark Twain’s Letters from the Earth., Zachary R. Walden
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
The Knowledge and Awareness of Autism Spectrum Disorders within the Hispanic Community., Chelsea Daugherty
Rescue or Rape, Genji or Murasaki: The Role of Gender Relations and the Unsung Heroines of the Genji Monogatari., Jessie Nutter
Theses/Dissertations from 2011
Right Now, the World is Ending: Collected Poems., Brian Bowman
Down Elk: A Collection of Poems., Catherine Pritchard Childress
Barthian Bliss in the Films of Darren Aronofsky., Mark M. Hogstrom