This thesis examines the discursive activity of participatory fannish practices and the opportunities they afford the university writing center in responding to student w[...]

The following thesis focuses on Anti- and Pro-shipping debates, their rhetorical behaviors, and their impacts on fandom spaces. These debates center around "shipping," th[...]

This work aims to illuminate the cultural institution of the fandom by approaching it from the vantage point of Religious Studies while seeking to avoid the obvious simil[...]