Below is a selection of dissertations from the Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing program in Wilkinson College that have been included in Chapman University Digital Commons. Additional dissertations from years prior to 2019 are available through the Leatherby Libraries' print collection.
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Theses from 2023
The Night We Saw Together, Su Chen
On Becoming a Runner, Deborah Paquin
The Reaper, Elizabeth N. Tran
deep in the green lilac park, Constance von Igel de Mello
Theses from 2022
Autogynéphale, Jay Dye
Running Catalina, Megan Friess
Voice of a Matriarch Contemporary Diasporic West Asian Life Writing: Out of Armenia, Syria, and Lebanon, Maya Theresa Garabedian
It Could Happen to Anyone, Joshua D. Granite
End of the Road, Michael Khuraibet
Dangle Charm from Unblessed String, Ian Koh
Cold Comfort, Alec Meden
Notes of Venom and Vengeance, Makena Metz
The Cantankerous: A Ponderosa Pines Tale, Hannah Montante
The Barrier, Ansalee Morrison
Future Unlimited, Alexander Quintanilla
These Stars We Pray To, Janalee Tabayoyong
Becoming Brotherless, Aria Valle
Theses from 2021
Save Me A Song, Aysel Atamdede
The Aleph, Ariel Banayan
Circle Gets the Square, Cristian Bourgeois
Her Inner, Marrissa Childs
The Hidden Grave, Melissa Gaiti
A Collection of Short Stories： Too Real To Be Fake, Shengjie Ge
Seasons of Fate, Christopher Hines
Voodoo Dolls, Automatons, Avatars and Other Literary Doubles, Destiny Irons
I Took His Words, Rachel Jeffries
All You Knead Is Love, Ryan Alyson Johnson
Deficit, Phoebe Merten
Son of a Preacher Man & Other Poems, Daniel Miess
Carácter, Santa-Victoria Pérez
The Ghosts We Leave Behind: A Novel, Sam Risak
We Sink Beneath the Sand, Natalie Salagean
Circles of Dawn, Jason M. Thornberry
The Madness We Carry, Geneva Trelease-Gordon
Whispers From Scotland, Sarah Nicole Valadez
Vampire Money, Jacob VanWormer
The Terrarium, Paige Welsh
Mudlark, Candice Yacono
First Light, Tryphena Yeboah
Theses from 2020
Party on a Roof, Samer Alrayes
School of Artistas Inmigrantes, Manuel Calvillo de la Garza
The Sixth Try, Winnie Chak
Don't Ruin the Experience, Jocelyn Foster
Limerence: A Kaleidoscopic Coming Out Story, Matthew Goldman
A Pocketful of Secrets, Larissa Lacy
Thoughts From Your Bartender, Nikolas Loyatho
Dream On, Jonathan Moch
When It Was Us, Victoria O'Leary
From Sicily to America: An Immigrant's Story, Marco Randazzo
Ringed In Fire, Natalia Sanchez
Letters to a Dead Someone: Stories, Danielle Shorr
Wrestletopia: A Collection of Shorts, Daniel Strasberger
In the Middle of What, Ashley Teller
The Memory of the Universe, Karina Trejo Melendez
Lady Parts, Allie Vernon
Right There, Morgan Wilson
The Blizzard, Phil Wood
Little Monsters, Kati Zamani
Theses from 2019
The Tall-Men Are Real, Alex Athanail
Indiana and Other Indianas: Stories, Andrew Beckner
GROUPIE, Meg Boyles
Letty, Kevin Brown
The Searching Husband, Rahul Chak
The Watched, Sierra Ellison
Searching for Sacajawea and The Square Dance, Melinda Guilford
Interpretation Machine: A Memoir, Liz Harmer
Their Bodies Are Home, Rachel Jorquera
Hostage, Maryam Khamesi
Displaced- The Journey Home, Tami Khan/Shaikh
School of the Elegiac, Nana Prempeh
Untitled: A Love Story in Reverse, Mariam W. Said
Quiet Demons, Rachael Schiel
Signed With a Kiss, Jasmine Iliana Serna