A collection of Arts & Humanities Masters Theses and Doctoral Dissertations.
Theses from 2020
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
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