Below is a list of research projects students have taken on in recent semesters in the English program. This list includes a section for independent research projects, in which students independently pursued a single topic for credit.
SENIOR WRITING PROJECTS
Poetry Collections
Gas Station Revelations
By Nicole Ainsworth '09
A collection of poems based on Nicole's encounters with oddball characters in her job working in a gas station in New Hampshire.
Eating Secrets: A Collection of Poems
By Jennifer Rupp '08
Transference Figure: A Collection of Poems
By Lauren Syrett '08
Fiction
The River Gateway -- a novella
By Emily Mock '08
Vim -- a novella
By William Eaton '08
Thesis Projects
"A Breeder of Sinners: A Look at Women and Wombs in Shakespeare's Tragic Works"
By Jennifer Rupp '08
"Capturing an American Narrative: A Comedic Tragedy" -- a senior thesis connecting the Beat Generation to the writings of David Sedaris
By Bailey Ray '09
"Visions of a Jesus-Buddha: An Exploration of Jack Kerouac's Sprituality as Expressed in his Writing."
By Nicole Ainsworth '09