College of Arts and Sciences: Recent submissions
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Jaunts into the haunted basement.
During the summer of 2014 for ten weeks I interned at the Utah State University Eastern Prehistoric Museum. My internship focus was working in collections specifically the museum’s archeology artifacts, which consisted ... -
Summer at the Mayborn : a story of speed, STEM, sculpture, and seeds.
(2019-02-01)This PowerPoint explores an internship held by Emily Carolin at the Mayborn Museum Complex for the summer of 2017 in the Exhibits, Communication, and Visitor Services department. While at the Mayborn Museum, Emily aided ... -
The roaring lion project : exploring word press as an exhibit space.
(2019-02-01)Over the summer and fall of 2017, I worked on a project building a Word Press blog site to exhibit stories about women who have contributed to the fabric of Waco’s history. I researched about twenty archival collections ... -
From Frida Kahlo to Lady Gaga – an eclectic summer at the Dallas Museum of Art.
(2019-02-01)This internship presentation summarizes an experience as the Center for Creative Connections Intern at the Dallas Museum of Art during Summer 2017. During this internship, an evaluation was done on the Pop-up Art Spot ... -
My Victorian adventure : transcribing 19th century letters at the Armstrong Browning Library.
(2019-02-01)In the summer of 2017, I completed an internship at the Armstrong Browning Library. My main project during my internship was to help with the Armstrong Browning Library's Victorian Letters Digitization Project. I was ... -
A power contrast of tests for homogeneity of covariance matrices in a high-dimensional setting.
(2018-10-31)Multivariate statistical analyses, such as linear discriminant analysis, MANOVA, and profile analysis, have a covariance-matrix homogeneity assumption. Until recently, homogeneity testing of covariance matrices was limited ... -
The Pediatric Inventory for Parents : a systematic review of the psychometric properties and development of a short form.
(2018-11-28)The Pediatric Inventory for Parents (PIP) is a measure of pediatric parenting stress. In the present study, a systematic review of the psychometric properties of the PIP was conducted to determine if it was appropriate to ... -
Framing Flint : comparing mainstream and black newspaper coverage in the wake of environmental racism.
(2018-11-28)Flint, Michigan, has been in a water crisis for four years now after the predominately black community was lead-poisoned following the decisions of government officials they should have been able to trust. The city’s ... -
Reconstructing land surface processes of the 1930s Dust Bowl drought, U.S. Great Plains.
(2018-10-26)Mineral dust aerosols are a key component of the Earth system and a growing public health concern under climate change as levels of dustiness increase. The U.S. Great Plains is particularly vulnerable to dust episodes, but ... -
Your own personal Jesus : individualized religious sectarianism in the mid-victorian novel.
(2018-11-16)This Dissertation explores four novels from the mid-nineteenth century, two of which are by canonical authors, Charles Dickens and George Eliot; two not as well known, Charles Kingsley and Charlotte Yonge. The nineteenth ... -
"I can't go on, I'll go on" : narrative consolation in the works of James Joyce and Samuel Beckett.
(2018-11-13)This dissertation examines the role of narrative consolation in the works of James Joyce and Samuel Beckett. Specifically, I argue that narrative holds immense consolatory power for Joyce and Beckett. Despite the clear ... -
A Thomistic principle of virtue individuation.
(2018-10-16)In this dissertation, I aim to accomplish two goals. The first goal is to draw contemporary moral philosophers' attention to the need for a principal approach to virtue individuation. When we individuate virtues, we answer ... -
From the exodus to Abraham : intertextuality in Micah 6-7.
(2018-11-02)Micah 6-7 contains more than fifteen references to people, places, and events in the narrated history of Israel (e.g., Moses, Aaron, Miriam, Balak, Balaam, Shittim, Gilead, Abraham). This confluence of canonical references ... -
Investigating dimeric boroles as sources of monomers.
(2018-11-20)Boroles are 4π electron, antiaromatic, BC₄ systems that boast an array of interesting reactivity, including ring expansion, ring opening, Diels-Alder, and redox chemistry. The majority of publications in the last 10 years ... -
Thomas Fermi model for mesons and new noise subtraction techniques in lattice QCD.
(2018-12-03)Lattice QCD calculations of quark loop operators are extremely time-consuming to evaluate. To calculate these diagrams we use stochastic noise methods, which employ a randomly generated set of noise vectors to project out ... -
Late quaternary Alaskan paleoclimate : geoarchaeological insights into the Pleistocene-Holocene transition.
(2018-11-26)Eastern Beringia is a region which has undergone dramatic changes since the end of the Last Glacial Maximum, environmentally and climatically. These changing conditions likely contributed to the changes in human behavior ... -
The material culture of the Polley Mansion, Whitehall : vernacular architecture, decorative arts, and domestic arts.
(2018-12-05)The Polley Mansion, with its massive walls, generous proportions, and wide double galleries, is described in Texas Homes of the 19th Century as “one of the most important plantation homes in early Texas.” In fact, the ... -
If I see, let me see double.
(2018-11-27)If I See, Let Me See Double is comprised of four essays, including one critical introduction and three creative nonfiction pieces, which consider the concept of negative space. The introduction places the theme of negative ... -
Bioaccumulation of contaminants of emerging concern in dynamic ecosystems.
(2018-11-14)The aquatic environment includes complex systems on which society relies to provide ecosystem services and support biodiversity. In recent years, the demand for aquatic-ecosystem commodities has greatly increased due to ... -
Creating vocal advocates on Twitter : examining the importance of purpose in social media communication.
(2018-11-13)Social media is a powerful tool for organizations to build relationships, promote services and encourage community activism. Through content analysis, this study investigates which types of messaging on Twitter are effective ...