Senior Capstone Experience by Emily Kreider ’20 Submitted to the Department of Communication and Media Studies Advised by Dr. Alicia Kozma Description: The following project, centered in queer theory, explores the concept of metronormativity, its historical context, and its impact on the lives of queer rural youth. It examines how cultural bias towards urban settings has otherized rural areas to…
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The Impact of Restored Mangrove Forests on Fishery Populations and Biodiversity
Senior Capstone Experience by Max Lambert ’20 Submitted to the Department of Environmental Science and Studies Advised by Dr. Jillian Bible Description: “As mangroves are being destroyed around the world, numerous efforts have been undertaken to restore mangrove forest. This paper analyzes the data surrounding mangrove restoration, examining if restored mangrove forests are an effective…
An In-Depth Look at Cytoreductive Surgery Paired with Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy
Senior Capstone Experience by Alexandra Lee ’20 Submitted to the Department of Biology Advised by Dr. Jennie Carr Abstract: “Cytoreductive surgery paired with hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy is a relatively novel technique used to treat various forms of cancer, including ovarian cancer, gastric adenocarcinoma, and peritoneal carcinomatosis. Cytoreductive surgery is performed by surgically removing visible tumor…
The Biological Effects of Proton Minibeam Therapy on High-Risk Tumors
Senior Capstone Experience by Ellie Lienert ’20 Submitted to the Department of Physics Advised by Dr. Karl Khem Abstract: “It is fairly typical for most cancer patients to undergo radiation therapy at some point during their cancer treatment and recovery process. Radiation therapy targets malignant tumor sites with a high energy concentration in the form…
Network Economy in the Aviation Industry: A Study of Multi-objective P-hub Allocation Problem with Brute-Force Search Algorithm
Senior Capstone Experience by Yisi Liu ’20 Submitted to the Department of Math and Computer Science and Department of Economics Advised by Dr. Adalbert P. Mayer and Dr. Shaun D. Ramsey Description: “The Hub-and-Spoke system is widely used in the airline management industry, since it brings down the total cost due to the economy of…
The ‘Dreamlike Downward Career of a Girl’: Compounding Trauma in Jean Rhys’s Voyage in the Dark
Senior Capstone Experience by Abby Wargo ’20 Submitted to the Department of English Advised by Dr. Elizabeth O’Connor Description: “In my English SCE, I examine how varying types of trauma, specifically postcolonial and sexual trauma, accumulates, weighs down, and consequently destroys Anna Morgan, the teenaged protagonist in Jean Rhys’s 1934 novel Voyage in the Dark….
Craft and the Corporation
Senior Capstone Experience by Maura West ’20 Submitted to the Department of Business Management Advised by Dr. Michael Harvey Abstract: “Traditional crafts have been both a method of subsistence and an integral part of human culture for thousands of years, if not longer — in fact, some of these crafts even date back to prehistory. Recently, there have…
Guerilla Warfare: Representing the Other in Contemporary Art Museums
Senior Capstone Experience by Casey Wolhar ’20 Submitted to the Department of Communication and Media Studies Advised by Dr. Alicia Kozma Description: “Guerilla Warfare explores issues surrounding representation of women identifying and non-male artists within contemporary art museums. Through a literature review, I investigate disparity of representation, how this can be built on institutional bias and…
Featured Artist: Meg Klink
By Meg Klink, an Art History major.
Featured Artist: Katie Ecoff
By Katie Ecoff, a Psychology major and Chemistry minor. The following work was created for ART 294: Printmaking. Artist statement: The piece “Thoughts” was made using two linoleum blocks and relief paint. It was created to represent thoughts, the inside of the thought bubble itself is left blank to allow the viewer to implement their…
Featured Artist: Liane Beckley
By Liane Beckley, a Studio Art major and Journalism, Editing & Publishing, and Arts Management & Entrepreneurship double minor. The following artwork was created for ART 394: Art as Inquiry. Artist statement: This piece was created from modular cartographic images. The maps were generated from a GPS application I used to track my movements while…
“You couldn’t be sure about anything”: Facades in William Trevor’s “Beyond the Pale” and “Death in Jerusalem”
By Annalie Buscarino ’21, an English and Sociology double major and Creative Writing; Psychology; and Justice, Law, and Society triple minor. The following work was created for ENG 334: Irish Short Story. Brief Description: Willian Trevor’s “Beyond the Pale” narrates the disruption of British imperialism through the ignored outburst of a woman against the indifference…
Comic Book Orange: Contrasting Visuality as Representative of the Self in Invisible Man
By Sophia Grabiec ’20, an English major and Secondary Education Studies minor. The following was created for ENG 345: The African American Novel. Brief description: This essay examines the artistic landscape of identity in Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man by close reading the novel as a comic book with orange as the focus. Riddled with contrast and contradictions, Ralph Ellison’s…
Miles Morales as Influence or Influencer: Marvel Comics’ “Ultimate Spider-Man” in Diversity Discourse
By Heber Guerra-Recinos ’20, an English and Art and Art History double major and Creative Writing minor. The following work was created for ENG 494: Book History and American Print Culture. Short Description: After the rise in popularity of Miles Morales after the success of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, this paper is interested in his comic…
Theoretical Analysis: Marxist Exploitation Theory
By Emily Kreider ‘ 20, a Communication and Media Studies major with minors in English and Creative Writing. The following work was created for CMS 250: Intermediate Communication and Media Theory Brief Description: This piece examines the incompleteness of Karl Marx’s theory of exploitation, seeing as his writing does not take into consideration racial inequalities…
Recommendations for Risk Assessments of Intimate Partner Violence
By Saoirse ’20 Abstract Professionals within the criminal justice system will likely encounter victims and/or perpetrators of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) within the course of their professional duties, given the prevalence of IPV. It is important that these professionals take a proactive and not a reactive approach to IPV and play an active role in…
The Unequal Treatment of Media and Communication Technologies
By Patricia Rana ’21, a Communications and Media Studies major and Arts Management & Entrepreneurship and Journalism, Editing, & Publishing minor. The following work was created for CMS 294-10: International Communications. Brief description: The paper aims to answer the question, “Do media and communication technologies treat all users equally regardless of their country of origin?”…
Writing to the Tune of Jazz
By Saoirse ’20 The following work was created for ENG 214: Intro to African American Literature and Culture II. When writing Jazz, Toni Morrison “was interested in rendering a period in African American life through a specific lens—one that would reflect the content and characteristics of its music [Jazz music]…and the manner of its expression”…
The Relationship Between Athenian and Medieval English Theatre and Their Governments
By Nicholas Splendoria ’23 The following work was created for THE 101-10: Drama, Stage, and Society I. Throughout history, one of the most important and influential theatres was the theatrical institutions run by Athens in Ancient Greece. The playwrights, staging techniques, acting innovations, and theatrical repertoire comprise some of the most important elements of theatre…
Becoming a Citizen Leader
By: Ian Adams ’23 The following work was created for FYS 101: Becoming a Citizen Leader. Within the semester of the FYS “Becoming a Citizen Leader” taught by Professor Harvey, I have gained an extreme amount of knowledge on leadership, what it takes to lead, and how to become the greatest leader you can possibly…
Regulatory Effects on Maryland Blue Crab Sustainability
By: Emma Cease ’22, an Environmental Science major. The following work was created for FYS 101: Science of Reality TV. Brief description: This is a thesis paper evaluating the successful measures taken by Maryland to revitalize the blue crab population. Reports from the late 1990s and early 2000s demonstrated extreme overexploitation of the species, but…
Faculty in Focus: Conjuring a Reader
Emily Steinmetz, Assistant Professor of Anthropology In addition to “Introduction to Anthropology,” Dr. Steinmetz teaches courses such as “Sex, Gender, and Culture” and “Prisons, Punishment, and Social Control.” In her FYS “Liberation,” students correspond with women incarcerated in a Delaware prison while exploring larger questions of what makes us free and unfree. Her current scholarship…
The Politics of Rhetoric: Reagan’s Rhetorical War on Nicaragua
Senior Capstone Experience by Victoria Cline ’19 Submitted to the Department of English and Department of Political Science Advised by Dr. Sean Meehan and Dr. Christine Wade Description: “This thesis explores the linkage between Reagan’s foreign policy toward Nicaragua and the rhetorical patterns he used to communicate this policy in public addresses during the years…
Southwest Native American/White Interaction: History as told by Archaeologists, National Park Service, and Native Americans
Senior Capstone Experience by Nicole DeWitt ’19 Submitted to the Department of Anthropology Advised by Dr. Julie Markin Description: “I completed research in the Southwest that explored the dynamics of race relations between Native Americans and White Americans in museum settings and how this affects the content produced by federal agencies to the public. I…
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