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Mark Twain And Critical Thinking In The Secondary Classroom, Daniel Zehr

Theses and Dissertations

This qualitative study will explore and evaluate the school literacy practices of high school-aged participants at the freshmen level (grade 9). It will interpret their analysis, comprehension, and critical thinking skills through an examination of confidence, abilities, and fluency through discussion and student-led dialogue. Building on previous research regarding critical thinking skills, the researcher hopes to articulate the ways in which students with varied levels of ability (grades 9-12) may be able to use their literacy learning to demonstrate critical thinking skills that will enhance their reading fluency, comprehension, and analytical skills and to foster an appreciation of literature and …

Eagerly Patient, Erin Elizabeth

Theses and Dissertations

Are banal and routine experiences in life less important or memory-worthy than celebratory moments that require preparation and planning, the anticipation of which is akin to emotional foreplay? What is the purpose of celebration? Is it empty, bound to disappoint, or is it ritualistic punctuation of the mundane, providing balance for the sublimity of suffering? These questions are addressed in the thesis exhibition, Eagerly Patient. The exhibition includes carriers of celebration such as cake, confetti, banners, and gifts in an attempt to understand the paradoxical hierarchy of experiential value.

Fall Dance Concert, 2013, School Of Theatre And Dance

Programs - Theatre, Dance, and Film

Productions took place December 5-7, 7:30 p.m.; Matinee: December 7, 2:00p.m., 2013

Spring Awakening, School Of Music, School Of Theatre And Dance

Programs - Theatre, Dance, and Film

Book & Lyrics by Steven Sater Music by Duncan Sheik

Based on the play by Frank Wedekind

Productions took place September 27 - 28 & October 1 - 5, 7:30 p.m. Matinee: September 29, 2:00 p.m., 2013

Angels In America Part Ii: Perestroika, School Of Theatre And Dance

Programs - Theatre, Dance, and Film

By Tony Kushner

Productions took place November 7- 8 & 12-16, 7:00 p.m. November 10, 6:00 p.m., 2013

Dancing At Lughnasa, School Of Theatre And Dance

Programs - Theatre, Dance, and Film

By Brian Friel

Productions took place November 1-2 & 5-9, 7:30 p.m. Matinee: November 3, 2:00 p.m., 2013

Documenting Women’S Civil War Experiences In The Ohio Valley At The Filson, Eric Willey

Faculty and Staff Publications – Milner Library

This collections essay describes archival collections of the Filson Historical Society of Louisville, Kentucky. These collections document women and their experiences in the American Civil War.

Sinclair Lewis Society Newsletter, Vol. 22, No. 1, The Sinclair Lewis Society

Sinclair Lewis Society Newsletter

“Mencken’s Market Tip for Lewis,” by Frederick Betz, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale

“Minnesota Association of Library Friends and Partners Dedicate Sinclair Lewis Boyhood Home as Minnesota’s Fourth American Library Association ‘Literary Landmark'”

“Lewis Home Named Literary Landmark,” by Dave Simpkins, Sauk Centre Herald

“What Were They Reading Then?: Alexander’s Bridge by Willa Cather”

“‘This red-haired tornado from the Minnesota wilds’: A Lost Epithet for Sinclair Lewis,” by Frederick Betz, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale

An Uncommon Splice: Seeking Mutations In The Life-Writing And Short Fiction Of Mary Butts And Djuna Barnes, Susan George

Theses and Dissertations

Immersed in a web of short stories, poetry, and supporting biographical and life-writing sources, I investigate the narrative significance beneath and beyond two British and American modernist women authors. I evaluate sisterly connectedness between their literary production, publishing histories and life writings present in a specific cultural-temporal moment and genre: the short story. By looking on these unique, forgotten fictions through a new materialist lens, I argue for their short fiction's greater inclusion in the canon of women's modernism. Chapter I tests correlations between two authors undergoing the same stresses, alienations, joys and desires by taking up tenants of material …

Homophonic Translation, Appositional Writing, And The Monster, Ryan Landry Clark

Theses and Dissertations

This dissertation features a combination of critical and creative work

exploring the ethics of appropriative writing and the reparative potential of homophonic translation. The opening essay examines the ethics of appropriation- based poetry and introduces the concept of what I call "appositional writing," a term to describe ethically-minded works of poetry that make use of appropriative writing methods. The next three parts of this dissertation are each appositional writing projects that make use of homophonic translation as the primary method of composition. "Arizona State Bill 1070: An Act" is a homophonic translation of the anti-immigration bill of the same name. …

An Analysis Of Middle/High School Band And Orchestra Festival Ratings, Phillip Hash

Faculty Publications - Music

The purpose of this study was to compare festival ratings among multiple instrumental ensemble types (bands and orchestras), grade levels (middle school and high school), and classifications (1-6). Data included individual and final ratings from 144 judges (108 concert- performance, 36 sight-reading) at 36 contest sites sponsored by the Virginia Band and Orchestra Directors Association (VBODA) in 2010. Research questions examined the distribution, reliability, and group differences of ratings by ensemble type (band vs. orchestra), age level (middle school vs. high school), and classification (1-6). The average final rating was 1.58 (SD = .66) and 91.5% (n = 901) of …

"Take A Sad Song And Make It Better": Exploring Rewards Related To Liking Unfamiliar Sad Music, John Hogue

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis tested some of Levinson's (1997) ideas on why people like music that makes them sad. A path model of this effect was interpreted from Levinson's theory, and 5 of the paths were tested. These paths were that music would directly create a communion with the song, that happiness and sadness would mediate this effect, that absorption would moderate the direct path, that absorption would moderate the songs' ability to evoke the emotions, and that satisfaction would moderate the emotions' influence on liking the songs.

A pilot study was conducted to determine if the songs evoked their intended emotions. …

Agency At Hacienda Pancota: Early Colonial Daily Consumption Of A Contested Age And Material Culture, Collin Roderick Gillenwater

Theses and Dissertations

The artifact assemblage of indigenous, imported, and contraband material goods at use in the Izalcos region of western El Salvador's early colonial period were analyzed to determine material agency. The archaeological remains of a specific hacienda and its residents' daily consumption were analyzed spatially and typologically. The resulting data concluded in the interpretation of Hacienda Pancota residents' adapting their lives with remarkable versatility during Spanish occupation. Specialization of place becomes more heavily emphasized with the incorporation of European goods, an important factor defining agency at Hacienda Pancota.

Displacing The Present: Against The Day, 9/11, Anarchism, And Terrorism, Robert L. Mclaughlin

Faculty Publications – English

No abstract provided.

2013 Illinois Shakespeare Festival Program, School Of Theatre And Dance

Illinois Shakespeare Festival

36th Season. The Theatre at Ewing. Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare. Macbeth by William Shakespeare. Failure: A Love Story by Philip Dawkins.

Reconceiving Responsibility: A Review Of Iris Marion Young’S Responsibility For Justice, Eric S. Godoy

Faculty Publications - Philosophy

In Responsibility for Justice, published 5 years after her untimely death, Iris Marion Young addresses the difficulties of thinking about responsibility in our complex, globally interconnected world. Our everyday errands, such as shopping for food, clothing and even light bulbs, now raise questions about our connection to grave injustices that occur around the world. Yet the limits of our ability to think seriously about these connections are evident. Even tracking responsibility within localized events is difficult when multiple layers of agency are involved. For instance, is BP, Transocean, or Halliburton responsible for the Deepwater debacle? 1 Unfortunately, Young began working …

Documenting 'Herstories' In The Ohio Valley At The Filson, Eric Willey

Faculty and Staff Publications – Milner Library

This collection essay describes archival collections held by the Filson Historical Society of Louisville, Kentucky. The collections described document women’s contributions to the region’s history, their struggles and triumphs, and the contours of their daily lives, including interactions with family, peers, neighbors, and business associates.

Children In Hollywood World War Ii Films, Robert L. Mclaughlin

Faculty Publications – English

No abstract provided.

The Essential Value Of Lgbt Resource Centers, Matthew Raymond Damschroder

Theses and Dissertations

Through the voices and experiences of LGBTQ+ students on three campuses, this study provides evidence of the essential value of LGBT Centers as they advocate for and empower LGBTQ+ students. Grounded in theories of college student development, identity development, and Queer theory, the qualitative study draws on 35 semi-structured interviews with students and staff involved with LGBT Centers on three campuses that broadly reflect the diversity of higher education in the United States. In particular, the study answers the following questions: What are historical and current contexts of LGBT Centers? What is the nature of campus climate contexts for LGBTQ+ …

School Of Music Faculty/Staff Newsletter, May 2013, School Of Music

School of Music Faculty/Staff Newsletter

Accomplishments and news from the faculty and staff of the School of Music at Illinois State University.

Punch-Drunk, Ian T. Carey

Theses and Dissertations

My work is an attempt to synthesize painting and drawing strategies that traditionally have been used to promote political dissent. I am influenced by many artists: Jean Du buffet, Leon Golub, Carroll Dunham, Jim Nutt and Karl Wirsum, whose work has informed my imagery and thinking in relationship to my artistic production. My thesis statement will define how I operate creatively and visually, and will seek to articulate a philosophy of my painting practice. I use different painterly vocabularies, manipulate figurative elements, discover through process, challenge standardized tastes, and use historic tropes to reveal a complex allegory. My paintings are …

Senior Recital: Grant Unnerstall, Bass Trombone; April 28, 2013, Grant Unnerstall

School of Music Programs

Kemp Recital Hall
April 28, 2013
Sunday Noon

Student Ensemble: Wind Symphony, April 28, 2013, Daniel A. Belongia

School of Music Programs

Center for the Performing Arts
April 28, 2013
Sunday Afternoon
3:00 p.m.

Graduate Recital: Amanda Mendez, Cello; April 28, 2013, Amanda Mendez

School of Music Programs

Kemp Recital Hall
April 28, 2013
Sunday Afternoon
1:30 p.m.

Student Ensemble: Choral Collage, April 28, 2013, School Of Music

School of Music Programs

Center for the Performing Arts
April 28, 2013
Sunday Evening
6:00 p.m.

Ensemble Concerts: Symphony Orchestra And Concerto Aria, April 25, 2013, Glenn Block, Michelle Vought, James Thompson, Ramiro Miranda

School of Music Programs

Center for the Performing Arts
April 25, 2013
Thursday Evening
8:00 p.m.

Student Ensemble: Symphony Orchestra, April 25, 2013, Glenn Block

School of Music Programs

Center for the Performing Arts
April 25, 2013
Thursday Evening
8:00 p.m.

Singing Redbirds Spring Concert, April 25, 2013, School Of Music

School of Music Programs

Kemp Recital Hall
April 25, 2013
Thursday Evening
6:30 p.m.

Ensemble Concerts: University Band And Symphonic Band, April 24, 2013, Will Brocker, Kyle Johnson, Daniel A. Belongia, Michael Colgrass

School of Music Programs

Center for the Performing Arts
April 24, 2013
Wednesday Evening
8:00 p.m.

Student Ensemble: Music Factory, April 23, 2013, Martha Horst, Carl Schimmel, Chen Yao

School of Music Programs

Kemp Recital Hall
April 23, 2013
Tuesday Evening
8:00 p.m.