Honors theses completed at Western Michigan University are entered into ScholarWorks. Some may be embargoed or restricted by the authors or we have been unable to reach the authors, so the theses may be only available from on-campus computers. If you are an author of an honors thesis and would like to make it available off campus or if you have any questions, please contact wmu-scholarworks@wmich.edu.
Theses from 2023
COVID-19 as an Industry Accelerant, Betty Huang
The Laureate Journal, Isabella Loe Proulx
Could Musical Theatre Be Worthy of Literary Analysis? (Or, An Attempt at Dismantling the Cultural Hierarchy), Sarah Meierdirks
Expressions of Femininity in Fantasy Settings, Samantha Schultz
Theses from 2022
Accepting the Monster Within: Addressing Mental Illness Through Young Adult Literature, Jenna Ellis
Empower! A Poetry Curriculum for the 21st Century Learner, Misty Maina
D-042503, Elizabeth Miller
Teaching Language Variation in K-12 Schools, Samantha Phillips
Impact of DACA on education & employment and the need for a permanent solution, Autumn Roemer
Theses from 2021
The Exploration of Various Literary Genres through Short Story Writing, Abigail Cowan
Mythos, Hana Holmgren
Increasing Diverse Literature in Classrooms: How Representation in Pedagogy Matters, Heather Price
"Woodburn, Texas: A Study in Southern Gothic", Katherine Stone
Theses from 2020
Periscopes: A Play Exploring Neurodiversity and Family, Noa Dahan
Future Teachers of Color: A Documentary, Sarah Giramia
Worldwide Wonder: The Positive Impact of Academic Travel on the Education Major A Scholarly Personal Narrative, Katherine Rutherford
Theses from 2019
Reshaping the United States' Anti-Trafficking Legislation: The Need for Uniform Reporting and Victim Rehabilitation, Bryant Cross
Found Family, Julianna Drachman
The Laureate, Hannah Ryder
Theses from 2018
The Rhetoric of Landscape: Through Oil and Water, Alexandrea Davis
Crafting Fear: The Horror Film Trailer, Courtney Dreyer
17th Edition of The Laureate, Jessie Fales
Wishing I Was an English Major: A Collection of Creative Writing, Abrahan Garcia
We The People, Anna Kietzerow
Waxing, Waning, Waking: A collection of poetry and prose, Brook VanBruggen
Perennial: An Undergraduate Thesis in Poetry, Austin Wines
Theses from 2017
The Laureate; 16th Edition, Nicholas Alti
Precarious Positions of Femininity in Contemporary Literature: A College Course Creation, Ireland Atkinson
Amayra Short; Touch of Shadow (Creative Writing, Fictional Short Story), Jessica Blandford
A Collection of Short Fiction by Andew J. Draper, Andrew Draper
Delving into Multicultural Literature with Inquiry, Juan Gonzalez
Inference and Representation: A Look at Umberto Eco’s Notion of the Sign, James Martin
Tales from the "Bad RAs", Narisse Martin
A Scholarly Fictional Narrative Portraying the Stigma that Surrounds Mental Illness and Its Place in Literature, Adrianna Robinson
The Reader and the Web: Web Companions to Literature, Heather Sanford
City of Lost and Found: Reflections of an Adult Third-Culture Kid, Jeddie Sophronius
Cross-Curricular Writing in Mathematics for Comprehension, Kirsten Stowell
Theses from 2016
“May the odds be never in your favor” – An economic representation of the Hunger Games trilogy, Kaitlin Marshall
Stories from a Millinery, Allie Maynard
Can a student write a novel in a month?, Julia Tanner
Theses from 2015
Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Laureate, DJ Delong
Gender inclusive and gender specific language in English and Spanish, Elyse Hogan
The Laureate Collection, Samantha McVeigh
The Trickster and Queen, Jagjit Sidhu
WIDR FM's Constitution: Restatement, Revision, and Analysis of Genre, Joseph Silver
Theses from 2014
The Laureate, Nicole Burchette
Like Sun on a Wet Cobblestone, Renate Childs
Each Moment a Poem, Sarah Kidd
The Relevance of Fraternity New Member Education Programs, Christopher Miller
Contesting Erasure = Progressive Representations of Queer Identities in Adolescent Literature, Andrew Trevarrow
A Postmortem on NaNoWriMo: Analyzing the Creative Process of Writing Under Time Constraints, Mary Westveer
Alexander Hamilton: Slavery, Politics, and Class Status, Sara Weyenberg
Theses from 2013
The Role of el Cid in Medieval Spanish Culture and Epic Literature, Emily Chaney
Glottopoeia: A Case Study in Language Change, Ian Hollenbaugh
Variations in the Wake: Essays, Kenneth Jakubas
A Woman's Place is On the Stage: Outspoken Women in Jacobean Theater, Kaitlyn Mitchell
"'More Safe I Sing with Mortal Voice': The Bard, the Reader, and the Problematics of Creation in Paradise Lost", Benjamin Moran
Teaching Grammar in Context, Katie Pingle
With Eye-Light and Love and Other Stories, Michelle Repke
God Only Knows: Family in the films of Paul Thomas Anderson, Jordan Rossio
Identity and Gender Constructs in "Written on the Body", Paige Van De Winkle
Editor-in-Chief of the Laureate, Andrea Walker
Theses from 2012
Labyrinthesis: the Exploration and Construction of a labyrinth at Western Michigan University, Nathan D. Boyt
The Laureate Eleventh Edition, Bridget Dooley
W.W.A.D.D.? What Would Andy Dufresne Do? The Idea of Life After Death in the Shawshank Redemption, Nathan Andrew Edwards
Chester's Place, Kendra Flournoy
Teaching, Writing, Writing Teaching: Reflective Journal Responses from Teaching ENGL 1000, Christine Hamman
In the Garage, Christopher James Hart
Where We Shall Make Our Home: the Dutch and English Languages in West Michigan, Cody J. Mejeur
Witness for the Prosecution: Erasure Poetics, Samantha M. Schaefer
Theses from 2011
Language, Race, and Culture in Porgy and Bess, Madeline J. Baker
One, Ayla Batton
Queering the Blog: Authorship and Postfeminism in Blogs and Blooks, Staci L. Stutsman
Theses from 2010
Permanent Souvenirs: Bilingual Creative Writing Across the Atlantic, Laura Citino
[re]Counting my Blessings, Daniel Ebenhoeh
Stopping for Death: Plays, Poetry, and Prose, Sally Johnson
The Elementals of Magic; A Short History of FAERIE; A Tale of FAERIE, Patricia Schultz
Theses from 2009
If I Had to Describe to You where Fremont is..., William Derks
Never Say Die, Marcy Molengraff
Almost Dying, Rebecca Murtha
Reflections from Teaching English 1000: An Undergraduate's Experience Teaching a Remedial College English Class, Kristin Tunier
Organized Open Reading of Prague Summer Program Participants, Julia Valentine and Rebecca Murtha
Theses from 2008
Facing the River, Conor Burke
The Medallion Program: Moving Beyond Mere Competition, Maximilian Avery Clark
Dimensions of Blue, Jennifer Dempsey
Archipelago: Three Short Stories, Gregory A. Flynn
Word Weavers: Encore, Gabriel Giron
Theses from 2007
Strength, As I Have Come to Know It: A Memoir, Sarah Anderson
Individual Autonomy and the Work of Resistance: How Authors of the 1950s Reject State Absorption Through Imagination and Reaffirmation of the Body, Benjamin L. Boroughf
Marginalized Literature in the English Classroom Working with Barbara Ehrenreich's Nickel and Dimed, Noelle Carpenter
Writing Workshop: The Basics to Get Started, Molly Gauthier
The Quest for Identity: Exploring Female Role Models in Modern Children's Texts, Meghann Meeusen
Welcome to Prison, Jamie Titus
The Boss of the Plains: A Short Story, Langdon Tower
Working Through the Basics of Writing, Lacey J. Wylie