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The Honors Thesis is a thesis project that (for some students) replaces their Capstone Experience. The Honors Thesis may be a creative project or a 'traditional' research paper.
The Honors Reading List is a collection of titles that showcases a students academic (and personal!) growth throughout their undergraduate years. here at the University of Maine.
Planning and Drafting my Thesis
Planning and Drafting my Thesis
I have been working on strengthening my skills in critical reading, rhetorical analysis, and note-taking for the last four years. While this draft / note-page is still in its infancy, this document reflects my writing process and planning.
My "Ugly Prospectus"
My "Ugly Prospectus"
This Prospectus, a fancy name for 'outline' or 'description', is a work in process to give members of my Thesis Committee an idea of what the scope of my research is.
(Draft) Honors Reading List
(Draft) Honors Reading List
The Honors Reading List has been an interesting task to work on. Truth be told, I've been working on it since my first year here at the University of Maine. In no way was I expected to start working on it so early, but it's has been something that I have been looking forward to (and dreading!) since beginning my undergraduate studies. The 'collection' process was one of the highlights of the whole Thesis project for me!
In this document I hope to track not only my academic growth throughout my years here, but my personal growth as well. My Reading List covers texts that I view as personally and academically important and although I'm still nervous, I'm ready to talk about these peices of literature and media and explain their meaning as I see it.
My reading list covers topics such as Violent Crime / Crime Statistics, Poetry, Religion, Mental Illness, and Sexuality.
Emma Grous_Critical Discourse Analysis_Sexual Violence in Maine Department of Public Safety (DPS) Crime in Maine Reports.docxSexual Violence in Maine Department of Public Safety (DPS) "Crime in Maine" Reports
Sexual Violence in Maine Department of Public Safety (DPS) "Crime in Maine" Reports
This thesis aims to illustrate how the Maine Department Public Safety’s “Crime in
Maine” Reports (CiMR) influence–and are influenced by–feminist, anti-rape, and sexual
assault discourses at the federal and state levels by answering the following questions: 1)
How do CiMR represent the legal and political discourse around sexual violence in the
state of Maine? 2) How do CiMR respond to or reflect social understandings of rape and
sexual assault over time? And 3) How are linguistic markers such as hedges and attitude
markers used in the CiMR to present a specific worldview as it relates to rape and sexual
assault?
Trigger Warning: This thesis covers topics of rape, sexual assault, and violent crime.
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