Annotated Edition of the Reminiscences of Nate Salsbury

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Bowman, Katie Annotated Edition of the Reminiscences of Nate Salsbury Faculty Mentor: Frank Christianson, English The purpose of this project was to prepare the unpublished manuscript Reminiscences of Nate Salsbury, written in the 1890s, for publication and to enter the critical conversation on the development of the frontier myth in American history. The first of […]

Mongolian Vowel Harmony and Palatalization

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Sims, Joshua Mongolian Vowel Harmony and Palatalization Faculty Mentor: Dirk Elzinga, Linguistics Introducation The Mongolian language is spoken by approximately 3,000,000 people in the East Asian nation of Mongolia. The language exhibits vowel harmony, a rare phenomenon where the vowels in a single word must belong to matching categories. Mongolian grammars traditionally classify the seven […]

Rediscovering Olga Wisinger-Florian

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Eyre, Nancy Rediscovering Olga Wisinger-Florian Faculty Mentor: Michelle James, Department of German and Russian The project Rediscovering Olga Wisinger-Florian culminated in the compilation of an online bibliography of secondary texts about the Austrian artist Olga Wisinger-Florian combined with a biography and catalogue of visual works by the artist published in The Sophie Digital Library (http://sophie.byu.edu). […]

Western Philosophy: A New Story for a New Generation

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Harrison, Stephanie Western Philosophy: A New Story for a New Generation Faculty Mentor: Dr. Dennis Packard, Philosophy Department In the fall semester of 2015, Dr. Packard approached me after class one day when he noticed from the class roll that I had a minor in visual arts. He came to me with an offer to […]

Emotional Truth in Fiction

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Thomson, Tamara Emotional Truth in Fiction Faculty Mentor: Stephen Tuttle, English Department In the early 1990s I had the opportunity to work closely with a group of youth patients, staff members, and clinicians at the Utah State Hospital. During that time there were several accusations of misconduct of staff with the youth patients, some of […]

Interpreting Art History by Brazillian Modernist Anuta Malfatti

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Turner, Michelle Interpreting Art History by Brazilian Modernist Anita Malfatti Faculty Mentor: Rex Nielsen, Department of Spanish & Portuguese Introduction This project is centered around the artist Anita Malfatti and her teaching of art history. Malfatti was an instrumental figure in the development of Brazilian Modernism. Leaving an oeuvre composed primarily of portraits and landscapes, […]

Annie Oakley Research

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Collins, Hope Annie Oakley Research Faculty Mentor: Frank Christianson, English Department <h2>Introduction</h2> For my project I researched Annie Oakley. I specifically was looking into how Annie Oakley added complexity to the American Frontier Myth and how she interacted with William F. Cody who was also known as Buffalo Bill. The purpose of my project was […]

From Imposition to Integration: Teotihuacan Influence on Maya Culture, as Evidence by Stela 7 at Piedras Negras

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Nuckols, Catherine From Imposition to Integration: Teotihuacan Influence on Maya Culture, as Evidence by Stela 7 at Piedras Negras Faculty Mentor: Allen J. Christenson, Comparative Arts and Letters Introduction This project was inspired by the Maya monument known as Stela 7, from Piedras Negras, Guatemala (shown at right). This stela, or upright stone carving, portrays […]

Western Philosophy for a New Generation

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Sasser, Sondra Western Philosophy for a New Generation Faculty Mentor: Dennis Packard, Philosophy Department As planned, Dr. Packard and I finished researching and writing our textbook, Western Philosophy for a New Generation. We are still editing some things and getting advice from other academics, but we deem the book to be a great success, and […]

Trash and Contemporary Brazil: Modernization and Consumption in Brazil’s Megacities

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Trash and Contemporary Brazil: Modernization and Consumption in Brazil’s Megacities By: Asa Richard Laws Mentor: Dr. Rex Nielson, Spanish and Portuguese Over the past 50 years the growing difference between trash collection capacity and consumption has produced new cultural developments concerning the collection, reuse, and criminalization of trash in Brazil. The thin legal framework that […]