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Submit Your ThesisTheses/Dissertations from 2006
Whose Internet?: Understanding Audience in Intercultural Web Design, Ida Loudermilk
Making Connections: Composition/Rhetoric and Literature Intertwine in the Classroom, Pamela S. Nehlig
30 Women Turning 30, Colette Petersen
The Colors in Between: Culturally Layered Individuals in 21st Century America, Rashida Powell
Bite Me, Elizabeth Raby
From Spanish to English: A Cultural, Linguistic, and Literary Odyssey, Natalia Schust
Georgia Musings: A Collection of Writings, D. Lea Stone
Jimmy Bullee and Other Stories, Sussan K. Sutphen
Small Moments, Big Milestones: Becoming an Effective Writer through Teaching, Victoria Walker
The Write Decision, Connie Hulsey Watjen
A Journal Publishing Practicum for the KSU Press, Emily Wehby
Burn Your Roses, Rhyea White
Writing a Picture of the Past: Expressing Life on Life's Terms, Bobbie J. Whorton
Talking to Myself: A Writer's Journey toward Writing for an Audience of More Than One, Crystal T. Wright
Theses/Dissertations from 2005
The Courage to Market, Heather Alice Blasingame Ayer
The Darker Side of White: Stories Inspired by The Beatles's White Album, Chrysta Lea Baker
Stella Barkley, Kendall Baumann
The Chronicles of a Speechwriter, Melva Bell
The Business of Writing History: Case Studies in Organizational History, Leslie A. Cook
Mount Hope, Christopher Dowd
Valeria and Her Lovers, Marc Fitten
The Ghosts Are Mine, Patricia Fulton
Zip Codes: Stories and Essays, Patti Ghezzi
In the Knob, Jennifer L. Gibbs
Coo: An Original Full-Length Screenplay, Phillip Maury Harrold
Claiming a Professional Writing Space: The Writing Journal of Nellie Arnott, Margie G. Chastain Hendrix
The Queen's Court, Margaret F. Highsmith
College Dreams: A Short Story Cycle, Shannon Lenora Jones
Going beyond Discipline Plans and High Expectations: Improving the Preparation of Teach for America Corps Members, Debra Kennedy
The Tinsel Tower, Barbara Kornblit
Cool Million, Walter Lawrence
The Long and Short of It: The Business of Freelance Feature Writing, Jennifer Maciejewski
Creatively Applied Writing, Jessica C. Nasca
Just My Imagination, Paula M. Ogletree
Consider the Lilies, Dawn Lanier Ortiz
Discovering 21st Century Composition Studies, Jeannie C. Parker
The Babylonian Talmud: A Unique Text of Argument and Narrative, Pamela H. Reynolds
Monitions: A One Act Play, Deanna Ryan
The Varieties of Writing Experience, David Schmidt
Writing to Tell the Story: A Portfolio of Fiction and News Features, Christine Renee Smith
Road Rovers: A Screenplay, Kathleen Duerr Snow
Frontline Medic, Sandra Wright Taylor
Love and Letting Go, Owerri M. Washington
Drowned Things: Poems by Michael Weeks, Michael L. Weeks
Beauty, Jodi R. Williams
Societal Norms: A Writing Portfolio, Odiesha Williams
Theses/Dissertations from 2004
Paper Hearts Can Beat Forever, Susan Behar
On Audience and Cadence: Growing as a Writer from Youth to the MAPW Program, Rachel Faith Brooker
Coloring Outside the Lines: The Brownies' Book, Literacy, and "Jim Crow", Regina Ann Clark
Remants, Jennifer Goad Cuthbertson
Visits to a Time Called Mississippi and Other Travels, Ronald E. Dulaney
Writing About Theatre, Jennifer Hartshorn
Development of a Dynasty: The History of Kennesaw State Baseball, Chris Lerstang
Through the Red Sea As By Dry Land, Nancy Stephan McDaniel
Magdelina Menninger: For Better, Theresa Milford
Expanding the Boundaries: The Value of Composition and Rhetoric Studies in Professional Writing, Caroline DeArmas Mooney
Diary of a Writing Project: A Documentary, Lisa Satterfield
How Hard Is It To Find a Good Man? And Other Stories - An eBook (in Development), Lesia Miller Schnur
The Assorted Losers, Jeremy Sparks
Voice: A Writer's Essence, Nancy E. Spraker
Coming Full Circle: Integrating Writing into a Design Business, Tracey Viars
Guilt Trip, Leslie Wolfe-Cundiff
I Was a Teenage Alcoholic; Then I Turned Twenty: Tales of Love, Loss and Liquor, Karen Wurl
Theses/Dissertations from 2003
The Halfling of Cannallaith, Michelle Abbott
Excerpts from Sweet Auburn: An Illustrated Guide to Martin Luther King, Jr., National Historic Site and Historic Auburn Avenue, Carol S. Ash
No Footprints in the Sand: A Soldier's Memoir from the First Gulf War, William Lee Brame
Jumpstart: A New Employee's Guide to TRG Design, Alicia J. Brown
An Editing Practicum, Oscar V. Bryan
Jared and the Dessert Thief, Chris Burdett
Gabriel's Return, E. Y. Coley, III
Writing for the Audiences of a Freelance Web Site, Jimmy R. Cooper
Writing Community Spaces: A Writing Portfoilo, Peggy Maynard Corbett
"Sideways in the Wind", Heather N. Crawford
Theater, Film, Narrative, Tom DeTitta
Doorways: Forays: Adventuring beyond Professional and Creative Writing Thresholds, Deedie Dowdle
Maiden Flight, Jeff Golden
Dorchester Is My Hometown, Gerald F. Healy
Healthcare Writing from a Rhetorical Perspective: A Portfolio, Leslie Johnston
Interactive Words: Using Electronic Tutorials to Expand the Vocabulary of Middle School Students, Rebecca E. Kelly
Writing from the Heart: The Personal in the Professional, Denise McAllister
Being a Freelance Writer, Amy Marie Meadows
Chrysalis, Kevin Polin
On Nelson Street and Ball Lightning, Cheryl Stiles
Jacob's Ladder: A Novel, James Stoner
Show of Hands, Aurelia Thorn
Accepting Memories, Bethany White
Theses/Dissertations from 2002
In Media Res: Negotiating the Middle Ground for ESL Students in the Writing Center, Maren Valentine Blake
Riffs and Solos: Jazzing My Way through Writing, Jeff Cebulski
The Search for Self, Hal B. Cole
A Writer's Transition: Discovering New Possibilities in Communication through Visual Design, Carie Wallace Crane
God Waits on the Water, Candace Hall Doughty
The Longest Road: Tales of the Mysterious and Supernatural, Kimberly Jo Egan
A Basic Writing Instructor's Proposal: A Call for More Instruction in the Developmental English Department at a Technical College, Endora Matheney Feick
Mirrors for Michaela: A Story of Writing, Dyslexia and Drinking Tea on the Ceiling, Teri Holbrook
The Pearl Choker: The First Chapters of an Evolved Novel, Lois Cleaette Huddlestun
Dollars for Helper Dogs: Creating a Case Statement for a Non-Profit Organization, Heather Michelle Keen
Rewriting Myself, Kathryn S. Kiernan
A Field User's Guide to Chemcare Order Processing, Leah Knight
The Student Development Center on the Internet: Creating a Digital Presence for a University Department, Carol J. Pope
Spitting Down Light, Ryan Matthew Reece