Journal of Undergraduate Research

Chelsea Francis and Christopher Oscarson; Humanities, Classics, and Comparative Literature Introduction While it is not difficult to isolate the first uses of the word “ecology,” it is far more elusive to trace the origins of the idea before the term became commonplace. In this project, Dr. Oscarson and I attempted to map the changing concept […]

David Delbar and Roger Macfarlane, Classics Few characters are as enigmatic as the protagonist of Miguel de Unamuno’s San Manuel Bueno, mártir, and many scholars have attempted to discern the motivations of the saintly Catholic priest who does not believe in an afterlife. Because of the overt biblical allusions in the text and the personal […]

Benjamin Holt, Dane Christensen, and Dr. Christopher Oscarson, Humanities The roots of ecology in Scandinavia begin with the botanist Linnaeus in the 18th century, who developed the notion of the economy of nature. Throughout the 19th century, proto-ecologists carried the movement that would eventually be recognized as a legitimate and viable science, studying the interaction […]

Nozomu Okuda and Dr. Roger Macfarlane, BYU Department of Humanities, Classics, and Comparative Literature Digital epigraphic databases can be of interest to scholars who study the past. Epigraphy — a word which combines the two Greek roots epi-, meaning “above” or “on,” and graphe, meaning “writing” — is the study of inscriptions. Among the epigraphic […]

Allison Rietz and Kerry Soper, Humanities, Classics and Comparative Literature Introduction This project deals with museum exhibits, the primary cultural product used to justify a museum’s existence; they are also the face of the museum that the public sees. However, because museums are a mix of visual and literary aspects, the point of an exhibit […]

Adam Lloyd and Dr. Kerry Soper, Department of Humanities, Classics and Comparative Literature On a visit to Denver, Colorado in November 2011, my girlfriend requested that we visit the Molly Brown House Museum as she had grown up watching the musical The Unsinkable Molly Brown. As we toured the museum, the architecture and interior design […]

Laura Hatch and Dr. Matt Ancell, Humanities, Classics, & Comparative Literature I organized this research project in order to better understand the philosophical implications of linear perspective in Western Renaissance art. Artists and theorists have long understood linear perspective as a specific artistic technique, but my research was an exploration of what linear perspective represents […]

Randall Craig Meister and Dr. Polyxeni Strolonga, Classics The ancient grammarians of Greece and India followed an informatively comparable methodology in the light of modern-day ancient language pedagogy. This study examined the ancient texts of the Ashtadhyayi by Panini, Techne Grammike by Dionysius Thrax, and Peri Syntaxeos by Apollonius Dyscolus in terms of structure, potential […]

Leigh Meister (Hunsaker) and Dr. Francesca Lawson, Humanities, Classics, & Comparative Literature I can honestly say that this ORCA-sponsored research has turned out to be one of the most valuable aspects of my undergraduate career. While several elements of my finished project did not meet my initial expectations, this research opportunity taught me to be […]

Joshua D. Jewkes and Dr. Gary R. Hooper, Comparative Literature With the generosity on the part of the Office of Research and Creative Design and the grant offered me, I was able to produce a significant piece of scholarly work that will contribute significantly to a major academic field: a subject-word index for the academic […]