Electronic thesis
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Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 1004 Collections and/or Records:
Lunule, 2019
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Identifier: pf_2019spring_watkins_katelynn.pdf
Overview
"These first pages of Lunule set the tone for a fantasy and suspense novel that takes place in modern Boston. When private investigator Emma Finn tracks a former mark in pursuit of a mutual acquaintance, she unknowingly inserts herself in an underground world that mingles undetected with humanity. After a close encounter with one, she learns that not only are werewolves and other supernatural creatures real, but that she fits in better with them than she would have ever thought." --...
Dates:
2019
Machines of Empathy: Kindness on and off the Big Screen, 2020
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Identifier: cw_2020spring_gibbons_will.pdf
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"'Our job as humans is to create our own souls. And I think one of the ways we do that is by finding the songs and poems that sustain us and explain us and make us brave enough to live in this world.'—Gregory Orr 'We're all just walking each other home.' —Ram Dass" -- Abstract
Dates:
2020
Madrid: A Feature, 2022
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Identifier: sw_2022spring_martus_olivia.pdf
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"Madrid follows LAURA (10), who is an average almost 5 grader who loves the Jonas Brothers and reading Goosebumps novels with her best friend SARAH (10). She thought her life would be the same forever until her father, CONRAD (40s) announces she and her family are moving halfway across the world to Madrid, Spain for his big corporate job. Now she must face a new school and adjust to a completely different world from the one she knew in her Western Pennsylvania town. She soon meets new people...
Dates:
2022
Madrona, 2022
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Identifier: sw_2022spring_mabanglo_jessica.pdf
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"Inspired by real events, MADRONA is a story of grace and purpose. Cole Scottie did not get her degree in Communications and Leadership to be tutoring fifth grade girls. However, after being let go from her job as an HR Manager, here she is. These girls are unruly and dramatic. Maybe that's just being a ten year-old. In any case, their parents are overwhelmed with having kids at home from hybrid-schooling, and they let the girls get away with things that are not okay. The overachiever that...
Dates:
2022
Maestro, 2019
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Identifier: vm_2019spring_roman_daniel.pdf
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"Maestro is a 24 min film about the struggle in today's society to survive. The film is about getting the opportunity that life provides and making the best use of it. The outcome is all controlled by the main character. He is the Maestro, the conductor, who controls all the aspects of an orchestra, but there is no sound without the instruments and musicians." -- Abstract
Dates:
2019
Making Puppets: An Explorative Study in Remote Theatre Curriculum Creation for Indigenous Communities, 2021
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Identifier: te_2021spring_monroe_helen.pdf
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"This project is an exploration of creating remote, puppet-based drama curriculum for an Indigenous Community school in Ontario, Canada. Using Zoom to facilitate classes, I worked with two elementary teachers to develop eight lessons that gave students the opportunity to design, create and perform with handmade puppets. The result of my research and this project's implementation is a reflection on my experiences that is intended to help educators and teaching artists bring accessible,...
Dates:
2021
Making Waves, 2022
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Identifier: sw_2022spring_lee_michael.pdf
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"Making Waves is a feature length dramatic comedy that explores family, failure, and mortality through the journey of two women who just want to see the sea. Inspired by Hurricane Floyd's impact on the North Carolina coast circa 1999, the plot follows Sam Pines as she drives her terminally ill grandmother Florence 700-miles to the beach, unaware a hurricane is directly in their path. Along the way they hit numerous roadblocks, both literally and metaphorically, that force them to address the...
Dates:
2022
Mandatory, 2015
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Identifier: cw_2015spring_shane_stephen.pdf
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"Mandatory is a collection of stories that revolve around a juvenile detention center in Colorado. While not every story takes place at the detention center, every character has a connection to it, whether that's through a son, a brother, a friend, a stranger, or their own past or future spent in incarceration." --Abstract.
Dates:
2015
Man/Misfortune, 2021
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Identifier: cw_2021spring_hargrove_jacob.pdf
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"I do not believe that it is creatively fruitful for a writer to summarize, explain, or even really comment much on their work before anyone gets a chance to read it. Doing so does not simply seem to take a lot of the joy out of the reading process, but it also seems rather antithetical to what makes experiencing art and fiction so special. This is to say, that telling you what these stories are about, or what I was trying to do while writing them, seems, in some central way, to intrude on...
Dates:
2021
Mara, 2018
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Identifier: cw_2018spring_washburn_becca.pdf
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"A young boy growing up in a world broken by a cataclysm generations earlier meets a wanderer named Mara. She begins to tell him stories, some parables and some of her own life, that slowly reveal how she is intrinsically linked to that cataclysmic event, known as the Snap." --Abstract.
Dates:
2018
Margins, 2019
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Identifier: pf_2019spring_dirusso_chris.pdf
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"Here is the first 114 pages and the synopsis of Margins, a speculative fiction novel and the first of a planned series called River Walker. The novel follows the main character as he comes to terms with his postcognitive gift maturing and reunites other lost brethren across the globe, while evading and planning a way to defeat a mysterious man that needs his blood. This novel uses chronic migraine mixed with a fantastical ability to elicit an emotional response and blend reality with...
Dates:
2019
María, 2022
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Identifier: vm_2022spring_falcon_michelle.pdf
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"María is the story of a young Latina protagonist whose path to becoming a civil rights lawyer is complicated by an unplanned pregnancy. The short film provides raw insight into a woman's experience through this process, allowing us to get a glimpse of the varying motivations towards her decision. The production book provides details from the production process giving insight into the story inspiration, context, script, budget, production materials, the filmmaker's background and their...
Dates:
2022
Maulo, 2023
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Identifier: pf_2023fall_carter_amariah.pdf
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"This name-based story, Maulo, follows a Mahalean island boy on an impromptu adventure to find his way back home. From uncharted islands claiming his homeland doesn't exist to mystical creatures trying to capture the glowing gem embedded within his chest, he finds there is too much of reality he has been shielded from. Along the way he creates a small band of friends to help him on his journey. The new discoveries he encounters could either lead to closure of where his parents are or cause a...
Dates:
2023
May and June, 2022
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Identifier: pf_2022fall_davenport_sydney.pdf
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"May and June is a novel about twin sisters visiting their recently divorced father in the small town of Comfort, Virginia. Unfortunately, things in Comfort aren't what they appear. After accepting an invitation to a party with local students, the girls stumble upon a coven of witches sacrificing young women in the woods. When they are caught watching, May is given an ultimatum: provide a new sacrifice before the next full moon or her sister June will be next. May is forced into a moral...
Dates:
2022
Maybe The Kids Aren't Alright, 2022
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Identifier: cw_2022spring_bean_sarah.pdf
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"Maybe the Kids Aren't Alright is a story about three foster siblings: Millie, Louie, and Theo. Each one of them must learn to confront how the difficult and painful realities of their pasts continue to harm them in their present, if they ever hope to move forward to something better in their futures. For Millie, it's a toxic relationship with her mother looming over her every decision. For Louie, it's the pressure to always be perfect to keep everyone he cares for safe and happy. And for...
Dates:
2022
Meemst & The Mammoth, 2022
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Identifier: sw_2022spring_stephenson_michael
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"MEEMST & THE MAMMOTH is an animated feature film designed for theatrical release set in a fantasy world in which dragons and animals are constantly at odds, struggling to survive. As the dragon's food and water supply begin to dwindle, Meemst, an antithetical young dragon who refuses to breathe fire, embarks on an epic journey to a magical kingdom in the clouds in search of the Elder Dragoom--the one being who can ensure both the dragon's and animal's survival. In his travels, Meemst...
Dates:
2022
Mental state verbs expressed by children on the autism spectrum: A syntactic perspective, 2021
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Identifier: cd_2021summer_macaruso_ellen.pdf
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"Verbs representing mental states are syntactically complex because they may occur with sentential complements, which are phrases that are independently grammatical sentences. Considering evidence that children on the autism spectrum often demonstrate delays with mental state language but relative strengths in language form, the present study investigated the relationship between mental state verb and sentential complement production by 9-year-old children on the autism spectrum. Language...
Dates:
2021
Meteorite Gem Show and Virgins, 2023
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Identifier: sf_2023spring_galloway_mackenzie.pdf
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"METEORITE GEM SHOW is a live-action and animated show that follows the life of Zula, an 8-year-old girl who has a knack for gems, crystals, and all things mystical. She is a super-nerd and does not engage with the likes of other puberty-stricken 8-year-olds. While other girls are concerned with makeup and viral dances, Zula is fascinated with crystals, the stars, and flowers or has her head engulfed in a YA book. Zula has a special ability. She draws unique portraits. They come to life and...
Dates:
2023
Middle Man, 2016
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Identifier: cw_2016spring_albillar_remy.pdf
Overview
"This collection of linked memoir essays explores themes of race, masculinity and identity. By focusing on moments of compromised agency and subsequent emotional crises, the larger conversation taking between place between each narrative sheds light on the experience of a "middle man" tasked with navigating the dualities and contradictions that seem to define him." -- Abstract
Dates:
2016
Middlewives and IRL, 2020
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Identifier: sw_2020spring_burness_taylor.pdf
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"MIDDLEWIVES is a one hour dramedy pilot about a young woman who escapes her polygamist cult and finds new family with a group of Vegas strippers. It uses themes of motherhood and freedom to explore ideas of chosen family and the necessity of discomfort for growth. IRL is a half hour comedy pilot set in 1999 about three teenage technopagans who team up with a deceased 80s heartthrob to help the spirits they've unleashed pass on. It explores the intersection of the past and future in numerous...
Dates:
2020