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Mario Rufino Méndez Y La Caricatura Política En Nuestra Raza: Estudio Testimonial De Una Rica Producción Cultural De Los Afro-Uruguayos (1933-1948), María Cristina Burgueño 2014 Marshall University

Mario Rufino Méndez Y La Caricatura Política En Nuestra Raza: Estudio Testimonial De Una Rica Producción Cultural De Los Afro-Uruguayos (1933-1948), María Cristina Burgueño

Modern Languages Faculty Research

This work is a one volume published by the National Library of Uruguay with a prologue by Dr. George Reid Andrews. It provides an in depth analysis of the corpus of caricatures made by Mario R. Mendez, an afro-Uruguayan artist, for the magazine “Our Race” during its second period 1933-1948. These editorial caricatures made a strong statement against the Fascism in Europe and the League of Nations’ attitude towards the invasion of Ethiopia ordered by Benito Mussolini. They also satirized the political and social reality in Uruguay. Both, the caricatures and the magazine provide a testimony of an extensive cultural …


The Lost Row, Roman Buetel 2014 Bowling Green State University

The Lost Row, Roman Buetel

Honors Projects

Set in 2032, The Lost Row chronicles the pre-dystopian city of Fostoria, where three citizens have taken it upon themselves to combat crime.


The Atomic Bombings Of Hiroshima And Nagasaki, Jacob Poindexter, Fleet Library, Special Collections 2014 Rhode Island School of Design

The Atomic Bombings Of Hiroshima And Nagasaki, Jacob Poindexter, Fleet Library, Special Collections

1st Student Artists' Book Contest 2015

No abstract provided.


The Effects Of Explicit Story Grammar Instruction On The Narrative Skills Of Preschool Children, Nichole Mulvey 2014 Indiana State University

The Effects Of Explicit Story Grammar Instruction On The Narrative Skills Of Preschool Children, Nichole Mulvey

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of large-group, explicit, story grammar vocabulary instruction during shared storybook reading on the narrative retell skills of preschoolers. Two preschool classrooms in rural, southeastern Illinois participated in the study. The study examined narrative retell ability via the Test of Narrative Retell-Preschool. Scores were compared for the experimental group, who received instruction from the investigator, to the control group, who received instruction from their regular classroom teacher. The study also explored instructional practices during shared storybook reading through observational checklists of recorded sessions. The results of the study indicated that students …


Comics And Illustration From The Written; The Conversion Of A Story From Prose To Graphic Depiction., Kayla A. White Ms. 2014 Fine and Performing Arts Honors

Comics And Illustration From The Written; The Conversion Of A Story From Prose To Graphic Depiction., Kayla A. White Ms.

Undergraduate Honors Theses

This is a thesis that details the process of writing a short 30 page novel, and then converting the subsequent story into a graphic format via illustrations and into a comic book layout. The story itself deals in reworking our learned assumptions of good and evil, specifically in the supernatural and human possibility for both. The comic book format is an exploration of my reader’s different responses to the written and the graphic.


“Aho! All My Relations:” Native Identity And Its Relationship To Psychological Well-Being, Jamie Ramsey 2014 Indiana State University

“Aho! All My Relations:” Native Identity And Its Relationship To Psychological Well-Being, Jamie Ramsey

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This is the first known study to examine the relationship between Native identity and psychological well-being, which is defined by Ryff in positive psychology as existential strengths. It is also the first known study to investigate the relationship between Native identity and blood quantum through quantitative measures. Overall, 199 Natives from two American Indian Centers, three Indiana powwows, and online from Facebook participated by completing the Ryff’s Scales of Psychological Well-being, Phinney’s Multigroup Ethnic Identity Measure, and demographic information. The main hypothesis was to explore whether any of the psychological well-being subscales (positive relations, autonomy, mastery of environment, self-acceptance, personal …


The Reveal, Michelle Dunbar, Fleet Library, Special Collections 2014 Rhode Island School of Design

The Reveal, Michelle Dunbar, Fleet Library, Special Collections

1st Student Artists' Book Contest 2015

No abstract provided.


1994, Nabil Gonzalez, Fleet Library, Special Collections 2014 Rhode Island School of Design

1994, Nabil Gonzalez, Fleet Library, Special Collections

1st Student Artists' Book Contest 2015

1st PRIZE WINNER


Cultural Assimilation, Janice King, Fleet Library, Special Collections 2014 Rhode Island School of Design

Cultural Assimilation, Janice King, Fleet Library, Special Collections

1st Student Artists' Book Contest 2015

No abstract provided.


Monument To Nothingness, Rebecca Leffell, Fleet Library, Special Collections 2014 Rhode Island School of Design

Monument To Nothingness, Rebecca Leffell, Fleet Library, Special Collections

1st Student Artists' Book Contest 2015

No abstract provided.


1978, Gerta Skagerlind, Fleet Library, Special Collections 2014 Rhode Island School of Design

1978, Gerta Skagerlind, Fleet Library, Special Collections

1st Student Artists' Book Contest 2015

No abstract provided.


1931-, Nayeon Michelle Woo, Fleet Library, Special Collections 2014 Rhode Island School of Design

1931-, Nayeon Michelle Woo, Fleet Library, Special Collections

1st Student Artists' Book Contest 2015

No abstract provided.


Utopia, RISD Museum, Neal Overstrom 2014 Rhode Island School of Design

Utopia, Risd Museum, Neal Overstrom

Channel

A provocative artist associated with the YBAs (Young British Artists), Damien Hirst often employs unexpected materials that conflate art, science, and popular culture. The hundreds of butterflies mounted in paint in Utopia—with their intense colors and symmetrical, geometric composition—recall a mandala or kaleidoscope image. Butterflies are among Hirst’s most frequent motifs. With their delicacy and short life cycles, they are a metaphor for the fragility of existence that reflects the artist’s interest in fundamental questions about mortality. 2008


For The Voice, RISD Museum, Doug Scott 2014 Rhode Island School of Design

For The Voice, Risd Museum, Doug Scott

Channel

No abstract provided.


Accumulate: Along The Way, Alyssa Colon, Fleet Library, Special Collections 2014 Rhode Island School of Design

Accumulate: Along The Way, Alyssa Colon, Fleet Library, Special Collections

1st Student Artists' Book Contest 2015

No abstract provided.


Spill, Jen Berry, Fleet Library, Special Collections 2014 Rhode Island School of Design

Spill, Jen Berry, Fleet Library, Special Collections

1st Student Artists' Book Contest 2015

No abstract provided.


Modern Day Sisyphus, Scarlett Xin Meng, Fleet Library, Special Collections 2014 Rhode Island School of Design

Modern Day Sisyphus, Scarlett Xin Meng, Fleet Library, Special Collections

1st Student Artists' Book Contest 2015

2nd PRIZE WINNER


The Cycle Of Life - Circle, Zehua Wu, Fleet Library, Special Collections 2014 Rhode Island School of Design

The Cycle Of Life - Circle, Zehua Wu, Fleet Library, Special Collections

1st Student Artists' Book Contest 2015

No abstract provided.


Coccinellidae, Nahyeon Juliette Kim, Fleet Library, Special Collections 2014 Rhode Island School of Design

Coccinellidae, Nahyeon Juliette Kim, Fleet Library, Special Collections

1st Student Artists' Book Contest 2015

No abstract provided.


The Land Scouts: Guide Book, Katie D. Ries 2014 St. Norbert College

The Land Scouts: Guide Book, Katie D. Ries

Faculty Creative and Scholarly Works

The Land Scouts promote modern land stewardship and are open to all. The Guide Book gives an overview of the scouts as well as information on getting started earning badges and hosting a troop.


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