A collection of Arts & Humanities Masters Theses and Doctoral Dissertations.
Theses/Dissertations from 2024
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
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
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
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
"But I Can't Forget": Media and Fannish Representations of Superheroes with PTSD, Lauren Rouse
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
Florida's Vanishing Heritage: Climate Risk and Adaptation at Florida Heritage Sites, Levi Watson
Immersive Exploration Experiences: Using Multi-Branching Decision Narratives as a Design Framework for Advanced Audience Engagement, Arianna White
Theses/Dissertations from 2022
White Rage, Black Agency: Violence and its Impact on Reconstruction Era Florida, Zachary Barnes
The Concept of the Populus Romanus in the Late Republic and Augustan Period, Nicklaus Bobertz
The Nine Lives of Ula Stöckl: Recovering Germany's First Feminist Filmmaker, Rachel Braaten
Peat And Patty: Providing a Voice For Nature Through Animation, Clinnie Brinson
Sacrificing Sisters: Nurses' Psychological Trauma from the First World War, 1914-1918, Kayla Campana
2D Animation of the 21st Century: The Digital Age, James Chambless
The Universal Story: Coming-of-Age In Contemporary Animation, Christina Christie
Choreographing Closeness: The Effects of Intimacy Choreography Best Practices in Educational Theatre, Morgan Cobb
Compulsory Conformity in Modern Japanese Culture: An Exploration of Asexuality in the works of Murata Sayaka, Kawakami Mieko, and Kamatani Yuki, Nicholas Colecio
Uncovering Ophelia: The Reclamation of Women's Madness Through Feminist Disability Studies, Amy Crawford
Aliens from Outer Space Don't Know How to Smile, Ollie Damm
The Loyalty of the Lords of Albret: An Investigation of the Gascon Rolls at the Outset of the Hundred Years War, Jason Delaney
Goodbye Letter to the Living, Lauren Denney
Circulating Suburbia: Locating a Transnational Suburban Imagination in Post-War Periodicals, 1945-1970, Tyler Dick
No More Pencils, No More Books: A One-to-One Digital Device Implementation and Its Effect on the Digital Divide, Theresa Gindlesperger
¿Dónde están? Latin American Representation in Theatre for Young Audiences, Ximena Gonzalez Toledo
For the Very First Time: A Process of Rehearsal and Performance in the Beginnings of COVID-19., Andrew Hansen
Corpora, Samantha Harden