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France’S Exclusion Politics: Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric And Political Capital (1972-2002), Alicia Strader May 2025

France’S Exclusion Politics: Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric And Political Capital (1972-2002), Alicia Strader

Senior Theses

This thesis explores the politics of exclusion in France, focusing on how immigrants have been marginalized due to politicians' strategic use of anti-immigrant rhetoric. The study examines the rise of Jean-Marie Le Pen, and the increasing political capital gained through his xenophobic platform, highlighting the pivotal moment when other politicians began to adopt similar tactics to secure their own electoral success. By examining secondary sources and magazine articles from 1972 to 2002, this research investigates how the politicization of immigration issues contributed to the marginalization of immigrant communities in France. It argues that the exploitation of anti-immigrant sentiment, particularly after …


"War In Kyrgyzstan And Tajikistan: Freshwater Scarcity And The Path To Peace", Ava Janelle Leonard May 2025

"War In Kyrgyzstan And Tajikistan: Freshwater Scarcity And The Path To Peace", Ava Janelle Leonard

Senior Theses

As climate change intensifies, its effects on the natural environment are becoming increasingly visible. Glaciers are melting, sea levels are rising, and extreme weather events are becoming more frequent. This transformation of the environment threatens access to natural resources, limits economic growth, and increases the vulnerability of a nation’s ecological, political, and social stability. Freshwater is one of the most essential natural resources. This paper addresses how inadequate access to freshwater in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan has impacted stability within and across borders. Chapter one introduces freshwater as a limited resource, highlighting how the scarcity of it threatens environmental sustainability and …


Maybe It Really Is Those Damn Phones, Sarah F. Garvin May 2025

Maybe It Really Is Those Damn Phones, Sarah F. Garvin

Honors Projects

Technology is an integral part of modern life and has extended into elementary classrooms where one-to-one device programs have become the norm. While technology can increase accessibility to education, its widespread integration in learning environments raises concerns about its long-term impact on students and teachers. This research critically examines gamified learning applications and technology use in elementary education, questioning whether they enhance learning, curiosity, and problem-solving skills. A qualitative methods approach was employed, using surveys and interviews conducted with educators in Seattle Public Schools to assess the effects of technology-driven instruction. The resulting data were analyzed through thematic analysis to …


Places Of Life, Places Of Death: Caves In Pre-Hispanic Huachichil Conscience In Northern Mexico, Kate Prashby May 2025

Places Of Life, Places Of Death: Caves In Pre-Hispanic Huachichil Conscience In Northern Mexico, Kate Prashby

Indigenous Studies

In 1931, a US geologist took ten skulls from a pre-Hispanic burial cave in historic Huachichil territory in northeastern Mexico and brought them to a US museum. To assist in repatriation efforts, this thesis uses ethnoarchaeology to suggest how ancient Huachichiles may have used caves and what they may have believed about those caves. Drawing from ethnographic accounts from the US Southwest, Aridoamerica, and Mesoamerica, this thesis establishes two possible models of belief that Huachichil cosmology may have followed regarding caves. A second pre­ Hispanic Huachichil burial cave and its surrounding caves are also examined using participant observation and interviews …


Data-Driven Simulation Of Sustainable Residential Hvac Systems In Fairbanks, Ak, Joshua Young May 2025

Data-Driven Simulation Of Sustainable Residential Hvac Systems In Fairbanks, Ak, Joshua Young

Engineering

Residential heating comes at extremely high costs and with harmful air pollution in many Alaskan communities. In Fairbanks, the issue of air pollution has received special attention in recent years, specifically due to the high concentration of small particulate matter resulting from residential space heating. This thesis aims to address energy insecurity and air pollution in Fairbanks by proposing an improved residential HVAC system. A computer simulation was developed to model the operations of several different HVAC configurations for comparison with standard heating oil boiler and portable air conditioner systems. This Python model provided a means of simulating one year …


Electric Power Regulation For A Novel Riverine Hydrokinetic Energy Conversion System, Kawsar Ahammed May 2025

Electric Power Regulation For A Novel Riverine Hydrokinetic Energy Conversion System, Kawsar Ahammed

Engineering

Transportation of diesel fuel used to produce electricity for Alaska remote communities is highly expensive. Thus, people living in those remote areas pay a high rate for electric energy compared to the national average cost. The availability of renewable energy resources may help to minimize these high expenses. As many rural Alaskans live near rivers, hydrokinetic energy could be used as a renewable source of electric power. This renewable resource, if successfully harvested, has immense potential to help power Alaska remote communities and significantly reduce electric energy costs. This project aims to investigate the implementation of an energy conversion system …


Searching For Seismic Precursors: The Barry Landslide Hazard, Gabrielle Davy May 2025

Searching For Seismic Precursors: The Barry Landslide Hazard, Gabrielle Davy

Geosciences

Landslides pose a serious geohazard, particularly when they occur in steep coastal or fjord environments where they can generate tsunamis. Barry Arm, located in Prince William Sound, Alaska, exemplifies this threat. The unstable slope, with an estimated failure volume of 500-700 million cubic meters, could produce a tsunami capable of devastating communities such as Whittier, Valdez, and Cordova. Recognizing the potential consequences, the region has been intensively monitored since 2020, providing a valuable opportunity to study the interactions between seismic activity, environmental drivers, and slope stability. Monitoring landslide-prone regions with seismic and geophysical instruments can offer insights into the processes …


Performance And Viability Of Air Source Heat Pumps For Residential Heating In Cold Climates, Nick Samuel May 2025

Performance And Viability Of Air Source Heat Pumps For Residential Heating In Cold Climates, Nick Samuel

Engineering

With an ever-increasing concern for Earth’s climate, solutions to mitigate further climate change caused by greenhouse gas emissions are continuously being investigated, one of which is heating buildings using air source heat pumps (ASHP) rather than traditional fossil fuel systems such as a furnace. The benefits of heat pumps over other heating methods such as resistive heating is their ability to transfer multiple times greater heat using the same amount of electricity by utilizing the phase change of a refrigerant and different inside and outside temperatures through use of the vapor-compression cycle. This also provides an advantage over fossil fuel-based …


Effects Of Iron Nutrients In Sub-Arctic Horticulture, Susan A. Woods May 2025

Effects Of Iron Nutrients In Sub-Arctic Horticulture, Susan A. Woods

Interdisciplinary Studies

When managing iron (Fe) nutrients in controlled environment agriculture (CEA) hydroponic systems at sub-arctic regions between latitudes 50 to 70 degrees north, it is important to understand how plants regulate Fe to maintain Fe homeostasis, which is important for the production of Fe proteins and photosynthesis processes. The research objectives of this study are as follows: 1) determine Fe nutrients that promote yearly cycles of high-quality crops, 2) examine the regulation of Fe between plant roots and vegetation, and 3) explore whether seasonal adjustments in Fe nutrients can promote Fe homeostasis and the production of high-quality crops. This study considers …


Unconsciousness Is Erasure: A Case Study Of Dominant Frameworks And Their Effect On The Representation Of Alaska Native Women Artists In The University Of Alaska Museum Of The North Rose Berry Alaska Art Gallery, Megan Koch May 2025

Unconsciousness Is Erasure: A Case Study Of Dominant Frameworks And Their Effect On The Representation Of Alaska Native Women Artists In The University Of Alaska Museum Of The North Rose Berry Alaska Art Gallery, Megan Koch

Communication

This case study examines dominant frameworks and their effect on the representation of Alaska Native women artists within the University of Alaska Museum of the North's (UAMN) Rose Berry Alaska Art (RBAA) Gallery. Focusing on the power dynamics inherent in museum exhibitions, this research investigates how dominant practices may silence marginalized voices by utilizing dominant group theory (DGT) and co-cultural theory (CCT). Through qualitative thematic analysis of the RBAA Gallery's descriptive statement and content analysis of 163 artwork records for pieces on exhibit from the Arctos database, this study addresses three research questions: RQ1: What communication approaches and interactional outcomes …


Teaching Spanish As A World Language In Waldorf Schools For Grades One To Eight, Ryan Thomas Edwards May 2025

Teaching Spanish As A World Language In Waldorf Schools For Grades One To Eight, Ryan Thomas Edwards

Education

Waldorf education provides a unique opportunity for students to fully experience their lessons in an integrative, artistic, and purposeful way, and this is certainly true for world language classes. Throughout a typical curriculum, various art forms are utilized along with physical movements and actions, allowing students to live through the lessons in an interesting and enjoyable way. At times, it becomes difficult to separate between songs, poems, skits, gestures, plays, or games, when all of these methods can be interwoven simultaneously. By integrating rhyme, repetition, gestures, music, movement, and visuals, classes become quite lively and interactive. It takes a lot …


Movement Matters: Incorporating Physical Activity Into The Classroom, Sunnie M. Fredricks May 2025

Movement Matters: Incorporating Physical Activity Into The Classroom, Sunnie M. Fredricks

Education

We live in a world that is becoming increasingly driven by convenience, which lends itself to a sedentary lifestyle. Due to the fact that adolescents spend the majority of their time in the classroom, it is imperative that educators recognize the need for physical activity and implement it into their daily lessons in order to help students reach their full potential. To assist educators in this task, this handbook aims to integrate exercise into the classroom in an easily accessible manner that can be adapted to meet the needs of students. It has been proven that physical activity has several …


Analysis Of A Persistant Early Winter Open Water Zone Within The Ice-Covered Tanana River Near Fairbanks, Alaska Using Field Studies, Remote Sensing, And Hydraulic Modeling, Matthew C. Scragg May 2025

Analysis Of A Persistant Early Winter Open Water Zone Within The Ice-Covered Tanana River Near Fairbanks, Alaska Using Field Studies, Remote Sensing, And Hydraulic Modeling, Matthew C. Scragg

Engineering

Frozen rivers serve as important transportation corridors for Alaskans during winter. Open water zones (OWZs, i.e., open leads) in otherwise ice-covered rivers present a hazard because their location and causes are poorly understood. I studied one persistent OWZ on the Tanana River near Fairbanks using field studies, remote sensing, and hydraulic modeling. Interannual occurrence and duration of the OWZ was identified from 2014 to 2023 using optical satellite images and synthetic aperture radar. In eight out of ten years, an OWZ zone formed when an ice jam occurred at an upstream channel constriction during freeze-up. In the other two years, …


Going “Back To Kindergarten” To Create Connection, Reduce Loneliness, And Build Resilience: A Community Workshop, Norie A. Mozzone May 2025

Going “Back To Kindergarten” To Create Connection, Reduce Loneliness, And Build Resilience: A Community Workshop, Norie A. Mozzone

Expressive Therapies Theses

Having an embodied experience as a human being in the world in 2025 is stressful. The feelings of disconnection, loneliness, and anxiety that many have on a daily basis can reduce their capacity to feel sensations of safety, agency, ease, and empowerment. This thesis focuses on the development of a method to support adults in experiencing moments of interpersonal and intrapersonal connection in community by re-engaging with childhood rituals. Through the lenses of polyvagal theory, the expressive arts continuum (ETC), and therapeutic attunement the “Back to Kindergarten” methodology seeks to provide a structured and nourishing environment for adults to return …


Sense, Drugs, And Rock 'N' Roll: A Critical Review Of Music And Psychedelic Literature, Sophia Harper-Hague May 2025

Sense, Drugs, And Rock 'N' Roll: A Critical Review Of Music And Psychedelic Literature, Sophia Harper-Hague

Expressive Therapies Theses

The use of psychedelics has been shown promising efficacy surrounding treatment-resistant mental health diagnoses, as well as improving quality of life for those not suffering from mental health conditions. Additionally, music has been seen as a significant part of psychedelic research, both by music therapists and other allied health professionals alike. This literature review explores the current research surrounding music therapy and psychedelic approaches, as well as the areas in which they intersect. The current review focuses on Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), depression, anxiety, and self-concept, delving into the perceptions of both music and psychedelic therapy as emerging treatment options …


Alive Old-Time Radio Play: Performance-Based Drama Therapy With Cognitively Healthy Older Adults, Aaron T. Dore May 2025

Alive Old-Time Radio Play: Performance-Based Drama Therapy With Cognitively Healthy Older Adults, Aaron T. Dore

Expressive Therapies Theses

The live radio play format is uniquely positioned to offer social benefits for older adults when explored through a performance-based drama therapeutic lens. Though firsthand familiarity with old-time radio is not a prerequisite for meaningful participation in a group styled after this bygone era of storytelling, the format naturally supports accessibility needs common among the older adult population. The minimal blocking requirements, script-in-hand approach, and adaptable format make it especially accommodating to a wide range of skill levels and areas of interest. Research into therapeutic interventions for older adults tends to rely on reminiscence and life review approaches with an …


Music Therapy For Premature Infants In Neonatal Care: A Literature Review, Yu-Tzu Li May 2025

Music Therapy For Premature Infants In Neonatal Care: A Literature Review, Yu-Tzu Li

Expressive Therapies Theses

For both babies and their families, premature birth is a life-altering event that often brings out a complicated web of physiological and emotional challenges. In recent decades, music therapy has gained recognition as a support system for the smallest and most vulnerable patients in Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICUs), where they receive specialized care. This literature review explores how music therapy supports the development and emotional well-being of premature infants while also supporting the parents in navigating the emotional difficulties, engaging with their babies, and being more secure in the NICU environment. According to current research, this paper collects and …


Music Therapy And Cerebral Visual Impairments (Cvi) In Early Childhood: A Literature Review, Katie Hock May 2025

Music Therapy And Cerebral Visual Impairments (Cvi) In Early Childhood: A Literature Review, Katie Hock

Expressive Therapies Theses

Cerebral visual impairment (CVI) is the leading cause of visual impairment in children within the United States, and results from neurologic impairment to areas of the brain responsible for processing and interpreting visual input. Due to the brain-based nature of this impairment, improvement in functional vision is possible through the process of neuroplasticity and development of compensatory strategies to improve personal access to the environment and surroundings. Intact vision provides access to information about the world around us, and without this sense children are highly susceptible to developmental delays in the areas of cognition, motor skills, communication, and social functioning. …


Using Dabke To Embody Sumud: A Literature Review Of Indigenous Palestinian Dance In Relation To Ongoing Trauma, Reema Rustom May 2025

Using Dabke To Embody Sumud: A Literature Review Of Indigenous Palestinian Dance In Relation To Ongoing Trauma, Reema Rustom

Expressive Therapies Theses

This literature review explores the psychological and psychosomatic impacts of political violence on Palestinians living under Israeli military occupation. Drawing from historical, academic, and ethnographic sources, the thesis examines how risk factors such as displacement, home destruction or demolition, and chronic exposure to military aggression contribute to trauma. Utilizing expressive arts therapy as a lens for understanding how arts-based processes support working through trauma, the review identifies existing Palestinian cultural practices that allow for the reclamation of the self, the collective, and the land. This review also highlights protective factors that support the well-being and resilience of Palestinians, such as …


The Neuropsychiatric Value Of Expressive Arts Therapy Integrated With Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy In Treating Alzheimer's Disease And Related Disorders (Adrd), Alicia C. Hesse-Cleary May 2025

The Neuropsychiatric Value Of Expressive Arts Therapy Integrated With Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy In Treating Alzheimer's Disease And Related Disorders (Adrd), Alicia C. Hesse-Cleary

Expressive Therapies Theses

Neurodegenerative conditions, including Alzheimer's disease (AD), Parkinson's disease, and other dementias, are progressive disorders that lead to white matter damage in the brain, resulting in structural and functional consequences that disrupt neuronal pathways and contribute to significant cognitive and behavioral impairments. Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form and a leading cause of death among older adults. Nearly 97% of patients experience neuropsychiatric symptoms, which are incredibly challenging to treat effectively as the disease progresses and, in some cases, may be untreatable with pharmaceuticals. This situation significantly increases caregiver burden and healthcare costs. Traditional pharmacological treatments for these conditions have …


Icanfeel: A Digital Art Activity To Support Distress Detection In Adult Oncological Patients, Marie J. Deschamps May 2025

Icanfeel: A Digital Art Activity To Support Distress Detection In Adult Oncological Patients, Marie J. Deschamps

Expressive Therapies Dissertations

Considered the 6th vital sign, distress, a combination of hopelessness, anxiety, fear, and depression, can impact patients’ quality of life, treatment adherence, and mortality. While screening is required in oncological centers, distress remains under-detected. This study examined the use of Icanfeel, a novel digital art-based tool, to complement traditional psychometric assessments such as Edmonton Symptom Assessment System (ESAS), to support patients’ expressions of symptoms and distress detection. Hospitalized adult oncological patients (N = 22) engaged twice with Icanfeel and with an active control condition. At various time points during the protocol, patients self-reported symptom burden using ESAS, self-disclosure …


Drama Therapy And The Collective Male Identity: An‬ Examination Of Masculinities,‬ Violence, And The Unique‬ Position Of Drama Therapists In‬ Violence Prevention, Austin Taylor Winchester May 2025

Drama Therapy And The Collective Male Identity: An‬ Examination Of Masculinities,‬ Violence, And The Unique‬ Position Of Drama Therapists In‬ Violence Prevention, Austin Taylor Winchester

Expressive Therapies Theses

Traditional narratives of masculinity have been historically constructed and reinforced by systems of power, shaping a rigid framework that often emphasizes dominance, emotional suppression, and control. Literature on hegemonic masculinity and identity development reveals that masculinity is not a fixed truth but a social construct shaped by external expectations and internal negotiations. This critical review examines the fluidity of masculinity across historical, cultural, and psychological contexts. Drama therapy emerges as a promising intervention for reimagining masculinity in a more inclusive and adaptive way. Through techniques such as role exploration, embodiment, and storytelling, drama therapy provides a relational framework for men …


"With A Heavy Heart": A Literature Review Exploring The Embodiment Of Grief And Its Implications For Grief Processing, Mollie Pratt May 2025

"With A Heavy Heart": A Literature Review Exploring The Embodiment Of Grief And Its Implications For Grief Processing, Mollie Pratt

Expressive Therapies Theses

Though a plethora of literature has explored the connection between bereavement and the body, much of that research has focused on bereavement’s effects on physical health. Little research has been conducted to explore bereaved individuals’ embodiment of their grief, and even less has investigated the implications of those embodied sensations on the possible use of embodiment in interventions for grief processing. This literature review aimed to gain a better understanding of how grief is felt by and expressed through the body. The literature was synthesized, and common embodied themes reported by bereaved individuals were identified. Additionally, a discussion of possible …


Heartscape Resonance: A Psychophysiological Coherence-Based Expressive Arts Therapy Intervention For Quantum Healing Of Emotional Dysregulation, Pragati Jaiswal May 2025

Heartscape Resonance: A Psychophysiological Coherence-Based Expressive Arts Therapy Intervention For Quantum Healing Of Emotional Dysregulation, Pragati Jaiswal

Expressive Therapies Theses

This feasibility study examines the concept of Psychophysiological Coherence-Based Expressive Arts Therapy as a method for improving emotional regulation and aiding trauma recovery in psychiatric inpatient groups. The intervention developed for this study, termed Heartscape Resonance, integrates quantum healing, somatic heart coherence practices, and expressive arts therapy into a model that combines heart-centered breathing, bilateral stimulation, and artistic expression. The intervention was implemented four times across three units at an inpatient hospital in Massachusetts, USA. Self-report data collection methods that utilize embodied awareness, coherence ratings, and Heart Rate Variability (HRV) testing were employed, with the facilitator’s data forming the basis …


School-Based Dance/Movement Therapy For Adolescents In Special Education: A Critical Literature Review, Sarah G. Hannan May 2025

School-Based Dance/Movement Therapy For Adolescents In Special Education: A Critical Literature Review, Sarah G. Hannan

Expressive Therapies Theses

In response to the increase in the number of students who receive special education services in the United States, along with a heightening need for accessible mental health services, school-based therapy is a growing area of research. Dance/movement therapy is an expressive arts therapy modality designed to support diverse populations in multiple settings. This literature review aimed to critically examine and synthesize research pertaining to school-based dance/movement therapy for adolescents in special education. This review examined the impact of school-based dance/movement therapy on social-emotional skills and related outcomes for adolescents in special education and found positive trends for improvement in …


Embodied Capability: Exploring Strength Training Through A Dance/Movement Therapy Lens To Expand The Window Of Tolerance And Empowerment, Rachel Epling May 2025

Embodied Capability: Exploring Strength Training Through A Dance/Movement Therapy Lens To Expand The Window Of Tolerance And Empowerment, Rachel Epling

Expressive Therapies Theses

This literature review explores the benefits of incorporating strength training into Dance/Movement Therapy (DMT) to expand and define movement practices within the field. By examining the parallels and commonalities between DMT and strength training, a framework for integration can be developed that allows the DMT lens to remain present within strength training. This can be informed by examining: 1) the use of movement metaphor, functional, and expressive movements; 2) the effects of weightlifting and DMT on empowerment and the window of tolerance (WOT); 3) neurobiological mechanisms supporting healing through strength-based movement practices; 4) the potential to enhance inclusivity for diverse …


Touch Me, A Literature Review: Examining The Integration Of The Kestenberg Movement Profile And Attachment Theory In Couples' Relational Movement, Tory R. Eichler May 2025

Touch Me, A Literature Review: Examining The Integration Of The Kestenberg Movement Profile And Attachment Theory In Couples' Relational Movement, Tory R. Eichler

Expressive Therapies Theses

This Master’s thesis explores the intersection of the Kestenberg Movement Profile (the KMP) and Attachment Theory to analyze and interpret relational movement within romantic partnerships through an in-depth literature review of existing qualitative, quantitative, and arts-based studies. The author subsequently executes an arts-based autoethnographic inquiry recreating various relational postures from the existing literature. The author assesses, describes, and subjectively reflects on these postures using bipolar and unipolar shape flow language from the KMP to identify various attachment behaviors and styles. Findings suggest that bipolar and unipolar shape flow can correlate with specific attachment behaviors, demonstrating that relational movement offers insight …


Reimagining “Embodiment” In Dance/Movement Therapy: Unraveling The Roots Of Oppression In Our Bodies And Our Practice—A Literature Review, Holly A. Herzfeld May 2025

Reimagining “Embodiment” In Dance/Movement Therapy: Unraveling The Roots Of Oppression In Our Bodies And Our Practice—A Literature Review, Holly A. Herzfeld

Expressive Therapies Theses

This thesis explores the intertwined roots of power, privilege, and oppression embedded in the term “embodiment” within Dance/Movement Therapy (DMT) and how it is applied in the profession via a review of the literature. By locating the body as the vessel of experience, including trauma and oppression, this work challenges the dominant understanding of embodiment as solely about connectedness and groundedness, questioning why connection to the body is so often equated with psychological health. While the mind has been historically privileged over the body, DMT’s emphasis on bodily experience presents a unique opportunity to decolonize our dominant understanding of embodiment. …


How Does An Art Therapist Build Rapport With Socially Isolated Older Adults?, Elizabeth L. Levering May 2025

How Does An Art Therapist Build Rapport With Socially Isolated Older Adults?, Elizabeth L. Levering

Expressive Therapies Theses

This study was done to explore the fundamental aspects that are woven into the report-building process and the therapeutic alliance with socially isolated older adults. Research has been done on the effects that social isolation and loneliness have on this underserved population, however report building is less researched and can be translated into the mental health field. Person-centered therapy, developmental stages of older adults, and the growing field of art therapy and its benefits are also well documented. This qualitative arts-based study takes the intersectionality of these topics by observing three sessions with two separate residents and analyzing the results. …


Exploring Fiber Art Materials In Art Therapy Treatment With Bereaved Families, Elise Leinaweaver May 2025

Exploring Fiber Art Materials In Art Therapy Treatment With Bereaved Families, Elise Leinaweaver

Expressive Therapies Theses

The purpose of this thesis was to explore why families are particularly impacted by negative effects of grief, why it is imperative that the arts be utilized in treatment for bereavement, and why fiber arts are a great vessel for art therapy grief work. The literature was collected and organized through visual coding and reflective tactile methods before being presented in the following review. The first section of the literature review includes definitions of grief, death-related grief, and familial grief and how these experiences cause long lasting impacts and mental health issues. The second and third sections cover the definitions …