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Robert Adam Interiors And Wakehurst's Yellow Drawing Room: Imported Period Rooms In The United States, Isabella Margi

Pell Scholars and Senior Theses

No abstract provided.

An Examination Of Graham Fitkin’S Saxophone Music And Implications For The Modern Saxophonist, Sean Hayes

Theses : Honours

There is a significant body of academic writing on long-entrenched traditional chamber repertoire for the saxophone, both in the form of creative outputs (saxophone repertoire and études) and traditional academic writing (practical methods, journal articles, and dissertations). In contrast, the aggregate research output existing on “contemporary-classical” music for the saxophone is comparatively small. This research endeavours to contribute to the lesser-studied field, by providing an exposition on saxophone usage in the works of Graham Fitkin (1963-), an internationally recognised composer known for his music which demonstrates a variety of more recent styles, including post-minimalism, jazz and heavy influence from popular …

Multimodal Learning For Dyslexic Musicians: Practical Applications For Adults, Melissa Mikucki

Theses : Honours

Dyslexia affects 15 to 20% of the population according to the International Dyslexia Association. Multimodal media, such as smartphones and tablets, which are capable of presenting varied modes of information (for example, visual, aural, and kinetic), have been shown to aid learning in dyslexic children. Music has been identified as a useful multisensory tool to help educators improve literacy skills in children. However, little research has been done on the impact of dyslexia on a child or adult’s ability to learn and perform music. Few studies have been undertaken that focus solely on dyslexia’s effect on musical ability in children; …

Representations Of Chronic Migraine And Therapy Through New Electronic Music Composition, Peter Mcavan

Theses : Honours

This thesis explores compositional techniques in electronic music that depict and explore chronic migraine and the therapies that manage the condition. Migraines are typically described as a destructive, violent force or a hopeless ailment, but research shows that this perception is damaging for new patients learning to manage migraine. Furthermore, evidence suggests that better understanding of how pain works can be instrumental in reducing pain (a process called Therapeutic Neuroscience Education). Drawing from this literature and my experience as an electronic musician suffering from chronic migraine, I utilise a practice-led research methodology to explore current scientific understandings of migraine and …

An Investigation Of English Language Speaking And Writing Anxieties And Anxiety-Reducing Strategies In An Online Language Classroom Of Thai Undergraduates, Teaka Sowaprux

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

This study seeks to understand how the online classroom apparatus within the context of the COVID-19 pandemic affects the degree of foreign language anxiety (FLA) towards productive skills (i.e., classroom speaking and writing) among Thai learners of English in two universities. This study was based on two frameworks, namely, the Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale (FLCAS) (Horwitz, Howitz & Cope, 1986) measuring classroom speaking anxiety and the Second Language Writing Anxiety Inventory (SLWAI) (Cheng, 2004), which investigates writing anxiety across three factors (i.e., somatic anxiety, avoidance behavior, cognitive anxiety). The field work took place over a period of 4 months. …

User-Side Assessment On English To Thai And Thai To English Machine Interpreting: The Case Of Google Translate, Thatchaphon Silpi

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

This research aims to assess Google Translate´s effectiveness in English-Thai consecutive interpreting based on users' comprehension and to investigate users’ satisfaction with MI renditions. Ten native speakers of Thai and eight native speakers of English were asked to listen to the translated speeches and complete a questionnaire to assess the Adequacy and Fluency of the MI. The findings showed that in terms of Adequacy of the English to Thai MI participants’ comprehension scores ranged from 2.4 to 3.45 out of 5, while Fluency received less than half of the maximum scores in all areas. In comparison, for the direction of …

นวัตกรรมการสร้างสรรค์ตราสินค้าเครื่องแต่งกายเอาเทอร์แวร์สำหรับกลุ่มกรีน ฮิปสเตอร์ ด้วยแนวคิดโมดูลาร์ อินโนเวชั่น, อรปรียา ฤทธิโชติ

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

นวัตกรรมการสร้างสรรค์ตราสินค้าเครื่องแต่งกายเอาเทอร์แวร์ สำหรับกลุ่มกรีน ฮิปสเตอร์ (Green Hipster) ด้วยแนวคิดโมดูลาร์ อินโนเวชั่น (Modular Innovation) เป็นการวิจัยเพื่อหาแนวทางการออกแบบเครื่องแต่งกายสำหรับกลุ่มเป้าหมายที่ให้ความสนใจในด้านการอนุรักษ์สิ่งแวดล้อมในปัจจุบัน พัฒนาควบคู่กับการเพิ่มประโยชน์ด้านการใช้สอยของเครื่องแต่งกาย โดยมีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อหาแนวทางในการสร้างตราสินค้าเครื่องแต่งกายเอาเทอร์แวร์ สำหรับกลุ่มกรีน ฮิปสเตอร์ (Green Hipster) จากสิ่งทอรีไซเคิล ด้วยแนวคิดโมดูลาร์อินโนเวชั่น (Modular Innovation) โดยใช้กระบวนการวิจัยเชิงคุณภาพและเชิงปริมาณควบคู่กับกระบวนการออกแบบสร้างสรรค์ให้สอดคล้องกับกลุ่มเป้าหมาย เริ่มตั้งแต่การศึกษากลุ่มเป้าหมาย กลุ่มกรีน ฮิปสเตอร์ (Green Hipster) ถึงข้อมูลทั่วไป (เพศ อายุ การศึกษา รายได้) และพฤติกรรมการบริโภคสินค้า เพื่อให้เข้าใจถึงรูปแบบและหลักเกณฑ์ที่ส่งผลต่อการตัดสินใจเลือกบริโภคสินค้า ตลอดจนการศึกษาถึงลักษณะแบรนด์สินค้าในปัจจุบันทั้งต่างประเทศและในประเทศ เพื่อหาช่องว่างทางการตลาดที่สามารถตอบโจทย์กลุ่มเป้าหมายได้ ผู้วิจัยมีเครื่องมือที่ใช้ในการวิจัยได้แก่ แบบสอบถามกลุ่มผู้บริโภคทั้งผู้หญิงและผู้ชายในเจเนอเรชั่นวาย มีอายุระหว่าง 23-35 ปี จำนวน 56 คน ผลจากการวิจัยพบว่า การสร้างสรรค์เครื่องแต่งกายเพื่อกลุ่มกรีน ฮิปสเตอร์ที่มีความสนใจในด้านการอนุรักษ์สิ่งแวดล้อมกับแนวคิดโมดูลาร์อินโนเวชั่น สามารถมีแนวทางในการออกแบบร่วมกันได้ โดยการออกแบบที่สามารถปรับเปลี่ยนหรือถอดประกอบชิ้นส่วนได้ (Modular Design) และโอกาสการใช้สอยในรูปแบบลำลองกึ่งกิจกรรมกลางแจ้ง (Casual Outdoor) สามารถประยุกต์ใช้เพื่อตอบสนองความต้องการของกลุ่มผู้บริโภค ช่องว่างการตลาดสู่การสร้างสรรค์ตราสินค้าแฟชั่นได้ในอนาคต

การออกแบบเรขศิลป์เพื่อให้ความรู้โฮมีโอพาธีย์, มณิภา วัฒกีกุล

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

การวิจัยครั้งนี้มีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อค้นหาแนวทางในการออกแบบเรขศิลป์ที่เหมาะสมเพื่อให้คนกลุ่มเจนเนอเรชั่น วาย เกิดความรู้และความเข้าใจได้ง่ายเกี่ยวกับการแพทย์ทางเลือกโฮมีโอพาธีย์ กลุ่มตัวอย่างที่ใช้ในการวิจัยในครั้งนี้คือ กลุ่มคนเจนเนอเรชั่น วาย ช่วงอายุระหว่าง 20 - 39 ปี เก็บรวบรวมข้อมูลสถิติจากเว็บไซต์ เอกสารงานวิจัย หนังสือ บทความทางวิชาการ และสัมภาษณ์กลุ่มเป้าหมาย นำมารวบรวมและวิเคราะห์ข้อมูลในการออกแบบ ผลการวิจัยครั้งนี้พบว่า กลุ่มคนเจนเนอเรชั้น วาย นั้น มีสุขภาพทรุดโทรมจากการทำงานหนัก จึงเริ่มมีการหันมาใส่ใจสุขภาพมากขึ้นแต่ไม่มีเวลา อีกทั้งพฤติกรรมของกลุ่มกลุ่มคนเจนเนอเรชั่น วาย ใช้สมาร์ทโฟนและเล่นโซเชียลมีเดียเป็นหลัก ชอบสื่อสารและแสดง ออกผ่านสื่อใหม่และสื่อออนไลน์ต่างๆ ชอบเสพสื่อบันเทิงและชอบอ่านการ์ตูนดิจิตอลที่เป็นสื่อออนไลน์ กลุ่มเป้าหมายนั้นให้ความสนใจและพึงพอใจในการ์ตูนดิจิตอล จึงได้ผลสรุปว่าการ์ตูนดิจิตอลเป็นสื่อที่สามารถถ่ายองค์ความรู้โฮมีโอพาธีย์ที่เหมาะสมต่อกลุ่มคนเจนเนอเรชั่น วาย โดยการ์ตูนมีโครงสร้างในการเล่าเรื่องที่ละเอียดซับซ้อน สามารถถ่ายทอดเรื่องราวต่างๆได้อย่างละเอียดและมีความน่าสนใจ รวมถึงสารที่ต้องการจะสื่อสำหรับการออกแบบเรขศิลป์เพื่อให้ความรู้โฮมีโอพาธีย์คือ ชีวิตที่ดีคือการเปลี่ยนแปลง และกลุ่มบุคลิกภาพที่เหมาะคือ สบายๆไม่มีกฎเกณฑ์ (Casual), เป็นธรรมชาติ (Natural), ทันสมัย (Modern)

The Therapeutic Value Of Art, Alexandra Eagle

MA Theses

Throughout history art has been regarded as an avenue for expression, healing, and a creative outlet for humanity. From simple cave drawings to detailed and expressive paintings no matter the artistic ability, the intention is to allow an escape from reality and an opening of the unconscious mind. Art is often regarded as just ornate, doodles are considered simple unconscious creations as a stress relieving activity, and artists are viewed as purely creative with a different perspective of life. But for the troubled person, art can provide an avenue of expression allowing their disturbed minds an outlet. Through researching and …

Art By Intention And Art By Appropriation: "Authenticity," Western Encounters, And Ethics Of Collection And Display Of African Art, Katelyn Nicole Brockmeyer

Honors Program Theses

This research project surveys the overlap of Western notions of authenticity, encounters with Africa, and the ethics of collecting and displaying of African art objects. First, I define the issues surrounding definitions of authenticity; second, I lay out the historical background of Western interaction with West Africa and modern demand for African art objects; third I discuss the issues authenticity and corresponding ethics of display; finally, I explain how this information applies to two objects from the UNI Museum collection. In this thesis, I address the ways the categories of “authentic,” “fake,” and replica are intertwined in the history of …

What Man Artow?: An Exploration Of The Narrator Of The Canterbury Tales, Kimberly Cavalier

Honors Program Theses

“Also I prey yow to foryeve it me, / Al have I nat set folk in hir degree / Here in this tale, as that they sholde stonde; / My wit is short, ye may wel understonde” (Chaucer 35). These are the words written by Geoffrey Chaucer, who is considered the father of English literature, in the prologue to The Canterbury Tales, a work that has survived and remained relevant for over six hundred years. The juxtaposition of a man whose writing turned him into a household name begging his audience to forgive his short wit and lack of …

Phonology And Fluency: How Pronunciation Is (And Is Not) Taught In United States Esl Classrooms, Nik Hucke

Honors Program Theses

This thesis examines how explicit pronunciation instruction affects the ability to learn, understand, and produce English in non-native speakers, and how their teachers approach that instruction. The goal is to create a general overview of pronunciation teaching practices currently in use in K-12 English as a second language (ESL) classrooms in the United States and to gauge the general attitudes and approaches towards pronunciation instruction of ESL teachers. This will help create a picture of the current state of ESL pronunciation instruction in the United States, investigate the best ways to teach pronunciation as a part of a general ESL …

Ministry Matters: A Study Of The Relationship Between Campus Ministry And Socialization, Rachel Jean Kitrell

Honors Program Theses

The present study investigated the relationship between involvement in campus ministry and students’ socialization to the university. Campus ministry participants (N=62) representing eight of eleven registered campus ministries completed an online 39-question Qualtrics survey that sought to evaluate their involvement in ministry activities, social involvement in their campus ministry, social involvement in their university, and socialization to the university through history, politics, and goals and values. A significant positive correlation was found between involvement in ministry activities and social involvement in campus ministry as well as between each of the three socialization variables. There were also significant positive correlations found …

A Student Tubist's Guide To Doubling On Bass Trombone, Donovan Klutho

Honors Program Theses

The purpose of this project is to provide high school-aged tuba students a brief resource for learning to double on the bass trombone. As will be discussed in the guidebook, there are a number of reasons that students could want to double: jazz band, pit orchestra, show choir band, classical concert ensemble, etc. No matter the reason a student may want to learn to double, I wanted to provide a guide that would hopefully make it more accessible for them to learn. To accomplish this, I have made the language digestible for high schoolers without too many technical terms.

Exploring The Role Of College Women In Ministry Leadership Through A Qualitative Analysis Of Passion Conferences, Abigail Read

Honors Program Theses

This paper identifies the tension between college women in leadership positions in ministry and the leadership positions they can cannot hold after graduation. Through personal narrative, this tension is initially identified and described. This paper uses the Passion Conferences as a case study for trends in greater college ministry environments. By analyzing the history of women in the Evangelical church, it is concluded that women are put in positions in college that they cannot hold after graduation. This tension is perpetuated by continual complementarian messaging that underlies an outwardly egalitarian-based ministry. It is discovered and discussed that women are aware …

On Beauty: Ancient Perceptions Of Beauty From Classical Greece To Imperial Rome, Maya Jess

Honors Program Theses

When trying to describe something that is beautiful to someone, a common first step is to find an image of the beauty one is trying to describe. In the Greco-Roman world, these images were found in the artworks, texts, and other forms of expression from the time, and images of human beauty were found in paintings, frescos, and statuary. Unfortunately, due to the Ravages of Time, statuary is the most common surviving medium and therefore our biggest asset in knowing what the Greeks and Romans saw as beautiful. Much like how society today uses models to represent beauty standards and …

Impacts Of Theatre On The Mental Health Of High School Students, Madeline Ludwig

Honors Program Theses

This thesis explores the effects of participation in theatre on mental health in high school students. Though there has been more research since 2008 on mental health and its relation to the arts, there have been very few focused on mental health and theatre. However, the majority of these studies are centered around adults or young children. There is a lack of research centered around the impacts that theatre and drama have on the mental health of high school students. This study specifically focused on college students at the University of Northern Iowa and their reflection on their time in …

My Year With Digital Supremacists, Nick Baur

Honors Program Theses

No abstract provided.

Trouble Brewing: An Exploration In Parasocial Relationships With Fictional Characters, Isabelle Zeimetz

Honors Program Theses

In the 1940s and 1950s, television and radio had taken over as the dominant form of media (Understanding Media and Culture: an Introduction to Mass Communication). Anthropologist Donald Horton and sociologist R. Wohl noted a strange new relationship developing between the audiences and the hosts under this new dominant media. These relationships ranged from close friendships with radio hosts like Dave Garroway to people wanting to marry fictional characters such as the gal from the radio broadcast, Lonesome Gal. Horton and Wohl realized that these new relationships were not quite the same as interpersonal relationships as they could never be …

Midwest Memoir: Cole Carolan, Cole James Carolan

Honors Program Theses

A memoir

Beliefs About Mental Illness In A Spanish Speaking Latinx American Sample, Michiyo Hirai, Serkan Dolma, Laura L. Vernon, George A. Clum

Psychological Science Faculty Publications

The US Hispanic population is large and rapidly growing, with serious healthcare disparities. Alarmingly, 67% of Hispanic adults with a mental illness go untreated. Attempts to increase treatment rates have had limited success, likely partly due to stigma beliefs. There is an urgent need to develop and utilize a Spanish language stigma assessment tool. The current study is the first to do so, translating the Beliefs Toward Mental Illness (BTMI; Hirai et al., 2018) scale into Spanish (S-BTMI). Our psychometric findings with English-Spanish bilingual Latinx undergraduate students suggest that the S-BTMI can be a reliable measure of mental illness stigma. …

Artistic Expression, Permanence And Change In A F*Cked Up World: Coping With The "Sounds Of Silence", Brianna L. Pruitt

Honors Program Theses

I believe my role as an artist is to process the world around me and articulate my analysis in visual forms that are aesthetically interesting. My proposed project will manifest as sculptures, painting, performance, sound, video and installation art combined to create a visual representation of my mind and emotions in the present. The central element of this work, which happens to be my car “Kevin,” will set the stage for three humanoid sculptures to be displayed. Each figurative sculpture represents a different type of motion: permanence, change, and coping. I will be creating performances with the sculptures separately where …

Bridging The Gap: A Guide To Help Design Students Become Design Professionals, Sarah Westholm

Honors Program Theses

In talking with many professional designers in the last year, I have noticed how much time they spend talking about their process, research, and planning. All of this comes before the visualization of the actual design. Design is truly becoming more human-centric and is used as a tool to solve problems. This means that many things must be considered beyond color, typography, and composition. Traditional design education gives students the tools they need to know how to create visually successful designs. However, students also need to understand how to use those technical skills and apply them to a design that …

Mindful Technical Writing: An Introduction To The Fundamentals, Dawn Atkinson, Stacey Corbitt

Writing

Welcome to Mindful Technical Writing: An Introduction to the Fundamentals, an open textbook designed for use in co-requisite course pairings of developmental writing and introductory technical writing, or indeed in other lower-division college writing courses that focus on building study skills alongside effective workplace and academic writing skills. It offers a no-cost alternative to commercial products, combining practical guidance with interactive exercises and thoughtfully designed writing opportunities.

This book’s modular design and ample coverage of topics and genres means that it can be used flexibly over semester-long or stretch courses, allowing instructors and students to select the chapters that are …

Similarities Of Expressing Disagreement By Chinese And American College Students, Yanling Yu, Yanrong (Yvonne) Chang, Zhan Long

Communication Faculty Publications

To explore the ways in which modern Chinese and Americans express their disagreement in intercultural communication and to reveal the reasons for their usage from the perspectives of sociolinguistics and persuasive communication and with the rapport management as the theoretical framework, this paper focuses on the discourse analysis of implicit disagreement expressions between 11 pairs of Chinese and American college students. The analysis of the four-month communication corpus reveals that Chinese and American students tend to use implicit disagreement when they disagree with each other and there are more similarities than differences in the usage of implicit disagreement. The reasons …

Modern Dance, Embodiment, And Society: The Graham Technique’S Resistance To Conditioned Physicality, Cara Mcmanus

Dissertations and Theses

Martha Graham, foremost pioneer of American Modern dance, is the originator and developer of what is known today as the Graham technique. When this technique is removed from performative contexts, the philosophy of its practice can add insight to a discussion of embodiment and what it means to resist socially prescribed embodiments. This paper will examine the ways in which the Graham technique cultivates awareness of embodiment’s origins and processual nature, and therefore how a conscious resistance to social conditioning can arise. The neuroscientific and physiological processes behind this cultivation of awareness will be discussed, and several examples of resistance …

The Crisis Of Chad: Men’S Rights Movements And Contemporary Anti-Feminism, Kendrick Zapata

Dissertations and Theses

This thesis analyzes the relationship between the modern incel and manosphere movement, and its historical legacies in anti-feminist discourses in late 20th century men's rights movements. The manosphere is a collection of online videos, forums, blogs, and websites dedicated to raising awareness or promoting masculinist philosophies. Incels in particular are individuals that understand their lack of sexual interaction as inherent, and often interact in digital spaces with others. Incel beliefs range from calling for the reversal of women’s rights, to seeking advice on self-improvement forums that offer advice to young men seeking to improve their physique through diet and exercise. …

Ethnic Politics And Constitutional Developments In Nigeria, Nancy Ojochogwu Oji

Dissertations and Theses

This project attempts to study Nigeria's colonial political parties and the consequences of British colonial policies as the foundation of ethnic issues in Nigeria's contemporary politics. It describes how particular colonial policies impact modern Nigerian politics, reinforce division among ethnic groups, and influence voters’ decision when electing political leaders.

“Women Of Allah” And “The Book Of Kings:” Shirin Neshat’S Narratives Of Returning Home, Zahra Banyamerian

Dissertations and Theses

Using the framework of nostalgia defined by Svetlana Boym in The Future of Nostalgia, this thesis revisited the series “Women of Allah” and “The Book of Kings,” that Shirin Neshat created twenty years apart. It argues that the photographs of both series became the terrain through which Neshat narrates the relationship between her past, present, and future. She constructs her longing for home in “Women of Allah'' and she visualizes her homecoming in “The Book of Kings.” The central point to this research is Neshat’s personal relationship to an event that caused her a traumatic experience, the experience that interrupted …

‘A Contradiction In Essence’: Eroticism And The Creation Of The Self In Henry Miller, Cian Doyle

Dissertations and Theses

The intention of this paper is, in the first, to demonstrate that Miller’s work has been labeled ‘erotic’, and that this obscures the true contribution of his work – but that as much as it obscures his work, this label also provides us an avenue to access it. In the second, it is to explore what actually constitutes the ‘erotic’, how this is featured in Miller’s work, and how it functions as an analytic tool to reveal what is significant in that work. Lastly, with specific regard to the works Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn, the intention …