Undergraduate thesis biographically examining the lives, deaths, and works of Virginia Woolf and Sylvia Plath, including their roles as daughters, wives, mothers, and female writers. This thesis has implications for the relevancy and pertinence of Virginia Woolf and Sylvia Plath to literary, gender, and even political studies today as evident in their being namesakes of their crafts, hallmarks of the literary periods in which they wrote, and some of the most recognized and referenced literary names in popular culture.

Undergraduate thesis that is a collection of short stories preceded by critical preface. The preface, which is divided into two sections, contextualizes the function and presence of the modular narrative. The first section explores the criticism of the form and the second section provides contextual examples of contemporary stories which more or less exhibit elements of the modular. This collection entitled "We Were Once All Gentle Creatures" employs the many conventions and elements of the modular story as means to show how the modular replicates the atemporal qualities of human experience.

Undergraduate thesis exploring how the economic collapse of Zimbabwe from 2000 to 2009 has been expressed in literature by Zimbabwean writers. It seeks to establish a connection between the strong-government controls of information in the media and the politicized nature of fiction during this period. It examines the nationalist narrative created by the Zimbabwean government and shows how the works of fiction of writers like Brian Chikwava and Petina Gappah have undermined this narrative by revealing parallel narratives that reveal the spin the government has put on society.

Undergraduate thesis expanding exploring the 1836 captivity narrative "An Authentic Narrative of the Seminole War; and the Miraculous Escape of Mrs. Mary Godfrey, and Her Four Female Children." Unlike Mary Rowlandson's "The Sovereignty and Goodness of God," the anonymously-authored "An Authentic Narrative" is almost certainly fabricated. There are no records of a Mrs. Mary Godfrey being captured and redeemed, or even existing at all. However, like Rowlandson's captivity narrative, it attempts to use a woman's experience of captivity to defend and stabilize a national male identity. "An Authentic Narrative" is a variation on the captivity genre that indicates a shift toward the white fraternal national identity described by Dana E. Nelson, even as the female captive's rescue by an escaped slave and the deaths of the white, male rescuers point to the fundamental incoherence of this national identity.

Undergraduate thesis psychoanalyzing the composer Don Carlo Gesualdo. It focuses on the relationship between the composer and mastery of the musical task. The author examines the life and work of Don Carlo Gesualdo, Prince of Venosa, who was commonly referred to as both musician and murderer.

Undergraduate thesis examining representations of media and technology in two contemporary American novels, "White Noise" by Don DeLillo (1985) and "Super Sad True Love Story" by Gary Shteyngart (2010), with the goal of elucidating the attributes and significance of the technological contexts in fiction as well as contributing to a broader discussion of its operations on consciousness, society, and the cultural imagination.

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.

Paper closely examines the thematic and linguistic content of Percy Shelley's poem "Ode to Liberty".

Paper discusses the content and implications of three previously uncollected letters written by minister William Ellery Channing, a progressive nineteenth century thinker.

A collection of poems by Caleb Braun following his experiences with spirituality.

Paper explores sophism and it's effect on modern democracy in the United States.

Paper discusses the shift in the poetic style of Anne Bradstreet’s poetry after The Tenth Muse, framed in the context of how language was viewed by American Puritans in the seventeenth century.

Paper argues that Janie, the protagonist of Their Eyes Were Watching God, achieves agency and identity through the act of storytelling rather than through the actions she takes within the story itself.

Paper discusses eugenics policies brought against Native Americans as explored in the young adult novel Hidden Roots.

Paper discusses the ways in which the play Hamlet frames homosocial relationships, arguing that the homosocial relationship of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern serves as a counterpoint to the Neo-Platonic friendship represented by Horatio.

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.

Paper explores the difference in the portrayal of Native Americans in captivity narratives that did result in acculturation and those that did not.

Introduction to the special section on English Literature for the 2014 edition of The Eagle Feather, written by Kelly Wisecup.

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

Paper discusses issues of sexism and anti-feminist sentiment in the modern organized skepticism movement.

This study examines mental illness in literature, with a focus on Charlotte Perkins Gilman's 'The Yellow Wallpaper' and Sylvia Plath's 'The Bell Jar', the primary texts of the research, and develops similarities and personal connections between the authors and their mentally unstable main characters.

Presentation for the 2011 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas discussing research on popular resistance, leadership attitudes, and Turkish accession to the European Union (EU).

Presentation for the 2010 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas discussing research the noble appeal and establishing truth in true reports from the early modern era.

Presentation for the 2010 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas discussing research on the effect of Queen Elizabeth I's sovereignty as a monarch on English literature in the 17th century England, especially the work of John Milton's 'Paradise Lost'.