Opposites: Poetry/Design Collaboration,
2025
Stephen F Austin State University
Opposites: Poetry/Design Collaboration, Susana De La Paz, Rebekah Glasgow
Undergraduate Research Conference
No abstract provided.
Digital Comic Book Creation,
2025
Stephen F Austin State University
Digital Comic Book Creation, Austin Pena
Undergraduate Research Conference
No abstract provided.
Pint-Sized Advisories,
2025
Old Dominion University
Pint-Sized Advisories, Bowman Eggleston, Autumn Carey
Undergraduate Research Symposium
Pint-Sized Advisories is a game inspired by Nintendo's WarioWare series made for the ODU Serious Games Jam of Spring 2025, where it won 2nd place out of 11 entries overall, winning first in the "Fun Factor" category, while tying for first in "Rhetoric" and "Theme". The game covers themes of environmental friendliness on an individual level: within the story, an organization is making "micro-PSAs" to hold the attention spans of teenagers. The player is required to complete each PSA (some task) before the viewer swipes away. These PSAs start short and only get shorter as the game progresses, requiring the …
Shattered Reflection,
2025
Liberty University
Shattered Reflection, Aunna Leach
Liberty University Research Week
An oil painting showing the inner tension and emotional depth of a person while conveying a sense of fragility and isolation. Please see research notes for more info.
Horizon City,
2025
Liberty University
Horizon City, Aunna Leach
Liberty University Research Week
Horizon City is a ceramic sculpture that depicts a thriving city atop the back of a ceramic whale. Please see research notes for more information.
"Balthazar, The Good Dragon",
2025
Liberty University
"Balthazar, The Good Dragon", Jennifer Trahant
Liberty University Research Week
Dragons have long been portrayed as symbols of greed and destruction in mythology and literature, reinforcing the idea that they represent evil. However, this sculpture challenges that perception by drawing inspiration from children's literature such as Wings of Fire, The Fire Within, The Spiderwick Chronicles, Eragon, How to Train Your Dragon, and Pete’s Dragon. In these stories, dragons are often misunderstood, and feared due to human prejudice rather than their true nature.
"Howard Be Thy Name",
2025
Liberty University
"Howard Be Thy Name", Jennifer Trahant
Liberty University Research Week
A Biblical worldview recognizes the beauty in aging, viewing it not as a decline but as a testament to wisdom, resilience, and God’s faithfulness. Scripture affirms this perspective, as seen in Proverbs 16:31, “Gray hair is a crown of glory,†and Job 12:12, “Wisdom is with the aged.†Ecclesiastes 3:11 reminds us that “He has made everything beautiful in its time,†affirming that aging is part of God’s design. While physical beauty fades, the Lord confirms that time can emphasize the inner self's renewal. By honoring the marks of age, we embrace a perspective that values the depth, grace, and …
Listen,
2025
Liberty University
Listen, Katrina Mcmillen
Liberty University Research Week
There is a disparity of genuine communication between women and healthcare professionals. Although modern society claims equal access and opportunity for all genders, there is a large portion of women who continue to go unheard. Most healthcare professionals are not actively seeking sexist options when treating patients, yet many women are still being treated differently or not at all. Changing the current status quo begins with acknowledging the current situation women all around the world are experiencing. The Communication Objective is to display the struggle within the affected group. There is an outcry from women, observable across countries, to be …
Brand Campaign: Motorized Misfits,
2025
Liberty University
Brand Campaign: Motorized Misfits, Rachel Rosenberger, Jenna Modrzejewski
Liberty University Research Week
We were tasked with creating a visual identity, branding and collateral for a fictitious nonprofit organization, called Motorized Misfits that is based in Atlanta, Georgia. This organization helps provide economically disadvantaged individuals gain access to transportation. This study was directed by studying the target audience and researching their preferences, relationships, age habits, geographical location, and socioeconomic background. We studied the media preferences of the age group as well as the financial background, the individual’s education level, and the relational status of the individual or if they have children. Prevalent social movements in the Atlanta region were also researched. This information …
Feathertop Character Design,
2025
Liberty University
Feathertop Character Design, Ariana Murphy
Liberty University Research Week
Feathertop, a short story written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, suffers from a marked lack of high-quality illustrations to bring the story to life and public awareness. Despite having a strong mood and atmosphere, intriguing characters, and thought-provoking themes, it is a little-known story with much creative potential from a written and visual standpoint. The goal of this research project is to utilize the author’s rich descriptions of the main character, Feathertop, to create a memorable and endearing design which will serve as a launching off point for further illustrative development of the story.
Graceful Gold,
2025
Liberty University
Graceful Gold, Aunna Leach
Liberty University Research Week
Graceful Gold is a multi-layer painted glass Immersive & reflective experience. Using multiple layers of glass I have painted a goldfish, bubbles and black background onto four layers of glass creating a 3d view when seen, and a double goldfish reflection. Please see research notes for more information.
Painted Sky Jewelry,
2025
Liberty University
Painted Sky Jewelry, Aunna Leach
Liberty University Research Week
I was inspired to create a Native American jewelry set because of my great-grandmother, who was Native American. I created a necklace and ring set with my newfound skills that I developed at Liberty University. Please see Research notes for more information.
Fields Of Yesterday,
2025
Liberty University
Fields Of Yesterday, Aunna Leach
Liberty University Research Week
This is a rustic style oil painting that depicts a hard working farmers field. View research papers for more info.
Transforming Futures Through Speculative Ypar: The Garage Story,
2025
Arizona State University
Transforming Futures Through Speculative Ypar: The Garage Story, Allison Joann Lester, Eden Kadosh, Atlas Suarez, Abigail Rubinstein
Occasional Paper Series
The COVID-19 pandemic caused disruptions for young people across the U.S., exacerbating feelings of isolation and disconnection. In response, the [Youth] Think Tank—a paid Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR) internship—was launched in [city name]. Teens from diverse backgrounds came together to address the issues they and their peers were facing. This article chronicles the journey of the [Youth] Think Tank through each phase of its YPAR project, following the design process step-by-step as the group developed The [Hub]: a youth-designed space that fosters connection, safety, and belonging within the community. Starting from the program's inception, we trace how the teens …
“I’Ll Walk Out If You Walk Out”: A Comic On How Students Of Color Utilize Racial Micropolitical Literacy In Their Everyday Lives,
2025
University of California, Santa Cruz
“I’Ll Walk Out If You Walk Out”: A Comic On How Students Of Color Utilize Racial Micropolitical Literacy In Their Everyday Lives, Josephine Pham, Talitha Angelica Acaylar Trazo
Occasional Paper Series
Advocating for an expansive view of Youth Participatory Action Research that considers everyday practices in mundane life as essential for building just and thriving futures, the authors co-created a comic to illustrate the inventive ways youth of color co-create educational possibilities for racially just futures in everyday classroom life. Framed through a racial micropolitical literacy framework and based on a real-life narrative, their scholarship in comic form invites youth, practitioners, and scholars to re-frame and re-present learning, teaching, studying, and living educational justice in renewed ways. Specifically, the authors highlight the ingenious practices of youth of color who are already …
Social Imagining In “Youth Taking Action:” Documenting Immigrating And Settling Through A Hybrid Youth Participatory Action Research Project,
2025
University of British Columbia
Social Imagining In “Youth Taking Action:” Documenting Immigrating And Settling Through A Hybrid Youth Participatory Action Research Project, Natacha Monestel Mora, Julia Iriarte, Jennifer A. Vadeboncoeur, Sediqa Temori, Mathias Abraha
Occasional Paper Series
This paper is a memoir of our experiences with Youth Taking Action (YTA), a YPAR program that took place during the COVID-19 pandemic. YTA, a collaborative effort organized by a non-profit based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, provided a space for 6 newcomer youths and 4 immigrant adults to engage in active dialogue. Through these conversations, we explored stories of immigration and settlement, identified barriers that limit opportunities for young newcomers and discussed possible actions to address these issues. The youth also learned documentary filmmaking techniques, which helped them collect data and generate more dialogue. This process revealed that linguistic …
The Social Life Of Plants: Botanical Representations In Moche Art,
2025
University of New Mexico
The Social Life Of Plants: Botanical Representations In Moche Art, Breanna Fae Reiss
Art & Art History ETDs
The Moche were semi-autonomous communities who thrived in the ten fertile riverine valleys of Peru’s northern coast between the late fourth and ninth centuries CE. Phase IV (c. 590–700 CE) Southern Moche ceramics feature intricate fine line visual narrative scenes with many multivalent symbols and motifs. This dissertation intends to understand why plants begin to play a more significant role in the Moche iconographic corpus in this period. I explore the interests of elites, the ecological web interweaving image and environment, and species identification. The local flora was affected on one hand by naturally occurring changes in weather and environment …
Contributors,
2025
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
'2 Friends In A Laundromat' & 'Bubba',
2025
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
'2 Friends In A Laundromat' & 'Bubba', Andrea Aruino, Jacob Crock
.RAW Journal of Art and Design
No abstract provided.
'Fingered' & 'Visual Control',
2025
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
'Fingered' & 'Visual Control', Olivia Pye, Nick Degeorge
.RAW Journal of Art and Design
No abstract provided.
