Assignments/Special Projects
B.A. Papers
ENGL 227
"Freedom and Guilt" An essay on Hawthorne's critique of puritanical values.
ENGL 339
"All Right in the End: Nanny as Catalyst for Agency in Their Eyes Were Watching God"
"If We Must Die: Claude McKay's Dedication to the Ideals of the New Negro"
"Mules" A discussion of the significance of this symbolism in TEWWG
"New Negro" A discussion of Langston Hughes' poetry in light of Alain Locke's concept.
ENGL 412
"Versus Divine Right: The Construction of Monarchy in Shakespeare's Henry V"
ENGL 461
"Not There: The Compelling Question of Revising African-American Literary History"
"Not Necessarily 'Not There': Argument in Elizabeth McHenry's Treatment of Antebellum African-American Literacy"
"The Understated Use of Rhetorical Embellishment in Lotta Lofgren's Mother Love"
ENGL 481
"A Parsed Purple: Nine Letters to Maintain Coherence in The Color Purple"
ENGL 485
"Discussion Questions: Black Nationalism"
M.A. Papers
ENGL 603
"Claude McKay Research Guide: Primary Sources and Research Centers"
ENGL 607
"Jerome: His Place in the 'Querelle des dames'"
"Review of Noel James Menuge 'Medieval Women and the Law'"
"Review of Rosalind Brown-Grant 'Christine de Pizan and the Moral Defence of Women'"
"The Obscurity of Silence: Medieval Literary Feminism, East & West"
ENGL 645
"Constructing An Identity: Allocating the Power of Definition Through Color, Class, and Education"
"The Way Home: Reconstructing the Practice of Heritage in Breath, Eyes, Memory"
"The Patchwork Puzzle: Toward a Revisionist Caribbean Identity-History"
ENGL 672
"Conflict of Interest: Response to Typee"
"Sign of the Times: Response to Chapters 1-42 Moby Dick"
"Grand Allegory: Response to Chapters 43-70 Moby Dick"
"Nascent Nationalism: Response to Chapters 71-105 Moby Dick"
"Slippage on the Great Chain of Being: Response to Chapters 106-135 Moby Dick"
"Indian Haters and Genial Misanthropes: Response to The Confidence Man"
"Review of (Joan Dayan) 'Amorous Bondage: Poe, Ladies and Slaves'"
"Presentation of 'Amorous Bondage: Poe, Ladies and Slaves'"
"Material Transcendentalism: The Construction of Self and Sublimation of the Other in Melville"
ENGL 679
"African-American Poetry Journal"
"Presentation: Rita Dove"
"Recentering Identity: Interiority in Modern Black Poetry"
"Performing Blackness: (Un)Masking the Poetry of Dunbar"
ENGL 689
"Washing-chest Lust"
"A Good Wife"
"Fragmentation and Preservation"
"Lineage of the Hyena"
"Politics of Revenge"
"Specific History as Agency"
"The Battle of Algiers: A Holistic Revolution"
"Towards a Third Cinema"
Ph.D. Projects
EDAD 690N
"Document Analysis"
"An Interesting Fact About Me: Interview Exercise"
"Observation of the Sul Ross Plaza at Texas A&M University"
"A Room of Their Own: Establishing a Community of Early-Entrance Students at Texas A&M University (Research Proposal)"
EHRD 690c
"Scenario 1"
"Scenario 2"
"Scenario 3"
"Scenario 4"
"Exam II"
EPSY 602
"Typing a Critical Response"
"Learning Environment"
"Offensive Line Blocking"
"Midterm Questions"
EPSY 619
"Giftedness: The Columbus Group Definition"
"Observations of Real Life Gifted"
EPSY 622
"Review of Donghyung, Reynolds & Willson 'Standardized Test Administration: Why bother?'"
"Review of Furnham, Moutafi & Crump 'The relationship between the revised Neo-Personality Inventory and the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator'"
"Review of Grossman, Wasyliw, Been and Gyoerkoe 'Cam sex offenders who minimize n the MMPI conceal psychopathology on the Rorschach?'"
"An Evaluation of the Clifton Strengthsfinder"
EPSY 623
"Bibliotherapy Assignment: A Lesson Before Dying"
"Guided Discussion Group Outline"
"Guided Discussion Notes"
EPSY 624
"Inquiry Record: Making the Creative Leap Beyond"
"Reader Response Journal: Making the Creative Leap Beyond"
"Self-Appraisal (incomplete)"
"Inquiry Record: Funamentals of Creative Thinking"
"Kliros Carving Project"
EPSY 640
"Homework 1"
"Homework 2"
"Homework 3"
"Homework 4"
EPSY 645
"Inquiry Record: Creating Minds"
"Honors Education and the Gifted Student"
"Creating Minds Class Discussion: Ghandi"
"Stephen King Soliloquy"
EPSY 646
"Developmental Milestones and Effect of Genetics and Environment"
"Growing Up in Context Chapter Summary"
"Student Observation"
EPSY 648
"Reading Reaction 1"
"Reading Reaction 2"
"Reading Reaction 3"
"Reading Reaction 4"
"Reading Reaction 5"
"Midterm Synthesis"
"Toward a Theory of Paradigmatic Intelligence"
"Biological Factors of Creativity"
"Biological Factors of Creativity - Bibliography & Outline"
"Biological Factors of Creativity - Reflection"
GEOS 689
"International Polar Year Education/Outreach Report"
"International Polar Year Science Report"
"Afterthought to Priority: Biological Research Compared in the IGY (1957-1958) and the IPY (2007-2008)"
EPSY 691
Dissertation - A Narrative Examination of the Experience of Early Entrance to College