The Master of Liberal Studies Theses series publishes theses written under the auspices of the Master of Liberal Studies (MLS) Program at Rollins College. The thesis project focuses on a significant question which integrates ideas studied during the course of the MLS Program. Projects may take the form of traditional research studies that utilize primary and secondary sources, or they may be nontraditional studies, such as creative or applied works.

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Theses/Dissertations from 2024

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The Spiritual Experience: Mysticism, Asceticism, and Sobriety, Corinne Cuddeback

Theses/Dissertations from 2023

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Nihilism and Rebellion: Anti-nihilistic Art in the Modern and Postmodern World, Taylor Foley

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Rural Education in Peru: A study of its performance, physical and digital infrastructure, gender, linguistic, and social and cultural development, Mohammed Forero Bucheli

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The Angus Swaraj, David Smith

Theses/Dissertations from 2022

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A Farewell to Gender Norms: Non-Heteronormative Characters in Ernest Hemingway's Writing, Christopher Bauman

Theses/Dissertations from 2021

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Invisible Enemy, Pablo Cabezas

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A Feminine Gothic Revival: The Haunting of Shirley Jackson and Toni Morrison, Mallory Danley

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The Death-Song of g-man, Gil Franqui

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A Devised Ethnodrama: Conscious Voices, Sonia Pasqual

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The Enlightenment Conditions: A Comparison, Eric Richardson

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“To a World Without Winden”: Unraveling the Threads of Narrative Complexity in Hybrid Time-Travel Television, Elizabeth Trepanier

Theses/Dissertations from 2020

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Faust in Context: A Comparitive Examination of the Fates of Marlowe's and Goethe's Faust Characters, Kristin Abel

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The Lost Light of Liberty, Justin Cole

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The Gender and Sexuality of Jewish Women, Risa Cole

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Ancient Wisdom and Future Medicine: A Defense of the Science of Ayurveda, Michael Eatmon

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Near-Death Experiences: Vision of the Afterlife through the Domains of the Liberal Arts, David Huff

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The Stoic Trinity, Oliver Trapp

Theses/Dissertations from 2019

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Confronting Western Conceptions of Non-Human Animal Cognition, Jinji Donato

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Embodied Autoethnography, Courtney M. Fuller

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The Clashing Island of Humanity: Virgil's Aeneid as Heroic Threnody, Steffen Mathis

Theses/Dissertations from 2018

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The Metamodern Man, Nathan R. Arrowsmith

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Reimagining the Narrative: A Contemporary Creative Collection of Interracial Perspective, Holly Jefferies

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Sacramental Imagery in the Fiction of James Joyce, Flannery O'Connor, and Wendell Berry, David Jones

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The Man who Put his Head in a Microwave Oven: A Look at James Incandenza from Infinite Jest, Esteban Meneses

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Under the Influence: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Psychedelics, Jody Roun

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The Psychological Grotesque in Modern American Literature, Amanda Turnbull

Theses/Dissertations from 2017

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The Agency Paradox: Cultural Relativism Contra Universal Rights, Veronica Leary

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Catholic Girls and Cold Wars, Patricia Geary Schoene Ms.

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Structural Inadequacies, Poorly Crafted Legislation, Eroding Imperial Authority, Escalating Confessional Conflict and the Eventual Intractability of Two Ruling Princes, Caused the Thirty Years War, Arthur N. Traver

Theses/Dissertations from 2016

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Lengua Latina: Representations of Sex and Gender in Latina Literature, Jessica L. Harris

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William Morris and Diego Rivera: The Pursuit of Art for the People, Heidi S. Shugg

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Guarded Optimism, Cynical Fatalism: An Intertextual Analysis of Selected Victorian Novels and their Modernist Reinterpretations, Michelle L. Strickland

Theses/Dissertations from 2015

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Condorcet and I - A Fictional Conversation between Condorcet and Me: on the Outlines of an Historical View of the Progress of the Human Mind, Michael S. Christopher

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Parramore and the Interstate 4: A World Torn Asunder (1880-1980), Yuri K. Gama

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Leadership Cultural Intelligence: A Path to Highly Effective Global Operations, Joseph C. Gelineau Jr

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Are Historically Black Colleges and Universities Necessary? It's Not that Black and White, Keara Jones

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Educating for the Twenty-First Century: A Pragmatist's View on the Dichotomy of STEM and Liberal Arts, Emilie L. Mears

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The Battle of Good and Evil in Shakespeare, Erin K. Miller

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Post-Colonial Female Identity: An Examination of the Twentieth Century Narrative Between Nation and Identity in A Question of Power, See Then Now, and Americanah, Jeannine Ortega

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Symposer's Dream, Mehdi Taifi

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Catullus and Urbanitas: Ancient Roman Sophistication through the Eyes of a Multi-faceted Poet, Marcus A. Vu

Theses/Dissertations from 2014

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The Universal Roar: Walt Whitman, John Muir, and the Song of the Cosmos, Jason Balserait

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America the Yogiful: Insights Into American Yoga Culture Today, Carolina Castaneda

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Kafka’s Identity Crisis: Examining The Metamorphosis as a Response to Anti-Semitism and Assimilation in Turn-of-the-Century Europe, Sarah B. Classon

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Diplomacy & Negotiation, Liefke M. Cox

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Bridges, Jane M. Curry

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Applied Theater: Giving Voice to Low-income Teenage Immigrants Through Theater, Nadia S. Garzon

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The Role of the Artist as a Social Critic: as Interpreted through the Art of Swoon, Allora & Calzadilla, and Ai Wei Wei, Jessica A. Hasara

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Handicraft, Hobbitcraft and the Fires of Mordor: The Arts and Crafts Movement, Industrial Revolution and The Lord of the Rings, Gina L. Hewitt

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Convocations of Empire: Public Spectacle and Ceremony in Britain, 1851-2012, Ryan G. Hudnall

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Unveiling the Veil: Debunking the Stereotypes of Muslim Women, Jennifer Sands

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The Impacts of the Railways in Scotland, Isabella Katherine Stryker

Theses/Dissertations from 2013

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Mary in Three Movements, John E. Accola, Jr

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Through the Bottom of a Drinking Glass: How Beer and Brewing Changed Human HIstory, Matthew Bougher

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New Dawn Trilogy, David A. Clark

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The Changing Face of China: Chinese Women and Their Awakening Culture, Celia Ella Thornton Corrad

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Gardens Are a Physical Manifestation of Culture: Postmodern Public Parks of the Twenty-First Century Will Be Built on the Infrastructure of the Industrial Age, Steven W. Grant

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The Cult of Salomé: Decapitation Imagery and Cultural Anxiety in Belle Époque Europe., Sean C. Hall

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Lessons In and Out of School, Mary K. Maloney Johnson

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The Democratic Landscape: Envisioning Democracy Through Aldo Leopold's Land Ethic, Stacey L. Matrazzo

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Inheritance of the Past: Patriarchy, Race and Gender in Faulkner's and Chopin's South, Therese D. Osborne

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Reborn in Adversity - Memoir Excerpt and Review of Resiliency Research: Risks and Traits, Alina Patterson

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Humans and Nature: Finding Meaning through Metaphysics, Justin Stone

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Central Florida Food Culture: The Changing Landscape, Kristin Sweeney

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Science’s Harmful Power, Rochelle Thomas

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The Chess Players, Gerry A. Wolfson-Grande

Theses/Dissertations from 2012

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The Bicycle in Western Literature: Transformations on Two Wheels, Nanci J. Adler

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My Dear Watson: A Musical Interpretation of Sherlock Holmes’s Friendship with Dr. John Watson, Jami-Leigh C. Bartschi

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Ecological Literacy: Global Planetary Stewardship is Everyone’s Responsibility, Eileen Bobeck-Thoresen

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The Unbought Grace of Life: Chivalry in Western Literature, Richard N. Boggs

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Lessons in Leadership: Ulysses S. Grant, Sheila Cappel

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Dante Gabriel Rossetti and the Romance of Loss, Jane N. Cooper

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Frankenstein: A Seminal Work of Modern Literature, Traci K. Damron

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Oh, Baltimore! A Journal of Experience and Discovery, Deborah Danziger

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Creating Change Through Documentary Film: An Examination of Select Films, Elizabeth C. Faulcon

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Religion and Architecture in Downtown Orlando, Djordje Jovanović

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The Emergence of Feminism During the Late Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries by Female Artists and Authors, Tracy S. Koubek

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Movie and Television Fathers: A Positive Reflection of Positive Changes, George J. McGowan

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Luther and Hitler: A Linear Connection between Martin Luther and Adolf Hitler’s Anti-Semitism with a Nationalistic Foundation, Daphne M. Olsen

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The Bitter Relicks of My Flame: The Embodiment of Venereal Disease and Prostitution in the Novels of Jane Austen, Melanie Erin Osborn

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Living a Parallel Life: Memoirs and Research of a Transnational Korean Adoptee, Mary C. Robinson

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Maeve and the Lost King, Sunshine Guilkey Schulenberg

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The Influence of Carl Jung’s Archetype of the Shadow On Early 20th Century Literature, Dana Brook Thurmond

Theses/Dissertations from 2011

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Scandinavian Dream: A Region’s Common Philosophical Principles Resulting in Equality, Prosperity, and Social Justice, Remy Christopher Ansiello

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The Reciprocal Reshaping of the American Dream and American Religion, Samir S. Gupte

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The Role of Indulgences in the Building of New Saint Peter’s Basilica, Ginny Justice

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Unwrapping the Gifts of Artistic Creativity, Brent W. Kubasta

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Les Trois Visionnaires: The Narrative of Balzac, Flaubert, and Zola, Jonathan C. Landwer

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The Satanic Phenomenon: Medieval Representations of Satan, Morgan A. Matos

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Growing Pains: Current Challenges to Urban Farming and the Development of Local Identity, Lorraine E. Monteagut

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A Fairly Sad Tale: A Play Based on the Life and Works of Dorothy Parker, Julianna E. Moring

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Evil: Genocide in the 21st Century, James L. Pigmon

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The Influence and Legacy of Deism in Eighteenth Century America, Tiffany E. Piland

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The Use of Picture Books in the High School Classroom: A Qualitative Case Study, Melissa Reiker

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Echoes From Geneva: Finding John Calvin’s Socio-Economic Interests in the Modern World, Brenda K. Savage

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Towards a Philosophy of Woodworking: Re-embracing Community and Quality Craftsmanship in Contemporary America, Patrick J. Szymanski

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Finger Lickin’ Good: An Analytical Investigation into the Urban Diet, Jennifer T.R. Tomlinson

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Rule Britannia: Britain, Breadfruit, and the Birth of Transoceanic Plant Transportation, Annabel Tudor

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It’s a Beautiful Day in the Gayborhood, Cori E. Walter

Theses/Dissertations from 2010

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The Vampire Myth and Christianity, Dorothy Ivey