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Technical Communicators In Marketing: Switching Roles And Changing Ethical Perspectives When Working With Content Marketing, Nicole Alvarez

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This thesis presents an alternate career path for technical communicators in the area of content marketing and expands on the ethical and goal-related issues associated with a career change to a marketing-focused role. Many of the skills necessary for technical communication are transferable to marketing communication roles; however, a successful career change requires that technical communicators understand how the ethical values and goals of marketing professionals can differ from those of technical communicators. Through a detailed literature review and autoethnographic study, this thesis discusses the performance goals of marketing professionals to determine how these clash with those of technical communicators. …

What You Leave Behind: A Collection Of Travel Essays, Madison Bernath

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

What You Leave Behind is a collection of essays framed by the theme of travel. The essays seek to understand the changeability and the consistency of the self when exposed to new cultures and new environments. They also explore what travel tells us about varying world perspectives, and how much of those varying world perspectives people can hope to understand. Lastly, these true-life stories and ruminations explore how travel shapes relationships: familial, romantic, and platonic. At its core, this thesis strives to reveal how traveling can inform the way people understand themselves, the world around them, and the relationships they …

Introduction To Aesthetics Of Everyday Life: East And West, Curtis Carter

Philosophy Faculty Research and Publications

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1 In 3: Women Have Been Slapped, Pushed, Or Shoved, Jaime Shafer, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

1 volume unpaged. Cover title. Limited edition of 25 copies, signed and numbered by the artist. "Printed at the Black Rock Press using a Vandercook Universal I and inkjet pigments. Letterpress printed from metal type and polymer plates on Stonehenge paper. Inkjet printed on Hahnemuhle Duo and Epson UltraSmooth Fine Art paper. Found and altered photographs"--Colophon. Hedi Kyle's flag book structure, bound in paper over boards. An outline of a woman's head is printed on the back of the accordion spine. Text letterpress printed in red and grey on flags and cover boards. Flags feature inset altered portraits of female …

Shift, Shift-Lab, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

1 box, contains 5 books and 3 folded cards. Each artist created a small book of identical dimensions to reflect her interpretation of the word "SHIFT". Edition limited to 20 copies, numbered and signed by artists. Five books issued in drop-lid box, covered in grey fabric with paper title label and magnetic closure. CONTENTS 1825-1862-1918 (Shift) / K. Baldwin -- Shape shifting / Denise Bookwalter -- Shift in position / Sarah Bryant -- A shift in perspective / Macy Chadwick -- Redirecting shift / Tricia Treacy.

Memories Of Science, Dorothy A. Yule, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

Limited edition of fifty copies, signed and numbered by the artist. "Typeset in Garamond, Latin Condensed and Copperplate, designed with Adobe CS5 and letterpress printed on Mohawk Superfine. Engravings are from the Dover Pictorial Archives and 'The complete encyclopedia of illustration' by Johann Georg Heck. Star maps.. by Susan Hunt Yule. Music.. by Doug Yule. lyrics.. by Dorothy A. Yule"--Colophon. "Recorded, mixed and mastered at: Avast! Studio, Seattle, Washington. Engineer: Jonny Mendoza; Produced by Doug Yule and Jonny Mendoza. Performed by Big Red Dog. Doug Yule: Guitar, Vox, Shakers. Cary Lung: Mandolins. Tom Collicott: Guitar. Dan Yule: Violin, Bass"--Audio disc. …

A Field Guide To Weeds: With Illustrated Taxonomy Of The Most Pernicious And Troublesome Plants, Kim Beck, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

1 volume, 96 unnumbered pages. "Third edition of 1500 copies, 2014."--Title page verso. A Field Guide to Weeds masquerades as a 19th century pocket guide, but a guide in which the weeds themselves have taken over. Becks innovative project uses the physical form of the book as a metaphor for a crack in the city sidewalk: printed in luscious five-color printing, the common dandelion, pigweed, and poison ivythe very plants we ignore, step over, ignore, dig up, or scrupulously avoidcreep out of the gutter, up pages, and overrun the book. Multiple silhouettes overlap and repeat, drawing the readers attention to …

The Riso Book: Portland, Colpa Press (San Francisco, Calif.), Publication Studio Portland, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

103 unnumbered leaves . Title from publisher. "Copyright Luca Antonucci and David Kasprzak"--Title page. "Colpa, in collaboration with Publication Studio Portland presents 'The Riso Book: Portland', the fourth installment of a traveling publication project and exhibition between Los Angeles, Marfa, San Francisco, New York, and Portland.The series standardizes the conditions of production underlying artist publications and presents the book as exhibition. 'The Riso Book', inspired by the format of Seth Siegelaub and Jack Wendler's 1968 'Xerox Book', is a geographic survey of contemporary artists with similar practices across several cities. In Portland, 5 artists will work over the course of …

American Manifesto, Todd M. Thyberg, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

12 unnumbered pages : color illustrations, map . "With a tip of the hat to printers and activists of the past, American Manifesto calls the United States citizens to action on a number of national concerns--our country's health, leadership, and environment, to name a few"--Artist's statement at the Vamp & Tramp Booksellers' website, viewed on September 1, 2015. "If America really is the best country on earth... why do so many of our people go hungry? Why do our leaders consistently work for corporate interests rather than individuals' rights? How can our leaders, the media, and we the public still …

Fabrik, Linda Welch, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

84 unnumbered pages : color illustrations. Title from book cover. Unique artist book, signed by artist on page [3] of cover. Coptic binding. Pages incorporate acrylic painting, screen print ink, found papers, book board. "A visual flipbook of text, color and pattern," this one-of-a-kind painted book is by Linda Welch. Her abstract, layered, mixed media books incorporate oil painting, collage, screen printing, found book pages and wax."--23 Sandy Gallery website. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections exhibition Stacked & Altered, summer 2022.

New Horizons, Bruno Van Den Elshout, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

212 pages : all color illustrations. Title from case. Edition of 2012 numbered copies. Flatbook. Issued in paper wrapper and slipcase. Book design: Rob van Hoesel. On New Years Eve 2011 artist Bruno van den Elshout launches his camera-machine on the roof of a hotel on the beach in The Hague (NL). His goal is to capture the North Sea-horizon one year round. The camera-machine takes a picture of the horizon once every hour of 2012. That is 8,785 images. When these images start to arrive from the machine, the horizon suddenly reveals his surprisingly overwhelming appearance. Gray, grim, ordinary, …

Visible Spectrum, Conveyor Magazine, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

9 volumes : color illustrations .

Unbound, Jessica Peterson, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations. Cover title. Limited edition of 100 numbered copies. "'Unbound' was designed and produced in a single month. The typefaces are Sabon and Scala Sans. The text is letterpress-printed on handmade cotton and abaca paper."--colophon. "Unbound is a limited edition artists' book which honors the veterans of Prince Edward County's 1959 school lock out ... The book was conceived and designed by artist Jessica Peterson and recounts the closing of the public schools in Prince Edward County, Virginia, from 1959 to 1964. Unbound tells this story of these events with timelines, archival evidence, and collected …

Instant Books, Purgatory Pie Press, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

5 pamphlets : illustrations. Collection title from slipcase. A collection of five previously published "instabook" pamphlets. Each pamphlet autographed/ individually numbered in a limited edition. High anxiety/Team evil (2004) -- Brains & spines (2005) -- Enclosure exposure: data protection patterning (2007) -- Box (2008) -- Join the art party of the U.S.A. (2011). Library has Instant Books No 36.

Whipstock, A.B. Gorham, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

36 pages : color illustrations Cover title. Limited edition of 40 copies, signed and numbered by the artist. " ... written, designed & letterpress printed by AB Gorham at Small Craft Advisory Press, Tallahassee, FL, for the MFA in Book Arts from the University of Alabama. Typeset in Scala & printed on a Vandercook 15-21 with photopolymer plates & linoleum block on handmade cotton/abaca paper"--Colophon. "Laid in a Japanese two-flap hard cover with title (once incised, once printed) on two flaps ... Laid out in a shifting grid, Gorham's poetic text and the book's simple but elaborate structure reinforce the …

Ni Queue Ni Tête, Vera Molnar, Jean-Yves Bosseur, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

1 folded sheet (46 unnumbered pages) : illustrations Issued in a clamshell box with paper cover label and compact disc mounted inside front cover. Includes a pamphlet with text by Jean-Yves Bosseur. Edition of 100 copies. Inkjet print on paper. Accordion book. In French. Library has copy no. 46. Purchased for Fleet Library at RISD through the Anne (MFA 92), Michael, and Amelia Spalter Fund. SEI

Channel & Flow, Sarah Mcdermott, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

36 unnumbered pages (some folded) : color illustrations. Issued in an edition of 50 numbered and signed copies. Bound in a modified long-stitch format. Letterpress printed and screenprinted with hand-made paper covers. Binding structure: Codex. "Channel and Flow was published by the Women's Studio Workshop in Rosendale, NY.. The Kidney Press is Sarah McDermott. She made this book in the spring of 2014. The images are letterpress printed and screenprinted on Shikoku paper. The typeface is Avenir, letterpress printed from polymer plates. The cover is handmade paper from milkweed collected and retted at Ruocco Family Farm in Sandgate, VT, mixed …

The Square, Islam Aly, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

Red oak wooden covers, laser cut, fore-edge laser etching, coptic binding, orange linen thread. "Tahrir Square in Cairo became the focal point and the most effective symbol of the protests in January and February 2011. For 18 days Egyptians repeated the slogan: The People Want to Bring down the Regime (al-sha'b yurid isqat al-nizam) until the regime stepped down on the 11th of February 2011. This book focuses on the revolution slogan. Using Arabic Kufic script the words of the slogan are repeated in an ascending sequence. Section 19 contains the English translation for the slogan The People Want to …

The Impact Of Race And Ethnicity On Sexual Violence: A Case Study On Underserved Populations In Minnesota, Lindsay Bolstad

All Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Other Capstone Projects

Sexual violence in Minnesota impacts hundreds of thousands of lives and costs billions of dollars each year. This qualitative case study describes how victims that are people of color experience sexual violence at disproportionately high rates and face additional barriers when seeking legal, medical, and mental health and crisis advocacy services in Minnesota. The methodology employed includes secondary data collection using books, scholarly articles, and archival data. Individual interviews and a focus group interview were used to collect primary research. The voluntary interview participants were advocates that provide services for victims of sexual violence in Minnesota. The interviews were audio-recorded …

The Effect Of Interpersonal Relationships On The Body Image Of First Year, Women Of Color Studying At Predominately White Undergraduate Institutions, Lauren Kross

All Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Other Capstone Projects

"The Effect of Interpersonal Relationships on the Body Image of First Year, Women of Color Studying at Predominately White Undergraduate Institutions" by Lauren Kross, a 2014 graduate student in the Gender and Women's Studies Department at Minnesota State University Mankato, focuses on how relationships and peer groups positively or negatively impact the body image of first year women of color studying at Minnesota State University Mankato, a predominately white undergraduate institution. The first year of college is a time that students experience many changes in their environment, academics, interests, and identity development. Their previously formed and newly formed relationships play …

Pursuit Of Empowerment: The Evolution Of The Romance Novel And Its Readership In Fifty Shades Of Grey, Amy Elizabeth Quale

All Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Other Capstone Projects

This thesis examines the new-adult romance work Fifty Shades of Grey by E L James and the novel's readership to identify the evolution of the romance genre and the ways in which the genre is used as a tool for empowerment. As the genre evolves, subgenres develop with the new "empowering" characteristics. As new technologies present themselves to readers, readers have more opportunities to participate with one another and affect the genre's evolution. I assert that Fifty Shades of Grey and the romance community are limited by the patriarchal values traditionally portrayed by the genre; however, the nature of the …

Recreating Paris In Les Miserables, Joel Schiebout

All Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Other Capstone Projects

This document is a thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the Master of Fine Arts degree in theatre. It is a detailed account of author Joel Schiebout's technical process in the construction of the set for Minnesota State University, Mankato's production of Les Misérables in the fall of 2013. The thesis chronicles the author's technical process from pre-production through post-production in five chapters: an early production analysis, a historical and critical perspective, a construction process journal, a post-production analysis and a process development analysis. Appendices and works cited are included.

[Implied Depth]*, Hope Thier

All Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Other Capstone Projects

While snooping through my great grandmother's belongings, I found late 19th and early 20th century photographs and stories of untold familial histories, from that of my own family and others. I have taken to adopting these families, and I am attracted to these almost forgotten narratives and developing these incomplete truths about past relatives into fictionalized characters and false histories. I strive to develop a chaotic but structured quality in my work. While doing so, I explore relationships. The relationships evolve between myself and the material, myself and the characters, and the characters and the material. By observing and learning …

All Things In All Ways, Amanda Nicole Crary

All Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Other Capstone Projects

This thesis highlights our obliviousness to nonhuman nature and how this ignorance severs a great connection to the earth and our senses. My work explores this important connectedness. The natural world is filled with fleeting revelations that shatter habitual ways of seeing and experiencing; my paintings act as record of such moments. The exhibition was held at the Conkling Gallery in Nelson Hall from February 24th to March 5th, 2014. It consisted of twenty-two works including paintings, drawings, and prints. All works were produced during my time within the M.A. program, 2012-2014. Postcards and a brochure advertised the exhibition. The …

The Scene Design For Kiss Of The Spider Woman, Noah Jon Michael Files

All Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Other Capstone Projects

This thesis contains a detailed account of Noah J. Files's scene design research and process for Kiss of the Spider Woman by Terrence McNally, John Kander and Fred Ebb. The musical was produced in the Andreas Theatre, opening January 30 and closing February 8, 2014. The first chapter is a preliminary analysis of the plot, the designer's first intentions and reactions to the scenic requirements, and the designer's goals for the production. The second chapter is an historical and critical analysis providing perspective into the history of the musical and research to illuminate the designer's choices. The third chapter is …

Perspectives Of Female Leaders In Athletic Training, Kyle Matthew Momsen

All Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Other Capstone Projects

Previous research has found that women face barriers in athletic training and it appears that they are not represented in leadership positions in numbers equal to the demographics of athletic training. The purpose of this research was to explore the leadership experiences and perspectives of female athletic trainers who have earned a leadership position at the highest levels in athletic training. This qualitative investigation utilized semi-structured, open-ended interviews with 12 women that held national leadership positions in athletic training. The data from this investigation suggests that many of the barriers that previously faced women in athletic training have decreased or …

Different Times In Different Places, Wesley Oates Taylor

All Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Other Capstone Projects

Wes earned a B.F.A. in photography at Utah State University and worked as a commercial/industrial photographer for a more than a decade in the photogenic state of Utah. He received a master's degree in instructional design and technology and was an IT director/manager for over 23 years. While working in IT he kept his photography alive both professionally and personally. He currently enjoys teaching art at South Central College, Mankato, MN. His photography has been published worldwide. Wes' most memorable photography moment was in 1984 when he received the best in show/purchase award from Ruth Bernhard at the Annual Utah …

Manifestaciones Del Teatro Del Absurdo En Las Obras De Cristian Cortez, Angela Rocio Rodriguez-Mora

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This work presents a study of the characteristics of the Theatre of the Absurd in Latin America and in particular Ecuador, through the study of the work of the Ecuadorian author Cristian Cortez. We review the origins of the genre from the original works of its founders -such as Samuel Beckett and Eugene Ionesco in Europe- and base our analysis in the classification made by Martin Esslin in his book Theatre of the Absurd. This study pays particular attention to the conditions in which this genre developed in Latin America, the cultural, political, social and economic aspects, and the main …

And The Road Will Take You There: What The Cartographer Said, Cassandra Sharri Labairon

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This thesis of mixed-media pieces, The Cartographer series, combines, with stitches and rough lace work, miniature acrylic paintings, weavings, and various other elements. The materials come from three different spheres: traditional fine art materials, such as canvas and paint; handiwork materials, such as cross-stitch or needlepoint; reclaimed materials, such as burlap, wire, or string. Thread is used to both draw and connect. Stitches not only lock each element in place, they create links and relationships between painted pieces, thread, and empty space.

The mixed-media pieces were made in conjunction with chapbook of poetry titled, _And the Road Will Take You …

Reconstruction Of Kaige-Quinta Zechariah 9,9, James W. Barker

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Some of the non-LXX quotations of the Dodekapropheton in Justin Martyr’s Dialogue with Trypho match the kaige recension exactly. On that basis, the kaige has long been presumed the source behind Justin’s quotation of Zach 9,9 in Dial.53,3. This note clarifies that in Dial. 53,3 Justin was actually conflating the Old Greek and the kaige. By removing Justin’s redactions, the reconstructed kaige Zach 9,9 is identical to Origen’s quinta.