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Two Headed Animals, 2023

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Identifier: vm_2023fall_crefeld_jonathan.pdf
Overview "Two Headed Animals is a 32-minute film about youth, loss, the cruelty of moving on, and the strange shapes we have to make in love with one another, over and over, no matter how painful. A young woman dreams of running away to a perfect future with her girlfriend–when it all goes horribly wrong on a dark highway, she enters the terrifying real world, and the life of another desperate stranger, in one infinite NJ night. It is also an attempt to make and market a space in between features and...
Dates: 2023
Found in: Emerson College Archives and Special Collections / RG 010.04A, Office of Graduate Studies / Master's Theses / Film and Media Art (MFA) Program / 2023 Fall

ÙBÚNTÚ: An applied theatre Workshop for African immigrant students in United States Higher Education., 2024

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Identifier: te_2024spring_owokotomo_kofoworola.pdf
Overview "African immigrant students in the US Higher Education system frequently encounter various challenges while trying to navigate their studies such as marginalization, cultural adjustment, and lack of community. Recognizing the need for an opportunity to address these concerns, this capstone project outlines the framework and goals of a proposed applied theatre workshop designed to develop community and promote social justice among African immigrant students in Colleges and Universities." --...
Dates: 2024
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 / 2024 Spring

Ugly Sweater, 2023

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Identifier: vm_2023spring_musgrove_lauren.pdf
Overview "The subconcious [sic] mind is an inspiring, exciting, and sometimes haunting place. This project explores the anxieties of an ambitious teenage girl on the cusp of transitioning from high school to college. Stop-motion animation visualizes her inner fears and a dream world where she takes a stand for herself. This thesis documents the film's progress from idea to creation, and the research and inspirations in the realms of dreams, memories, nonlinear dramatic structure, and the element of...
Dates: 2023
Found in: Emerson College Archives and Special Collections / RG 010.04A, Office of Graduate Studies / Master's Theses / Film and Media Art (MFA) Program / 2023 Spring

Ultramarinus, 2023

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Identifier: pf_2023spring_jackens_nolita.pdf
Overview "A young captain is mutinied for crimes she didn't commit on an island teeming with untamable magic. She soon realizes she's far from alone in this new land and seems to be the only traveler who retained her memory prior to arriving, something that ties her to eccentric Marcel who's been in the same predicament for many years. As our Captain Crostaff navigates the bonds of trust and companionship within a fluid reality she has to learn the value of them both if she ever wants to set sail...
Dates: 2023
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 / 2023 Spring

Unconventional language in autism spectrum disorder : associations with child characteristics and adult outcomes, 2018

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Identifier: cd_2018spring_maeda_mika.pdf
Overview "Children with autism spectrum disorder often use unconventional language (e.g., echolalia, stereotyped speech). However, based on the existing literature, it remains unclear whether unconventional language is best understood as a marker of developmental achievement or a problematic behavior. The present investigation is comprised of three smaller studies, each using an existing longitudinal dataset. Study 1 revealed that young children with high levels of clinician-observed unconventional...
Dates: 2018
Found in: Emerson College Archives and Special Collections / RG 010.04A, Office of Graduate Studies / Master's Theses / Communication Disorders (MS) Program / 2018 Spring

Undecided/Shimmer, 2021

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Identifier: sf_2021spring_washburn_nicholas.pdf
Overview "UNDECIDED is an absurd comedy series, set in the world of college admissions, exploring whether outcasts, in an increasing categorized world, can find their own purpose. Through the lens of an admissions counselor, and outcast in his own right, the series contemplates whether the directionless can provide guidance, possibility, and hope to their community while also searching for the same. SHIMMER is a sci-fi drama series set within the toxicity of high school, examining burdgeoning [sic]...
Dates: 2021
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 / 2021 Spring

Under Every Mountain, A King, 2024

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Identifier: cw_2024spring_robertson_claire.pdf
Overview "Under Every Mountain, A King is a queer fantasy novel about language. It follows Cleena Clery, a young woman who flees from her home for unknown reasons. She stumbles into the land of the fae, strange people who's words carry power in the most literal sense. The novel follows Cleena as she's wrapped in the ongoing perils of the fae, learns slowly to work through her own trauma, and forms bonds with these new people around her. All while it explores the meaning of language, and the effect...
Dates: 2024
Found in: Emerson College Archives and Special Collections / RG 010.04A, Office of Graduate Studies / Master's Theses / Creative Writing (MFA) Program / 2024 Spring

Under maintenance, 2018

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Identifier: vm_2018spring_seifert_matthew.pdf
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"An interactive story that unfolds over the course of a work week. The game is designed as an exercise to explore whistleblower ethics. The user is also challenged to consider their own identity as they discover a world unfamiliar to them." --Abstract.

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

Under the Honey Locusts, 2021

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Identifier: cw_2021spring_pate_katharine.pdf
Overview "Kakie Pate's Under the Honey Locusts is a collection of poems that largely examines the human experience as it relates to the natural, spiritual and religious world. Topics such as mental and physical health (and the lack thereof) as well as elements of place come into play at times to help explore human to human, human to self, and human to nature relationships. The collection's title stems from Pate's life in Boston living on a hilly street lined with Honey Locust trees, a habitat from...
Dates: 2021
Found in: Emerson College Archives and Special Collections / RG 010.04A, Office of Graduate Studies / Master's Theses / Creative Writing (MFA) Program / 2021 Spring

Undercovered, 2019

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Identifier: vm_2019spring_geller_alexandra.pdf
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"Undercovered is a coming-of-age short film that follows two kids who stumble into an uncomfortable confrontation – and a biology lesson – on a hot summer afternoon. While the film's comedic elements and highly stylized aesthetic create a playful tone, at its core the story explores underlying themes of feminism, the construction of sexuality, and the blurred line at which society separates children from adulthood." -- Abstract

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

Underside, 2016

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Identifier: vm_2016spring_murphy_cornelius.pdf
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"Underside is a short narrative film about Oliver, a middle-aged man who lives out of his car. The film follows Oliver as he struggles to maintain his secret from everyone around him and keep his dignity intact. The film explores themes of anger, shame, and identity in contrast with what one person presents to the world and the reality of their life." -- Abstract

Dates: 2016
Found in: Emerson College Archives and Special Collections / RG 010.04A, Office of Graduate Studies / Master's Theses / Film and Media Art (MFA) Program / 2016 Spring

Ungeheuer, 2018

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Identifier: cw_2018fall_johnson_scott asburry.pdf
Overview "'Ungeheuer' is a complete, 80,000-word stand-alone novel in the horror genre. The story follows four main characters who find themselves threatened by monsters released from an underground cave by a group of amateur spelunkers. This novel uses real Texas landmarks and towns to blur the line between fact and fiction, and relies heavily on the heritage and folklore of the Texas settlers. It also explores the themes of young love and the hero's journey as the characters fight to survive by...
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 Fall

Unity : a novel, 2017

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Identifier: cw_2017spring_giove_thomas.pdf
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"Unity is excerpts of a speculative fiction novel that chronicles the dramatic lives of the people who develop the technology to allow people to unify the human brain with artificial intelligence." --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

Unlike Any Other, 2021

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Identifier: vma_2021spring_johnson_lashea.pdf
Overview "Much of the world has long exhibited a peculiar infatuation with Black people. From their hair type to their body type, the Western work remains captivated, mesmerized, and influenced by Black culture, so much so that it repeatedly is the subject of culture appropriation. Yet, Black people have faced and still face some of the worst racism, discrimination, and violence inflicted on them because of their Blackness. "Unlike Any Other" explores themes of culture appropriation, pride, loss,...
Dates: 2021
Found in: Emerson College Archives and Special Collections / RG 010.04A, Office of Graduate Studies / Master's Theses / Film and Media Art (MFA) Program / 2021 Spring

Unmasked, 2023

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Identifier: pf_2023fall_knowlton_forrest.pdf
Overview "Rose Evans is surviving on the street when an Amazon food delivery drone captures a shot of her face, unmasked, while she eats. Her location is confirmed by a surveillance drone and police are dispatched to apprehend her. Rose, a 16-year-old orphan, is sent to the group home where they send the girls no one else can handle. Taught to fight at an early age, she is recurited to the home's state champion mixed martial arts team. Rose soon finds herself in a foster home with unimagined wealth...
Dates: 2023
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 / 2023 Fall

Unmonstrous, 2017

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Identifier: cw_2017spring_taylor_john.pdf
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"The poems in Unmonstrous chronicle a path through trauma and beyond trauma, through pain and after pain. Issues of identity, faith, and loss are addressed and often in the company of nature: small mammals, maple leaves, hermit crabs." --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

Untitled film, 2017

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Identifier: vm_2017spring_chi_shuaiding.pdf
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"A young man embarks a strange journey in a summer night." --Abstract.

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

Update My Wikipedia Page, 2024

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Identifier: sf_2024spring_shaffer_shai.pdf
Overview "Update My Wikipedia Page. is a feature-length screenplay telling the story of two people living in different universes. Rose and Gint meet when they begin seeing each other in reflective surfaces, only to realize they each know the other from a different fictional world. Unsettled by the endings foretold for them in the other universe, they join forces in an effort to change their fate and in the process form the closest friendship of their lives. This unconventional drama explores how we...
Dates: 2024
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 / 2024 Spring

Urubú, 2024

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Identifier: sf_2024spring_figueiredo_isadora.pdf
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"Urubú is a feature length script that details the story of Fina, the queer prodigal daughter of the Da Silva crime family, as she returns home in order to avenge the murder of her brother, Nio. In a journey that explores themes of resilience, family, and grief, Fina must uncover Nio's past, relive her own, and confront the moment the two diverged in order to make peace with the person she could have been had she never left." -- Abstract

Dates: 2024
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 / 2024 Spring

Use of high-tech visual scene display (VSD) by an adult with chronic nonfluent aphasia to improve participation in storytelling conversations, 2016

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Identifier: cd_2016spring_holz_kristen.pdf
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A participant with chronic nonfluent aphasia learned to use a high-tech Visual Scene Display (VSD) application installed on an iPad to improve the quality of his storytelling conversations with unfamiliar partners. The findings suggest that it is possible to teach a person with aphasia to use a VSD to support storytelling conversations. -- Abstract.

Dates: 2016
Found in: Emerson College Archives and Special Collections / RG 010.04A, Office of Graduate Studies / Master's Theses / Communication Disorders (MS) Program / 2016 Spring

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