This creative thesis collects five fictional stories, as well as a critical preface entitled “Fractals and the Gestalt: the Hybridization of Genre.” The critical preface discusses genre as a literary element and explores techniques for effective genre hybridization. The stories range from psychological fiction to science fiction and fantasy fiction. Each story also employs elements from other genres as well. These stories collectively explore the concept of the other and themes of connection and ostracization.

Paper discusses the prefaces to the novels and short stories of Nathaniel Hawthorne, and argues that the author uses this space to describe political views that are clear to only a select audience.

Presentation for the 2012 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas discussing "That One Congenial Friend" and a study on Nathaniel Hawthorne's political aims and divided audience.

This paper discusses research on Nathanial Hawthorne's political aims and divided audience.

(Dis) Agreements Section of L'Atalante: Revista de Estudios Cinematográficos Issue 28. This section includes assessments of the topic of censorship and cinematic classicism that serve to correct and update numerous aspects in relation to the real scope and impact of the Hays Code on Hollywood films.

This thesis is focused on the motivations and influences on the writings of Edgar Allan Poe. Poe's work and letters are used to support the hypothesis that his work resulted from a desire to be recognized.

Paper analyzes Mary Rowlandson's The Sovereignty and Goodness of God, arguing that she Rowlandson resists patriarchy by working within her socially accepted roles.

Undergraduate thesis exploring criticisms of patriarchy in women's captivity narratives by examining Mary Rowlandson's The Sovereignty and Goodness of God (1862) and Sarah Wakefield's Six Weeks in the Sioux Tepees: A Narrative of Indian Captivity (1862). Both used their socially acceptable roles in order to assert their own ideas regarding the patriarchy. The author concludes that both narratives therefore assert that patriarchal societies did not necessarily produce justice for English or American women who were a part of these societies, or for the Dakota Indians who lived in close contact with a patriarchal society.

This article examines aspects of William James's thought such as his "transmission theory" of consciousness, his ideas on the "knowing of things together," and "the compounding of consciousness," which suggest his working toward a naturalistic understanding of consciousness.

Poster presentation for the 2011 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas discussing a creative thesis consisting of two parts: a critical preface and a chapbok of original poetry.

This thesis presents a the satire of Jonathan Swift's writings framed within the context of the historical events and conditions as they existed during his lifetime.

This article explores the ways in which Katherine Anne Porter's fiction uniquely supplements cultural narratives of Mexicanness, Americanness, and the implications of their co-existence.

This thesis resulted from an examination of the influence of witchcraft superstitions upon Elizabethan-era dramas.

Paper describes study exploring parliamentary speakers’ orientation toward reconciliation (OTR) over a period of one year in Kenya after the Kenyan election crisis of 2007-2008.

This chapter critiques the use of student labor on digital humanities projects in and out of the classroom.

This dataset contains survey results from librarians regarding their stance on American Library Association values and social justice in relation to LGBTQ issues.

Poster presentation for the 2012 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas discussing research on media coverage of modern environmentalism.

The prevailing analyses of the structure of the Gospel of Mark represent modifications of the form-critical approach and reflect its tendency to regard the Gospel not as a unified narrative but as an anthology of sayings and acts of Jesus which were selected and more or less adapted to reflect the early Church's theological understanding of Christ. However, a narrative-critical reading of the Gospel reveals that the opening proclamation, the Transfiguration, and the concluding proclamation provide a definite framework for a close pattern of recurring words, repeated questions, interpolated narrative, and inter locking parallels which unfold the basic theme of the Gospel: the person and work of Christ.

Poster presentation for the 2009 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas discussing research on William Blake's influence on popular culture.

Poster for the 2010 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas discussing research on William Blake's modern-day influence on the visual word.

The thesis systematically explicates Dostoevsky's portrayal of the origin of human evil on earth through the novel The Brothers Karamazov. Drawing from the novel and from Augustine, Pelagius, and Luther, the explication compares and contrasts Dostoevsky's doctrine of original conflict against the three theologians' views of original sin. Following a brief summary of the three earlier theories of original sin, the thesis describes Dostoevsky's peculiar doctrine of Karamazovism and his unique account of how human evil originated. Finally, the thesis shows how suffering, love, and guilt grow out of the original conflict and how the image of Christ serves as an icon of the special kind of social unity projected by Zosima the Elder in The Brothers Karamazov.

This doctoral dissertation applies user experience and complex systems theory, combining eye-tracking data with verbal and observational data from user test instances, to study the effectiveness of metadata records that accompany digital primary source objects available on The Portal to Texas History.

Presentation for the first Open Data Hackathon at UNT, organized as part of International Open Data Day. This presentation discusses The Humanities and Technology (THAT) Camp.

The central figure in The Awakening, Edna Pontellier, is shown in this thesis to pursue a narcissistic flight from existential reality. Following a review of contemporary criticism, Edna Pontellier's narcissism is discussed in connection with her sexuality and suicide. Sources cited range from biographies of Kate Chopin to scholarly articles to the works of modern psychologists. The emphasis throughout the thesis is on the wealth of interpretations that currently exist on The Awakening as well as the potential for further -study and interpretation in the future. Rather than viewing The Awakening as a purely feministic novel, it is stressed that The Awakening can transcend such categorization and be appreciated on many levels.