Undergraduate Capstone Papers, Projects, and Recitals
Submissions from 2017
Evangelical Perceptions on Linguistic Sexism in English, Anna M. Beckmeyer
Gracie Bennett, Senior Voice Recital, Gracie Bennett
Dreams and Reality: A Storyteller's Look at Life, Sara K. Bennett
Jillissa Brummel, Senior Clarinet Recital, Jillissa A. Brummel
Michael Shawn Carbaugh II, Senior Composition Recital, Michael Carbaugh
Language and Entertainment: Can Language Be Learned Through Movies?, Elizabeth Carraher
Maria Confer, Senior Piano Recital, Maria Confer
Kelsey DePree, Senior Voice Recital, Kelsey M. DePree
Daniel Galey, Senior Jazz and Improvisation Recital, Daniel T. Galey
Calvin Hitchcock, Senior Composition Recital, Calvin D. Hitchcock
Wesley Kane, Senior Saxophone Recital, Wesley Y. Kane
Kaleigh Kenney, Senior Voice Recital, Kaleigh M. Kenney
Sean Anthony Kisch, Senior Composition Recital, Sean Kisch
The L1 Context Embedding Method in Foreign Language Vocabulary Instruction: A Comparative Study with the Keyword Method, Jordan V. Nanda
Haley Perritt, Senior Piano Recital, Haley J. Perritt
Adam Rinehart, Senior Trumpet Recital, Adam P. Rinehart
Hannah Rinehart, Senior Piano Recital, Hannah M. Rinehart
Jed Royce, Senior Violin Recital, Jonathan E.D. Royce
Audrey Rutt, Senior Piano Recital, Audrey S. Rutt
Kirsten Saur, Senior Voice Recital, Kirsten Saur
Say It Again: A Case Study on Improving Communication in an Autistic Adolescent, Olivia P. Seymour
Rhetorical Genre Theory and Workplace Adaptation for Modern Professional Writers, Alyssa Speicher
Michaela Wade, Mezzo-Soprano, Senior Voice Recital, Michaela S. Wade
Luke Williams, Senior Piano Recital, Luke J. Williams
Submissions from 2016
What’s in a Name? Sound Symbolism and Coffee Shops, Claire Anderson
David Anderson, Baritone, Senior Voice Recital, David J. Anderson III
Aleska Barkoviak, Soprano, Senior Voice Recital, Aleska Barkoviak
Linguistic Expression and Gender: A Function Word Analysis of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, Erica Corbiere
Kyle Darwin, Senior Saxophone Recital, Kyle T. Darwin
Acute Effects of Non-Nicotine Vaping on Vo2max, Blood Pressure, Heart Rate, and Lung Volume, Timothy C. De Jong, Timothy Parrott, and Michael Retzlaff
Janelle Finley, Senior Violin Recital, Janelle R. Finley
A Former Liar Armed with Truth and Aiming for Greatness, Jonathan Gallardo
In Order to Live, Madison E. Grapes
Christa Johnson, Senior Piano Recital, Christa K. Johnson
Project MKULTRA and the Search for Mind Control: Clandestine Use of LSD Within the CIA, Tani M. Linville
Jonathan Lyons, Senior Alto Saxophone Recital, Jonathan M. Lyons
The Effects of Square-Stepping Exercise on Risk of Falling and Balance in Senior Adults, Grace Miorelli and Michaela Nelson
Brittney Mitchell, Senior Voice Recital, Brittney S. Mitchell
A Linguistic Comparison of Biblical Greek and English: How Should the Adverbial Participle Be Translated?, Sarah C. Nickchen
Lindsay Pfeifer, Senior Piano Recital, Lindsey E. Pfeifer
Sarah Plumley, Senior Horn Recital, Sarah R. Plumley
Elizabeth Poore, Senior Piano Recital, Elizabeth M. Poore
Usability Simplified: A Basic Guide to Undertaking Effective Usability Testing, Garrison Reeves
Student Lifestyle Choices and Perceptions of Stress Based on Majors, Nathan Robinson, Seth Andrews, and Benjamin E. Yoder
Is This Author Intelligent? The Effect of Spelling Errors on Perception of Authors, Rachel M. Schloneger
The Effect of Signal-Independent Information and Sentence Predictability on Speech Comprehension in Babble Noise for Typical Hearing Young Adults, Mariah N. Smart
Rachel Stevenson, Senior Piano Recital, Rachel Stevenson
Alisha Symington, Mezzo-Soprano, Senior Voice Recital, Alisha Symington
An Alternate Route, Rachael D. Tague
Joshua Taylor, Senior Violin Recital, Joshua J. Taylor
Carolyn Ticker, Senior Piano Recital, Carolyn S. Ticker
Visual Rhetoric: A Case for Visual Literacy in the Classroom, Kaitlyn J. Tomlinson
The Effects of Bilingualism and Multilingualism on Lexical Retrieval, Sarah E. Young
Submissions from 2015
Joy Brammer, Senior Piano Recital, Joy A. Brammer
Julia Brummel, Senior Alto Saxophone Recital, Julia K. Brummel
Allison Butterworth, Soprano, Senior Voice Recital, Allison R. Butterworth
Venecuba: An Analysis of Cuban Influence in Venezuela and its Support for the Bolívarian Revolution, James A. Cohrs
In Defense of the Spratly Islands: The Philippines' Bilateral Defense Policy Against a Looming China, Eric S. Cruz
The Cloth of My Life, Tabitha Mercy DeHart
Dostoevsky's Polyphonic Apologetic: Dialogue and Defense of Christianity in The Brothers Karamazov, Tyler C. Detrick
Collaboration Is Key: A Study on the Religious Identity of Catholic and Southern Baptist Hospitals, Benjamin German
Carolyn Gorog, Senior Clarinet Recital, Carolyn S. Gorog
ISIS: Trends in Terrorist Media and Propaganda, Kyle J. Greene
Alyssa Griffith, Senior Piano Recital, Alyssa K. Griffith
A Study of Civil War Leadership: Gettysburg as a Turning Point, Joseph Griffith
Give My Regards to the Book, Kevin A. Hicks
Danielle Hutchison, Senior Piano Recital, Danielle Hutchison
Around an Image, Alexander MacPhail-Fausey
I Am With You: The Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Fans, and the Harmful Effects of Californication, Alexander MacPhail-Fausey
Completing the Construction: Art as Therapy in Ned Vizzini's It's Kind of A Funny Story, Catherine L. McClain
Andrew McFarlane, Senior Composition Recital, Andrew McFarlane
Brittney Miesse, Soprano, Senior Voice Recital, Brittney L.A. Miesse
“Shining” with the Marginalized: Self-Reflection and Empathy in Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining, Bethany Miller
Emma Patterson, Mezzo-Soprano, Senior Voice Recital, Emma E. Patterson
Anna Raquet, Senior Piano Recital, Anna Raquet
Robert Rhodes, Baritone, Senior Voice Recital, Robert B. Rhodes Jr.
On Navigating Life as a Deceased Lutheran Pastor’s Daughter, Kathy Roberts
'We Need Some Light': Seeing Identities After Grief in Next to Normal, Kathy S. Roberts
New START from Old Beginnings?, Michaela Ruhlmann
David Saur, Senior Trombone Recital, David A. Saur
There Is an Unformed World in the Sky of My Heart, Nathanael T. Spanos
Nate Spanos, Senior Piano Recital, Nathanael T. Spanos
President Kennedy and the Escalation of the Vietnam War, Kenneth L. Sterner
“Do Not Ask Me to Remain the Same”: Charles Darwin in Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy, Rachael D. Tague
Kim Tavierne, Senior Trumpet Recital, Kim M. Tavierne
Bethany Thompson, Senior Violin Recital, Bethany K. Thompson
The Double-Sided Message of The Lego Movie: The Effects of Popular Entertainment on Children in Consumer Culture, Jordan Treece
Megan Troyer, Senior Trumpet Recital, Megan Troyer
webster ('web-stər) n. one who weaves or unites, Taylor P. Wilcox
Central Government and Secession, Tyler Zuch
Submissions from 2014
The Effects of an Exercise Program on Cardiovascular Risk Factors at a Faith Based University, Annisa R. Albury, Jacob D. Forsythe, and Greggory M. Thorpe
Zachary Anderson, Senior Horn Recital, Zachary Anderson
Rebekah Andrews, Senior Piano Recital, Rebekah Andrews
Learning to Fight, Deanne L. Bradshaw
The Firefighter, Deanne L. Bradshaw
The Street, Deanne L. Bradshaw
Learning to Play: Cognitive and Physical Development of Children and Requirements of Playing the Piano, Amy Carmichael
He Started the Whole World Singing a Song, Brian R. Cates
“An Obscene Power”: Desire, Capitalism, and Identity in Geraldine Brooks’ March, Rachel Dark
Cameron, Andrew T. Fawcett
