• Exploratory graph analysis with estimated consumer utilities: a pilot study for uncovering the network dimensionality of iced tea claims 

  Nicoletti, Thomas (2020-12-19)

  Using estimated consumer utilities for 21 different iced tea claims, this study aimed to examine how typical factor extraction approaches, as well as exploratory graph analysis, performed comparatively. Data was collected ...
• Supplanting old world nature with new world architecture: Willa Cather’s death comes for the archbishop 

  Mendenhall, Michael R. (2020-12-19)

  This research project focuses on Willa Cather’s 1927 novel, Death Comes from the Archbishop. The author argues that Cather’s protagonist, Father (later Archbishop) Latour seeks to erect an extraordinary edifice of faith ...
• Health literacy matters: an assessment of health literacy knowledge and experiences of health professions students and eating disorder mental health literacy competencies of nursing students 

  Kallenback, Madeline (2020-12-19)

  Among several obstacles healthcare professions face when providing care to patients, a notable barrier is health literacy. Health literacy (HL), is the ability to obtain and understand health information and necessary ...
• The value of soft skills: preparing the next generation of workforce for future work 

  Coates, Kayla (2020-12-19)

  Graduates are not only expected to attain a degree but a range of soft skills. Soft skills such as communication, creativity, and critical thinking are among the most desired skills employers seek. Soft skills are well ...
• Structural equation modeling: an investigation of self-regulated learning 

  Ascolani, Margaret (2020-12-19)

  The fields of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) experience elevated levels of attrition. The broad research agenda of this work aims to investigate these levels of attrition through the lens of self-regulated ...
• Modern expressive doubling: generating patterns in situations of extreme contrast 

  Smith, Daniel (2020-12-19)

  Expressive doubling is a concept coined by musicologist Lawrence Kramer that first starts to appear in the Romantic era among authors, painters, and composers. Artists of the times would establish a pattern, then vary ...
• Measuring perceptions of administrative burden in CDBG entitlement communities 

  Hepworth, Emily (2020-12-19)

  Administrative burden is a persistent feature of work for many employed by bureaucratic institutions, and its relation to the administration of federal funding through the Community Development Block Grant Program is ...
• Clarinet and percussion: a new school festival category to increase student learning 

  Healton, Daniel (2020-12-19)

  The objective of this project is to lay out a structure by which music educators and officials of state music organizations may begin to incorporate the clarinet and percussion duo into the festival performance schedules ...
• Trauma journalism education and Ball State University 

  Amick, Justice (2020-12-19)

  Trauma is something that journalists experience daily. From reporting at house fires to covering homicides to interviewing sexual assault victims, each of these trauma situations needs to be handled correctly to minimize ...
• Augmented reality: integrating design thinking and user centered strategies to create an effective digital sporting experience 

  Swartz, Parker (2020-12-19)

  This study documents a case on how design thinking strategies may be used to inspire development of AR products specifically designed to enhance a grassroots sports marketing campaign. The study also provides a framework ...
• Community building toolkit in a (digital) box 

  Keever, Jennifer (2020-12-19)

  As existing businesses and nonprofits age, many find they need new skill sets and tools to develop and engage an ever-changing, diverse community. Research has been done on the topic of community building, especially in ...
• I'm here an animated short film on bullying, depression, and suicide 

  Hathaway, Jennifer (2020-12-19)

  The Creative Project I’m Here is a four-minute animated short film that explores the effects of bullying and the part it plays in depression and suicide. My film is a computer generated animated short that utilizes both ...
• Intersectional Representation: LGBTQ+ and neurodiverse voices in transmedia fiction 

  Drake, Tynan (2020-12-19)

  Diversity representation in fictional stories is a growing concern for many minority communities, as these representations have a significant impact on how members of these communities are treated by society. Cultural ...
• Biophilic urbanism in multifamily housing 

  Decayette, Sashanah (2020-12-19)

  As the human population continues to grow, many continue to migrate towards the urban lifestyle at an accelerated rate. This rapid urbanization has caused cities to provide more living arrangements such as multi-family ...
• Urban development, city management, and people's lives: a view from the changing streets of Leshan 

  Zhou, Lanyang (2020-12-19)

  This study examines the changes of two streets in Leshan for studying how the modernization was carried out in a middle-level western city in China since 1979. It specifically focuses on how the changes in urban planning, ...
• Synthesis and study of photophysical properties of tetrazole-based push-pull chromophores 

  West, Anna-Kay (2020-12-19)

  Push-pull chromophores (also, called donor-acceptor compounds) are delocalized π-electron systems with a donor at one end of the molecule and an acceptor at the other. These compounds are used as active materials in ...
• Hidden behind the colonizer perspective: an analysis of Miguel Cabrera's 1763 casta portraits in comparison to Mexico City marriage records 

  Wachs, Abigail (2020-12-19)

  This study has investigated historical documents in comparison to Miguel Cabrera’s 1763 Casta portrait series. Historiography regarding marriage in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries provides context to this study ...
• Factors that diminish or exacerbate traumatic stress in practicing journalists 

  Ohlenkamp, Corey (2020-12-19)

  Journalists are on the frontline for reporting on their communities, serving as both first responders and eyewitnesses to violent news events. These events can have a lasting effect on the reporter long after their stories ...
• A cultural history of alcohol in Europe before the High Middle Ages 

  Nicholas, Matt (2020-12-19)

  This thesis has outlined the cultural history of alcoholic beverages by man from the earliest evidence until the early Middle Ages. The evidence suggests that grain-based alcohol production began circa 10,000 BC in the ...
• Recreational pole dance 

  Locke, Chelsea (2020-12-19)

  Pole dance/fitness is an international form of dance fitness that has become increasingly popular since the early 2000s. This thesis is an ethnographic case study focusing on a specific community of people who participate ...

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