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1:1: Intertidal Thinking / (One To One: Intertidal Thinking), José R. Menéndez

Masters Theses

One to One presents a dialogue between humanities. It also presents the fundamentals of defining a design problem in order to provide a direct solution. The Intertidal Zone is the space between the water and the land that is exposed or covered between low and high tides.Intertidal Thinking is a metaphor that urges cross-disciplinary interaction. It represents my academic experience of teaching across disciplines and being a student simultaneously.

This body of work offers many gestures–acts of design. Graphic design in this thesis is seen in the context of generating proposals through research, making form, and creating solutions for …

The Inevitability Of Conformity: Ideology In Tom Wolfe's The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, Edward Pomykaj

English Undergraduate

In lieu of an abstract, here is the paper's first paragraph:

In Tom Wolfe’s 1968 book The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, Wolfe follows author Ken Kesey and his group the Merry Pranksters as they develop as an American counterculture in the mid to late 1960’s. In a key moment of the book, Kesey is asked to participate and give a speech at an anti-Vietnam War rally at Berkeley in 1965. He shows up, but instead of joining the political movement he shuns it, saying, “you know, you’re not gonna stop this war with this rally, by marching… That’s what they …

The New Right: The Blue-Collar Ideological Shift Towards A Conservative Populism, Julia Detmer

3690: A Journal of First-Year Student Research Writing

Overview: “Make America Great Again” the populist rally cry of the 2016 Election was championed by none other than now President Donald J. Trump. His appeal to the populist blue-collar working class was shocking to some, but historically not unexpected. His promise to bring back manufacturing jobs to the United States by having “fair trade” resonated with the disenfranchised working class who felt once again left out politically, socially, and economically by the government and its seemingly progressive state. This promise however was not original. Ronald Reagan, the Republican “messiah” campaigned on this saying, attempting to restore hope in the …

Dinner At Eight, Anastasia M. Berkovich

Graduate Theses/Dissertations

This creative thesis is comprised of six short stories of fiction in various styles and lengths, as well as a critical introduction wherein I discuss the various influences on my work, ranging from Charles Baxter and Karen Joy Fowler to Doležel and John Gardner. All of these stories share a theme of family and loss. Each story also grapples in some way with changing times and places. I have endeavored, by using rhyming action, repeating images, and melodrama, to give each story a great sense of emotion, a feeling both specific to the story but connects to the wider reading …

The Development Of Guzheng Tuning, Xin Yue Li

Graduate Theses/Dissertations

The guzheng is a musical instrument that has existed for about 2500 years, since the period between 770 and 476 BCE. The tuning of the guzheng is the foundation that influences how its music performed. It plays a decisive role not only in musical creation, but also in musical skills and applications. It also affects the sustainability of the guzheng's art. By analyzing the traditions and the developments of the tuning of the guzheng, this thesis will inform the reader about how the various tunings of the guzheng have influenced its development. In addition, this thesis will deeply explore the …

Shannon County Warrants, Judge Bockman

Graduate Theses/Dissertations

Finding amusement in the realm of the grotesque can alleviate some of the uncomfortable and inevitable parts of our nature. In my work, by creating images closely related to cartoons or other benign media (i.e. puppets, old country songs and toys.), I am able to illuminate the dark aspects of the redneck culture in a blithe and lighthearted manner inviting the viewer to contemplate and challenge regional stereotypes.

My Books: Creating Bilingual Worlds For Children, Maria Gerasimchuk-Djordjevic

Graduate Theses/Dissertations

In my fourth semester of graduate school, I wrote and illustrated my first, full, bilingual, 32-page children’s picture book – What do you like/ Що тобі подобається? I have since continued to explore and pursue the social aspects and influences of nationalistic conflict among the population of war-torn Ukraine. These books express my hope and confidence in a new generation, especially in the immigrant community. The cultural exposure from my youth, yielding autobiographic experiences, as well as observations of a new culture, are prominent in my work. The bilingual aspect of my books is central to my work in general …

Meat Cake, Todd Wilson Reynolds

Graduate Theses/Dissertations

There is a language being spoken in visual art; a rhetorical dis­course that uses semiotics to communicate with a viewer. My research has fo­cused on way s to break the traditional ideas of narrative in photography . By focusing on the forms of delivery, and by combining digital and ana­logue techniques, my work forms a distortion of communication that forms a new language to communicate with the viewer. Much of this research has led to a specific form of communication that has been termed "punk" which began as a musical and artistic movement in the 70's. This sty le, both …

Discovering The Secrets Of The Annex: The Scenic Design Of "The Diary Of Anne Frank", Kiah Kayser

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This thesis describes the analysis, design, and implementation of University of Arkansas’ production of The Diary of Anne Frank. The entire process is explored and analyzed with a specific focus on the challenges the production staff faced along with creative victories that we shared when creating this production. This document comments on and explores how the facts of the story and principal location of The Diary of Anne Frank influenced our more abstracted world of the play.

This thesis includes the essential design documents and support materials used in the creation of the scenic design of The Diary of Anne …

2017 Forces, R. Scott Yarbrough

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Introduction, Scott Yarbrough

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Sintra Protugal, Amanullah Khan

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It's Personal, Rebecca Hays

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Untitled, Alfred Long

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Chalk Hands, Shelby Hotz

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At Twilight, Jiaan Powers

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Amaranthine, Trexiea Hernandez

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Walk The Steps, Andrew Barba

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You Will Not Define Me, Crystal Lee

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Writer's Block, Abigail Hitt

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Morning Rays, Shelby Hotz

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Believer, Mamie Walters

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Atlas, Amy Myrick

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Balance Of Power, Hannah Hightower

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Stomp, Kelly Mcnett

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Labors Of Chemistry, Teddy Lishan Desta

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Temple, Craig Erickson

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The Bees Knees, Rebecca Hays

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Rehearsal, Samantha Mills

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Ghosted Memories, Hayley Earnest

Forces

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