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Partial Listing of Writing Studies Theses

Below are several theses completed by students in the MA in English with emphasis on writing studies program.
  • Adams, Kelly. A Study of Progression: The History of Basic Writing at Montclair State University. 2006. (Director: Emily Isaacs)
  • Alexander, Tiffany Chelete. What Makes Literacy Grow? 2001. (Director: Emily Isaacs)
  • Babroski, Kate. Crossing Academic Borders: Using Autoethnography in Composition Classrooms. 2003. (Director: Emily Isaacs)
  • Bocchino, Daniel. "You Must Learn": Using Rap and Hip-Hop Culture as an Effective Teaching Tool in the Classroom. 2003. (Director: Hiram Perez)
  • Carlson, Jaonne. Memoir and the Labyrinth of Academic Discourse. 2001. (Director: Bob Whitney)
  • Carney, Susan Lynn. Audio Evaluation of Student Writing: The Students Speak. 2002. (Director: Emily Isaacs)
  • Clarke, James Johnson. An Investigation of the Doctrine of Correctness in English Language Usage. 1967. (Director: )
  • Cody, James. The Importance of Expressive Language in Preparing Basic Writers for College. 1995. (Director: )
  • Harrison, Maureen. Using Creative Writing Instruction in the Urban High School English Classroom to Promote Writing Skills in Remedial Level Students. 2007. (Director: Jessica Restaino)
  • Henecker, Bruce. Creating Flow: Strategies to Improve Writing Fluency in Middle and Secondary Student Writing. 2008. (Director: Jessica Restaino)
  • Kelton, Alan Jeffrey. Culture, Access, Technology and the Basic Writer. 2004. (Director: Bob Whitney)
  • Kos, Suzanne. Literacy Instruction and the Learning Disabled High School Student: Ideas and Applications for a Mindful Classroom 2009. (Director: Emily Isaacs)
  • Lubrano, Lauralee. The Problem of Reproduced Knowledge in the Basic Writing Class: Rethinking the Function of Discussion in the Writing Class to Promote Critical Thinking. 2004. (Director: Emily Isaacs)
  • Kelton, Alan Jeffrey. Culture, Access, Technology and the Basic Writer. 2004. (Director: Bob Whitney)
  • Malter, David. Montclair State University's secondary English education program: perceptions and expectations of pre-service and beginning teachers of writing. 2008. (Director: Jessica Restaino)
  • Marcelo, Leon. To Write With Wonder. 2002. (Director: Emily Isaacs)
  • Montaperto, Maria. People and Prose in Transformation: Writing and Revision Reviewed. 1999. (Director: Bob Whitney)
  • Morrison, Stacey. Working Class Issues in Teaching Writing. 2007. (Director: Emily Isaacs)
  • Pankiewicz, Gary. The Effectiveness of Writing Teachers Who Write Themselves. 2004. (Director: Sara Jonsberg)
  • Poole, Helen. Improving the Teaching of Writing. 1981. (Director: )
  • Priore, Jennifer. Listen Carefully: A Rhetorical Analysis of Speeches Delivered by President George W. Bush. 2008. (Director: Emily Isaacs)
  • Rubis, Anastasia. Taking Facebook Seriously:A 21st Century Writing Space for Collaboration and Learning. (Director: James Nash)
  • Quick, Katherine Elizabeth. The Freshman Research Paper and Intellectual Growth. 1997. (Director: Bob Whitney)
  • Schlomann, Krista. Ethical Issues of Personal Writing. 2008. (Director: Emily Isaacs)
  • Smith, Alan. The Conflicted "I." 2002. (Director: Emily Isaacs)
  • Titus, Megan. Reawakening the Student: Teaching Kinesthetic Writing in the College Classroom. 2003. (Director: Bob Whitney)
  • Voltman, Elizabeth. Working with Compliance and Covert Resistance: Writing as Process of Empowerment. 2002. (Director: Bob Whitney)
  • Zwirz, Alisa. Student Resistance to Critical Thinking: Stock Response in Student Writing. 2004. (Director: Emily Isaacs)