A collection of Visual Arts and Design Masters Theses and Doctoral Dissertations.
Theses/Dissertations from 2024
Anticipating Combustion: Suffering's Potential For Finding Meaning, Perseverance, And Transcendence, Alexander Alvarez
Echo, Ana Beltran
Campbell & The Cryptid: Mindfulness and Mediality, Elaina Buffkin
Comical, Familial, Satirical: Exploring Visual Culture Through Portraiture and Graphic Narrative, Matthew D. Dunn
Lucas' Gift: Exploring the Importance of Self-Care, Kevaun L. Gayle
In an Immersive Space, Raising Awareness to Universalize the Concept of Resistance and Hope, Elaheh Jazemi
Identity Beyond Cultural Traditions: An Exploration Through Visual Narratives and Self-Portraiture, Anne njeri Kinuthia ms
Spaced Out: Exploring Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Through Animation, Alyssa R. Klapka
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
Theses/Dissertations from 2023
Modeling Active Road-User Interaction: Deep Reinforcement Learning-Based Approach for Trajectory Generation with Social Context and Trajectory Prediction, Syed Mostaquim Ali
Ruffled: Examining Feminism & Femininity Through Animation, Savannah Berry
Inkling: An Exploration of Visual Effects as a Character, Joshua Cooper
Magic Show: Themed Experiences Utilizing Animation, Emma Cuitino
With Silk, Sage, and Bones: Confronting Death and Dying Through Nature and Ritualistic Healing, Brittney Fucheck
Safety Considerations for Setting Variable Speed Limits on Freeways, Md Tarek Hasan
Tooth Farmer: Exploring 3D Printed Replacement Heads for Stop-Motion Animated Films, Jamie Lachnicht
The Spoon Theory, Sanne Methorst
Social Media-Based Crisis Communication: Analysis of Twitter Data from Local Agencies During Hurricane Irma, Naiyara Noor
Easy Prey, Annika L. Norris
Remembered Spaces: Navigating Memory Through Drawing, Leeann Rae
Miss-Adventures: Fantasy and Friendship in the Context of Animation, Nathaniel Shrage
Understanding Evacuation Traffic Safety Issues during Hurricane Evacuation using Machine Learning and Connected Vehicle Data, Zaheen E Muktadi Syed
Model Calibration for Microscopic Traffic Simulation Using Drone-Based Vehicle Trajectory Data, Zijin Wang
Theses/Dissertations from 2022
Automated Vehicle to Vehicle Conflict Analysis at Signalized Intersections by Camera and LiDAR Sensor Fusion, Alabi Mehzabin Anisha
Peat And Patty: Providing a Voice For Nature Through Animation, Clinnie Brinson
2D Animation of the 21st Century: The Digital Age, James Chambless
The Universal Story: Coming-of-Age In Contemporary Animation, Christina Christie
Reading and Writing for High School Students' Writing Identity Construction, Marie Gentile
If Found: Exploring Death Through Animated Media, Hannah Huffman
Assessing Public Perception and Proposing an Organized Questionnaire for the Deployment and Adoption of Autonomous Vehicles, Md Rakibul Islam
A Spatiotemporal Evaluation of Freeway Traffic Demand in Florida During COVID-19 Pandemic, Md Istiak Jahan
Un-Portalable! An Animated Exploration in Boundaries and Relational Design, Ira Klages
Family Portrait: The Experience of Space and Place Through Painting, Anthony Mancuso
Spatiotemporal Analysis of Taxi and Transportation Network Companies (TNC) Demand in the Wake of COVID-19, Dewan Ashraful Parvez
Endless Curiosity, Ryan Price
In The Attic of A Barn, Hunter Pylant
Negative Space: The Transference of Trauma, Jeremy Robinson
Discourse Analysis of Young Adult (YA) Literature: Analyzing Depictions of Anxiety in YA Fiction, Sydney Smith
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
Detecting and Tracking Vulnerable Road Users' Trajectories Using Different Types of Sensors Fusion, Zhongchuan Wang
Crossed: Strength in Unity and Connection, Dillon Williams
Eden Enflamed: An Examination of the Self through Fantastical Figures, Forrest Wilson
Theses/Dissertations from 2021
Crash Analysis And Development Of Safety Performance Functions For Florida Roads In The Framework Of The Context Classification System, Ma'en Al-Omari
Rubicon: The Dialectic, Marcos Carrasco Yanez
Their Bodies Flamboyant: An Exploration of Self Through Figuration and Flower, Gabriel Cortese
Liminality of Culture in Studio Art: A Biographical Investigation of a Second Generation Filipino American Experience, Danielle Culibao Powell
The Potential of Location Data for Contact Tracing and Understanding Individual Mobility during the COVID-19 Pandemic, Marcus Figaro
Storm: An Exploration of Home Through Painterly Animation, Kirstin Hardin
Captivating Bubbles: Creating Lasting Children's Stories Using Animation, Rhythm and Life Experience, Ronald Hargrove
Modeling of Crash Risk for Realistic Artificial Data Generation: Application to Naturalistic Driving Study Data, Lauren Hoover
Incongruous Surrealism within Narrative Animated Film, Daniel McCabe
A Mixed-Methods, Grounded Theory Study of Online Meaning-Making During the Pandemic, Kaitlyn Montcrieff
A Linear Dynamical Perspective on Epidemiology: Interplay Between Early COVID-19 Outbreak and Human Mobility, Shakib Mustavee
Monitoring of Microscopic Traffic Behavior for Safety Applications Using Temporal Logic, Mariam Wessam Hassan Mohamed Nour
Rules for Living and How I Began to Break Them: The Influence of Creative Practice and Cognitive Dissonance on Personal Growth, Timothy Reid
Effectiveness of Digital Interactive Experiment in Learning Outcomes and Engagement, Matin Salemirad
For Consumption: Observations of Paint, Food, & Culture, Annette Tojar
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
The Relationship between Student Self-Efficacy and Close Reading in a Ninth Grade ELA Classroom, Karishma Assudani
Soda Pop: Illusions of Consumability by Generational Minds: Crowdsourced Story Awakens the Archival Consciousness, David Bailey
Some Southern Waters, Julian Baner
Afrofuturism in Animation: Self Identity of African Americans in Cinematic Storytelling, Dana Barnes
How Young Adult Literature Better Informs Canonical Literature in the 9th Grade English Language Arts Classroom, Amber Bernozzi
Using the Enneagram as a Lens for Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy in the Ninth Grade English Language Arts Classroom, Catherine Caudle
Smartphone Sensor-based Pedestrian Activity Recognition for P2V Communication and Warning System, Dhrubo Hasan Chowdhury
Compulsory: Art, Memory, and the Stigma of Mass Incarceration, Jason Fronczek
Alexander: A Dive into Identity, Inspiration, and Release of the Creative Self, Alyssa Garoogian
2030: Utilizing Animation in Political Messaging, Angela Hernandez-Carlson
Seeds of Doubt, Amber Hilson
Ouroboros: The Evolution From Industrialized Mass Production to Auteurism in American Animation, Heather Knott
A Deep Learning Approach for Real-time Crash Risk Prediction at Urban Arterials, Pei Li
Two's Accompany: Understanding Acceptance Through Animation, Brian Phinn
Ethnographic Case Study of International Baccalaureate (IB) Seniors' Self-Esteem and Perception of Labels in a Title I School, Denis Serrano Cruz
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
Tenth Graders' Response to Dystopian Literature: An Exploratory Ethnography, Tevin Williams
Understanding E-Bicycle Overtaking Strategies by Using Inverse Reinforcement Learning, Lishengsa Yue
Traffic Speed Prediction and Mobility Behavior Analysis Using On-Demand Ride-Hailing Service Data, Jiechao Zhang
Prediction of Pedestrians' Red Light Violations Using Deep Learning, Shile Zhang
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
A Grounded Theory Survey Study of Teachers Perception Perpetuating the Deficit Narrative About Marginalized Students of Color, Cavel Austin
The Impact of Youths' Digital Citizenship Levels on Their Self-efficacy, Madison Gannon
Waking Up White: The Search For Black Happiness, Jason Gregory
A Narrative Research Study of Self-Selected Tracking on Motivation in 10th Grade English Language Arts Classes, Audra Greuel
Changing the Channel: A Study of Agenda, Immersion and Social Commentary in Art, Nicholas Kalemba
Expanding and Shedding the Self: Processing Selfdom Through Painting, Theresa Lucey
An Ethnographic Study Examining the Effect of Teachers' Socio-Political Bias on Latinx Students and School Culture, Jessica McMaster
The Suburban Nightmare: A Study of Atmosphere, Mood and Emotion, Ericka Sobrack
Legends of the Fabricated Wild: An Experimental Representation of Natural Landscapes through the Utilization of Analog Film Techniques, Nicholas Twardus
Designosaurs: Technological Evolution and De-Extinction Through an Advancing Medium, Sean Vanzyl
Digital Education: The Impact of Change, Acceleration, and Student Achievement Improvement, Sarah Walsh
Exploration of Life and Decay in Technological Civilization, Mauro Wieser
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
Seeing Living Things: Observations of Figures From the Outside In, Forrest Deblois
Momentum, Moment, Epiphany: The Psychological Intersection of Motion Picture, the Still Frame, and Three-Dimensional Form, Mark Gerstein
House vs. Home: Defining Place Through Identity, Ryan Gleason
Life, Death, and Awakening: As Seen in Reflections of Nature, Diane Parks