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Composing Songs For Dead Sailors, Toby Wren

Staff Scholarship - Australia & Dubai

Toby Wren discusses his latest creative work, the Songs for Dead Sailors song cycle, a psychological exploration of love and loss in the time of tall ships. This project was conceived as creative practice scholarship. In this presentation, Toby explains the creative processes and influences behind the work.

Preserving The Groove: Identifying & Preserving Grooved Media, Michael Bean, Michael Bean

LWLC Faculty Research

Preserving the Groove” is an introductory workshop on the identification, handling, and preservation of grooved sound media. The session covers three primary formats shellac, acetate, and vinyl while also touching on lesser-known and historically significant discs such as transcription discs, Bone Records, and Vitaphone soundtracks. Attendees will learn how to distinguish between formats, understand their playback requirements, and apply best practices for cleaning, storage, and digitization. Emphasis is placed on the physical vulnerabilities of each medium and the importance of preservation in archival and personal collections alike.

Terry Woodford Interview, Shoals Music Archive

Interviews

In this oral history interview, former producer, singer, and songwriter Terry Woodford reflects on his experiences in the Shoals music scene and the broader music industry. He reviews his childhood, where his love of music started. His first singing and recording experiences began at the age of five with his grandfather. His later childhood was marked by numerous moves due to his father’s job, but he still found time to sing and record with his grandfather, even into his twenties. Due to the moves, Terry encountered many people from diverse backgrounds at a very young age. Terry also details his …

Irony In Luke's Gospel: Christological Revelation, God's Superior Kingdom, And A Charismatic Theology Of The Spirit, Todd Boulware

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

This dissertation considers Luke’s use of irony as a strategy of theological significance—a topic not often thoroughly analyzed throughout the history of Lukan scholarship even though many scholars have noted Luke’s narrative artistry. Prior inquiries have acknowledged Luke’s use of irony and other figures of speech, but comprehensive analysis of irony as a theological motif remains largely unaddressed. This is striking since Luke uses irony throughout, starting in Luke 1 and continuing through Luke 24. In this study, narrative and rhetorical critical analysis of the Third Gospel demonstrates that Luke uses the device of irony strategically for his primary theological …

Ties That Bind: A Study Of Relational Networks And Spiritual Formation, Joshua Michael Leborious

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

In His earthly ministry, Christ tasked the church with the responsibility of making disciples. Today, God calls leaders into professional ministry to discern specific means of doing so. The calling does not make that task easy and the methods for making disciple vary greatly, leaving Christian leaders overwhelmed by trying to figure out how to disciple the people in their care. A mountain of sources suggest that a relational approach has remarkable potential for making disciples. The purpose of this quantitative research study was to explore the potential relationship between relational networks and quantifiable habits of spiritual formation for adult, …

Apologetics Curriculum In A Chinese International School, William Kiel Nation

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

Christian schools face the challenge of engaging students whose biblical views are being secularized by a culture that is individualistic and materialistic. At International Christian School Hong Kong, in response to such secular challenges, the overreliance on classical and evidential apologetics in the Bible curriculum has led to student disengagement, as these methods often fail to address the presuppositions of secular youth. This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of a presuppositional apologetics curriculum, grounded in Tim Keller’s Making Sense of God, compared to the traditional classical approach grounded in Keller’s The Reason for God, to determine which method better …

A More Robust Ethics: The Weakness And Theistic Dependence Of Godless Normative Realism, Micah Andrew Pycraft

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

This dissertation is centered on the metaethics and moral ontology of Erik Wielenberg. The central task of the dissertation is to examine Wielenberg’s metaethical view termed “Godless Normative Realism” and ascertain the ontological implications therein. I contend that Wielenberg’s moral ontology ultimately fails to establish moral realism and aspects of his metaethics are better explained by the existence of God rather than his non-existence.

Chapter One presents Erik Wielenberg’s metaethics within the background of the historical progression of moral ontology and contemporary approaches to moral realism. Tracing from ancient foundations of theistic moral realism I show how moral antirealism grew …

Student And Teacher Perspectives On Blending Popular Music Pedagogies Into Kodály-Based Elementary Music Classes, Maurine Floyd Parker

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

Kodály instructors in the United States train music educators to use American folk songs and classical Western European music as a foundation for students’ lessons; however, American music classrooms today look very different from the 1940s Hungarian classrooms when Zoltán Kodály developed his philosophy for teaching music, and there is a current need to include music that reflects the diverse student population within our schools. While Kodály “purists” may be hesitant to add music outside the realm of folk songs and art music, doing so may provide today’s learners the relevancy to stay engaged as valued members of the music …

Collegiate Music Recruiting: Using Athletic Recruiting Best Practices To Transform The Industry, Larry Jay Giddens Jr.

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

The recruitment of new students is vital to every music program and can have a tremendous impact on its success. As technology evolves and the needs of the world change, so do the methods of student recruitment and retention in music departments, music schools, and colleges of music. This study covers the perspectives of collegiate music unit recruiters and compares current and potential strategies. Using a mixed methods approach, this research employs surveys to identify current music unit recruiting trends and challenges. Online recruiting, scholarship availability and facilities/staff emerge as themes within the small body of existing literature and personal …

Changes In Royal Air Force Aviation Technology, Tactics, And Strategy From World War I To World War Ii, Daniel J. Heiser

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

The changes in aviation technology, strategy, and tactics in the Royal Air Force (RAF) formed at the end of World War I and throughout the Second World War would later sculpt the future of the modern era. This dissertation aims to explore the changes the RAF made which would ultimately help the Allied Forces win the Second World War and fill in the gaps of history that has seemed to have forgotten. The research shows that with the advancement of radar systems in the interwar period and the focus on fighter plane production the RAF became an outstanding fighting force. …

News Clipping, Mission Thanks Many For Aid

Eartha M. M. White Textual Material

Newsclipping: Article regarding the list of the donors who made Christmas Dinners for the Blind and for Newsies and Bootblacks, possible for the Clara White Mission. Includes partial article regarding Jax Christmas Cheer Clubs, "Kiddies and Poor Aided Christmas". Undated.

Receipt From A. J. Hill To Eartha White

Eartha M. M. White Textual Material

Document: Handwritten receipt to Eartha M. M. White from A. J. Hill for seventeen dollars. Clara White Mission bills and receipts. Undated.

Receipt From A. Gaff For Hanging Door

Eartha M. M. White Textual Material

Document: Handwritten receipt on reverse of envelope, A. Gaff for one dollar and fifty cents for hanging door. Clara White Mission bills and receipts. Undated.

Receipt From National Bellas Hess Co. Inc.

Eartha M. M. White Textual Material

Document: Receipt from National Bellas Hess Company, for eighty-nine cents, March 7, for illegible item. Clara White Mission bills and receipts. Undated.

Christmas Party Invitation From The Merry Hearts Club

Eartha M. M. White Textual Material

Card: Invitation from the Merry Hearts Club, sponsored by The Clara White Mission, for a Christmas party at Stanton High School. Undated.

Thank You Card From Merry Hearts Club

Eartha M. M. White Textual Material

Card: Thank you from The Merry Hearts Club, Eartha M. M. White, President. Undated.

Noverre’S Lament: Inscription, Posterity, And The Ephemeral Art Of Dance, Olivia Sabee

Dance Faculty Works

Jean-Georges Noverre defined pantomime ballet, or ballet d’action, as an ephemeral art. In his published writings, Noverre argued that to notate a ballet’s movement was both inadequate – in that the present day’s dance notation could not record a pantomime ballet – and inappropriate – in that the passions, the core of pantomime ballet, could not be recorded as discrete, repeatable units the way steps could have been. At the same time, Noverre was deeply invested in posterity, both his own, and that of pantomime ballet as a form. This essay examines the values of ephemerality and posterity in …

Why Gen Z Is More Anxious Than Ever? Turning To Social Chats For Answers, Yi Luo, Jin-A Choi, Bond Benton

College of Communication and Media Scholarship and Creative Works

As social media has evolved into a prominent part of Gen Z’s social interaction, this study attempted to enrich our current understanding of Gen Z’s mental health struggles through their conversations surrounding anxiety on social media. Highlights of the findings included the following. First, the overwhelming presence of fear (83%) illustrates that anxiety is an emotionally draining experience for many Gen Z users. The use of emotionally charged language to publicly share their struggles with anxiety reflect increasing self-awareness and a cultural shift toward normalizing mental health conversations. Second, the open, candid conversations on anxiety indicate that anxiety is experienced …

Anderson Circuit Quarterly Conference Minutes 1892-1894, Anderson Circuit Quarterly Conference

Methodist Local Church Records

No abstract provided.

Anderson Circuit Quarterly Conference Minutes 1882-1888, Anderson Circuit Quarterly Conference

Methodist Local Church Records

No abstract provided.

Black Swamp Circuit Quarterly Conference Minutes 1837-1853, Black Swamp Quarterly Conference

Methodist Local Church Records

No abstract provided.

Black Swamp Circuit Quarterly Conference Minutes 1854-1871, Black Swamp Quarterly Conference

Methodist Local Church Records

No abstract provided.

Pickens Circuit Quarterly Conference Minutes 1856, Pickens Circuit Quarterly Conference

Methodist Local Church Records

No abstract provided.

Anderson Circuit Quarterly Conference Minutes 1867-1882, Anderson Circuit Quarterly Conference

Methodist Local Church Records

No abstract provided.

Barnwell Circuit Quarterly Conference Minutes 1825-1850, Barnwell Circuit Quarterly Conference

Methodist Local Church Records

No abstract provided.

Bayboro Circuit Quarterly Conference Minutes 1883-1886, Bayboro Circuit Quarterly Conference

Methodist Local Church Records

No abstract provided.

Pickens Circuit Quarterly Conference Minutes 1834, Pickens Circuit Quarterly Conference

Methodist Local Church Records

No abstract provided.

Seneca-Tugaloo Circuit Quarterly Conference Minutes 1867, Seneca Tugaloo Circuit Quarterly Conference

Methodist Local Church Records

No abstract provided.

Anderson Circuit Quarterly Conference Minutes 1895-1896, Anderson Circuit Quarterly Conference

Methodist Local Church Records

No abstract provided.

Anderson Circuit Record 1888-1892 Conference, Anderson Circuit Quarterly Conference

Methodist Local Church Records

No abstract provided.