A collection of Arts & Humanities Masters Theses and Doctoral Dissertations.
Theses/Dissertations from 2025
Fluidity in Structure: Balancing Form and Freedom, Tyler Stevens
Under Control, Eric Tegethoff
Queering the Queer Bildungsroman: Literature of AIDS, The Rhizome, and Rat Bohemia, Emma Tolliver
Not Just Playing Pretend: Story Drama as Queer and Humanist Praxis, Julia Veiga
The Path of Peace: Non-Violent Methods of Play in Indie Video Game History, Ryu R. Yamamoto
Theses/Dissertations from 2024
Contextualizing TikTok Controversies: Critical Discourse Analysis of Platform Privacy Debates, Bshaer Kameil Aharazi
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
Decoding and Generating Poetry: Using Feminist Theory and Digital Media to Demonstrate Maya Angelou's Writing as Activism, Emery Beckman
Echo, Ana Beltran
Home, Sweet Home: Gender the Civil War and Reunion Through Popular Music, Nathanial E. Bock
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
ASPIRA and the Young Lords: Examining Their Impact on Fostering a Puerto Rican Cultural Identity in New York City During the 1960s and 1970s, Asmara M. Cortes-Caba
The Uglier Animals, Fernanda Coutinho Teixeira
Nailed It: Creative Nonfiction Essays, Kristi M. Dao
Immigant Twists: The Hunt for Heritage, Healing and the Twist of DNA in Poetic and Hybrid Forms, Colleen Dieckmann
Comical, Familial, Satirical: Exploring Visual Culture Through Portraiture and Graphic Narrative, Matthew D. Dunn
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
Chinese Masculinities During the Maoist Era: Representations of Model Men, Daniel L. Izadirad Mr.
In an Immersive Space, Raising Awareness to Universalize the Concept of Resistance and Hope, Elaheh Jazemi
Identity Beyond Cultural Traditions: An Exploration Through Visual Narratives and Self-Portraiture, Anne njeri Kinuthia ms
The Color of Disease: Race Science, Pandemic Influenza, and the Rise of Epidemiology in the Segregated South, Andrew Kishuni
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
Flora and the Cloud Maker: Exploring Burnout Through Animation, Tiffany Marin
After A Tragedy: A Mobile Therapeutic Themed Experience, Sarah M. Massarelli
The Dyslexic Actor: How Dyslexia Affects the Acting Process, Kate Milazzo
Every Person a Home Every Home a Person, Emily R. Miller
Women of Needles and Holes, Michelle Munoz
Theatrical Tools to Support the Community Agreement, Bethany E. Post
Empathy in Digital Healthcare, Michael R. Powell
Capable Rhetoric: Embodied Rhetorical Listening and Midwives' Arguments for the Maternal Body on Instagram, Aminta C. Quintero-Jackson
Changing Lines, Spencer L. Reynolds
Henry VIII & Rulership: A Contemporary Perspective of His Reign, 1509-1537, Jeremy M. Rodriguez
The Capsule of The Caterpillar: A Hybrid Collection From An Invisible Disorder, Jessa M. Santiago
Lotería: Hybrid Narrative of a Transracial Adoptee, Dani F. Sarta
Adapting Models for Florida’s Public Secondary Schools: A Case Study of Collegiate Writing Centers, Erin M. Shorthill
A Pandemic in the Educational Sphere: Collecting and Understanding Students' Responses to University Communication on COVID-19, Matthew R. Stapleton
The Drought, Nicholas Stovel
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
Blackened Faces: Unearthing the Political Shift Behind Illinois' Response to Racialized Labor Violence During the Virden Affair and Coal Wars of 1898-1899, Jonathan C. Yegge
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
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
Ruffled: Examining Feminism & Femininity Through Animation, Savannah Berry
Boys to Men, Brandon Bradley
Taste of Grief & Other Stories, Madison Brown
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
Narrating the Fragmenting Brain: Alzheimer's Disease Neuronarratives, Bonnie Cross
Magic Show: Themed Experiences Utilizing Animation, Emma Cuitino
The Daughters of Sycorax, Wendy Dye
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
"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
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
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
Cultural Movement(s) and Counternarratives: The Rhetorics of Native Womxn Runners, Kim Martinez