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61) Scapes
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This body of visual work is not complete. It will be an ongoing investigation and self-realization process across a variety of mediums. The mediums I have chosen to re-present the idea of space within this current crystalized exhibition are; paint, poetry, and performance. All of which carry their own specific historic and purposeful meaning.
62) Land
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Infrared light is invisible to the human eye. I reveal this band of the spectrum by using filters that isolate infrared waves from visible light. Long exposures are necessary, bringing time into the process. Ripples in the water disappear and the leaves, grass and clouds blur, but the land remains solid and sharp. Using techniques that I have been developing over the last several years, I capture the essence of the surrounding landscapes. I finish...
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Historians of American religion have recently written about the existence of religious diversity, which was especially evident in the American South. Although many have tended to target their research on social issues and politics, denominational distinctiveness in theological beliefs and practices ought to be seen as yet another form of diversity. Roanoke, Virginia may not be as well known as other Southern cities, such as Richmond or Atlanta, but...
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For over four hundred years, colonial governments in the Northern Mariana Islands controlled resource development through the enforcement of land policy. While largely economic in nature, these land policies resulted in dramatic cultural changes for the native Chamorro people. However, as a self-determined United States territory, the indigenous government of the Northern Marianas has expropriated this framework of colonial land policy and transformed...
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Grand County, Colorado boasts itself as "Mountain Bike Capital U.S.A. Though determining whether or not the county is worthy of such a title would be a worthwhile effort, this thesis instead focuses on how mountain biking became an economic driver for the mountain towns in Grand County. Through dissecting national trends, local business practices and personal interviews it was clear several groups had a hand in creating this mountain bike reinforced...
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Three Broadway musicals from throughout the 1970s- in the intentions of their creators and actors, in the reception by critics and audiences, and in the messages of the book and music themselves- reflected larger social issues of the time. Follies (1971) illustrated a narcissistic generation's concerns about marriage and aging, using as its fractured, nostalgic lens the lighthearted entertainment that existed before World War II. A Chorus Line (1975)...
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Sport-specific resistance tube exercises that target the muscles of the glenohumeral joint involved in overhead throwing have been effective in improving overhead throwing velocity and glenohumeral joint range of motion (ROM). However, past research has been solely based on male baseball players, a combination of male baseball players and female softball players, or female athletes of other overhead throwing sports; few studies have conducted research...
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The primary purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between a history of concussions and recovery time in NCAA Division II male and female collegiate athletes. The secondary purpose was to determine if there is a difference in gender when it comes to concussion recovery. This was a cohort study conducted over a period of 16 weeks. The participants in this study were male (N=3) and female (N=4) student-athletes, ages 18-21 years, who...
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Between 1850 and 1857 six separate filibustering attempts left from San Francisco in hopes of conquest in Sonora, Mexico. Three U.S. citizens and three Frenchmen, all being drawn to California during the gold rush, failed to have their fortunes materialize. These adventurers desired more than California could offer and each organized groups to travel south in search of land, fame, and fortune in the northern Mexican state. Each group had its own motivations...
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Athletic injuries can be devastating occurrences in an athlete's career. The reactions and responses that occur due to the injury can impact the athlete in his/her recovery and return to sport. Therefore. the purpose of the study was to explore the psycho-emotional response to athletic injury, rehabilitation. and readiness to return in NCAA Division II collegiate athletes by exploring their experiences in real time: at the time of injury through rehabilitation...
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Hantaviruses are found throughout the world, but the Sin Nombre strain is highly prevalent in the Southwest region of the United States. Sin Nombre virus (SNV) is a rodent-borne zoonotic pathogen that causes Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS) in humans, a disease with exceptionally high (~40%) mortality rates. The primary reservoir for SNV is the deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus). Once infected with SNV, deer mice remain infected for life but exhibit...
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By the 1960s, millions of African Americans faced pervasive discrimination in housing, education, employment, and law enforcement in the wholly unprecedented environment of the American ghetto. In the urban areas where institutional racism was most oppressive and the evolution of civil rights activity was most acute, violence was inevitable. After several long, hot summers of urban unrest throughout the United States, Detroit, Michigan exploded on...
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This thesis involves discovering how the actors who participated in this event, and the historians who interpreted its outcome from the nineteenth century to present-day remembered the War of 1812's Battle of Niagara Falls, or, the Battle of Lundy's Lane. The goal is to show that competing militaristic narratives, which proposed victory for their respective sides, chronicled the consequences of that fray. By examining the Battle of Niagara Falls through...
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This thesis presents a case study of the policy formation that is intended to shed light on important aspects of the Federal Governments' involvement with Big Business concerning the alleged Navajo-Hopi land dispute. The federal law to be examined is Public Law 93-531: The Navajo and Hopi Land Settlement Act of 1974. The federal law was instituted in an effort to settle the decades old "problem" concerning land issues that arose between members of...
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Sudden aspen decline (SAD) is when aspen experience branch dieback, crown loss, and rapid mortality due to increased temperatures and reduced moisture availability. Aspen forests provide key habitat for a variety of plant and animal species. We conducted a study to quantify species richness and abundance of large mammals among different SAD levels based on recent crown loss (RCL): low SAD (0-25% RCL), moderate SAD (25.1-50% RCL) and high SAD (50.1-100%...
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In this paper I discuss the lesbian label and its role in collegiate women's basketball. I focus on the perspective of female student athletes in southern California, their experiences and understandings of how they were treated and their feelings that resulted from that. These recollections include perceptions of the coaches, universities, teammates, family and other lesbian players. I have compared studies previously done on this topic and examine...
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A Generation Projected is a site-specific installation. This thesis paper analyzes cultural disconnect, nostalgia, and the influence of global media as a cultural phenomenon, as seen in the installation. The title of the show represents the fact that the artist's generation is one that has grown in a media-dominated world. Because of the globalization of mass media such as television and film, both projected media, this generation has shared many...
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The common experience of historical loss or historical trauma by the American Indian/Alaska Native populations (AIAN) is defined as the collective effects of trauma across the lifespan and generations due to unresolved grief (Brave Heart, 1998;Cain, 1999). Historical trauma comes from the loss of Native American lives, culture, and land as a result of European invasion. The effects of the unresolved grief perpetuate a cycle continuing in every generation...
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Who writes your prescriptions? Your doctor, or your insurance company? Who is in charge of filling those prescriptions? Your pharmacist, or the company that manufactures them? This paper is a comprehensive look at healthcare delivery in America in 2010, and why it is that the people we train to take care of us Don't hold the reins.
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Rapid mortality of aspen (Populus tremuloides) featuring high crown loss, concurrent branch dieback, and poor suckering was first observed extensively in southwestern-Colorado in 2004. This unusual abrupt fatal phenomenon, often referred to as Sudden Aspen Decline (SAD), is the result of predisposing factors, inciting factors, and contributing factors. Microclimate, one potential inciting factor, encompasses a significant importance in maintaining...
