A collection of Arts & Humanities Masters Theses and Doctoral Dissertations.
Theses from 2021
The Role of Placemaking in Universities and Their Surrounding Communities: A Literature Review, Natalie R. Verdiguel
I'll See You in the Morning: Stories, William Walker
Performing Belvile: Developing a Transformative Method, Brian Wiegand
A Third Culture Kid's Quest for Belonging: Ephemeral, Eternal, and the Space in Between, Simona Darshani Wiig
A Literary Analysis of Magic: A Dissection of Medieval Icelandic Literature, Jordan T. Williams
Deportation, Genocide, and Memorial Politics: Remembrance and Memory in Postwar France, 1943-2015, Rachel Williams
Political Fandom and Social Media: A Case Study of the Texas 2018 Senate Race, Rachel Winter
Combat Music, Usability, and Presence in Video Games, Jedidah Wong
Towards a Postdramatic Jazz Aesthetic: Per(form)ance and Its Discontents, Johann Robert Wood
The Sound of Identity: Audios and Hashtags as Nexuses of Practice on TikTok, Lindsey Wright
Analyzing the Self-reported Experiences of Japanese English as a Foreign Language Pre-service Teachers with Listening Comprehension Skills, Akira Yamamoto
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
Who Am I, and Why Does it Matter? Reflections of Identity and the Need for Culturally Sustaining Theatre, Bianca Alamo
Just A Number: A Cabaret Exploring the Roles My Age Prevents Me From Playing, Monica Andrews
The Process of Composing FROM HERE: A Contemporary Musical, Jason Bailey
502 - Dr. Isiah Lavender on Afrofuturism and Science Fictional Blackness, Holly Baker
Episode 16: Overcoming Injustice: Why Women's Constitutional Citizenship Still Matters., Holly Baker
Episode 17: A Crisis of Peace: George Washington, the Newburgh Conspiracy, and the Fate of the American Revolution, Holly Baker
501- Dr. Julian Chambliss on Afrofuturism and the Zora Neale Hurston Festival, Holly Baker and Julian Chambliss
503 - Dr. Kinitra Brooks on Afrofuturism and Recovering the Past, Holly Baker and Julian Chambliss
504: Dr. Reynaldo Anderson on Afrofuturism and the Rise of the Black Speculative Tradition, Holly Baker and Julian Chambliss
505 - Dr. Michelle Berger on Afrofuturism and the Afrofuturist Aesthetic, Holly Baker and Julian Chambliss
Evita: A Practical Approach to Creating and Implementing Choreography for Professional Theater, Kimberly Ball
Some Southern Waters, Julian Baner
Tethered, Audi Barnes
Afrofuturism in Animation: Self Identity of African Americans in Cinematic Storytelling, Dana Barnes
Introduction to World Literature Anthology, Christian Beck
Death in the Land of Flowers: Environment as Enemy in the Second Seminole War, Nicholas Brown
Rites of Renewal: Stories, Adam Byko
The Field of TYA on the Soccer Field: Using Drama Strategies to Enhance Youth Soccer Coaching Practices, Brittany Caine
Examining the Design and Usability of Telemedicine Communications: A Mixed-methods Study, Jessica Campbell
Visual Rhetorics and Rally Signs: A Study of Feminist Theory and Progression, Rachel Casey
Open Anthology of American Literature, Farrah Cato
Production Development: A Practical Approach to Directing for Educational Theatre, Jill Cicciarelli
Reading Between the Lines: Language Ideologies and Tutor Education Readings, Michele Cintron Toney
Metatheatre and Critical Race Theory: A Combination for Compelling Storytelling and Effective Changemaking, Andrew Coleburn
Naming More of What We Know: Critical Memoirs & the Ecological Metaphor as a Threshold Concept in Writing, Loren Cooper
Anti-Semitism, Richard C. Crepeau
College Sports in the Covid19 World (Part I), Richard C. Crepeau
Covid-19 Covers Against the NFL, Richard C. Crepeau
Covid-19 is Number One, Richard C. Crepeau
Intercollegiate Athletics Part II, Richard C. Crepeau
Kobe Bryant, Richard C. Crepeau
Michael Jordan In Orlando for Baseball, Richard C. Crepeau
Negro Leagues and College Football Playoff, Richard C. Crepeau
Sport in the Middle of Crisis, Richard C. Crepeau
Thanksgiving, Richard C. Crepeau
The Astros et.al., Richard C. Crepeau
The NFL and Volleyball, Richard C. Crepeau
The Sports Tsunami, Richard C. Crepeau
What We Miss, Richard C. Crepeau
Phantoms of Fantasy: Materiality, Enjoyment, and the Minstrel Legacy of Sentimentalism, Zafirios Daglaris
A Tale of the Terminally Fey: A Modern Take on Collaborative Folklore, Olivia Damm
The Uniqueness of a Kingdom: The Frontier Kingdom of Norman Sicily in Comparative Perspective, Onyx De La Osa
Les Représentations de Napoléon Bonaparte : le héros romantique, Christian G. Del Villar
Pre-service Teacher Perceptions of Pronunciation Teaching: A Qualitative Investigation, Madelyn Diller
Adaptation of the Novel "Silas Marner" into a One-Act Play and Performance, Melaney Douglass
Viral Stories in Spanish and English: A Qualitative Analysis of Narrative Perceptions Regarding Infant Immunizations Across Major Ethno-linguistic Communities, Zeynep H. Elshaer
Run Like A Girl, Alicia Ezekiel-Pipkin
Be Your Own Charlatan!, Melanie Farmer
Doctors and "Dopefiends": Perspectives on the U.S Opiate Crisis, 21st Century, John C. Foerster
Compulsory: Art, Memory, and the Stigma of Mass Incarceration, Jason Fronczek
Episodes of Bar Eugenia, Lauren Gagnon
Alexander: A Dive into Identity, Inspiration, and Release of the Creative Self, Alyssa Garoogian
Monster in the Closet, Sean Glatch
A Transnational Look at the Modern Women, Isabella Hardesty
2030: Utilizing Animation in Political Messaging, Angela Hernandez-Carlson
Macho Remixes: A Collection of Writings, Daniel A. Hernandez
Seeds of Doubt, Amber Hilson
Anthology of World Literature 1650-present, Kathleen Hohenleitner PhD
A Pre-structural Center: Deconstructing Classical Social Theory, Darius F. Irani
Little Magazines, Postwar Internationalism, and the Construction of World Cinema, Louise Kane
Independent Black Institutions and Rhetorical Literacy Education: A Unique Voice of Color, Jamila M. Kareem
Sustained Communities for Sustained Learning: Connecting Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy to WAC Learning Outcomes, Jamila M. Kareem
Life Narratives as Technologies of Self: Explorations of Agency in A Son of the Forest and The Autobiography of Malcolm X, Tiffanie Kelley
Charcoal Boys and Dreams of Igniting, Malcolm Kelly
Song of the Subcontinent, Dylan Kiely
The Art of Reflection: A Personal Account of Reflexive Teaching Artistry and Personal Praxis, Kate Kilpatrick
Pestilence and Poverty: The Great Influenza Pandemic and Underdevelopment in the New South, 1918-1919, Andrew Kishuni
Ouroboros: The Evolution From Industrialized Mass Production to Auteurism in American Animation, Heather Knott
The Morpheum Principle, Kyle Kubik
Director Methods for High School and Amateur Theatre Implementation, Tyler Leeps
Mistress of the Maze, Caitlin Lochner
Skin Baby, Erica Macalintal
"I Like Men and I Like Women:" Sara Lance as a Representation of Bisexuality in the "Arrowverse", Rachel Marks
This Might Get Heavy, Tara Mayer
His Voice: The Portrayals of LGBTQ+ Issues in Musical Theatre seen through Terrence McNally's A Man of No Importance, Alex Mendez
Addressing the Elephant on the Stage: Mental Health in Theatre Education, Alexandra M. Meridionale
Even the Fish Fly Away, Lance Milham
The Memory Remains: Why the Migration Period and the Fall of Rome Continue to be Mischaracterized as a Barbarian Invasion, Walter Napier
Everybody Says Don't: An Examination of Works by Stephen Sondheim in High School Theatre Programs, Matthew Nash-Brown
Empress Theophanu: The Politics of Power at the Intersection of Byzantium and the Ottonian Empire, Harper J. Norris
Stages of Color: An Exploration of Drama Through a Chromatic Lens, John Norton
Fruit on the Peninsula, Samuel Oatley
First Blood, Laura Ohlmann
The Girls, Heather Orlando