MAPW Portfolio

Author

Arlene WhiteFollow

Date of Award

Spring 5-10-2021

Degree Type

Capstone

Degree Name

Master of Arts in Professional Writing (MAPW)

Department

English

Committee Chair/First Advisor

Mitch Olson

Co-Chair

Jenny Sadre-Orafai

Abstract

The portfolio is designed to demonstrate a range of writing proficiency shaped by the MAPW program. It is comprised of artifacts crafted in my concentration and two support areas. A short story, stage play, and screen play represent the creative writing concentration. Blog post and kinetic poetry correspond with the support areas of applied writing and composition and rhetoric. My view and voice are highlighted in this body of diverse works linked by a thread of social interaction within family and community. I am a storyteller at heart and have an innate desire to share narratives that tell it like it is from my perspective.