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Applied Applied Applied
Composition & Rhetoric Composition & Rhetoric Composition & Rhetoric
Creative Creative Creative

Portfolios

Applied

Alexander, Jeff. Humor Me

Bartow, Trudi Mitchell. A Writing Portfolio

Bennett, Anne Marie. The Role of Revision in Workplace and Creative Writing

Bowers, Jennifer R. A Technical Writer's Journey into the World of Information Management

Callhan, Dianne McClintock. The Development of a Writer's Gestalt: Moving Collaboration from Classroom to Workplace

Cebulski, Jeff. Riffs and Solos: Jazzing My Way Through Writing

Chambers, Stephanie Lynn. Business Communications in the Nineties

Cohen, Marsha Proser. Writing for: Audience and Marketability

Cook, Leslie A. The Business of Writing History: Case Studies in Organizational History

Conn, Joy Dean. Professional Writing Functions of a Telecommunications Company Public Relations Department

Connell, Elizabeth B. Who is my Audience? Journey of a Technical Communicator

Cooper, Jimmy R. Writing for Audiences of a Freelance Web Site

Craig, Carissa Athena. The Design of a Writer: Parlaying a Professional Writing Program into a Professional Writing Center

Crane, Carie Wallace. A Writer's Transition: Discovering New Possibilities in Communication through Visual Design

Cruikshank, Camilla. A Writing Portfolio

Dowdle, Deedie. Doorways: Forays

Durocher, Eric. Roads of the Past: The Autobiographical Route to Writing

Freeman, Kenzie. Teaching Americans to Think in Korean: A Theoretical and Practical Approach to Writing for Asian Audiences

Galloy, Andrea. The Roles of Genre, Audience, and Collaboration in Composing for Diverse Discourse Communities

Gaulke, Ruth. Writing Journey

Ghalili, Saffura Chinniah. A Writer's Portfolio

Harrison, Gordon and Frances Weyand. Development of a Hypertext-linked Localization Module

Hartshorn, Jennifer. Writing About Theatre

Hendrickson, Erika D. Discovering Creativity in Applied Writing

Holmberg, Mark. Writing Portfolio

Jackson, Jonae. Letters from a Southern Sunset: Travels in Argentina

Jenkins, Dana. Creating a Personal Writing Space

Johnson, Mary Elizabeth. From a Distance: Making Connections Via the MAPW Program

Johnston, Leslie. Healthcare Writing From a Rhetorical Perspective: A Portfolio

Long, Trish. Creativity in Business Writing: One Student's Transformation

Lynn, Kathy. Reading, Writing, and Multimedia

Madej, Krystina S. Digital Storytelling for Children--Exploring the Possibilities

McAllister, Denise. Writing from the Heart: The Personal in the Professional

Meadows, Amy Marie. Being a Freelance Writer

Medved, Michele. Why Write?

Moore, Irene K. Collaborative Writing in Corporate Marketing Communications

Nasca, Jessica C. Creatively Applied Writing

Paige, Dorinda Eller. Honoring Truth in Writing

Rameizl, Regina C. The Evolution of a Professional Writer

Rasure, Debra S. Creative Writing Techniques Across Genres: A Portfolio of Applied and Creative Works

Rentz, H. Perry. Making the Most of the Medium: The Value of Video Production in Education

Schust, Natalia. "From Spanish to English: A Cultural and Literary Odyssey"

Shinall, Cheryl. A Writing Portfolio

Shope, Sarah Anne. A Writing Portfolio

Skinner, Audry Eitel. The Silence Within: A Writing Portfolio

Smith, Beverly C. A Writer's Portfolio

Smith, Christina Renee. Writing to Tell the Story: A Portfolio of Fiction and News Features

Smith, Gary R. The Professional Portfolio: From the Workplace to the Realm of Fiction

Stevenson, Dian. A Journey of Personal and Professional Expression

Sutphen, Sussan. Fear and Loss: A Collection of Short Stories

Thomas, Carolyn. Style and Voice Across Genres: A Portfolio of Academic, Feature, and Technical Writing

Thompson, Allen. A Writing Portfolio

Vetromile, Kathleen M. A Writing Portfolio

Vickery, Melissa. Professional Writing Skills Applied to Program Development Enhances Likelihood of Program Success: A Writing Portfolio

Waldroup, Stephanie D. Creativity in Corporate Writing

Walker, Mary. Shapeshifting: Collecting and Connecting. The Experience and Application of Professional Writing

Wallace, April Sheffield Wallace. The Importance of Family in My Professional Writing

Weiss, Susan. Have Pen Will Travel: A Professional Writer's Sojourn

Whitney, Amy Gayle. Writing the Out-Of-Doors

Wichman, Yvonne Beard. Beyond the Classroom Experience: Integrating Education and Career

Williams, Odiesha, Societal Norms: A Writing Portfolio

Wright, Crystal. Reflections of a writer through audience


Composition and Rhetoric

Armstrong, Catherine. The Rhetorical Construction of History: A Historian's Journey in Professional Writing

Blenis, Melanie. Layers of Literacy: A Theoretical Journey

Blount, Eleanor J. Writers Write and Sometimes They Teach

Brock, Sally. The Reader on my Shoulder: Teaching Writing Through Audience Awareness

Brumfield, Sean. Getting There

Corbett, Peggy Maynard. Writing Community Spaces

Doss, Bridget Anastasia Trainor. A Writing Portfolio

Dyer, Diane (Mimi). Toward Defining Collaboration

Hamby, Patsy. The Balancing Act: Pedagogy and Praxis

Holmes, Kathryn E. From Theory to Practice: the Process of My Professionalization

Lambert, Bernadette. Teaching to Write and Writing to Teach: A Teacher's Circular Journey Through Literacy

Mirando, Lisa. Collaborative Writing: Professional Accounts, Personal Discoveries

Mosley, Milka. Teacher as Narrator, Researcher, and Facilitator

Parker, Jeannie C. Discovering 21st Century Composition Studies

Schmidt, David. The Varieties of Writing Experience

Seaman, George. Reading Narratives and Reflexive Understanding

Shaver, Lisa J. Conceiving a New Writing Space

Smith, Andrew Waldon. Come Together: The Craft of Rhetoric and Creativity

Soetebier, Karl A. Discourse of Authority

Stoughton, Laura B. Process, Affect, and Autobiography: A Writing Portfolio

Truss, Rozlyn Tennielle. Language and Literacy: Teaching Elementary Students to Write

Walker, Leslie. Finding One's Place Through Writing

Woods, Gina. Putting the Pieces Together and Discovering a Story


Creative

Arledge, Jessica Parlapiano. Falling Awake A Writing Portfolio

Bohanan, Lauri Michelle. Something to Cry About: A Writing Portfolio

Brame, Major William Lee. No Footprints in the Sand A Soldier's Memoir from the First Gulf War

Brooker, Rachel Faith. On Audience and Cadence: Growing as a Writer from Youth to the MAPW Program

Brown, Drew. Standing Down and Other Stories

Brown, Peggy. Therapy and Other Stories: A Writing Portfolio

Burns, Jeanine A. Words Grow Like Joy: Lessons from a Writer to a Writer

Clark, Jerome. Inspirations for Life: A Writing Portfolio

Crawford, Heather N. Sideways in the Wind

Davitte, Annette Harville. Love is Signified with a Kiss, Necessity a Knot

Dulaney, Ronald E. Visits to a Time Called Mississippi and Other Travels

Epperson, Bob. Two Short Horror Screenplays

Eppihimer, Elisha. He Calls Her Dulcinea

Fischer, Natalie Wolfe. Relativity A Writing Portfolio

Frances, Mary. The Value of the Ordinary

Fulton, Patricia. The Ghosts are Mine

Gibbs, Jennifer L. In the Knob

Hamburg, Matthew S. Storyteller

Hart, Kathleen Suzanne. Into the Woods: The Search for Direction Within My Creative Writing Process

Healy, Gerald F. Dorchester is My Hometown

Kiernan, Kathryn S. Rewriting Myself

McFarland, Morgan A. McLaughlin. Twenty Domestic Poems

Murphy, Cathy. A Writing Portfolio

Reece, Ryan Matthew. Spitting Down Light

Richey, Lillian. Breach of Dignity

Salsburg, Cathleen. The Secret Mantra:Poems, Flash Fictions, & Short Stories

Senger, Julie. Feminagerie:A Collection of Female Voices

Shelnutt, Karen Diane Stewart. Paper Doll: A Writing Portfolio

Smoot, W. Scott. A Writing Teacher Writes

Songe, Margaret. Perspectives in Fiction and Poetry A Writing Portfolio

Sparks, Jeremy. The Assorted Losers

Sugar, Len. A Writing Portfolio

Taber, Ellen. Canyon Road: A Novel

Tippens, Joyce Scott. Rising Above Expectations: Personal Development Through Education

Vogel, Mary Ellen. Both Sides: A Writing Portfolio

Wheeler, Lynda S. Giving Voice to Life's Experience

White, Kristie K. Spherical Angles: The Practical Pursuit of Stylistic Freedom

Wilson, Nancy "A Massachusetts Earthquake " A Play in Two Acts and a Requiem

Thesis

Applied

Melva Bell. The Chronicles of a Speechwriter

Brown, Cheryl Anderson. Lost Princess: A Life of Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales

Burke, Deborah. Targeting Parents of Adolescents in the Magazine Industry

Curry, Althea Craig. The Legal Power of the Written Word: A Rhetorical Analysis of Appellate Briefs

Fleschner, Samra. Intercultural Explorations: Writing Effectively Across Cultures

Gramoglia, Margaret (Terry). The Personal Travel Essay

Heidrich-Rice, Jan. The Used Gifts Project: A Writer's Journey to Share Tales Along the Road of Organ and Tissue Donation

Jennings, Angie. Sharin Stories

Kennedy, Debra. Going Beyond Discipline Plans and High Expectations: Improving the Preparation of Teach for America Corps Members

Lassister, Haylie. Ghostwriting Analysis & Portfolio

Loudermilk, Ida. "Whose Internet? Understanding Audience in Intercultural Web Design"

Petersen, Colette. 30 Women Turning 30

Pope, Carol J. The Student Development Center on the Internet: Creating a Digital Presence for a University Department

Powell, Rashida. The Colors in Between: Culturally Layered Individuals in Twenty-First Century America

Raby, Elizabeth. Bite Me

Smith, Kia. A Cultural Exchange: A Study Abroad Travel Guide

Smith, Rosita. Look at Me: Refugee and Immigrant Women Speak on Coming to Georgia from 1995-2006

Taylor, Jason. Turning Concepts Into Bylines: An Examination and Analysis of a Professional Writer's Portfolio

White, Rhyea. Burn Your Roses

Whorton, Bobbie. "Writing Through Reality"

Willadsen, Ronelle. The Wurffleins of Philadelphia

Wood, Katrina. "Broadening horizons of the developing travel writer and other college students through study abroad"


Composition/Rhetoric

Anthony, Mark. Remediation, Genre, and Bloggs: A Reexamination of Blogs as Genre

Blake, Maren Valentine. In Medias Res: Negotiating the Middle Ground for ESL Students in the Writing Center

Campbell, Richard Todd. Pop Rhetoric: A Thesis in Four Movements

Clark, Regina Ann. Coloring Outside the Lines: The Brownies' Book, Literacy, and "Jim Crow"

Feick, Endora Matheney. A Basic Writing Instructor's Proposal: A Call for More Instruction in the Developmental English Department at a Technical College

Gregg, Noelle Crisafulli. Second Thoughts

Readling, Jan. The Impact of Social Construction on Writing Centers

Reynolds, Pamela H. The Babylonian Talmud: A Unique Text of Argument and Narrative

 


Creative

Abbott, Michelle. The Halfling of Cannallaith

Adler, Saul. Unhealthy Competition: A Novel Excerpt

Baker, Chrysta Lea. The Darker Side of White

Bagwell, Teresa. Benches

Baumann, Kendall. Stella Barkley

Behar, Susan. Paper Hearts Can Beat Forever

Bennett, Gloria. A Place to Belong

Bisiacchi, Mauro. Hudson City Rain: Collected Fiction

Blanchard, Traci Leigh. Flight: A Story Cycle

Bradford, John. Spoken Silence

Brooks, John. Brunch with the Virgin Mary

Burdett, Chris. Jared and the Dessert Thief

Bustos, Lina. "Exploring Creative Writing through different genres"

Cardona, Patricia Burrows. When Leo Turned Left

Carstens, Joshua. Knights

Cole, Hal B. The Search for Self

Coley, III, E. Y. Gabriel's Return

Coombs, Krystle. Wings of the White Dove

Cowan, Morlette. "The Hungry Years"-A Creative Nonfiction

Cuthbertson, Jennifer Goad. Remnants

Daniel, Cydnie. Running Out

DeTitta, Tom. Theater, Film, Narrative

DiFazio, Peter. Lucky Man

Doughty, Candace Hall. God Waits on the Water

Dowd, Christopher. Mount Hope

Edson, Wallace. Dead Asleep

Egan, Kimberly Jo. The Longest Road: Tales of the Mysterious Supernatural

Fitten, Marc. Valeria and Her Lovers

Ghezzi, Patti. Zip Codes: Stories and Essays

Golden, Jeff. Maiden Flight

Harrold, Phillip Maury. Coo: An Original Full-Length Screenplay

Highsmith, Margaret F. The Queen's Court

Huddlestun, Lois Cleatte. The Pearl Choker: The First Chapters of an Evolved Novel

Jones, Shannon Lenora. College Dreams: A Short Story Cycle

Knowles, Robert. "Paying the Price: Twelve Generations Fight for America's Freedom"

Kornblit, Barbara (Bobbi). The Tinsel Tower

Lawrence, Walter. Cool Million

Lombardo, Lucinda A. Shades of Gray: A Collection of Short Fiction

Martin, Dennis C. The Firelands: A Collection of Prose

Martin, Man. Long Gone: A Novel

McCurry, Virginia L. The Burkemont Chronicles A Short Story Collection

McDaniel, Nancy Stephan. Through the Red Sea as by Dry Land

McKenzie, Kevin. Flight of The Dragonfly

Milford, Theresa. Magdelina Menninger: For Better

Miller, Charity. Good Grief and Other Tales for Television

Miller, Cheryl. One in a Million

Ogletree, Paula M. Just My Imagination

Ortiz, Dawn Lanier. Consider the Lilies

Polin, Kevin. Chrysalis

Ray, Cathy. Into The Roots

Russell, Adam. Misconception

Ryan, Deanna. Monitions: A One Act Play

Schnur, Lesia Miller. How Hard is it to Find a Good Man? And Other Stories-An eBook (In Development)

Snow, Kathleen Duerr. Road Rovers

Spraker, Nancy E. Voice - A Writer's Essence

Stiles, Cheryl. On Nelson Street and Ball Lightning

Stoner, James. Jacob's Ladder A Novel

Sturdivant, Sarah. Seeking Tiresias

Taylor, Sandra Wright. Frontline Medic

Thorn, Aurelia. Show of Hands

Washington, Owerrie M. Love and Letting Go

Weeks, Michael L. Drowned Things

White, Bethany. Accepting Memories

White Rhyea. Burn Your Roses

Wilkinson, Neil. A Day in the Life of a Reasonable Man

Williams, Jodi R. Beauty

Wolfe-Cundiff, Leslie. Guilt Trip

Woods, Angela Lane. Freedom Journey: A Roadmap to Success

Wurl, Karen. I Was a Teenage Alcoholic;Then I Turned Twenty: Tales of Love, Loss, and Liquor


Practicum

Applied

Alvin, Lorrie. Theory of Project Management/Guiding Principles for Effective Project Management: Putting the Logical before the Physical

Ash, Carol S. Excerpts From Sweet Auburn: An Illustrated Guide to Martin Luther King. Jr., National Historic Site and Historic Auburn Avenue

Ayer, Heather Alice Blasingame. The Courage to Market

Beckford, Sharrissa. Creation of a Magazine & Web Content

Bell, Melva. The Chronicles of a Speechwriter

Birkbeck, Katherine. Bringing a Photography Business to Life

Blackstone, Lindsay. Blackstone & Cullen, Inc. Style Guide and Marketing Collateral

Brown, Alicia J. Jumpstart: A New Employee's Guide to TRG Design

Bryan, Oscar V. An Editing Practicum

Cochran, Susan M. A Practicum: The Editing of a 600-page Autobiography Written by a Nigerian Village Chief

Dickson, Celeste. Informing, Instructing, and Connecting Internal Organizational Constituencies Through Print and Online Communications

Fowler, Sonya. Collections Management Policies and Procedures for the Center for the Study of the Civil War Era

Gordon, Shayla Arline. The LOT Foundation

Goudie, Gordana. Developing a Web Site for a Dental Practice

Highfill, Lauren. "Style Guide and Writing Handbook for a Public Relations Office"

Holbrook, Terri. Mirrors for Michaela: A Story of Writing, Dyslexia, and Drinking Tea on the Ceiling

Jordin, Cynthia. A moment in time: Thirty years in the making (1973-2003)

Keen, Heather Michelle. Dollars for Helper Dogs: Creating a Case Statement for a Non-Profit Organization

Kennedy, Deborah Lee. Going Beyond Discipline Plans and High Expectations: Improving the Preparation of Teach For America Corps Members

Knight, Leah. A Field User's Guide to Chemcare Order Processing

Kvinge, Kathleen. Sharing the Gift: Developing an Online Tutoring Program for Chattahoochee Technical College

Lerstang, Chris. Development of a Dynasty: The History of Kennesaw State Baseball

Maciejewski, Jennifer. The Long and Short of It: Feature Writing

Salter, Stephanie. how-to public relations handbook for The Write Way, LLC

Sheffield, Richard.The Web Content Strategist's Bible

Stone, Lea. Georgia Musings:A Collection of Historical Feature Writings

Tolbert, Dawn C. Building an Online Presence for First Baptist Church, Cedartown, Georgia

Viars, Tracey. Coming Full Circle: Integrating Writing into a Design Business

Walker, Kathleen. Grant Proposal for Good Mews

Wehby, Emily. A Journal Publishing Practicum for the KSU Press

 

Composition/Rhetoric

Hendrix, Margie G. Chastain. Claiming a Professional Writing Space: The Writing Journal of Nellie Arnott

Kelly, Rebecca Elizabeth. Interactive Words: Using Electronic Tutorials to Expand the Vocabulary of Middle School Students

Mooney, Caroline DeArmas, Expanding the Boundaries: The Value of Composition and Rhetoric Studies in Professional Writing

Nehlig, Pamela. Making Connections: Composition/Rhetoric and Literature Intertwine in the Classroom

Satterfield, Lisa. Diary of a Writing Project: A Documentary

Walker, Victoria. Small Moments, Big Milestones: Becoming an Effective Teacher Through Writing

Watjen, Connie. The Write Decision