Theses from Lindenwood University students.
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Theses from 2025
Realistic Symbolism, Bekah Renee Anderson
Reviving the Golden Age: Exploring Will Eisner's Legacy through the Creation of a Multiversal Sequential Art Story, Levi Atkins
Understanding and Implementing Fashion Sustainability: An Academic Course, Paige M. Baldwin
Definitively Unfinished: Abraham Cruzvillegas’ Autoconstrucción, Disability Aesthetics, and Crip Materiality, Benjamin Brobst-Renaud
Framing Queenship: Gender, Power, and Political Representation in Holbein’s Portraits of Jane Seymour and Anne of Cleves, Kateryna Chernenko
A visual Instrument for Military Public Affairs, Rose Di Trolio
The Queen of Heaven: Evelyn De Morgan's Transcendence of the Soul, Sarah Victoria Eller
Trembling at the Threshold: Zurbarán's Saints and the Crisis of Masculine Virtue, Andrew T. Epsilantis
Benedictine Art and Design: How Color Psychology Can Positively Influence Department Enrollment, Claire Pauline Fink
Knot Alone: A 24/7 Live Chat App for Sewing Enthusiasts, Erica Frankenhoff
The Intersection of Spirituality, Commerce, and Art in the Work of William Keith, Joan Gallagher
Elisabetta Sirani’s Timoclea: Baroque Agency and the Aesthetics of Feminine Rage, Shaylen Grace Gardner
Unveiling: The Exploration of the Self and Ego Dissolution, Joseph Gonzales
20th Century Graphic Design Development: Bridging Theory, History, and Practice Through Russian Constructivism, Oscar A. Gonzalez Jr.
A Kind of Myth: Infallible Abstraction in the Work of Perle Fine, Shannon Hadfield
Customizing AI Strategies Across Multiple Generations, Matthew Harrer
Between Sense and Nonsense, Holly Marie Hennessey
A Systematic Literature Review of Behavior Analysis in Psychiatric Inpatient Settings, Stephanie Henry and Robbie Hanson
Digital Threads: Fashion Design with Clo3D, Maya Herring
Cultural Constraints of Mental Illness Among Black Males, Sabrina R. Hinton-Campbell
Ambiguous Bodies: Third Gender Expressions in Ancient Maya Art, Jayme Horne
Reading Tipu's Tiger: Hybridity and the Sound of a Silenced Roar, Sarah M. Jackson
Heroic Sacrifice and Christ-Like Bodies: Conceptions of Immortality in Jacques-Louis David's Death of Marat, Ingelise Johnson
Through a Mother's Eyes: The Psychology of Color, Katie Kutz
Beyond Suprematism: Carpenter II and the Reimagining of the Peasant in Malevich's Late Work, Elizabeth Leslie Lancaster
Framing the Gaze: The Transformation of Storytelling from Chinese Scrolls to Persian Miniature Illuminations, Lindsey A. Maslar
Embodied Intimacy and Social Justice: Patricia Cronin's Memorial to a Marriage, Alex Anne Mattioli
Connecting Children with Artists Through a Children's Art History Book, Katie Meyer
Summit Disease: The Ecological Horror of Empire, Nicholas Moore
An Exploration of Irish Celtic & Early Germanic Brooches and Their Cultural Functions, Lisa Michele Medlen Mueller
The Virgin of Guadalupe and the Liminality of Pregnancy, Jason Oosting
Digital Biophilia in Web Interface Design for Accessibility and User Well-Being, Bryana Michelle Peifer
How the Industry Changed Video: Understanding the Shift in Video Content and Distribution, Erica Pellin
Personifying the Goddess: Contrasting Representation of the Deified Body in Feminist Art, Kelly Lorraine Phillips
Bridging Classical Rhetoric and AI: A Systematic Framework for Developing Authorial Voice Through Large Language Models, Daniel Plate
From Skepticism to Loyalty: A Whitepaper for Companies on Building Consumer Trust in Digital Marketing, Grace Darcy Pora
Presence Through Absence: The Ark of the Covenant and the Aniconic Image of God in Early Israelite Religious Art, Natalie Rivas
The Evolution of Agriculture Marketing: Harnessing Data Analytics to Understand Generational Shifts and Influencer Trends, Lexi Schweigert
Engraving Goddesses: Hendrick Goltzius’s Mannerist Prints, Emily Seils
Pottery as a Socio-economic Marker in Prehistoric Burials Along the Southern Coast of South Korea, P. Codi Shoemaker
NextGen Humanities: A Digital Art History Pedagogical Revolution, Analisa Soverns-Reed
The Historical Role of Westward Expansion Between American Museums and Indigenous Tribes, Erika Tenorio
Mary Kay Reimagined, Allison Terveer
Horror Films and Why We Enjoy the Genre, Jessica Thomason
Beatrice Wanjiku: A Portrait of Human Vulnerability, Suzanne R. Vuoncino
The Transformative Impact of User-Created Mods Within Fallout: New Vegas, Tanner Webb
How Do You Know? Parsing the Infocalypse Using Art-Based Data Visualization, Michelle Sylvia Weintraub
Fragility and Strength in Times of War: A Series of Embroidered Watercolors, Alisha B. Whitman
Immersive Art, Nature, and Afrofuturism: Cultivating Wellness and Cultural Awareness, Jojo Abenaavi Wright
From the Bleachers to the Browser: Redefining Fan Experience with AR and AI in Smaller Teams, Jennifer Lee Wunder
Theses from 2024
Hatshepsut and Akhenaten: Dualities of Gender, Religion, and Implementation of Queer Theory, Sadie Anderson
Marketing Video Games to Aging Demographics: A Generational Profile Analysis, Brinna Louise Ball
Project-Based Learning in Art History: Course Curriculum, Katelyn Baltes
The Intersection of Interactive Narrative and Flow State Immersion: An Exploration of Trauma, Resilience, and Post-Traumatic Growth, Tiffani Barner
Reframing the Canon: Black Contemporary Artist Shaping the Western Narrative, Elaysha A. Bazil
Palette of Perspective: Designing an Inclusive Art History Curriculum, Amy Bettencourt
Intersectional Feminist and Queer Activists’ Agendas in the Contemporary Arts: The use of Socio-Politically Fueled Motifs as Subjects in the Field Today, Florence V. Bonner
Paulus Potter’s Punishment of a Hunter: A Study in Cultural Shifts, Moderation and Class, Taylor Brown
AP Art History for Marshall Public Schools, Gage Bunting
Optimizing Small Business Success Through an Online Fashion Consulting Infographic Guide, Nicole Campbell
Beauty in the Mundane, Madeline Caniglia
Beauty Beyond Barbed Wire: Chiura Obata’s Perspective of the Horizon, Bri Carlson
Unraveling Grief: Historical Mourning Wear and Modern Reinterpretations, Sharon Caitlin Carpenter
Digital Marketing and Consumer Consumption of Breast-Pumps on Social Media, Leanne Clark
A Review of Training for First Responders When Interacting with Individuals with Diagnoses, Mackenzie Drost and Robbie Hanson
Writing a course guide “Fashion design: A Guide to the apparel industry”, Rosemary P. Durfee
Jacqueline Marval: Référence sans Révérence Art History Lecture and Activity Series, Michelle Erickson
Gustav Klimt: A Modern Representation of the Pregnant Female Body, Emma Fanger
Balancing the Scales in the Fashion Industry, Theresa J. Fennell
Catherine Opie and Sally Mann’s Exploration of Motherhood and the Domestic Sphere, Krista Rose Frohling
Future-Proofing the Past: Artificial Intelligence in the Restoration of Andalusian Architectural Heritage: A Case Study of the Alhambra Palace, Granada, Spain, Kholoud Bader Hasan Ghaith
The Space That Tell Stories, Asia Gonzalez
Women's Evening Wear Clothing Line, Monique Greene
Utilitarian and Self-Representational: Player-to-Player Character Relationships in Final Fantasy XIV, Zu Er Guan
Creation Story Motifs as Expressions of Identity and Resiliency in the Visual Culture of KAHNAWÀ:KE, Jana Ondrechen Hallford
An Examination of Artistic Expression Through Honoré Daumier's Le Fardeau, Sarah Isak-Goode
Three Zafimaniry Carvings from the Southern Highlands of Madagascar and Their Symbolic Meaning, Emily Krupp
A Comparative Study of Weavings of Two Disparate Cultures: Finding the Similarities in Handcrafts, Monica Lowe
Breaking the Grid: Metamorphosis and Materiality in Meret Oppenheim’s An Evening in the Year 1910, Jacklyn Meyer
White Cell Support Application for EXPO OPS Tactical Wargame System, Zackery Joseph Milder
Meaning Through Materiality: Bisa Butler’s Expressive Portraits, Jacqueline D’Arco Miller
Mechelle’s Bridal Palace Business Plan, Lakendra Montgomery
Contemporary Menstrual Art: The Phenomenon of Bleeding Our Way Into Art History, Danika Moody
Exploring Experience Design in the Art Deco Restoration of Indianapolis Bottleworks Hotel, Jennifer A. Mott
Revealing the Similarities Between Bosch's Garden of Earthly Delights and Medieval Musical Forms, Lindsay A. Nevin
MENOssance ™: Post-Maternity Strategies, Elizabeth Pursell
Postermania: The French Advertising Poster of the Fin-de-Siècle: An Art History Course, Erin Quirk
Integrating Artificial Intelligence for Automated Storytelling in Turn-based Strategy Games, Timothy Ripper
The Use of a Token Economy to Decrease Problem Behaviors and Increase Task Completion for a Pre-Schooler with Autism, Dyana Schneider and Robbie Hanson
Contemplating Glaciers - A Dialogue, Jessica Elizabeth Turner
Music Education in the Urban Classroom: Issues of Equity and Access, Lakeisha Walker
A Preliminary Analysis of Functional Communication Training via Voice-Recorded Buttons to Reduce Undesirable Behaviors with Dogs, Mya Watson-Blake and Robbie Hanson
A Comparison of Shaping and Imitation for Reducing a Dog’s Problem Behavior, Carlee Weir and Robbie Hanson
The Impact of AI on UX: Challenges and Opportunities, Susan Stephanie Wells
The Effects of Social Media in the Fashion Industry, Kirsten Leigh Whitaker