The Graduate English Organizationof Truman State University

 

This page contains a number of documents and important links for                 M.A. English students at Truman.
The goal of this page is to provide 24-hour solutions to all your questions and trials. For this page to be helpful, brainstorm what these might be and tell us.

Please contact cap105@truman.edu with ideas, links, or documents that you wish to post here.

Graduation/Post Graduation Documents and Links:

Thesis Approval Form

Truman Thesis Body and Bib Template

Truman Thesis Intro Pages Template

Statement of Purpose Tips, courtesy of Donald Asher Word Document

CV Writing Tips, courtesy of Mark Spitzer
(these are currently in a yellow envelope in the spare office on 3rd Floor Baldwin)

Official Truman Graduate Student Resources Guide
Contains Thesis Guidelines, maps, and forms.
http://gradschool.truman.edu/resources.stm

Teaching Writing as Criticial Thinking Documents and Links:
Hand-outs, lesson plans, helpful websites, etc. can be shared in this area.

Analyzing Arguments From Being a Writer Document

Extended Cover Letter Worksheet with help from Being a Writer

Focus Worksheet with help from Murray and Being a Writer

MLA Research Paper Template from Amy Gates

MLA Sample Paper by Tom/Timmy O'Toole

Accompanying Handout to MLA Sample Paper

Revision Exercise with help from Being a Writer

Revision Exercise with help from Donald Murray

Stucture Handout

Transitions Handout

Voice Handout by Dana Kuhnline and Amy Gates

Conference/Publication Opportunities:

Women's and Gender Studies Conference at Truman State
e-mail lseidel@truman.edu

Annual Spring Truman Student Research Conference:
http://src.truman.edu/

Student Documents and Links

Take a gander at the GEO's Constitution
Constitution.doc

List of Graduate English Professors at Truman and their specialties

Procedures for developing a One-Hour Course or Independent Study

Official English MA Program Description
http://gradschool.truman.edu/english.stm

If you are a M.A. English student at Truman, your advisor is automatically Dr. Alanna Preussner. E-mail her with questions regarding registration, application, etc. at this address: alannap@truman.edu