Shayla Bott and Shani Robison, Dance Photo of Alexandre Munz teaching his innovative methodology to Dance 490 students. Photo credit: Jocelyn Horne Evaluation of how well the academic objectives of the proposal were met Alexandre Munz spent 4 full weeks on BYU campus teaching his groundbreaking somatic system and the science behind the program. The […]
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My Original Musical Project in the Arts
Kira Stone and George Nelson, Playwriting Hello! My name is Kira Stone. For my ORCA project, I wrote an original musical, and because of the grant, I have been able to begin the production of this musical. I have dealt with having Obsessive Compulsive Disorder in my life, and it tends to come and go […]
2015 Japanese Field Project
Bradley Duke and Justin Kunz, Illustration Alongside my mentor, I have been working to create an illustrated collection of Japanese stories. Originally, I had a team of 5 BYU students, that were to select a story, research it, and develop it into a cohesive and beautiful volume; we were also working with the Japanese Department […]
Women in Engineering and Technology Barriers Project
Carrie Etherington and David Morgan, Industrial Design With women making up less than 18% of positions in engineering and technology fields, I feel there are many doors that still can be opened. My intention with this project was to identify what was acting as a barrier keeping women from these fields and to use euthenics […]
Culminating Project
Logan McGill and Nathan Balser, Contemporary Dance Department During my time as a dance major at BYU I devoted countless hours to refining my technique, artistry, and performance quality in order to be the best dancer I could be. “Culminating Project” took those skills that I have spent so long refining and put them to […]
The Grovecrest Project: Analyzing Sociable Behavior in Children with Language Impairment Following a Social Understanding Intervention
Maille Coombs and Faculty Mentor: Martin Fujiki, Communication Disorders Introduction The link between social communication and Language Impairment (LI) is an emerging topic in the field of speech pathology. It is known that children with LI struggle to produce and comprehend language, but it has recently been shown that these children also have notable difficulty […]
The BYU Ad‐Deir Monument and Plateau Project
Josie Newbold and Dr. Cynthia Finlayson, Department of Anthropology Introduction Petra, Jordan is famous for being the city carved out of red sandstone cliffs. The builders of Petra were the Nabataeans, a people believed to be nomadic at one point in time, who settled in a desert and created a vast empire. They were renowned […]
Stepfamily Experiences Project (STEP)
Kevin Shafer, Social Work, and Erin K Holmes, Family Life The Stepfamily Experience Project (STEP) is a data set made up of approximately 1,500 emerging adults (aged 18-29) that was collected in 2013. STEP was motivated by a research literature which argues that stepfamilies are worse off than two-biological parent families (sometimes called biologically-intact families). […]
Vienna Recording Project
Christian Succo and Dr. Will Kimball, Music As a Music Education Major at BYU and a competent trombone player, I recognize the value and importance of experiencing things first hand. In my experience theory and practice are different. The first lacks a certain depth of understanding and often carries with it false realizations and implications. […]
The Filippini Project
Courtney McWhorter and Professor James Swensen, Art History Department Introduction In Argentina, many of the artists outside of the capitol are not studied despite how important they might be to the history of Argentina. I was once passing through a town in La Pampa, and I walked into a local museum. On a temporary display, […]