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…
Testing the Use of “Identity Politics” among Asian American State Legislature Candidates of the 2018 General Election
Senior Capstone Experience by Mai Nguyen Do ’19 Submitted to the Department of Political Science Advised by Dr. Andrew Oros Read Mai’s SCE below:
The Meaning of Art is Lost: A Manifesto
Senior Capstone Experience by Rachel Frebert ’19 Submitted to the Department of Communication and Media Studies Advised by Dr. Alicia Kozma and Prof. Heather Harvey Description: “My project, The Meaning of Art is Lost is a visual thesis that focuses on how the experience of art is based within commodity fetishism as an aesthetic object. I…
The Chester River as a Source of Nitrous Oxide to the Atmosphere
Senior Capstone Experience by Catherine Gaudlip ’19 Submitted to the Department of Environmental Science and Studies Advised by Dr. Rebecca Fox Description: “After introducing the definition and effect of a trace greenhouse gas, nitrous oxide, the paper suggests the Chester River is a source of nitrous oxide to the atmosphere through data collection and analyses…
Breaking the Cage of Structural Codes in Anne Carson’s “Autobiography of Red”
Senior Capstone Experience by Laiken Harrigan ’19 Submitted to the Department of English Advised by Dr. James Hall Read Laiken’s SCE below:
The Author is Dead, Long Live the Author – Alt Lit, Authorship, and the Objectification of the Self Through Art
Senior Capstone Experience by Charlotte Lindsay ’19 Submitted to the Department of English Advised by Dr. Elizabeth O’Connor Description: “‘The Author Is Dead, Long Live the Author’ is an SCE responding to the seminal Roland Barthes essay, ‘The Death of the Author,’ by looking at the short lived, contemporary literature genre ‘alt lit.’ In examining…
Photography through the Social Lens: A Case of East Baltimore and Gentrification
Senior Capstone Experience by Danielle Lynch ’19 Submitted to the Department of Sociology Abstract: “The main aim for this Senior Capstone is to explore the visual method of Sociology through photography as a research method to study gentrification in East Baltimore and the social issue’s effects on the subculture of residents. With specific focus on…
The Effect of Gender on Animal Product Consumption Opinions and Behaviors
Senior Capstone Experience by Kelsey McNaul ’19 Submitted to the Department of Sociology and Department of Environmental Science and Studies Advised by Dr. Nicholas Garcia and Dr. Rebecca Fox Abstract: “The dietary and economic consumption of products derived from animals is influenced by various factors. Societal norms and traditions largely dictate the kinds of products…
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