Michael Hoopes and Dr. Evan Ward, Department of History The result of my research among the Vancouver, Canada Chilean exile community was overall a positive, more concrete understanding of the mindset of the community, though certain difficulties relating to my inexperience have rendered the data I collected somewhat useless. I entered seeking to more clearly […]
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Protest and the PRI: Examining US-Mexican Relations, 1968-1971
Jacob Glenn and Dr. Andrew Johns, Department of History A green flare shot up in the air, lighting the sky. A red flare shortly followed. As the surprised crowd looked up, “a hail of bullets” turned a peaceful student protest into a massacre at Tlatelolco. Indignation at police brutality and political authoritarianism had triggered a […]
Closing the Gap: Defining the Determinants of School Dropout in Rural Mexico
Ashley Dymock and Dr. Tim Heaton, Department of Sociology My research examined the motives behind school dropouts occurring between primary and secondary schools in Guanajuato, Mexico. It involved both preliminary quantitative analysis as well as field research that was both qualitative and quantitative in nature. I am currently in the process of evaluating the data […]
Gauchos, Charruas, and the Hombre Nuevo: Redefining Masculinity Through Revolution in Argentina and Uruguay, 1959- 1983
Robert Christensen and Dr. Jeffrey Shumway, Department of History One of the least studied aspects of the Cold War in Latin America has been the complex relationships between guerrilla organizations. The project I undertook aimed to begin a dialogue on the interchange of ideas that took place, focusing on how that was expressed through the […]
Family and Principle: The Blood and Iron of the Empress Frederick
Aileen Christensen and Professor Paul Kerry, Department of History The Empress Frederick was a remarkably intelligent woman, who uniquely responded to her parents educational system and ideas, making her the bright hope for the future generation, particularly for the future of Prussia. Her lofty English ideals, however, led her into conflict and defeat at the hands […]
Gender and the Hindsight Bias: An Economic Experiment
Jacqueline Andros and Dr. Joseph Price, Department of Economics Hindsight bias, or the psychological tendency to think that we “knew it all along,” has been studied for over fifty years but no study has yet thoroughly documented the specific role that gender plays in an individual’s susceptibility to this effect. This is somewhat surprising, since […]
Natural Reverberation and The Phantom of the Opera
Douglas Olsen and Professor Troy Streeter, Department of Theatre and Media Arts They say the neon lights are bright on Broadway, but potentially more incredible is the sound achieved by the audio engineers of the famous theatre district. These artists apply the world’s best audio technologies to create the sound of the American Musical. One of […]
Recognizing Faces: Women’s Portraits on the Salt Lake City and County Building
Diana Lauritzen and Dr. James Swensen, Department of Art History and Curatorial Studies Sixteen women’s portraits grace the capitals of four piers at the two main entrances to the Salt Lake City and County Building, a building which though controversial at the time, serves today as the icon of the city’s logo. Much like the […]
Commercial Theatre Practices in Non-profit Theatre
Andrew Joy and Professor Jeffrey Martin, Division of Design and Production This creative project compared two case studies in theatrical producing. Simply put, being a producer is being in charge of finding the material to produce (i.e. a play, musical, dance program etc.), making all arrangements to put that material on stage, and being financially responsible […]
La Photographie de Rue: The Changed Face of Doisneau’s Paris
Sarah Carrigan and Dr. James Swensen, Department of Visual Arts I suppose it all started in a textbook. Perhaps this shouldn’t be surprising, but as one who generally avoids superfluous bouts of academic reading, I’m still in a fair amount of awe that this project ever got dreamt up in the first place. Yet how […]