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The Ways We Learn To Lie, 2019

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Identifier: cw_2019fall_bailey_corey.pdf
Overview "When Isaac Goff realizes the future expected of him by his family is not what he wants, he decides to apply to undergraduate school in Hawaii in order to leave the small, southern town of Redwater. He keeps the application secret, afraid to confront his strict parents and finally end the failing-relationship to his longterm boyfriend, Tom. Isaac works diligently to be accepted by the university until the police become involved in the sudden disappearnace [sic] of Tom. Sure that Tom is all...
Dates: 2019
Found in: Emerson College Archives and Special Collections / RG 010.04A, Office of Graduate Studies / Master's Theses / Creative Writing (MFA) Program / 2019 Fall

The Wellingtons, 2018

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Identifier: pw_2018summer_gibbs_william.pdf
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"The Wellingtons chronicles a moment in the lives of the titular colonial family. The eldest son returns from the war, which, coupled with the murder of an infamous man in the town, serves as the catalyst for a tale of realization, redemption, and acceptance." --Abstract.

Dates: 2018
Found in: Emerson College Archives and Special Collections / RG 010.04A, Office of Graduate Studies / Master's Theses / Popular Fiction Writing and Publishing (MFA) Program / 2018 Summer

The wizard in the lighthouse, 2018

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Identifier: cw_2018spring_martin_bradley.pdf
Overview "Emily Miles has been adrift ever since she failed a mysterious test her parents gave her at the age of ten; since then she has been a stranger in her own home. Rebelling, she decides to skip her college applications. In an effort to unload their disappointing daughter, Emily’s family enrolls her at a mysterious, two-year institution in Maine. Emily is shipped across the country, only to find that her new school has a hidden curriculum: magic. With no inherent aptitude, Emily is barred from...
Dates: 2018
Found in: Emerson College Archives and Special Collections / RG 010.04A, Office of Graduate Studies / Master's Theses / Popular Fiction Writing and Publishing (MFA) Program / 2018 Spring

The Yellow Light, 2019

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Identifier: cw_2019spring_leffner_kate.pdf
Overview "In this collection of short fiction, I explore morality, sexuality, and existence through the eyes of children. These stories seek to understand the flash bulb memories that often form a kind of personal mythos we unconsciously adhere to. While adult perceptions are on the periphery, these stories center on the child's view of the world, be it their own, or a distorted presentation passed down to them by the adults in their lives. There is a feeling of danger that surrounds these stories...
Dates: 2019
Found in: Emerson College Archives and Special Collections / RG 010.04A, Office of Graduate Studies / Master's Theses / Creative Writing (MFA) Program / 2019 Spring

Theatre Kids: Finding Affinity in a High School Theatre Program, 2022

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Identifier: te_2022spring_jabour_charles.pdf
Overview "This study explores the impact of participation in a critically engaged high school theatre program on the cultural identity development of its adolescent participants. Drawing from research on critical pedagogy, culturally sustaining pedagogy, models of cultural identity development, and from interviews with eleven participants of a high school theatre program in an urban district outside Boston, MA, the researcher explores the role of affinity in cultural identity development and...
Dates: 2022
Found in: Emerson College Archives and Special Collections / RG 010.04A, Office of Graduate Studies / Master's Theses / Theatre Education and Applied Theatre (MA/MFA) Program / 2022 Spring

Theatre of the oppressed pedagogy in antiracism education with white adolescents, 2016

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Identifier: te_2016summer_bachman_lynda.pdf
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"This study aims to examine and describe the experience of educators using Theatre of the Oppressed as a pedagogical methodology in antiracism education with white adolescents. The focus of this study was to understand both how educators use and adapt Theatre of the Oppressed to teach antiracism curricula to white adolescents, and what educators experience using Theatre of the Oppressed to teach antiracism curricula to white adolescents." --Abstract.

Dates: 2016
Found in: Emerson College Archives and Special Collections / RG 010.04A, Office of Graduate Studies / Master's Theses / Theatre Education and Applied Theatre (MA/MFA) Program / 2016 Summer

Their Savage Daughters, 2022

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Identifier: pf_2022summer_hill_ashley.pdf
Overview "Abducted from her homeland and forced into slavery, the magic that lives within Rana Nari is buried and diminished. But a single spark can start an inferno. An act of defiance escalates until Rana is a fugitive marked for death. Resolute to reclaim what was taken from her, Rana has no intention of dying before she has lived. Born of a magically powerful bloodline, Oni Machawi has never been cowed by others. When an unrefusable proposition is made by a foreign prince, Oni accompanies him to...
Dates: 2022
Found in: Emerson College Archives and Special Collections / RG 010.04A, Office of Graduate Studies / Master's Theses / Popular Fiction Writing and Publishing (MFA) Program / 2022 Summer

These Days, 2023

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Identifier: sf_2023spring_adams_paige.pdf
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"These Days is a feature length film designed for theatrical and streaming release. It explores the complicated bond between siblings as they navigate their fears for the future and resentment of their upbringing. This film brings to life a dynamic not often featured on screen: a significant age gap between siblings and examines how their lives became so much different because of it." -- Abstract

Dates: 2023
Found in: Emerson College Archives and Special Collections / RG 010.04A, Office of Graduate Studies / Master's Theses / Writing for Film and Television (MFA) Program / 2023 Spring

Thesis: Four Stories, 2020

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Identifier: cw_2020spring_brasco_nicholas.pdf
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"My work, entitled Thesis: Four Stories, is a thesis project that contains four stories. Each story is about everyday people managing everyday problems within worlds that are strange and zany." -- Abstract

Dates: 2020
Found in: Emerson College Archives and Special Collections / RG 010.04A, Office of Graduate Studies / Master's Theses / Creative Writing (MFA) Program / 2020 Spring

Things Fall Apart, 2020

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Identifier: vma_2020spring_berrios_michael.pdf
Overview "Things Fall Apart is a narrative film that aims to realistically represent, onscreen, the human experience of grief, regret, divorce and the consequences of adolescent anger. It follows a Millennial consultant, Landon, whose father, Rich, suddenly dies from a heart attack. Through flashbacks, it is revealed that Landon's relationship with his father was strained because of his actions during Rich's divorce to Landon's mother. Landon resents Rich's handiness with tools and optimistic outlook...
Dates: 2020
Found in: Emerson College Archives and Special Collections / RG 010.04A, Office of Graduate Studies / Master's Theses / Film and Media Art (MFA) Program / 2020 Spring

Thirteen ways of looking at a brown boy, 2018

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Identifier: cw_2018spring_jackson_daniel.pdf
Overview "Explores the perception of a particular brown body, in this case a brown boy’s body. The title poem was inspired by Wallace Stevens’ 'Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird,' but after some great advice, I realized that it was also the title of this short collection, as it navigates the process of understanding that there are various ways one can become aware of one’s own body through the awareness of others, which is why the first four sections focus on 'looking' at others until the final...
Dates: 2018
Found in: Emerson College Archives and Special Collections / RG 010.04A, Office of Graduate Studies / Master's Theses / Creative Writing (MFA) Program / 2018 Spring

This Side of Rye: "Pilot", 2022

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Identifier: sw_2022spring_brindisi_samantha.pdf
Overview "THIS SIDE OF RYE is a six-part episodic limited series designed for streaming platforms, mostly aligning with Amazon Studios catalogue of content. NATALIE (35) has lost her job. This wasn't just your run of the mill midthirties "it pays the bills" sort of job. No. This was Natalie's dream job. The job she had worked her entire life for. No, not a job. This was her career, her calling. Ever since she picked up Ian Flemings' Casino Royal her mind was made up. Natalie was going to be a Spy....
Dates: 2022
Found in: Emerson College Archives and Special Collections / RG 010.04A, Office of Graduate Studies / Master's Theses / Writing for Film and Television (MFA) Program / 2022 Spring

Threads of Manipulation, 2018

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Identifier: cw_2018fall_gibbons_samantha.pdf
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"The poems in Threads of Manipulation revolve around relationships, and are divided into two sections. The first explores familial affection, illness & death. The second addresses the hardship of lost love, and the adjustment to the loneliness of living in a new city." -- Abstract

Dates: 2018
Found in: Emerson College Archives and Special Collections / RG 010.04A, Office of Graduate Studies / Master's Theses / Creative Writing (MFA) Program / 2018 Fall

Three Feet Over Boston, 2019

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Identifier: vm_2019fall_pouttu_ernest abram.pdf
Overview "The documentary film 'Three Feet Over Boston' explores the issue of sea level rise and how it will affect coastal cities, with a focus on the City of Boston. Boston is currently one of the first cities to proactively prepare for the effects of rising sea levels and the consequent vulnerabilities to flooding and storm surges on the landscape, the infrastructure, and the populations of the city. The film will explore how humans will have to contend with climate change in an age where...
Dates: 2019
Found in: Emerson College Archives and Special Collections / RG 010.04A, Office of Graduate Studies / Master's Theses / Film and Media Art (MFA) Program / 2019 Fall

Through the looking glass : cultural identity and teaching practice by Charles Jabour., 2015

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Identifier: te_2015spring_jabour_charles.pdf
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"Utilizing a combination of literature review, autoethnography, reflective practice, and interviews with practicing educators, the researcher explores the relationship between educators' cultural identity and teaching practice." --Abstract.

Dates: 2015
Found in: Emerson College Archives and Special Collections / RG 010.04A, Office of Graduate Studies / Master's Theses / Theatre Education and Applied Theatre (MA/MFA) Program / 2015 Spring

Through the words of my neighbor : an exploration of participatory storytelling in public space, 2018

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Identifier: cm_2018summer_amuguni_sharon.pdf
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"Our public spaces are their own microcosm of stories. This thesis is an examination of how public and participatory engagement tactics implemented in public space can work as ample methods of capturing community narratives during a brief moment in time, and how through DIY zine-making, those stories can be used to memorialize a neighborhood's collective identity while in the midst of change." --Abstract.

Dates: 2018
Found in: Emerson College Archives and Special Collections / RG 010.04A, Office of Graduate Studies / Master's Theses / Media Design (MA) Program / 2018 Summer

Timbre Waves of Violent Hues, 2021

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Identifier: pf_2021summer_cruz_cardalda_dorielys.pdf
Overview "Declan Colón Mayhew desperately needs divine intervention. It's not because he's a junior without a real plan for life after college. It has nothing to do with the fact that he's not over his secret ex, a boy whose gentle love Declan doesn't think he deserves. It might not even be because he's not sure what happened last summer, with his mother's broken body and the murder weapon in his hand. Rather, it's because of the death-drenched reoccurring nightmares that lead to him waking up...
Dates: 2021
Found in: Emerson College Archives and Special Collections / RG 010.04A, Office of Graduate Studies / Master's Theses / Popular Fiction Writing and Publishing (MFA) Program / 2021 Summer

Tita's Cuba, 2015

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Identifier: cw_2015fall_surarez-rivas_maite.pdf
Overview "This family memoir is a multigenerational story of the aspirations that moved my grandmother's family up and onward, through alternating episodes of opportunities and challenges, and out of one country into another. Events are told in a series of episodes that flow chronologically, beginning with my greatgrandmother's childhood and her marriage at seventeen. Each episode covers significant events in the lives of my great-grandmother and grandmother and includes anecdotal information about...
Dates: 2015
Found in: Emerson College Archives and Special Collections / RG 010.04A, Office of Graduate Studies / Master's Theses / Creative Writing (MFA) Program / 2015 Fall

"To Be Heard", 2019

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Identifier: vm_2019spring_barthelemy_steven.pdf
Overview "'To Be Heard' follows an afro-latino poet as he stands at a crossroads between his artistic pursuits and his family. The film is meant to capture the struggle of growing up as the child of an immigrant, weighing the expectations of your family and the expectations one weighs onto oneself. The expectations of higher education pushes people to leave their communities, but this is more difficult to accomplish in a first generation family with no college graduates, especially being from a place...
Dates: 2019
Found in: Emerson College Archives and Special Collections / RG 010.04A, Office of Graduate Studies / Master's Theses / Film and Media Art (MFA) Program / 2019 Spring

To live and die in EV, 2017

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Identifier: cw_2017spring_mancinas_oscar.pdf
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"Anglo, Latino, Afro, Indigenous, and immigrant all struggle and blend with one another for preservation and evolution in El Valle, a sprawling, fictional city in the heart of Arizona." --Abstract.

Dates: 2017
Found in: Emerson College Archives and Special Collections / RG 010.04A, Office of Graduate Studies / Master's Theses / Creative Writing (MFA) Program / 2017 Spring

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