A collection of Arts & Humanities Masters Theses and Doctoral Dissertations.
Theses/Dissertations from 2024
Jungle Zoo City People, Justin C. Ahlquist
Software Company Workplace Bias in Technical Communication, Amanda Altamirano
Anticipating Combustion: Suffering's Potential For Finding Meaning, Perseverance, And Transcendence, Alexander Alvarez
Inclusifying the Rehearsal Room: Creating Accessible and Accommodating Theatrical Spaces for Young People, Christian Anderson
Imaginative Immersion: Developing a Theatre of the Mind Pedagogy for an Ever-Changing Educational Landscape, Cory Kennedy Barrow
Echo, Ana Beltran
Campbell & The Cryptid: Mindfulness and Mediality, Elaina Buffkin
Niña de Cristal | Girl of Glass, Camila Cal Mello
Dress to Impress: New Composition Instructors' Interpretations and Embodiment of Professionalism as Displayed through Dress, Jacqueline C. Cano Diaz
Steps of Theatrical Design: A Resource for Activating Educators to Teach Design in High Schools, Chandler Caroccio
In My End is My Beginning: Mary Stuart and the Foundation of Her Religious Pragmatism, Shantelle M. Clement
The Uglier Animals, Fernanda Coutinho Teixeira
Subjectivity in Circulation: Jean Baudrillard and the Image as Objective Reality, Jacob Crawley
Immigant Twists: The Hunt for Heritage, Healing and the Twist of DNA in Poetic and Hybrid Forms, Colleen Dieckmann
Analyzing the Use of Plain Language in Brief Summaries on ClinicalTrials.gov, Megan J. Eddington
Prompt Engineering: Toward a Rhetoric and Poetics for Neural Network Augmented Authorship in Composition and Rhetoric, Christopher Foley
Lucas' Gift: Exploring the Importance of Self-Care, Kevaun L. Gayle
Theatre as Resistance: Application of Queer and Feminist Theories to Theatrical Practice and Pedagogy, Chanel H. Gomaa
Mother Tongue, Kianna Greene
Disability Representation in Contemporary Playwriting, Caroline Hull
Identity Beyond Cultural Traditions: An Exploration Through Visual Narratives and Self-Portraiture, Anne njeri Kinuthia ms
Spaced Out: Exploring Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Through Animation, Alyssa R. Klapka
Creating Connection: Utilizing Dramaturgical Collaboration to Engage Young People in Theatre Making in a Post-Pandemic World, Gabrielle Lawlor
Empire's Ugly Feelings: Irritation, Anxiety, and Resignation in Wilkie Collins's The Moonstone and Elizabeth Gaskell's Cranford, Angela JM Leeds
Crusading for Fun and Profit: An Examination of Ludohistorical Mode in the Crusader Kings Community, Kirk M. Lundblade
The Dyslexic Actor: How Dyslexia Affects the Acting Process, Kate Milazzo
Women of Needles and Holes, Michelle Munoz
Theatrical Tools to Support the Community Agreement, Bethany E. Post
Changing Lines, Spencer L. Reynolds
Guns Can't Kill Ghosts, Krista B. Ruffo
Lotería: Hybrid Narrative of a Transracial Adoptee, Dani F. Sarta
The New Antisemitism, Edgar G. Soto
The Drought, Nicholas Stovel
Metaontological Dismissive Strategies: Implications and Applications in Metaphysics of Race and Gender, Ethan F. Stumpp
An Exploration of mHealth Applications Usage Among Older Adults: A Mixed Methods Study, Francine N. Sutton
From the Slime and Mud: Rumination as Fuel for Artistic Process, Olivia Van Natta
Breaking Molds: Transformative Processes in Art Making, Materials, and Life, James M. Wysolmierski
Prohibition in Sanford: Local Lives Questioning a National Narrative Presented Through Data, Discourse Analysis and Digital Mapping, Lindsey K. Yeazell
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
Fostering Empathy in SMS Text Messaging, Tami C. Gitto-Kania
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