A collection of Arts & Humanities Masters Theses and Doctoral Dissertations.
Theses/Dissertations from 2023
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
If Found: Exploring Death Through Animated Media, Hannah Huffman
Un-Portalable! An Animated Exploration in Boundaries and Relational Design, Ira Klages
Workers, Mothers, and Françaises: The French Communist Party and Women in the Interwar Period (1920 - 1939), Elizabeth Klements
Studies of Pain in a Multitude of Forms, Charles Klenk
Online Engagement in Graduate Technical Communication Education, Tabatha Kless
Bridging a Need: Audience Participatory Theatre for Non-Profit Fundraising, Ralph Krumins
Sensory Overload: Creating Autism-Friendly Areas In Theme Parks Through Universal Design Principles, Lindsey Leffel
The Dust and Other Stories, Evan Lindeman
A Theoretical Prototype for Narrative and Interactive Development within a Theme Park Parade, Carson Luter
Family Portrait: The Experience of Space and Place Through Painting, Anthony Mancuso
Integration of Video Game Play and Storytelling in Theme Park Environmental Design, Alexandria Marcello
Journey To The Dragon's Gate: A Study Of Hybrid Ride Systems And How They Enhance Attraction Storytelling, Matthew Moore
The Hollow Bones, Ashley Neumeister
Try Again, Peyton Newell
Utilizing Dramaturgy to Activate Creativity in Young Audiences, Joni Newman
Musicals, Murders, and Motivation: A View on the Audience and Their Support Towards Musical Murderers through Maslow, Lesly Nuñez
'Read All About It': Journalism and War in Britain, France, and the United States during the Allied Invasion of France (June-August 1944), Jessica Oldham
Seeing the Unseen: Interactive Narrative as a Tool for Understanding Invisible Disabilities, Jesslyn Parrish
Endless Curiosity, Ryan Price
The Emotions, Emotional Labor, and Identities of Korean Teachers of English, Emily Puckett
In The Attic of A Barn, Hunter Pylant
Bodies of Clay, Noor Ur Rahman
Inclusive Writing, Kairos, and Technical Communication: Defining our Modern Age., Ramara Reisch
Exploring Best Practices of Teaching Theatre for Social Change to Youth, Samantha Reser
The Obsidian Trials, Carissa Richetti
Common Law, Megan Riddell
Negative Space: The Transference of Trauma, Jeremy Robinson
Creating a Reverberating Beat: Digital Curation of the Women Writers of the Beat Generation, Elena Maria Rogalle
Methodology of Augmented Reality Chinese Language Articulatory Pronunciation Practice: Game and Study Design, Daria Sinyagovskaya
To the Moon and Back: The Impact of Moon Rocks on the Historical Legacy of NASA's Apollo Program, Emily Strickland
The Hands that Hold You: Negotiating Relationships Between the Self and the Conjured Landscape, Sheherazade Thenard
Castle of Unknowing: An Immersive Virtual Reality Experience, Damian Thorn-Hauswirth
Digital Humanities & Community College Libraries: Opportunities and Challenges, Mia Tignor
Eco-TYA: An Exploration of Youth Agency and the Role of Environment in Creating Balanced Theatrical Collaborations, Sage Tokach
In the Light of What They Suffer, Grayson Treat
Crossed: Strength in Unity and Connection, Dillon Williams
Eden Enflamed: An Examination of the Self through Fantastical Figures, Forrest Wilson
Blue Heat Burning, Mary Wolff
Creating Themed Accessible Spaces Through Hospitality Design, Sidney Wolf
Theme Park Queues as Diegetic Worlds: Using Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance as a Case Study for Core Design Elements, Jordan Zauha
Theses/Dissertations from 2021
Pixelated Domes: Cinematic Code Changes through a Frank Lloyd Wright Lens, William Allen
Beautiful, Terrible Things, Nicole Balsamo
Ruinous Wings, Madison Brake
Rubicon: The Dialectic, Marcos Carrasco Yanez
Their Bodies Flamboyant: An Exploration of Self Through Figuration and Flower, Gabriel Cortese
The Actor and the Iceberg, Christopher Creane
Liminality of Culture in Studio Art: A Biographical Investigation of a Second Generation Filipino American Experience, Danielle Culibao Powell
Moneyboys, Joshua Deshaies
Artistic Science: An Exploration of Dramaturgy through Inquiry-Based Learning for Youth Artists, Sam DiRosa
Immersion's Relationship to Enjoyment in Gaming, Ronald Ray Eddy