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Electronic thesis

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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 1006 Collections and/or Records:

Club girls, 2016

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Identifier: cw_2016spring_dasilva_emily.pdf
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Full-length manuscript of personal memoir, which touches upon the universal themes of death, loss, aging, friendship, and human connectivity.--Abstract.

Dates: 2016

Coding Conventions for Unconventional Language: A Reliability Study, 2023

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Identifier: cd_2023spring_davis_luke.pdf
Overview "Unconventional language describes spoken utterances that are idiosyncratic in nature and do not follow neurotypical social conventions surrounding the form, content, and/or use of language. These language forms are of high interest to autistic individuals and their families, in addition to autism researchers, clinicians, and educators. Luyster, Zane, and Wisman Weil (2022) suggested an operational framework to describe and categorize these language forms, but further study is required to...
Dates: 2023

Collections, 2019

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Identifier: cw_2019spring_googins_alicia.pdf
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"This thesis collection comprises three sections: 1) the beginning chapters of my memoir-in-progress, The School, about my experience growing up in an unusual spiritual organization, 2) a collection of Vignettes and Essays on parenting, and 3) a group of profiles and humor pieces." -- Abstract

Dates: 2019

Colour, 2010

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Identifier: vm_2010summer_mukerjee_mohijit.pdf
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"Colour is a twelve minute still image short film. The film portrays a unique relationship between a young girl and a toy seller and the influence of his tales with moral lessons on the girl's outlook to life. She breaks the shackles that is imposed on her by her parents and learns to embrace life and especially youth." -- Abstract

Dates: 2010

Combining Theories of Teaching and Learning And Reflective and Reflexive Practices In Devised Theatre With Youth, 2024

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Identifier: te_2024spring_tasha_bella.pdf
Overview "This thesis discusses the intersections of theory and practice in applied theatre through an analysis of effective applied theatre projects, a review of literature, and the author's interpretation of her own professional experiences. The deliberate combination of theory and practice also explores some ways that devising theatre can promote a broader understanding of individual identity within the complex structures of oppression. The central question is: what are the benefits and challenges...
Dates: 2024

Communication and Life Participation Outcomes of a Recreational Sailing Program for Adults with Aphasia, 2019

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Identifier: cd_2019spring_callahan_colleen.pdf
Overview "We investigated the effects of a 10-week recreational sailing program on communication, quality of life, and confidence for two individuals with chronic mild-moderate aphasia. This study employed a pretest/posttest design in which the Boston Diagnostic Aphasia Examination, the Assessment for Living with Aphasia, two discourse prompts, and an adapted Communication Confidence Questionnaire were administered to participants before and after the intervention period. Intervention consisted of a...
Dates: 2019

Communities Love Art ('The CLA') non-profit business plan, 2017

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Identifier: te_2017spring_brown_shani.pdf
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"This project is a business plan for the creation of a Community Arts and Learning Center that offers more than traditional after-school programming. The center will include a recording studio, a theatre, a café, various performing art classes, technology and social media based classes, clothing design and much more. The products in the center will be made, sold by, and for the benefit of the people who live in the Boston community." --Abstract.

Dates: 2017

Community storytelling guide : best practices to convey stories about migration, 2018

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Identifier: cm_2018summer_gupta_aakanksha.pdf
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"Community Storytelling Guide on Migration is a digital resource to support community storytellers and mediamakers in being better prepared to work with a wide range of migrants to share their stories online. This guide is intentional in its usage of the word migration, a practice which is an essential part of human existence and survival. We migrate for different reasons, and stories can be a powerful means of understanding those nuances of migration." --Abstract.

Dates: 2018

Comparing divergent creativity in children with autism spectrum disorder and typically developing peers, 2017

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Identifier: cd_2017summer_mcclintock_kelly.pdf
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"This study explored how 6-12-year-old children with and without ASD approach divergent creativity and formation of novel ideas using an online survey. Both concrete and abstract images were studied." --Abstract.

Dates: 2017

Confronting Challenges Facing International Graduate Students: The Impact of Using Documentary Theatre to tell Their Stories, 2023

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Identifier: te_2023summer_archer_lemar.pdf
Overview "Substantial research has emphasized the various challenges faced by international graduate students when adjusting to pursuing academic studies in the United States. This qualitative study examines the challenges and experiences of four (4) international graduate students at a U.S. liberal arts college in the northeast. The study further examines the impact of engaging two (2) international students along with myself in the process of devising a documentary theatre performance to tell the...
Dates: 2023

Connected Pedagogy in Theatre Training: Embodiment, Empowerment and Empathy, 2021

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Identifier: te_2021spring_bernfeld_eve.pdf
Overview "Can American theatre training in the 21st Century shed its psychology-based, Cartesian-influenced, hierarchical structure and instead work toward co-engagement, co-learning and co-liberation of students and teachers? The Coronavirus pandemic, coupled with the Black Lives Matter, #MeToo and Youth Climate movements, demands an examination of traditional power hegemonies, including in the training of theatre artists. This qualitative inquiry and associated grounded research looks at the...
Dates: 2021

Consumed, 2018

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Identifier: vm_2018spring_turner_sloan.pdf
Overview "An original, psychological horror film about a young girl, Sasha, who envisions an ominous monster lurking in her home after her mother comes back from an extended hospital stay. Formatted as a 15-minute short, the film will explore Sasha’s inner turmoil as she witnesses her family dynamic crumble in the face of a physically disabled mother and emotionally distraught father. The application of horror to this context is used to explore the societal issues of prescription drug abuse/addiction...
Dates: 2018

Convergence: Stories from the Red Island, 2019

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Identifier: cw_2019fall_chen_christine hiu-tung.pdf
Overview "When people ask me where I'm from, they get a few seconds of silence from me. What do you tell people if you were born in one place, grew up in another, and live elsewhere? How did you end up where you are now? Who are you? Where do you belong? Those were questions that translated into six stories in this collection. They are populated by dislocated characters who grapple with identity and race while navigating complex familial relationships. The stories are set in Madagascar, known to the...
Dates: 2019

Counterclock, 2024

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Identifier: pf_2024spring_madrigal_lizzy.pdf
Overview "Taya Vigil has known one world for her entire seventeen years. She's the daughter of a highly esteemed leader, she's about to graduate as a top student at the prestigous Heritage College, and her future is set. But her seemingly predictable life as a Counterclock, or someone who's able to move time, takes a turn when she becomes a primary suspect in the death of a student during an annual intercollegiate competition. In her attempt to save that student, Taya unknowingly jumpstarts the...
Dates: 2024

Coventry Carol, 2020

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Identifier: cw_2020fall_rubin_rebecca.pdf
Overview "The goal of this thesis is to provide a thorough interrogation of memory and place from a personal point of view. Within this collection of poems, the town of Coventry, Rhode Island and its impact on my life is investigated, along with familial relationships, death, catholic school, and antisemitism that I have experienced and meditated on. Each poem offers a snapshot of a memory and is as accurate as my mind will allow. The way that returning to a place evokes memory is something that...
Dates: 2020

CRANE: A Case for a New Era of College Radio Engagement in the Digital Age, 2018

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Identifier: cm_2018fall_goldberg_lindsy.pdf
Overview "This project advocates for college radio stations to unify in a new digital space in order to maintain relevancy, re-evaluate their value propositions and form a plan for sustainability in the digital age. With radio engagement and listenership transitioning to more customizable spaces such as streaming platforms, college radio's clear benefits are now more immediately evident to individual participants as opposed to listeners. College radio participants often cite the experience of...
Dates: 2018

Crane Wife, 2023

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Identifier: cw_2023spring_machugh_lily.pdf
Overview "In this speculative work of fiction, we follow a split narrative of a lonely girl named Jenny in a punk scene in the tristate area and a woman named Koda trying to escape a pocket dimension created by a man calling himself god. Through Jenny we see the beginnings of a cult and tendrils of the supernatural inching in. In Koda's narrative, we are left to deal with the aftermath, and watch as she tries to break free. Koda finds herself again as she journeys beyond the cult's compound, with the...
Dates: 2023

Crazy Chinese Father, 2019

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Identifier: vm_2019spring_wan_xin.pdf
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"This is an ironic comedy about a Chinese immigrant family. When a university offer arrives, conflict is heated up between the father and the daughter, right before her 18th birthday party. The story is inspired by personal experience." -- Abstract

Dates: 2019

Create to Learn, Learn to Create: Devising a Curriculum and Lesson Plans Using Theatre for English Language Classes in Japan, 2024

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Identifier: te_2024spring_matsushima_sora.pdf
Overview "Learning different languages is not an easy process for everyone and requires lots of time and effort. In Japan, English has been taught as a foreign language in schools for decades. However, most of the students cannot use English as a communication tool in practice because students are sitting at their desks and teachers just convey their knowledge, even though the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) and teachers have been gradually changing their...
Dates: 2024

Creating a Functional ESL Textbook, 2018

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Identifier: cw_2018spring_reddy_anupama.pdf
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"This project explores the need for a functional adult ESL textbook and provides a sample unit for multiple levels. Designed specifically to accommodate the needs of the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) program’s curriculum, Everyday ESL’s sample unit, proposed front matter and back matter provide an example of an ideal text to teach adults necessary, transactional language for daily use." --Abstract.

Dates: 2018