This collection contains Honors in the Major theses completed in Arts & Humanities.
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Gridlocks and Padlocks, Rachel Chapman
Direct Reference and Empty Names, Benjamin Cook
Buried in the dust, Jessica Farrell
Ebbing Winds: Life Rituals at Home and Abroad, Asya Fergiani
The Ambivalence of Science Fiction: Science Fiction, Neo-imperialism, and the Ideology of Modernity as Progress, Graham Hall
Reflections on when the sun hits, Sebastian Jones
The Meaning of Being in Speech: Language, Narrative, and Thought, Leah Kaplan
Maid for Man, Elyse Kelly
Scientific motherhood: a positivist approach to patriarchy in fin-de-siècle Argentina, Aubrey Kuperman
Lucidity: A Novella, Rafael Lancelotta
Upbuilding Oppositions: Kierkegaard, Camus, and the Philosophy of Love, Jesus Luzardo
An intersectional comparison of female agency in Toni Morrison's Sula and Wang Anyi's Song of Everlasting Sorrow, Jordan Lynton
Methods Short of War: The United States Reacts to the Rise of the Third Reich, Kenneth Negy
Reason Leads: A Reconciliation in Ethics, Stephen Oldham
Little women: study of female representations in teen films and how those representations have affected gender perceptions, Maillim Santiago
Female Collaborators and Resisters in Vichy France: Individual Memory, Collective Image, Katherine Thurlow
Gukundana, Lindsay Van Stone
In the Cards: A Collection of Short Stories and Poetry, Alise Vick
Shaming the love plot: inconvenient women navigating conventional romance, Brittan Wilkey
Threads of Identity: Marisol's Exploration of Self, Emily Williams
From Pre-Islam to Mandate States: Examining Cultural Imperialism and Cultural Bleed in the Levant, Gabriel Willman
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
Social media and its effect on privacy, Brittney Adams
...and then, Claire an indie-rock monologue; integrating the independent music scene into American musical theatre, Mickey Bahr
The pastel medium communicating sexuality and promiscuity in late nineteenth-century Paris, Adee S. Benartzy
Civilizing the metropole the role of colonial exhibitions in universal and colonial expositions in creating greater France, 1889-1922, Michael Brooks
A marxian concept of human nature in defense of alienation a revolutionary exegesis of a revolutionary philosophy, Christopher Byron
Samphire a novella, Hillary Casavant
Brown study an original musical recording, Alan Clark
The influence of beliefs on people's perception of illness in the spanish golden age, Nicole Cruz
Legitimizing the "republican monarch" a reexamination of French foreign policy in the Atlantic Alliance, 1958-1960, Drew Fedorka
The mayor and early Lollard dissemination, Angel Gomez
Savage in limbo a study in lighting design, Kenneth Haines
Stingray : an exploration into the art and craft of playwriting, Samantha Liguori
A crimson trail, Caitlin McGill
The farm a hippie commune as a countercultural diaspora, Kevin Mercer
and it's also the smell of laundry, Rachel Miranda
Pestilence and prayer saints and the art of the plague in italy from 1370 - 1600, Jessica Ortega
Art as a questioning process, Elizabeth Perez
Embodied abstraction in cinema virtual prosthesis and forests of light, Jon M. Perez
The effect of music on physiological responses and self-perceived mood, Robert-Christian Sanchez
A case of double conciousness americo-liberians and indigenous liberian relations 1840-1930, Genesys Santana
Towards the finite a case against infinity in Jorge Luis Borges, Esteban Santis
The nature of love a phenomenological approach, Samantha Schroeder
The importance of education from a global perspective teaching don quixote in the 21st century, Natalia Sepulveda
American revolutionary thinkers unjust wars, limited government and natural rights, Adam Spera
My peace i give unto you christianity's critique of roman and american exceptionalism, Ryan Tindall
Resurrecting Inanna: lament, gender, transgression, Kimberly Torres
Depictions of women in stalinist sovet film, 1934-1953, Andrew Weeks
Navigating authenticity in the age of the internet a phenomenological exploration of the existential effects of social media, Douglas Zimmerman
Theses/Dissertations from 2011
Aristotle on mind, Rachel R. Adams
Two conceptions of the mind, Benjamin J. Aguda
A qualitative analysis of perspectives educational implications in the Spanish bilingual programs in primary education in the Central Florida region, Caitlin M. Araldi
Man vs beast the human-animal boundary in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series, Jessica Auz
A critical phenomenology of civilization, J. C. Brinson
Mindfulness and authentic creativity developing a healthy lifestyle, Brittany B. Cockrell
"Unnatural Conduct & Forced Difficulties:" Austen, Reading, and the Paradox of the Feminine Ideal, Faith B. Dickens
Ethics in a shrinking world exploring the ethical implications of the proliferation of technology on world hunger, Kevin M. Dupree
Formality, Bryce Emley
Evangelicalism and epiphanies of grace in Flannery O'Connor's short fiction, Karissa A. Eubanks
The seven deadly sins in La vida de Lazarillo de Tormes y de sus fortunas y adversidades, John Giblin
Don't see, don't speak a collection of short stories, Jaroslav Kalfar
Art in the light of knowing a cognitive approach to the creative process, Victor M. Knoe
How am I not myself? a semiotic analysis of images, Michael G. Main
Paul Verhoeven, media manipulation, and hyper-reality, Emmanuel William Malchiodi
Critical white feminism interrogating privilege, whiteness, and antiracism in feminist theory, Caroline McFadden
Stars, stripes, cameras and decadence music videos of the Iraq War era, Henry Miller
Pretend land, Detrachia M. Neely
Holocaust diaries bearing witness to experience in Poland, the Netherlands, and France, Jessica Leah Oldham
A time of transition from Wolsey to Cromwell in England, Brandon Raphael
The rise of interactive cinema and its significance for filmmakers, audiences, and the exhibition industry, Rebecca M. Vazquez
The maze, Maria Elvira Vera Tata
Crack mothers, crack babies, and black male dope dealers productions of deviance during america's crack cocaine panic in the 1980s, Chantelle Yandow
Theses/Dissertations from 2010
Pagans, prefects, and emperors : a reexamination of the sarcophagus of Junius Bassus, Lauren Elizabeth Astafan
Jorge Diaz Gutierrez : a transatlantic journey, Carlos G. Aviles Ruiz
A derelication of duty : Douglas MacArthur and the development of the Philippine military, Phillip C. Beitelman
Between Near and Far: Somewhere in Between, Molly Bender
Without God or metaphysics : exploring possibilities for religious thought in contemporary culture, Matthew Blair
An eddy of self discovery, Stephanie Tyler Cafcules
Dreams, Lisa Chatterjee
Ridicule Reversed: The Failure of Aristophanes' Mockery and its Ironic Inspiration, Natalie Costa
Art, avoidism, and automation, Jon Didier
Twentieth Century Don Quixote: The Character's Modern Pictorial Representation and Textual liberation, Lindsey R. Drnek
Norma and Irving : the steel butterfly and the boy wonder, Katherine Renee Elsea
The transformation of the godly family : negotiations between gender essentialist ideals and egalitarian practices among evangelicals, Lauren Hansbury
Emotion and knowing : being attuned to the world, Carter M. Hardy
Behind closed doors : new images of manhood, Wesley Harris
Exploring the communication styles of the traditionalist, baby boomer, generation X, generation Y, and millennial generation, Dana A. Hratko
World apart and years away : operacion Pedro Pan and the Cuban children's program, Robert C. Hyatt
The role of magician and philosopher in society : the archetype of wonder and its cognitive implications in modern life, Konstantin Kimlat
The castration of Peter Abelard : how male identity was shaped in the Middle Ages, Jessica E. S. King
One over wanderlust, Brendon A. Kingsbury
Some kind of glorious, J. F. Langley
Ethical applications of free culture applied for art education : piloting chinavine as an interactive model, Jonathan E. Lederman
Cultural rhetoric : the adaptation of BMW advertisements, Kelley MacEwen
Colonial Union : plans to unite the American colonies from 1696 to 1763, Evan Mateer
"That Boy Ain't Right": How Disruptive Male Characters in Sitcom Satires Can Reinforce Normative Gender and Sexuality for the Dominant Audience, Sarah M. Nowak