Introduction | Agency History | Scope and Content | Series Description | Inventory

Introduction

The Bachelor of Fine Arts theses were transferred to the Center for Archival Collections with the cooperation of the Creative Writing Program, Mary McGowan, Secretary, in August 1997. The collection consists of the English Department's bound copies of the theses written in fulfillment of the requirements for the BFA degree from 1977 forward. New theses will be added periodically.

Literary and property rights are the same as those governing master's theses and doctoral dissertations. The collection was processed and register prepared by Lee N. McLaird, Curator of Rare Books and Special Collections, in October 1997, with updates as items are added.

Agency History

The Bachelor of Fine Arts in Creative Writing was established at Bowling Green State University in 1977. Inspired by the successful graduate program offering an MFA, undergraduate English majors who elect to earn a BFA follow a course of study focusing on creative writing through a workshop environment. Students submit a thesis in their senior year which is usually a collection of poetry, short stories, or a novel of their own composition. The program is administered through the Department of English.

Scope and Content

The Creative Writing program BFA theses cover work submitted by students and approved by their faculty advisors since the program's inception in 1977. Each thesis usually includes an introduction by the student, often discussing his or her progress through the program, development as a writer, special themes, and hopes for the current and for future work. The body of the thesis may be a collection of poetry, short stories, or a novel of the student's composition.

These theses are valuable as records of the work nurtured among undergraduates by the Creative Writing Program. They reflect the concerns and interests of young writers during the period covered. Through their introductory matter, researchers may gain some insight into the development of the BFA program and the interactions among the students and faculty in workshop settings.

Series Description

MANUSCRIPTS

Bachelor of Fine Arts Theses.
1977-
Arranged chronologically, and within alphabetically by author.
Includes theses submitted and approved as partial fulfillment of the requirements of the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree.

Inventory

Box 1

1. 1977 Unferdorfer, Patricia A.
2. 1978 Bennett, Laura
3. 1978 Buehrer, Thomas
4. 1978 Chase, Shelley
5. 1978 Cox, Robert
6. 1978 Danaceau, Kerry
7. 1978 Dickey, Linda
8. 1978 Fay, Kristy
9. 1978 Feeney, Margaret J.
10. 1978 Fichthorn, Catherine
11. 1978 Fligner, Lisa
12. 1978 Gibson, R. F.
13. 1978 Gilbert, Sandra G.
14. 1978 Hake, Donna
15. 1978 Harr, Robert G.
16. 1978 Hesse, Stephen
17. 1978 Kosiuk, Carol
18. 1978 Marcincavage, Stephen
19. 1978 McClain, John P.
20. 1978 Miller, Shawn
21. 1978 Shields, Randy
22. 1978 Stoltz, Brenda
23. 1978 Thomas, Corinne M.
24. 1979 Gentile, Donna
25. 1979 Hossler, Terri
26. 1979 Hughes, Lisa E.
27. 1979 Jones, Mimi
28. 1979 Lampi, Sharon
29. 1979 Madalinski, David H.
30. 1979 Meek, Daniel C.
31. 1979 Mosser, C. Anthony

Box 2

1. 1979 Nealon, Reggie
2. 1979 Plaskett, Terry
3. 1979 Pomerantz, Lonnie
4. 1979 Smith, Angela
5. 1979 Whitmore, Denise
6. 1980 Booth, Becky
7. 1980 Delaet, M. J.
8. 1980 Hoskins, Ralph
9. 1980 MacRitchie, Victoria
10. 1980 Sargel, Julie
11. 1980 Thomas, Connie L.
12. 1981 Anderson, Greg
13. 1981 Easter, Charles
14. 1981 Engel, Hope
15. 1981 Hackworth, Audrey
16. 1981 Kay, Kathleen
17. 1981 Kulcsar, Anthony
18. 1981 Lycan, Kelly
19. 1981 Matanick, Ronald
20. 1981 McGowan, Mary
21. 1981 Myers III, M. Richard
22. 1981 Petersen, Jerry
23. 1981 Rector, Kim

Box 3

1. 1981 Regal, Paul
2. 1981 Robedeau, Denise
3. 1981 Sender, Lori Krystyn
4. 1981 Shantz, Sally
5. 1981 Vest, Steven
6. 1981 Wilkins, Judy
7. 1982 Dubielak, C. A.
8. 1982 Herman, Susanna
9. 1982 Shannon-Grimm, Terri
10. 1982 Theaker, Carl
11. 1982 Tomko, Missy-Marie
12. 1982 Tucker, Linda
13. 1982 Wolfsteller, Petra
14. 1982 Wolven, Karyn M.
15. 1983 Billiter, William
16. 1983 Friedman, Stan
17. 1983 Henderson, Diane
18. 1983 Ober, R. H.
19. 1983 Ospeck, Michael
20. 1983 Stenger, Rachel
21. 1983 Warren, Elizabeth

Box 4

1. 1983 Wilkinson, Robin
2. 1983 Williams, Pam
3. 1984 Barteck, Jacqueline
4. 1984 Beatty, Kyle
5. 1984 Beetham, Betsy
6. 1984 Belden, Tim
7. 1984 Justice, Suzan
8. 1984 Wilson, William V.
9. 1984 Young, Roger T.
10. 1985 Bencivengo, Marianne
11. 1985 Corl, Kathi
12. 1985 Feen, Sandra Jane
13. 1985 Schultz, Annmarie L.
14. 1985 Velotta, Christopher
15. 1986 Balchak, John
16. 1986 Brindza, Stephen M.
17. 1986 Ebbecke, Carol
18. 1986 Ryan, Amy K.
19. 1986 Smith, Kirsten
20. 1987 Fisher, William F.
21. 1987 Marchand, Henry
22. 1987 Reed, Sheryl
23. 1987 Russell, Albert D.
24. 1988 Lesczynski, Jim
25. 1988 Pattay, Ricq
26. 1988 Pomeroy, Sue
27. 1988 Veverka, Marian

Box 5

1. 1989 Delia, Julie K.
2. 1989 Dilgren, Kimberly
3. 1989 Dow, Kathryn Marie
4. 1989 Jones, Timothy
5. 1989 Squire, Walter
6. 1990 Hill, Teri A.
7. 1990 Justice, Mark
8. 1990 Manning, Jon
9. 1990 Parks, Shelley M.
10. 1990 Salvino, Wendi
11. 1990 Wagner, Robert L.
12. 1991 Berg, Leslie Ann
13. 1991 Gray, Steve
14. 1991 Holmgren, Jason
15. 1991 Hudson, Hilary
16. 1991 Kraska, Kevin A.
17. 1991 Kromer, Pam
18. 1991 LeMar, Pamela
19. 1991 Replogle, Charles Reyburn
20. 1991 Rigo, Andrew J.
21. 1991 Smith, Kristie L.
22. 1991 Stagg, Jennifer L.
23. 1991 Warrington, James M.
24. 1991 Whitman, Patrick J.
25. 1992 Arraez, Corinne Marie

Box 6

1. 1992 Barnes, Lori Ann
2. 1992 Bokor, John Robert
3. 1992 Craddock, Brad
4. 1992 Forrer, Christine
5. 1992 Henry, Melissa M.
6. 1992 Hoffman, Timothy J.
7. 1992 Mack, Craig R.
8. 1992 Miller, Denise
9. 1992 Moore, Artis
10. 1992 Pierce, Erin
11. 1992 Sader, Jennifer
12. 1992 Schnuth, Kelly
13. 1992 Sheaffer, Brian
14. 1992 Vandenberg, Katrina
15. 1993 Barbian, Jason C.
16. 1993 Duncan, Matthew Ephraim
17. 1993 Dysert, Sean M.
18. 1993 Fuller, Andrew S.
19. 1993 Grohar, Sharon
20. 1993 King, Anna
21. 1993 Larson, Martha P.
22. 1993 McIntire, Holly Jo
23. 1993 McMillin, Dean C.
24. 1993 Miller, Greg
25. 1993 Minnis, Michael
26. 1993 Rothert, Amy Alex
27. 1993 Shenk, Kara
28. 1993 Strand, Jeff

Box 7

1. 1993 Swenson, Charlotte Webb
2. 1993 Taylor, Tonya
3. 1993 Toffler, John D.
4. 1993 Viles, Janna L.
5. 1994 Greenfield, Kimberly A.
6. 1994 LaClaire, Scott R.
7. 1994 Reed, Jessica R.
8. 1994 Rohrbacher, Chad
9. 1994 Somers, Thomas A.
10. 1994 Sperry, Laura
11. 1994 Stanley, Todd
12. 1994 Summers, Cynthia
13. 1994 Swihart, Jennifer S.
14. 1994 Swinehart, Kelly
15. 1994 Tod, M. David
16. 1994 Zyrowski, Brenda
17. 1995 Arnold, Amy
18. 1995 Asad, Mei
19. 1995 Bargar, Anne
20. 1995 Beadling, Laura L.
21. 1995 Beegle, Melanie J.
22. 1995 Buechler, Jennifer
23. 1995 Casaletta, Robert C.
24. 1995 Chamney, Natasha T.

Box 8

1. 1995 Cook, James Aaron Tecumseh
2. 1995 Cook, Juliet A.
3. 1995 Costello, Rita
4. 1995 Gallaway, Scott A.
5. 1995 Hausfeld, Steve
6. 1995 Hubbell-Staeble, Louis M.
7. 1995 Rader, Ronald Allen
8. 1995 Ringwald, Dave P.
9. 1995 Speth, Jennifer Lynn
10. 1995 Stevenson, Ann
11. 1995 Tucholski, Stacey
12. 1995 Yannarell, Anthony
13. 1996 Duerr, Molly A.
14. 1996 Egan, Joey
15. 1996 Farrell, Timothy J.
16. 1996 Fearnside, Jeff
17. 1996 Gill, Brett
18. 1996 Gore, Edward Atlee
19. 1996 Hollenbacher, Brian
20. 1996 Irr, Melissa
21. 1996 Kiehart, Justina
22. 1996 Maistros, Steven
23. 1996 Mannin II, Carl
24. 1996 Nyquist, Erik D.

Box 9

1. 1996 Shaffer, Carolinne E.
2. 1996 Walker, Richard P.
3. 1996 Young, Jason
4. 1997 Cable, Josh
5. 1997 Cates, Joseph W.
6. 1997 Barnett, Amanda
7. 1997 Bavin, Stefoni
8. 1997 Gassner-Harkness
9. 1997 Gengler, Matthew David
10. 1997 Hatem, Amy
11. 1997 Hobek, Robert N.
12. 1997 Kantner, James
13. 1997 McNeeley, Michael
14. 1997 Obermyer, Kara Carroll
15. 1997 Palm, Stephanie
16. 1997 Pastiva, Rachel
17. 1997 Spar, Charles
18. 1997 Welker, Mike
19. 1998 Boles, Philana M.
20. 1998 Dudding, Adam B.
21. 1998 Dye, Catherine M.
22. 1998 Eppert, Josh
23. 1998 Flynn, Charly
24. 1998 Lilly, Adrian
25. 1998 Linderbach, Darren T. M.
26. 1998 Lutian, Candace

Box 10

1. 1998 Pickens, Gina
2. 1998 Richards, Heather
3. 1998 Sheffer, Tracey
4. 1998 Sumerak, Marc Steven
5. 1998 Tremain, Meredith
6. 1998 Wason, Erin Roberta
7. 1998 Wherry-McCorder, Jessica
8. 1998 White, Sarah
9. 1998 Wingerter, Katherine
10. 1999 Acken, Alexis Lee
11. 1999 Brink, Jeremy
12. 1999 Clark, Rachel
13. 1999 Crites, Benjamin
14. 1999 Edwards, Richard S.
15. 1999 Kenyon, Brian
16. 1999 Komon, Melinda
17. 1999 Kuznicki, Matt
18. 1999 Minton, Joshua Bradley
19. 1999 Mullins, Verna
20. 1999 Pfeifer, Sara M.

Box 11

1. 2000 Anderson, Emily
2. 2000 Carano, Stefanie
3. 2000 Cooke, Bill
4. 2000 Dorsch, Arlie
5. 2000 Hoag, Jeremy
6. 2000 Howell, Aaron
7. 2000 Johnston, Jeremy
8. 2000 Kahoe, Elizabeth
9. 2000 Konya, Erica
10. 2000 Korzan, Steve
11. 2000 Latham, Lee
12. 2000 Lewis, Michelle
13. 2000 Matera, Peter
14. 2000 Perry, Heather
15. 2000 Planicka, Michael
16. 2000 Smigiel, Joe
17. 2000 Tran, David
18. 2000 Van Norden, Bryan
19. 2000 Waggoner, Sara
20. 2001 Berger, Eric
21. 2001 Blake, Chad
22. 2001 Bowman, Steven
23. 2001 Delauder, Sean
24. 2001 Flickinger, Natalie
25. 2001 Keaton, David

Box 12

1. 2001 Milbrodt, Teresa
2. 2001 Mitchell, Andrea
3. 2001 Ritchie, David
4. 2001 Robinson, Monica
5. 2001 Seymour, Colin
6. 2001 Smith, Nicholas
7. 2001 Stripling, Helen
8. 2001 Triola, Mike
9. 2001 Vandermeulen, Matt
10. 2001 Wilhelm, Jennifer
11. 2002 Blank, David
12. 2002 Byrd, Khyan
13. 2002 Crotty, Tammy Jo
14. 2002 Hastings, Brandi
15. 2002 Ho, Stephanie
16. 2002 Hodges, Stephanie
17. 2002 May, Charlotte
18. 2002 Mysko, Shana
19. 2002 Schmidt, Noah
20. 2002 Trujillo, Joshua
21. 2002 Varnichco, Gina
22. 2002 Vasil, Christopher
23. 2002 Wolfender II, Bradford

Box 13

1. 2003 Bloomfield, Chris
2. 2003 Chalk, Jennifer
3. 2003 Crowson, Leadona
4. 2003 Darling, Scott
5. 2003 Dekoff, Alisha
6. 2003 Edwards, Ebani
7. 2003 Fletcher, Adam
8. 2003 Gallaway, Jonathan
9. 2003 Lanning, John
10. 2003 Schmidt, Michelle Fay
11. 2003 Stambaugh, Brian
12. 2003 Strickland, Nicholas
13. 2003 Szostek, Jennifer
14. 2004 Benning, Michael
15. 2004 Barry III, Raymond J.
16. 2004 Butler, Jeremy
17. 2004 Clayman, Andrew
18. 2004 Ehrick, Rebecca

Box 14

1. 2004 Grunenwald, Jill A.
2. 2004 Harris, Elizabeth V.
3. 2004 Hartzell, Morgan
4. 2004 Humphrey, Ayanna
5. 2004 King, Erin
6. 2004 Kreinbrink, Erik
7. 2004 Maier, Joshua Ryan
8. 2004 Moore, Sara
9. 2004 Morris, Michelina
10. 2004 Pfahler, Tara
11. 2004 Rusch, Rachel
12. 2004 Tretinik, Stephen
13. 2004 Van Der Gaag, Chelsea
14. 2004 Walker, Nekiesha S.
15. 2004 Wall, Robert H.
16. 2004 Whittaker, Suzanne

Manuscripts by Subject | Rare Books & Special Collections | Education Collections