English & Creative Writing

The phrase “Strong Black Woman” has become very harmful for Black women everywhere, causing us not to feel like we are allowed to ask for...

Whether ‘you’ need to save the princess or debate a choice between A or B, second-person perspective is a fundamentally persuasive style of storytelling that...

This presentation will explore how Roland Barthes’ analysis of the practice of French striptease as a semiotic performance can be used in corporate women’s portfolios...

The story of La Llorona is a folktale that has existed at least since the fall of Tenochtitlan and the character has remained a persistent...

This project examines the reconfiguration of myth, legend, and folklore to subvert cultural expectations of gendered performance in Carmen Maria Machado’s “The Husband Stitch.” Spivak’s...

This oral history project offers analysis into the work and embodiment of women in the southern Appalachian region. Using a regional-focus, the project centers on...

As a writer and a feminine-presenting person, I have always been drawn to horror fiction as a way to explore personal experiences and the cultural...

This paper is the culmination of a senior project for English and Writing Studies. Drawing on the researcher’s previous experience with trauma study, it explores...

Confessional poetry challenges traditional notions of self-expression by delving into personal and often taboo subjects that were not typically addressed in poetry before. It goes...

My research set out to dissect the question: How can monstrosity be reclaimed through transness? Understanding the concept of "monstering" as a verb, an action...

When first working on world building for my original piece, I knew I wanted to write a story with original mythology. In order to do...