Electronic thesis
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Found in 1004 Collections and/or Records:
Her Wild, 2023
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Identifier: Holly Mello_Her Wild.mp4
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Holly Mello passed away on January 31, 2023, and received her degree posthumously. Her thesis media component was submitted to the Archives by the Office of Graduates Studies but did not include her production book. Short film on gender inequality in climbing and the perception of women climbers. Kristin Re and Kelsey Confreda, co-founders of the Ladies Climbing Coalition, a non-profit organization whose mission "...is to connect and empower all women and non-binary people who are...
Dates:
2023
Here Be Monsters, 2024
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Identifier: cw_2024spring_mcqueen_daven.pdf
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"HERE BE MONSTERS is a story about loss, both personal and collective. It asks what must be done to maintain hope in the face of immeasurable grief, exploring such themes as family trauma, class inequality, and the material repercussions of a warming planet that's been ignored for too long. But at its core, this is a novel about two people on a quest for answers—to their pain, their futures, and the mysteries of the world around them—that forces them to confront what they mean to each...
Dates:
2024
Here we go, 2018
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Identifier: vm_2018spring_torre_alanah.pdf
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"A visual novel containing the three proposed chapters for the purpose of this thesis project. A visual novel contains narrative and visual elements that allow the user to make decisions that will affect the story. This game would be best played alone because the choices a player makes may become personal. However, the game can still be played around others it is just a matter of preference. Here We Go is a story focusing on the relationship between a group of friends as they finish their...
Dates:
2018
Heretics, Genies, and Flames, 2016
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Identifier: cw_2016spring_kalanish_emily.pdf
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"A heretic and a genie. Drowning and burning. Can a heretic convert her coworkers to heresy? Can a genie grant wishes and make life less boring? In these two stories, both characters know that sometimes we need the fantasy in order to tolerate the reality. They also know that metaphors are fun and real life is hard. But knowing the facts doesn't make their worlds any easier." -- Abstract
Dates:
2016
Hexerei, 2022
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Identifier: pf_2022spring_patterson_jamie.pdf
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"Felix, the main character, is a warlock coming to terms with both the deaths of his ex-husband, Oliver Dade, and his friend and romantic interest, Jude Morgan. They were killed by infamous Black Faerie Queen Audelia after Oliver insults her. Jude, ever the hero, jumped in front of the blow that would have killed Felix. It is at this moment that a piece of Jude's soul is lodged in Felix's. Felix begins dreaming Jude's memories as vividly as if he were there. Felix is torn between keeping the...
Dates:
2022
Hey, "Pretty Girl": School Girls and Consent-Based Learning, 2021
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Identifier: te_2021spring_jonas_emily.pdf
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"This thesis project describes the outcomes of a devised theatre project that looked at the similarities and differences in the treatment of girls in education. Interviews, writings, reflections, creative pieces and stories were gathered from over 40 women and girls ranging from age 11 to 92-years-old. The contributing authors and participants reflected on their own schooling, primarily their middle school years, and focused on three concepts: body image, strength/athleticism, and...
Dates:
2021
Hide and Seek, 2021
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Identifier: vm_2021fall_yung_miranda.pdf
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"'Hide and Seek' (2021) is a visual mixtape illustrating the author's personal experiences with existential depression and anxiety through a surreal, artful lens. Expansive and profound, the film utilizes this narrative to unravel and investigate the nature of humanity's withered connection to love, purpose and spiritual grounding. Combining truth, dance, music, and metaphoric imagery to craft a unique and personable audio-visual experience, 'Hide and Seek' aims to break past the barriers of...
Dates:
2021
Highwaytown, 2024
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Identifier: cw_2024spring_petchenik_rebecca.pdf
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"The lives of the queer community blend the mythic with the postmodern against the backdrop of a small, southern Appalachian town ravaged by the exploitation of the wealthy Vandermoor family. The leaders of local queer biker gangs and radical queer separatists face off against longtime enemies, a local chapter of the KKK in a politically-charged campaign of violence and retribution, and through it all, Bailey Hardin, a twenty-seven year old bartender, dreams of running away and finding a...
Dates:
2024
Hisaab & Half-Truths, 2019
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Identifier: cw_2019spring_palla_rukhsar.pdf
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"The following collection of short stories explores a group of Pakistani Muslims moving through the world. The stories are linked, but can also be read as stand alone pieces. My intention for this work is to tell some of the stories of the South Asian diaspora, and to explore the complexities of first generation Americans, Muslims who practice Islam at varying degrees, and Pakistanis from different class backgrounds. When these characters engage with one another, both kinship and conflict...
Dates:
2019
Home of the Cuckoos, 2021
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Identifier: cw_2021spring_sanderford_rachel.pdf
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"Home of the Cuckoos' is a family saga novel exploring the themes of generational trauma, female autonomy, and agency. Sarah returns to her small hometown after the death of the family matriarch. What starts as the misguided attempt to save the family homestead turns into a search for answers. Buried deep underneath the hard exterior of the Doyle women is a pain that has never healed, and the belief they are all cursed. With nothing left to lose, Sarah is willing to dig deeper into the past...
Dates:
2021
Homecoming: A Memoir, 2021
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Identifier: cw_2021spring_pendergast_kellie.pdf
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"The purpose of 'Homecoming: A Memoir' is to explore the baffling, contradictory promises of wealth and education the suburbs of Long Island, New York offered my family. The chapters are arranged chronologically and are meant to mimic the back-and-forth travel from school to home. Some themes include grief, gender roles, and student-teacher relationships. I argue against some of the traditions I believe many Long Islanders refuse to question, like the Top Ten ranking in the first chapter and...
Dates:
2021
Homecomings and Other Ghost Stories, 2023
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Identifier: cw_2023spring_relick_amanda.pdf
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"Homecomings and Other Ghost Stories is a story collection that investigates the push and pull between grief and memory. Within these stories, the very act of remembering presents itself
as a form of grief, where nostalgia becomes an act of mourning and the fallibility of memory is its own kind of loss. In grappling with these themes, characters are either running from their pasts or deeply indulgent in them. For the main character in the flash story, "The Outside Room," precious memories...
Dates:
2023
Honeymoon Alone, 2019
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Identifier: pf_2019spring_diebold_nicole.pdf
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"Honeymoon Alone is a women's fiction manuscript told in the first person and present tense, through the lens of Lucy Gray. Lucy is a twenty-six-year-old school teacher who lives a comfortable and routine life. After a public humiliation – and some insight from a psychic – Lucy throws caution to the wind and decides to see what life could be like if she shook things up a little. She takes off for London on her sister's throwaway honeymoon and is inspired to take chances for the first time....
Dates:
2019
Hoop dreams, 2018
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Identifier: vm_2018spring_dendy_shaka.pdf
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"Hoop Dreams is a multimedia installation consisting of three pieces: You Play Ball?, Hoop Dreams, and Memorabilia, which combine performance art, video projection, photography, and sculpture to explore themes at the intersection of race, identity, and opportunity." --Abstract.
Dates:
2018
House on Swandon Hill, 2015
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Identifier: cw_2015spring_williamson_john.pdf
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Parts one and two (of an intended four) of a novel which follows Walter Bellamy from childhood to his thirties as he tries to decipher the truth behind an old family tale which has subtly fractured relationships within his family for generations. --Abstract.
Dates:
2015
How Many and Why? An Exploration of the Frequency and Function of Questions Posed by Children with ASD and Their Mothers, 2019
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Identifier: cd_2019spring_mitchell_clare.pdf
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"Typically-developing (TD) preschool-age children ask questions competently, but despite nearly identical maternal input, question-asking remains sparse for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Current literature fails to describe the pragmatic functions served by the questions of children with ASD and their mothers. This study investigated the similarities and differences between two groups (one TD and one with ASD) of preschool-age children in the frequency and function of...
Dates:
2019
How the Hell Did I Get Here?, 2024
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Identifier: cw_2024spring_lewis_sarah.pdf
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"This collection of essays acts as a quilt of seemingly unrelated but interwoven tales that help to explain what makes the writer the person they are today. Through a retelling of relatable and quirky experiences, each essay encompasses some of the fears, trials, and desires associated with "adult" life. Whether it's dealing with growing up in a small Midwestern town, learning to cope with social anxiety and its triggers, conquering the fear of independence, or tackling more serious topics,...
Dates:
2024
How the light gets in, 2018
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Identifier: cw_2018spring_herlihy_elizabeth.pdf
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"The story of Kate Cahill, a thirty-eight-year-old woman who seems to have it all, but who is driven to the edge by the impending loss of her beloved father. To cope, Kate develops an addiction to online porn chatrooms. As Kate, her three sisters and her mother gather on the Cape in her father’s final weeks, she quickly loses control over the situation and struggles to keep her secret while surrounded by family. In the wake of her father’s death, Kate continues to unravel, and eventually,...
Dates:
2018
How to Lose a Planet, 2021
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Identifier: cw_2022spring_lucas_neil.pdf
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"The mission, I would say, of How to Lose a Planet is to create a future where Black people are centered. As a science-fiction fan, I was taken by Carl Sagan's critique of Star Wars: A New Hope: "They're all white. The skin of all the humans in Star Wars, oddly enough, is sort of [points to himself] like this." I wanted to create a story set in a future where the lives of Black people don't just matter, they thrive. And not just Black in the sense of having melanin, but Black in the sense...
Dates:
2021
Human trap, 2015
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Identifier: cw_2015fall_keogh_jennifer.pdf
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Illustrates the world of a twenty-something college graduate trying to understand her familial relationships, friendships, and explorations of self. The poems seek to construct the trap of being human emotionally, physically, and spiritually. The speaker is attempting to discover ways out of the traps within her relationships with the world, herself, her family, her friends, and her lover. The limitations placed on human experience are a large part of the narratives told in this body of...
Dates:
2015