Theses from Lindenwood University students.
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Theses from 2026
Petals of the Mind: A Digital Floral Interpretation of Mental States, Corine D. Arrington
An Introduction to World Art History: Course Curriculum, Skyler M. Bancroft
Historic Churches of Sheboygan, Erin Brehmer
Anastasis: Slow Fashion, Barbara Bultman
User-Centered Design for Public Financial Services: A Federal Student Loan Management App Case Study, Carmen River Christopher
Leveraging Generative Artificial Intelligence to Launch an Independent Game Studio, Douglas Evans
I Wrote Myself Awake: A Personal Encounter with A/R/Tography, Michelle Geipel
Beyond the Nude: Reimagining Feminist Agency in the Art of Suzanne Valadon, Sofia Harris
The Disney Adult: A Consumer That Creates Free Marketing, Emily Elizabeth Kempf
Artemisia Gentileschi's Judith and Her Maidservant Serves As A Message of Hope, Holly Kyseth
Integrating Artificial Intelligence into Academic Writing: Development of a Student-Centered Ethical Toolkit, Matteo Landais
Abigail Sarai: A Neuroaesthetic Approach to Fashion Brand Development, Abby Martos
Analyzing Comparisons of Seascapes by Caspar David Friedrich and Fitz Henry Lane Through a Digital Gallery Show, Adrianna Murphy
The Gospel of Glamour: A Christian Woman's Style Blueprint, Osaromwenyeke Osemwota
Integrating Embodied Expertise into Dress History Academia Through Practice-Led Actualistic Recreations: A New Methodology and Test Thereof, Rowan Paramour
The Investigation of the Digital Divide: Government Literacy with African American Seniors, Jenettie Pirtle
Artificial Intelligence in Video Production, Jonathan Ringor
Branding through Semiotics, Minimalism, & Branding Psychology: The EurekaFit Brand, Torri Salem
The Indian River Lagoon Through the Lens of an Artist: Examining the Impact of Growth and Development on the Lagoon's Water Quality, Lisa K. Skelly
Staging Collapse: Anita Berber’s Cocaine And Morphium as Disability Aesthetic Performance, Blair Summers
Mediators of the Dead: Funerary Strategies and Material Practice in The Final Jōmon Period, Celeste Marie Tran
Reclaiming Suppressed Symbols: Yoruba Iconography and Nuyorican Identity in the Art of Nitza Tufiño, Ariana Williams
Art Therapy In The Art Classroom, Sherry Williams
Theses from 2025
Frameworks of Genius: Fresco, Labor, Scaffolding, and Patronage in the Making of Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel Ceiling, Jackelyn Eileen Adkins
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
Graphic Design For Visual Narratives: The Semiotics Of Diegetic Retrofuturism, Brooke Luke Ballard
Definitively Unfinished: Abraham Cruzvillegas’ Autoconstrucción, Disability Aesthetics, and Crip Materiality, Benjamin Brobst-Renaud
The Mystical Kitchen: Feminist Magic and Alchemical Transformation in the Work of Lenora Carrington, Theresa Burwell
Firing Through Adversity: How Women Ceramicists Sustained Stoke-On-Trent’s Pottery Industry Between The Wars, Zachary Carlson
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
Identity and Representation in Contemporary Art: An Inclusive 400/500-Level Art History Seminar Course, Laura E. Franz
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
Ecotheology for Kids, Lana Glenn
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
A Comprehensive Digital Marketing Strategy Guide For Independent Musicians, William Elree Hilburn
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
Rubbing Away Respect: How Repeated Touch Alters the Meaning of Women’s Statues, Olivea Kittrell
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
The Vampire in Video Games: Narrative Structures, Game Mechanics, and Cultural Significance, Ricardo Longo Minervino
Draft Card Battler, Brian Moore
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
Social Media's Impact on Female Generation Alpha's Beauty Standards and Consumer Habits, Matisen O'Brien
The Virgin of Guadalupe and the Liminality of Pregnancy, Jason Oosting
Accessible Preservation: Developing a Low-Cost, IIIF-Compliant Workflow for Small Art Collections, Robyn Palescandolo
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
Terracottas: A Case Study on Late Pre-Classic Colima Figurine Functions and Origins, Gracie Isabella Roades
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