Theses: Recent submissions
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The Realization of Dave Malloy's Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812
(University of Kansas, 2020-05-31)Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 pays testament to the all too familiar idea that a single moment can change your whole life. Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace inspired this musical. Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet ... -
Thermally altered microbialites of the terminal Ediacaran Dengying Formation, Sichuan Basin, South China
(University of Kansas, 2020-05-31)In the Sichuan Basin and surrounding areas, the terminal Ediacaran Dengying Formation hosts diverse microbialite forms. Interest in this formation has mainly centered around oil and gas reservoir development, but recent ... -
Are the Criterion B Binge-Eating Disorder Symptoms Interchangeable in Conveying the Latent Binge-Eating Trait? An Item Response Theory Analysis
(University of Kansas, 2020-05-31)Binge-eating disorder (BED) is one of the most prevalent eating-disorder diagnoses among nationally representative samples of adults. Yet, few studies have evaluated the psychometrics of the BED diagnostic criteria. The ... -
Lorraine Hansberry's Radical Activism Beyond Broadway
(University of Kansas, 2020-05-31)This thesis utilizes two of Lorraine Hansberry’s plays, "Les Blancs" (1970) and "Flowers for the General" (1955), to interrogate the larger misconceptions and myths that surround Hansberry and her most famous play, "A ... -
Reconstruction of Holocene Relative Sea-Level Positions for the Morgan Peninsula and Gulf Shores Area of Alabama Using Ground-Penetrating Radar
(University of Kansas, 2020-05-31)Holocene sea-level rise along the northern Gulf of Mexico coast has been debated. One hypothesis interprets basal peats from the Mississippi Delta to indicate continual sea-level rise for the Gulf of Mexico. An alternate ... -
Kindergarten Readiness Summer Speech Boot Camp—Can Children Make Enough Gains in Their Stimulability of Target Sounds Over Summer Break?
(University of Kansas, 2020-05-31)Children with mild-to-moderate speech sound disorder (SSD) often don’t qualify for an Individualized Education Plan (IEP) in the public-school setting as a result of the large caseloads that school-based speech-language ... -
Hydrodynamic Controls on Sedimentology and Geomorphology of Marine-Carbonate Ramps: Insights from a Holocene Analogue, Northern Yucatán Shelf, Mexico
(University of Kansas, 2020-05-31)As one of the end-members of carbonate platform types, carbonate ramps have long been characterized and interpreted with regard to large-scale controls such as tectonics, sea level, climate, and biota. Yet, details on the ... -
Efficacy of TAGteach Interventions: Comparing the Effects of Verbal and Audible Feedback on Skill Acquisition of Volleyball Skills
(University of Kansas, 2020-05-31)TAGteach® (based on principles of teaching with acoustical guidance) is an emerging behavioral coaching strategy that utilizes verbal instructions, visual models, and audible feedback to promote skill acquisition of a ... -
...like a decay in our bones
(University of Kansas, 2020-05-31)My art practice is a blend of academic research and installation of large-scale figurative ceramic pieces within sacred architectural environments. My work is a reaction to the fragmented representations of women in the ... -
Hieroglyphic, Oral, and Performative: (Re)Evaluating Resistance to Colonialism in the Works of Melville
(University of Kansas, 2020-05-31)Herman Melville’s legacy in nineteenth-century American literary studies remains prolific. Recent scholarly inquiry, such as those by Christopher Freeburg, Geoffrey Sanborn, and Birgit Brander Rasmussen, critically read ... -
Exploring Gendered Violence from Tragic Episodes in Ovid’s Metamorphoses
(University of Kansas, 2020-05-31)This thesis discusses how Ovid integrates scenes and characters from tragedy into his Metamoprhoses. I examine how Ovid repurposes violence from tragedy, a form of violence that is typically gendered female and occurs in ... -
Partisan Bias Among U.S. Military Service Members and Veterans
(University of Kansas, 2020-05-31)Scholars argue that growing partisanship among U.S. military service members and veterans erodes the military’s apolitical social norms and threatens healthy civil-military relations. I investigate this question by examining ... -
Small scale hydrogeomorphic features influence macroinvertebrate food webs in two Great Plains rivers
(University of Kansas, 2020-05-31)Food resources that support river food webs and food web structure have been shown to be influenced by hydrogeomorphology, and its influence on food webs has been gaining support with ecologists over the years. I analyzed ... -
“Can I Talk To You?” An Access-Centered Case Study on In the Blood
(University of Kansas, 2020-05-31)Considering the historical development of Western theatre audience spaces, this paper examines the barriers that stand in the way of mounting a university theatre production which utilizes a Disability Justice framework, ... -
Borders: Separation, Detention, and Dehumanization
(University of Kansas, 2020-05-31)Borders: Separation, Detention, and Dehumanization is an exhibition that calls attention to the worsening situation at the southern border. The show is composed of large paintings and drawings, depicting scenes of either ... -
Understanding Risk and Symptoms: Parenting Styles, Symptoms of Depression, and Their Relationship to Automatic Thoughts
(University of Kansas, 2020-05-31)The aim of this study was to examine possible pathways through which parental bonding may relate to risk for depression. To examine perceptions of parenting style, current mood and levels of depressive symptoms, and the ... -
Constructing Threat and Vulnerability in Climate Change Geopolitical Narratives: A View from Critical Geopolitics
(University of Kansas, 2020-05-31)This research examines the dominant representation of climate change as a dystopian serial narrative. Defined by no present length or ending, a serial narrative requires continuity so that a body of knowledge becomes linked ... -
In Partisan Media We Trust: Does Incivility Exacerbate Levels of Programmatic and Institutional Media Trust in Partisan Viewers?
(University of Kansas, 2020-05-31)Using oppositional media hostility, an extension of hostile media effect (HME), this study explores how perceptions of bias influence individuals’ trust in the media when viewing political cable news programming, particularly ... -
Indicators of Suicidal Outcomes Among 6 to 12-Year-Old Treatment Seeking Youth
(University of Kansas, 2020-05-31)Suicide among elementary school-age youth is vastly understudied, partially because of a misconception about children’s capacity to understand the gravity of death, and partially because of the relatively low base rates ... -
Performing Death: A Performance Studies Analysis of Contemporary American Funerals
(University of Kansas, 2020-05-31)When faced with the death of a loved one, bodies serve as both the site of mourning and the vehicle through which individuals can embody grief. Using a Performance Studies lens this thesis examines the performance of bodies ...