Recent MALS Theses

“To See Her Face, To Hear Her Voice: Profiling the Place of Women in Upper East Tennessee, 1773-1810”

“The Cyclical Nature of Moral Entrepreneurship”

“Playboys, Single Girls, and Sexual Rebels: Sexual Politics from 1950-1965, A Trilogy of  Significant Developments”

 “Cultural Modification in Rural Appalachia: Changes as Perceived by Persons Living Through the Transformation Created by the ARC”

“Alienation and Isolation in Interracial Marriages in East Tennessee”

“African American and Latino Relations in Hamblen County”

 “Mimetic Transformations of Sacred Symbols: Christianity in Appalachian Literature”

Recent MALS Culminating Projects

“Harbingers of Change: Women and War, 1861-1865” (Support paper and Readers’ Theater play on the role of women during the Civil War)

“To Touch Unpolished Stones” (collection of poems; support paper on women’s autobiographical writing.)

“Making Do and Making Over: The Feedsack Connection” (Support paper and exhibit at the B. Carroll Reece Museum, ETSU)

 “Mining a New Life” (photo and artifact exhibit at B. Carroll Reece Museum and support paper on Russian immigrants in coal mining camps in West Virginia)

“The Burning Man Experience” (photo exhibit and support paper on the Burning Man festival)

“Scenographic Design: Behind the Scenes of Winnie the Pooh” (Support paper and set design project)

“Involving a Study Population of Senior Adults in Art: An Intergenerational Teaching Approach” (support paper, interviews, participant observation)

“A Study of Cultural Practices and Values in Southeast Asia as Related to Improving Water Resource Management” (support paper; interviews; diary entries).

“The Thirteenth Juror: Does Race Influence Jury Verdicts?”

(support paper and survey).