Of Angles and Angels: Political Unity and Spiritual Identity in Anglo-Saxon England, 871 – 1016

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Susannah Morrison and Miranda Wilcox, Department of English This project examined the development of English nationalism in the ninth and tenth centuries. Prior to this moment in the island’s history, England had been divided into a series of independent and self-governing kingdoms, including Mercia in the Midlands, Wessex in the West Country, Northumbria, stretching from […]

Karl May’s Amerika German Intellectual Imperialism

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Seth Cannon and Robert McFarland, Department of German and Russian Introduction From Columbus to the Spaghetti Westerns of the 20th century Europeans have manipulated and sculpted America to reflect their values and priorities. Germans in particular have developed a strange fascination with America, specifically the American West. This “America” is, however, largely an intellectual construct, […]

The Architecture of Experience: Exploring the relationship between domestic infrastructure and the compartmentalization of experience through art

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Goldrup, Elizabeth Price The Architecture of Experience Exploring the relationship between domestic infrastructure and the compartmentalization of experience through art Faculty Mentor: Joseph Parry, Philososphy “Your art made me ask questions.” That is what Ari K wrote in the small book I stationed at my exhibit held in the Harold B Lee Library. When I […]

Elisa von der Recke: Volume IV of the Critically Edited Collected Works Restored Sheet Music

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Seay, David Elisa von der Recke: Volume IV of the Critically Edited Collected Works Restored Sheet Music Faculty Mentor: Dr. Michelle James, German & Russian Department My project involved recording and publishing restored music from the 18th century. BYU’s “Mentored Research Sophia Project,” led by staff within the German & Russian Department, is creating a […]

Keep them coming: Discovering Why Upper-Division Students Use the Writing Center

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Marston, Ethan Keep Them Coming: Discovering Why Upper-Division Students Use the Writing Center Faculty Mentor: David Stock, English Department Introduction Because the development of writing skills is crucial to professional success, many writing center studies attempt to determine how to best encourage undergraduate students to attend their university writing centers. Many universities require freshmen to […]

Using Technology to Enhance Second Language Literacy

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Pace, Emily Adriana Using Technology to Enhance Second Language Literacy (Subtitle- Enablling Students of Arabic to Find..) Faculty Mentor: R. Kirk Belnap, Department of Asian and Near Eastern Languages Introduction This project is the beginning of a revision of a previous research project of the BYU Arabic department known as RAFT (Readable Article Finding Tool). […]

The Challenges and Solutions of Online Surveys

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Cannon, Rachel Loh, Amanda The Challenges and Solutions of Online Surveys Faculty Mentor: Dan Dewey, Department of Linguistics and English Language Surveys are a valuable tool in research. However, there is currently no place where researchers can find compiled information about the challenges of online surveys and their corresponding solutions. Research publications typically address a […]

Muito Como Um Rei: Afro-Brazilian Need for Educational Role Models

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Grundvig Angela Muito Como Um Rei :Afro-Brazilian Need for Educational Role Models Rex Nielson, Department of Spanish and Portuguese This research project attempts to engage in a new verbal dialogue in the field of research about Afro-Brazilian masculinity and educational systems through the lens of literature. The novel Muito Como Um Rei (2015) is a […]

Using Reading Strategies to Differentiate Reading Instruction

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Allsup, Kari Using Reading Strategies to Differentiate Reading Instruction Faculty Mentor: Dawan Coombs, English Department Introduction Struggling readers have often developed learning strategies, but not strategies that help them become better readers. Consider, a student who is checked out every day before English to avoid the discomfort of reading aloud, a student who gets up […]

Generational Attitudes Reflected through Soviet Socialist Realism

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Herdman, Kelsey Generational Attitudes Reflected through Soviet Socialist Realism Faculty Mentor: Tony Brown, Russian Introduction In his biography “Raising the Banner” artist Geli Korzhev, a Socialist Realist artist, believes that Socialist Realism should have been titled as “social realism”; that “socialism is associated with politics but it should be aimed at social issues,” and that […]