A collection of Arts & Humanities Masters Theses and Doctoral Dissertations.
Episodes from 2024
Theses/Dissertations from 2023
Exploring English as a Foreign Language (EFL) Saudi Arabian Teachers' Perceptions vis-a-vis the English Education Context in Primary and Secondary Schools, Mona Abdullah A. Al Mogeerah
Gatsby Revived Through Memes, Sabrina Alvarez
Foreign Constellations, Steven Archer
Me and My Baby: Directing & Designing "Chicago" at the High School Level, Leo Arteche Arencibia
Defining Creativity and Its Role in Marx's Philosophy, Carlos Avila
An Investigation on the Procedural Rhetoric of Curated Difficulty, Ismael Benjelloun
Trauma In the Acting Process: My Role as Camae In the Mountaintop and the Implementation of Practical Techniques for Empowerment, Anita Bennett
Tomiccama Tomiccanacayo: A Feminist/Spatial Analysis of flesh to bone by ire'ne lara silva, Alyssa B. Bent
Ruffled: Examining Feminism & Femininity Through Animation, Savannah Berry
Boys to Men, Brandon Bradley
Taste of Grief & Other Stories, Madison Brown
Diverse Expressions of the Black Identity in Jackson, Mississippi: Stories, Elisabeth Campbell
Save the Drowning Child: Stories, Kayla Cayasso
Studying Memes During Covid Lockdown as a Lens Through Which to Understand Video-Mediated Communication Interactions, Tatyana Claytor
Inkling: An Exploration of Visual Effects as a Character, Joshua Cooper
"Do You Want to Build with Snowman?": Positioning Twine Story Formats Through Critical Code Study, Daniel Cox
A Constant in Sport, Richard C. Crepeau
Damar Hamlin's Cardic Arrest, Richard C. Crepeau
Florida Politics, Richard C. Crepeau
Jim Brown, Richard C. Crepeau
Narrating the Fragmenting Brain: Alzheimer's Disease Neuronarratives, Bonnie Cross
Magic Show: Themed Experiences Utilizing Animation, Emma Cuitino
"Auto"-Exploitation: A Marxist Examination of Self-Driving Cars, Parker DuVall
The Daughters of Sycorax, Wendy Dye
Preserving our Past (PoP): Comparing Methods of Digitally Replicating Historical Artifacts, Abbie Easter
Treatment of the Differently Abled: Representations of Disability from Victorian Periodicals to Contemporary Graphic Narratives, Rachelle Echevarria
Transforming Costuming Design: Costuming for the Actor's Comfort, Lisa Evenson
War on the Bay: Determining the Existence of Watershed Moments within the Shipyards in Tampa, Florida during World War II, Connor E. Farley
With Silk, Sage, and Bones: Confronting Death and Dying Through Nature and Ritualistic Healing, Brittney Fucheck
Erasing the Past for Marketability: The Effects of Selling National Myth in Ybor City's Public Historical Narrative, Janine A. Galindo
Las Madres Blancas: The Visual Representation and Cultural Production of the Mirabal Sisters, Luisa Garcia
0. Prologue | The 2023 UCF VLP Institute Podcast Series, Sebastian Garcia
1. "A Very Historic Property" | The 2023 UCF VLP Institute Podcast Series, Sebastian Garcia
2. "History versus Heritage" |The 2023 UCF VLP Institute Podcast Series, Sebastian Garcia
3. "Even with the Younger Ones" | The 2023 UCF VLP Institute Podcast Series, Sebastian Garcia
4. "To Bring This Person Back to Life" | The 2023 UCF VLP Institute Podcast Series, Sebastian Garcia
5. “Now He’s My Guy” | The 2023 UCF VLP Institute Podcast Series, Sebastian Garcia
6. “I Hope He’s Appreciating the Presence” | The 2023 UCF VLP Institute Podcast Series, Sebastian Garcia
7. "“That Felt So Personal” | The 2023 UCF VLP Institute Podcast Series, Sebastian Garcia
8. “It Puts a Face to It” | The 2023 UCF VLP Institute Podcast Series, Sebastian Garcia
9. “Given Me More than I Could’ve Asked For” | The 2023 UCF VLP Institute Podcast Series, Sebastian Garcia
Episode 29: Dr. Luis Martínez-Fernández and “When the World Turned Upside Down: Politics, Culture, and the Unimaginable Events of 2019-2022”, Sebastian Garcia
Episode 30: Dr. Julian Chambliss and the 2023 ZORA! Festival Academic Conference. Plus, His Work on Afrofuturism, History Podcasting, and Comic Book Studies, Sebastian Garcia
Episode 31: Professor Paul W. Wehr Day at the Pioneer Days Pine Castle Historical Society History Tent Event, Sebastian Garcia
Episode 32: Dr. Mwita Chacha (featuring Dr. Jonathan Powell) and His Keynote Presentation at the 5th Annual Dr. John T. Washington Lecture Series, Sebastian Garcia
Episode 33: Dr. Jennifer Palmer and Her Keynote Presentation at the 16th Annual Pauley Lecture Series on Global Affairs, Sebastian Garcia
Episode 34: History Research Projects/Posters at the 2023 UCF Student Scholar Symposium Event, Sebastian Garcia
Episode 35: Alexis Castellanos, Author of “Isla to Island”, and Her Panel Presentation during the Operación Pedro Pan Two-Day Event, Sebastian Garcia
Episode 36: Barbara Palacios Wessels - An Operación Pedro Pan Survivor, Sebastian Garcia
Episode 37: Senator Mel Martinez - An Operación Pedro Pan Survivor, Sebastian Garcia
"It is in our DNA": Athlete Activism and Social Media Discourse During the 2020 WNBA Season, Kendra Gilbertson
Indigenous Writing and Poetry in Magazines Published by Women in the Early 20th Century, Grace Gunther
The Genealogy of Desolate Landscapes, Alexander Gurtis
Ideological Relationships with the Cult of Isis from Ptolemaic Alexandria to Imperial Rome, Sabrina N. Gutierrez
Spilling the Tea: A Comparative Analysis of Development in Ex-British Colonies, Niamh L. Harrop
Music Direction and Piano Accompaniment in Musical Theatre: A Practical Guide, Danielle Hayes
Writing About Reflecting About Teaching: The Circulation of Writing About Writing with Pedagogical Implications, Emily Hensley
Site, Sight, Swipe, Prada Marfa: A Case Study in Public Art, Cultural Tourism, and Image-Based Social Media Engagement, Ha'ani Joy Hogan
Mapping the Focal Points of WordPress: A Software and Critical Code Analysis, Bryce Jackson
An Exploration on the Spanish Caribbean Dialectical Community: ¿Unidos o separados?, Bryan J. Jimenez
Activist-Casual Game Design: Iterating Serious Games Through Research-Creation, Daniel J. King
Flow Theory in the Actor's Process: Can the Pursuit of Optimal Experience Alleviate Anxiety?, Kimberly (Kimber) King
Roanoke and the Witch, Tamara Komoff
"Immigrant Literature": The Transnational Aesthetic of Early Japanese American Periodical ShūKaku [Harvest], Joshua Kuiper
Tooth Farmer: Exploring 3D Printed Replacement Heads for Stop-Motion Animated Films, Jamie Lachnicht
The Assemblage of the Rings: Reading Lord of the Rings Through the Philosophy of Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari, Kieran Leeds
The Stench of Miasma and The Fragrance of Daffodils: Reconstructing Historical Scentscapes in Mesopotamia, Samantha N. Levy
Tin Hammock, Ian Lindsay
The Viking Age as a Themed Experience: Representing Hitorical Narrative Through Research Based Design, Edward D. MacPherson
Avicenna's Doctrine of Emanation and the Sphere of the Heavens, Brian C. Manere
Cultural Movement(s) and Counternarratives: The Rhetorics of Native Womxn Runners, Kim Martinez
Korean Poetry: A Discussion and Translation, Kassidy N. Menk
The Spoon Theory, Sanne Methorst
The Process Is A Journey, Victoria Micaletti
Inclusion and Interpretation: Examining Difficult History Topics at Eighteenth-Century Historic Sites in Southeastern Pennsylvania, Cassidy Michonski
Propaganda of Car Ecotourism in Glacier National Park, Hanna Y. Mohammed
The Women's Wood Engraving Revival and its Global Impact (1912-1960): Gwen Raverat, Clare Leighton, and Joan Hassall, Abigail Moreshead
Disoriented Desire: The Haunted Good Life in the Gothic House, Morgan Muhart
Planeswalking: Magic: The Gathering Across Analog and Digital Platforms, Jack Murray
Easy Prey, Annika L. Norris
Justice for George Floyd: The Tipping Point?, Christopher C. Odom
The Beauty of Hip-Hop Culture: Linguistic Connections Through Music, Poetry, and Literature, Aminah Patel
Creative Collaborations: An Arts Integrated Educational Business, Michele Perkins
Keeping the Ball Alive: The Marriage Between Sports and Acting, Giuseppe Pipicella
Remembered Spaces: Navigating Memory Through Drawing, Leeann Rae
Political Bodies in the Ulster Cycle: Space, Conflict, and Comedy in Scéla Muicce Meicc Dathó, Glenn S. Ritchey III
"But I Can't Forget": Media and Fannish Representations of Superheroes with PTSD, Lauren Rouse
Pepper Pot and Callaloo: Caribbean Cuisine as Embodiment of "Otherness" and Resistance, Sheina Senat
Miss-Adventures: Fantasy and Friendship in the Context of Animation, Nathaniel Shrage
In Defense of the Wife, Veronica Silva
Theatrical Intimacy: Navigating a New Normal, Elizabeth Smith-Cortelyou
Creating Living Characters Through Stanislavski's System and Michael Chekhov's Psychological Gesture, Robert Stark
Play as a Means of Connection, Charles Street
The Bishop and the Poet: Theodulf of Orléans and the Carolingian World, Cole Taylor