Dr. Wright's Scholarly Publications and Presentations

Scholarly work, nonfiction, textbook reviews, and editing:

“Gertrude, Queen of Scots,” Kentucky Philological Review, vol. 38, 2026, forthcoming.
“We Will Not Have Witchcraft in This House: Religious Conversion as Suburban Gothic in Sweep,” Kentucky Philological Association, University of the Cumberlands, Williamsburg, KY, 2024.
“Gertrude Means ‘Strong Spear’: The Queen’s Change of Heart and Self-Sacrificial Triumph,” Kentucky Philological Association, Centre College, Danville, KY, 2023.
“The ‘Grammar Headache’: The Vexing Problem of Instruction,” The Campbellsville Review, vol. 9, 2022, pp. 89-91.
“Hayao Miyazaki’s Spirited Away: Rhetoric About Parenting and the Development of Moral Character,” The Campbellsville Review, vol. 9, 2022, pp. 61-71.
“Political Rhetoric in The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe,” Kentucky Philological Association, online, 2022.
“Did Dorothy Gale Kill Anyone?: Using Classic Rhetoric to Prove Dorothy's Innocence,” Kentucky Philological Association, online, 2021.
“Parents and Children in Hayao Miyazaki’s Spirited Away: An Historical and Psychological Examination of Japanese Parenthood,” Kentucky Philological Association, Campbellsville University, Campbellsville, KY, 2020.
Editor, Taming the Yankee Rebel, a novel by S. A. Yaden, 2018.
“English Showcase Day,” press release, Campbellsville University, 2016.
Editor, The Chrononaut, a novella by Kyle A. Romines, 2016.
Editor, The Keeper of the Crows, a novel by Kyle A. Romines, 2015.
Review of From Critical Thinking to Argument, 4th ed., for Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2015.
“Locally Owned Taylor Co. Bank to Celebrate 75 Years,” Central Kentucky News Journal (Campbellsville, Kentucky), 14 April 2012, pp. 1B.
The Discourse of Fan Fiction, 2009. University of Louisville, PhD dissertation. ProQuest, www.proquest.com/dissertations-theses/discourse-fan-fiction/docview/304916694/se-2.
“Reader Agency in the (Re)reading and (Re)writing of Japanese Graphic Novels,” Queen City Comics Conference, Regina, SK, Canada, 2009.
Editor, The Chronicles of World War II, Campbellsville University, 2009.
“Dungeons, Dragons, and Discretion: A Gateway to Gaming, Technology, and Literacy” (co-authored with Stephanie Owen Fleischer). Gaming Lives in the 21st Century, Palgrave Macmillan, 2007. pp. 143-160.
“Chapter 2—Words, Audio and Video: Composing and the Processes of Production” (co-authored with Cynthia L. Selfe and Stephanie Owen Fleischer). Multimodal Composition: Resources for Teachers. Cynthia L. Selfe, editor. Hampton Press, 2007. pp. 13-28.
“To Write, With Love,” The Watson Conference, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, 2004.
“The Self-Righteous and the Sinner-Saint,” M/MLA Conference, Chicago, 2003.
“RSVP Continues to Analyze Local Sites for Handicapped Accessibility,” The News-Enterprise (Elizabethtown, Kentucky), 12 May 1992, pp. 4A.