A collection of Arts & Humanities Masters Theses and Doctoral Dissertations.
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
Taking Inventory, Constance Owens
Initiating Change, Connection, and Community, Janine Papin
Stage Fright: An Examination of Horror-based Theatre Through Theory and Practice, Ramon Paradoa
The Troupes Coloniales: A Comparative Analysis of African American and French Colonial Soldiers in the First World War, Matthew Patsis
Unexplored Conceptions: What Writing Center Tutors Think about Writing, Andrew Petrykowski
Two's Accompany: Understanding Acceptance Through Animation, Brian Phinn
How Artists Can Capture Us: Educating About the Works of Stephen Sondheim Through Parody, Jarrett Poore
This Woman's Work: Corrosive Power Structures, Gendered Labor and Weariness in Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale and Oryx and Crake, Taylor J. Pryor
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Echoes: Digital Political Discourse and Vectors of Ideological Propagation, Devon Razey
Considering Multiracial Student Identity and Literacy Practices in Higher Education, Anjelica Rechsteiner
La Mano e il Braccio: Comparing Italian Immigrant Communities in Louisiana and Florida, 1880-1914, Keith Richards
Transcendence, William Rincon
Playing Disability, Daniel Romano
Rethinking Causality: Thomas Aquinas' Argument From Motion & the Kalām Cosmological Argument, Derwin Sánchez Jr.
Casting as a Pedagogical Practice in Educational Theatre Spaces, Scott Savage
Dutiful Daughter, Robin Schulte
Nincompoop: Stories, David Smithson
Mau Mau Blasters: The Homemade Guns of the Mau Mau Uprising, James Stoddard
Sparks of Service: The Fuel We Need to Fan the Flames of Student Service-Learning and Effective Civic Engagement, Christian E. Tabet
Representation in the Story: The Social Impact of Diversity in Transmedia, Tiffany S. Tanaka-Cooper
Discursive Trick Effects: How Raced and Gendered Semiotics in Industry Media Undermine Equal Representation in the Cybersecurity Workforce, Patricia Thomas
The Eyes and Ears of the Nation: America's First Spy Ring, Eric Topolewski
Gender Disparity of Women in Theatre Design, Madison M. Valesky
Party for One: A Monologue of The Importance of Oneself Through Book Arts, Jacob Zhefu Wan
Mirrors For Monsters: A Journey Towards Self-Acknowledgement and Nuanced Representation in Film, Alejandro Watson
A Legacy of Community and Mourning: AIDS & HIV in Central Florida, 1983-1993, Andrew Weeks
Dolly'll Never Go Away Again: Producing the Classic Musical at the High School Level, Jason Whitehead
Theses from 2019
Culture, Power, and Control: A Discussion of Autonomy and Responsibility, Loren A. Alonso
The Feminine Margin: The Re-Imagining of One Professor's Rhetorical Pedagogy--A Curriculum Project, Camila Alvarez
A Project for a Translation into Guarani Based on an Analytical Interpretation of a Medieval Apologue, Nathalie Amato
Episode 14: Raising Our Voices: Madam C. J. Walker's Legacy of Leadership, Activism, and Education, Holly Baker
Episode 15: Holocaust Era Art Litigation in the United States, Holly Baker
401 - Alice Walker and Reflections on the Zora Neale Hurston Festival of the Arts and Humanities, Holly Baker and Julian Chambliss
402 - Anna Lillios and the Transformation of ZORA!, Holly Baker and Julian Chambliss
403 - Cheryl Wall and Eatonville, Zora Neale Hurston, and Transformation, Holly Baker and Julian Chambliss
404 - Zienzi Dillon and a Global Perspective Linked to Zora Neale Hurston, Holly Baker and Julian Chambliss
405 - Dr. Deidre Crumbley on Finding Zora Neale Hurston in Scholarship and Practice, Holly Baker and Julian Chambliss
406 - Joshua Walker and Innovation in the Spirit of Zora Neale Hurston, Holly Baker and Julian Chambliss
407 - Julian Chambliss and the Black Imaginary Inspired by Zora Neale Hurston, Holly Baker and Julian Chambliss
408 - Pamela McCauley and Education Activism Inspired by Zora Neale Hurston, Holly Baker and Julian Chambliss
409 - Deborah Plant and Learning from Zora Neale Hurston, Holly Baker and Julian Chambliss
410 - Mayor Edward Jones on the Zora Festival and the Legacy of Black Agency, Holly Baker and Julian Chambliss
Anthology of Medieval Literature, Christian Beck, John Raible, Sarah A. Norris, John Venecek, Lily Dubach, Penny Beile, and Aimee deNoyelles
Mapping Addiction: A Digital Psychogeographic Approach to America's Addiction Epidemic, Clayton Benjamin
Music and the Presidency: How Campaign Songs Sold the Image of Presidential Candidates, Gary M. Bogers
The Redeemed, the Condemned, and the Forgotten: Narratives of Dissenting Aristocratic Identity in Medieval Bavaria, Luke Bohmer
Group Therapy for Adventure Boys: An Assembly of Stories, Justin Brozanski
Acoustic Ecology and Sound Mapping the University of Central Florida Main Campus, Robert Clarke
Displays of Medici Wealth and Authority: The Acts of the Apostles and Valois Fêtes Tapestry Cycles, Madison L. Clyburn
From the Temple to the Synagogue: Exploring Changes in Judaism After the Fall of the Second Temple, Adam Cohen
The Study of Free Will in the East and the West, Nicholas J. Colecio
Of Martyrs and Minstrels, Trevon J. Coleman
Building Unity Through State Narratives: The Evolving British Media Discourse During World War II, 1939-1941, Colin Cook
The Living Hashtag Play: A Modernized Living Newspaper with Theatre of the Oppressed Approaches to Play Development, Elizabeth Corsi
Baseball Hall of Fame Vote, Richard C. Crepeau
Jay-Z, Roger, and Kaepernick, Richard C. Crepeau
Madness on a Major Scale, Richard C. Crepeau
Odds and Odds, Richard C. Crepeau
Sex Identity and the IAAF, Richard C. Crepeau
Super Bowl LIII, Richard C. Crepeau
Tiger Woods at the Masters, Richard C. Crepeau
Direct Discourse and Female Archetypes in Chrétien de Troyes's Romances, Raquelle A. Crotty
How Change Started to Come: Examining Rhythm and Blues and Southern Identity, Jennifer Davis
Performing Feminism: Boy Gets Girl During the #MeToo Movement, Amanda Dayton
The Exploration of a Nonbinary Gender Identity in the Visual Work of Claude Cahun, Miranda DeBrine
The Storm, Kara Delemeester
Spiteful Houses, Sweet Homes: Analyzing Denver's Traumatic Space in Beloved, Tyler Dick
The Knitting Witch, Katherine Ervin
An Ecofeminist Analysis of the Ready-made Garment Industry in Bangladesh, Yasmin Fakhoury
A Deconstruction of Puritan Ideology Through the Works of John Winthrop, Anne Bradstreet, and Mary Rowlandson, Rocco S. Fazzalari
Women's Work: Materializing Feminist Thought in Lucy Lippard's c.7,500 Exhibition, Francesca Felicella
Local Community Influences on Interpretation at Historical Sites and Museums, Jason FitzGerald
Latinx Student Success in Higher Education: Genres, Racialization, and Generic-Racial Interactions., Delia Garcia
La Sufrida: An Analysis of the Social and Literary Archetype, Meleena Gil
Standing Up Comedy: Analyzing Rhetorical Approaches to Identity in Stand-up Comedy, Christopher Grabert
The Americanization of the Holocaust: Reconsidered Through Judaic Studies, Brie Green-Rebackoff
Waking Up White: The Search For Black Happiness, Jason Gregory
Fayeza Hasanat "When Our Fathers Die" United States, 2018, Fayeza Hasanat and Kathleen Hohenleitner
Central Florida School Districts' Responses to Hispanic Growth, 1980-2010, Kendra Hazen
Power to the People: Responsible Facilitation in Co-Creative Story-Making, Amanda Hill
The Metaphysics of the Collective Unconscious, Oscar B. Jablon
Changing the Channel: A Study of Agenda, Immersion and Social Commentary in Art, Nicholas Kalemba
Farm Women as Producers & Consumers in the 20th Century U.S. South, Joseph J. Kaminski
A Critical Race Analysis of Transition Level Writing Curriculum to Support the Racially Diverse Two-Year College, Jamila M. Kareem
Artful Bionics: Pushing the Limits of Visual Expression in Prosthetic Design, Anna Kester
"Worse Than Guards:" Ordinary Criminals and Political Prisoners in the GULAG (1918-1950), Elizabeth T. Klements
Measuring Player Perceptions of Freedom and Control in Modded and Unmodded Versions of Bethesda's Skyrim: A Qualitative Play Study, Mark Kretzschmar
If The Shoe Fits: Cinderella and Women's Voice, Farrah V. Kurronen
The Rhetoric of Camp: Adam Lambert's Identification and Division Strategies in His American Idol Performances, Isabelle Lanthier
Gender Performance in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, Amanda Lee
Mindful Acting, Terence Lee
Expanding and Shedding the Self: Processing Selfdom Through Painting, Theresa Lucey
The WOW Factor: Lesbian Representation and Impact in Late-20th Century Theatre, Brenna L. Maginness
Performing Bernarda: Activating Power and Identity, Ana Martinez Medina
Moving Towards a Dialogic Pedagogy: Using Video Feedback as a Teaching Tool to Respond to Writing across Disciplines, Paul Martin
I Have Questions, Lorena Matejowsky
The Long and Short of It, Ciera McElroy