Potter College of Arts and Letters past CETs | Western Kentucky University

Completed CE/Ts in Art & Design

Janessa Unseld	Building Coleus Academy
Jolie Finley	Defamiliarized Gender in the Works of Hayao Miyazaki
Sunny Sheperd	Perception: Exploring Cognition and Consciousness Through Visual Art
Chris DiMeo	The Oceans Above Us: An Augmented Reality Experience
Emilie Gill	A Thousand Words: Celebrating the Power of Visual Language in Picture Books
Elise Blankenship	All Is Fair in Love and War: An Exploration of the History, Tactics, and Current Status of the Guerrilla Girls
Sarah Linder	Perspectives of Italian Fresco: Creation and Conservation

Broadcasting

Completed CE/Ts in Broadcasting

David Hunter Hartlage	Bluegrass Backstory: Connecting People to Local History Through Podcasting
Olivia Eiler	A Hard Row to Hoe: Suicide Among Kentucky Farmers
Ashton Jones	I Hear You: The Everyday Struggle of Living with Misophonia
Elijah Smith	The Picnic: Fancy Farm's Homecoming
Katie Daniels	Fire and Skye: The Magic and Mayhem of Filming Traditional Music Videos in Scotland

Communication

Completed CE/Ts in Communication

McKenzie Rodgers	Promoting a Walk/Run Event to Expand Services for Individuals with Disabilities
AC Chan	Examining Audience Receptivity to Theatre Across Various Technological Mediums
Bethany Johnson	Video Game Sociology and Public Relations/Marketing Efforts: An Analysis of Sociological Elements and Efficacy of Public Release in the Bioshock Series
Andrew Henderson	Journalism and Human Rights: From the Abolition of the British Slave Trade, the AIDS Crisis, and Injustices Beyond and In-Between
Taylor Hillard	Keeping Love Alive: Communication Modes, Relational Satisfaction and Communication Satisfaction in Long-Distance Dating Relationships
Natalie Gilliam	Best Practices of Organizational Communication in Group Travel Planning

Criminology

Completed CE/Ts in Criminology

Rachel Greis	The Development and Validation of the General Attitudes toward Police (GAP) Questionnaire
Chandler Flynt	Judges, Attorneys, and Psychologists’ Views of Sole-Parent Child Custody Evaluations
Sydney Garrison	The Influence of Mental Illness on the Perception of Guilt

English

Completed CE/Ts in English

Elizabeth Roth	Terror Management Theory and Legislation: An Analysis of How Patterns Evolve and Change
Sarah Stevens	Kids, Culture, and Queerness: The Progression of LGBTQ+ Representation in Children's Media
Faith Harris	Antitype: An Exploration of Self and Poetry
Adrianna Waters	Emmie and the Enchanted Orchid: Portraying Positive Disability Representation in Children's Media
Cameron Fontes	Crafting Character: Exploring Elder Identity through Story
Rachel McCoy	Strong Female Characters: Jane Austen's vs. The Mashups'
Katherine Moffitt	Writing Under the Influence: The Effects of Opium on John Keats' Poetry
Jarred Johnson	The Language of Fashion: Communication, Conceptual Clothing, and The Runway Performance

Film

Completed CE/Ts in Film

Jolie Finley	Defamiliarized Gender in the Works of Hayao Miyazaki
Olivia Eiler	A Hard Row to Hoe: Suicide Among Kentucky Farmers
Ashton Jones	I Hear You: The Everyday Struggle of Living with Misophonia
Katie Daniels	Fire and Skye: The Magic and Mayhem of Filming Traditional Music Videos in Scotland
Chelsea Faught	Sustainable Messaging in Film: A Survey of a College Community
Andrew Henderson	Journalism and Human Rights: From the Abolition of the British Slave Trade, the AIDS Crisis, and Injustices Beyond and In-Between
Victoria Mills	Fighting the Good Fight: Transforming Expectations of Women in Front of and Behind the Camera

Folk Studies and Anthropology

Completed CE/Ts in Folk Studies and Anthropology

Lamont Pearley	Blues Narrative: Blues People, COVID-19, and Civil Unrest
Molly Shaddix	Does "Good" Mean White?: Understanding the Complexities of Refugee Resettlement in Bowling Green, Kentucky
Ginny Willoughby	A Vocation in Preservation: An Ethnographic Study of Historic Preservation and Allied Trades
Alicyn Newman	The Bird, the Oak, and the Stories that Build Us
Andrew Jones	An Ethnic Cultural Landscape: German Breweries and Social Institutions in Covington, Kentucky, 1860-1920
Reilly Boone	Natural Mummies of Northern Europe: An Exploration into the Biocultural Importance of Bog Bodies
Caroline Culbreth	Blood from Blood and Earth from Earth: Examining Cultural Identity in Second and Third Generation Hispanic Americans
William Linder	Burning Resources: Traditional Fuel Uses on the Mongolian Steppe

History

Completed CE/Ts in History

David Hunter Hartlage	Bluegrass Backstory: Connecting People to Local History Through Podcasting
Brooklyn Lile	Progress in the Bluegrass: An Analysis of Grassroots Organizing in Kentucky Post 1970
Grace Alexieff	#ChurchToo: The Movement Created to Expose the Toxicity of Gender Roles and Purity Culture in Modern Day United States Evangelicalism
George "Trip" Carpenter	Where's Jonesville? How the Destruction of Jonesville Left a Legacy of Housing Discrimination in Bowling Green, KY
Seth McFowell	Addicted to Drug Control: The History of American Drug Prohibition and its Consequences for Modern Psychedelic Medicine
Sarah Spalding	The Rock of Red Power: The 1969-1971 Occupation of Alcatraz Island
Taylor Gilkison	The Transformation of Gender and Sexuality in 1920s America: A Literary Interpretation
Sean Jacobson	Western's New Deal: The Shaping of College Heights during The Great Depression

Journalism

Completed CE/Ts in Journalism

Hannah Claussen	Will the Real News Reporters Please Stand Up? A Study of Bias in the Media
Hayley Robb	The Age of the Advertorial: Incorporating Sponsored Content into the Newsroom
Andrew Henderson	Journalism and Human Rights: From the Abolition of the British Slave Trade, the AIDS Crisis, and Injustices Beyond and In-Between

Modern Languages

Completed CE/Ts in Modern Languages

Bethany Waddey	Improving Diagnostic Outcomes for Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders Within the Hispanic Community in Bowling Green, Kentucky
Hannah Bergamini	Assessing Access to Healthcare for Limited English Proficient Patients
Isabel Eliassen	Public Perceptions of Language Education in Taiwan: English in a Multilingual Context
Becca Willenbrink	The Secret Houses: A Study in Theatrical Translation from Spanish to English
Erin Woggon	Public Perceptions of Angela Merkel and Other Female Politicians in Germany: A Mixed Survey Approach
Mollie Todd	Functions, Forms, and Accessibility of English as a Second Language Courses in South-Central Kentucky
Jonathon Wurth	Where the Rocks Bleed Ink: Images of Self in Palestinian Political Cartoons
Sarah Kinnicutt	Les Villes Jumelées: Finding Bowling Green a Francophone Sister City

Music

Completed CE/Ts in Music

Claire Smith	The Unfaithful Bride: A Musical Exploration of the Jewish Prayer Modes and Comparable Modern Instrumentation
Josie Schultz	Bridging the Music Education Gap: Designing a Curriculum for Students with Autism to be Taught by Pre-Service Teachers
Sarah Schulte	Sound and Emotion: The Use of Music in the Cinematic Experience
Katie Daniels	Fire and Skye: The Magic and Mayhem of Filming Traditional Music Videos in Scotland
Morgan Duff	A Study of Chemistry: For Wind Ensemble
Jason Fox	The Voice of Iceland: Communication of Climate Science through Choral Music

Philosophy and Religion

Completed CE/Ts in Philosophy and Religion

Grace Alexieff	#ChurchToo: The Movement Created to Expose the Toxicity of Gender Roles and Purity Culture in Modern Day United States Evangelicalism
Morgan Flanagan	Encoraging Little People's Big Questions: An Elementary School Teacher's Guide to Encouraging Philosophical Inquiry in Decision Making
Claire Smith	The Unfaithful Bride: A Musical Exploration of the Jewish Prayer Modes and Comparable Modern Instrumentation
Jennifer King	Cada día por Dios (Every Day For God): A Look Inside La Luz Del Mundo and the Expansion of Hispanic Evangelicalism
Kenneth Nauert	Redefining the Roles of Women and Sexual Ethics in the Roman Catholic Church
Erika Brown	Tragedy and The Vicious: Moral Education in Aristotle's Poetics and Future Applications to Contemporary Art

Photojournalism

Completed CE/Ts in Photojournalism

Jennifer King	Cada día por Dios (Every Day For God): A Look Inside La Luz Del Mundo and the Expansion of Hispanic Evangelicalism
Sawyer Smith	Stitched Past

Political Science

Completed CE/Ts in Political Science

Madelynn Einhorn	Assessing Deportations: The Factors that Influence U.S. Deportations and Their Public Perceptions
Isabel Pergande	No-Knock Warrants: Unlawfully Legitimate
Dillon McCormick	Factors Contributing to Continuing Democratic Victories in Some Southern House Districts, 1994–2008
Erin Woggon	Public Perceptions of Angela Merkel and Other Female Politicians in Germany: A Mixed Survey Approach
Kara Lowry	Factors that Promote Women Representation in State Legislatures
Barrett Greenwell	Do Ask, Do Tell: The Exclusion of Gay Men from Universal Male Conscription in the Republic of Turkey
Tyler Prochazka	The World in Transition: A Comparative Analysis of Youth Perceptions in China and America

Sociology

Completed CE/Ts in Sociology

Amanda Beavin	Pathways to Self-Governance and Success: An Exploratory Study of Community Gardens in Louisville, Kentucky
Bethany Johnson	Video Game Sociology and Public Relations/Marketing Efforts: An Analysis of Sociological Elements and Efficacy of Public Release in the Bioshock Series
Madalyn Smith	Prison Programming and Recidivism as a Method of Social Bond Theory: A Meta-Analysis of Research from 2000-2015
Haley Garrison	A Critical Analysis of Volunteer Tourism and the Implications for Developing Communities

Theater and Dance

Completed CE/Ts in Theater and Dance

Julia Woolums	The Reality of Bipolar Disorder: A Dance Film to Bring Awareness to the Misconceptions of Mental Health
Cassandra Merena	Creating Community in a Space of Strangers: Sea Shanties in Theatre
AC Chan	Examining Audience Receptivity to Theatre Across Various Technological Mediums
Claire Wilson	Cut Song Cabaret: Performing the Replaced, Rewritten, and Recycled Songs of Musical Theatre
Elise Wilham	Tap for the Times: A Study of Contemporary Tap Dance
Hilarie Spangler	The Art of Connecting: A Collection and Study of Community-Based Arts as Restorative Practice
Hannah McCarthy	Women on the Floor: A Study of Feminism in Modern Dance History

Potter College of Arts and Letters Completed CE/Ts