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Be My Girl
No full textRoy Grossman is a twenty-seven-year-old custodian working for a hospital. He has no friends and no significant others. The only person still in contact with him is his mother, who only holds contempt for the man Roy has become, or, for a better turn of phrase, not become. Roy's boss is getting closer and closer to firing him, making Roy realize he has a limited amount of time to put his plan into motion, find his ideal mate, and rescue them from the morgue.Purchase College SUNYPlaywriting and ScreenwritingBachelor of ArtsMandelbaum, Eri
The Weight of Forgetting
Get PDFThis is a process of desperately trying to stitch together fragments of connection, looking at pieces of a fractured past, even as they slip more through my fingers. The tension between the desire to remember and the reality of forgetting, between what could have been and what was. Ultimately, this is a conversation with my past, one that both questions and accepts the gaps in my story. It's about finding peace in the brokenness and accepting the messy reality of growing up, even when the connections we longed for seem out of reach.Purchase College SUNYPhotographyBachelor of Fine ArtsPape, Ada
The Roots of a Nation: Lithuania's Historical Identity and the Klaip?da Uprising
Get PDFThis project examines the 1923 Klaip?da Uprising as a key moment in Lithuania’s nation-building process. Framed by centuries of resistance to foreign rule, it explores how language, culture, and identity fueled grassroots mobilization in reclaiming the Klaip?da region. Drawing on historical sources and personal family narratives, the study argues that the uprising was not merely territorial—it was an assertion of sovereignty rooted in shared memory and cultural continuity.Purchase College SUNYHistoryBachelor of ArtsBailey, John C
Poinsettia Court
Get PDFAfter a mysterious attack at a ball, a noble family in 1780's France struggles to climb the social ladder as they grow into their newfound lycanthropic urges.Purchase College SUNYPlaywriting and ScreenwritingBachelor of ArtsStafford, Pegg
Les Éphémèr`es and Homesick: A Phenomenological Analysis of Meaning-Making in Autobiographical Theatre
No full textTheatre-makers use autobiographical theatre as a medium to pull their life experiences outside themselves and recontextualize them in an embodied realm, leaving it open for the artist and audience to prescribe meaning to the piece. Autobiographical theatre is a form of theatre where the playwright, director, or ensemble collect personal experiences and reconstruct them theatrically, creating an environment that invites an audience to observe. Retelling personal experiences theatrically enables the theatre maker to re-experience their past, providing the capacity for the artist to endow meaning onto their experiences. Phenomenologists aim to understand and explain how certain experiences show up to humans and how these experiences can create meaning for people. This essay examines two phenomenological theories of art and theatre by Alva Noë and Bert States, as well as analyzing two devised autobiographical theatre pieces: one by French theatre director Ariane Mnouchkine and the other by Theatre and Performance majors at SUNY Purchase, Maggie Anderson, Dana Freeman, and Judit Queral Perramon.Purchase College SUNYTheatre and PerformanceBachelor of ArtsDickstein, Rachel A
Natural Logjams as Pathways for Terrestrial and Semi-Aquatic Wildlife Biodiversity on Purchase College Campus
Get PDFLarge wood is generally acknowledged as an important component of stream restoration initiatives around the world. Since the 1980’s large wood has been introduced to watersheds, due to its vital role in river ecosystems and maintaining functional riparian zones. Fluvial wood has been observed supporting stream processes through maintenance of floodplain connectivity, stabilization of riverbanks, and its influence on fluvial geomorphology, sediment deposition, and fish and macroinvertebrate habitats. Only a handful of studies have examined the ways that large wood supports terrestrial animals as they traverse riparian ecotones. We examined wildlife biodiversity and behavior across 9 log complexes along the Blind Brook Stream at Purchase College, New York using trail camera imagery from 20 October 2024 - 14 December 2024. Our footage captured a variety of rodents, small-medium sized mammals, meso-carnivores, birds, and semi-aquatic species, some of which have not been previously documented through terrestrial camera traps on Purchase campus. The most common behaviors exhibited by animals associated with large wood complexes included crossing, brief contact, food handling, and foraging. Although resting, grooming, excreting, mating, scent marking, and interspecific interactions were also observed. Our findings suggest that in-stream wood supports wildlife biodiversity and activity along a narrow urban stream, underscoring the potential importance of large wood additions in watersheds.Purchase College SUNYEnvironmental StudiesBachelor of ArtsJackson, Allyson K
Access to Interpretable Data to Support Disproportionate Health Risks from Industrial Releases: A Case Study on the Environmental Protection Agency’s Datasets and Their Application to the Latinx Communities of Houston, Texas
Get PDFLatinx communities face disproportionate environmental injustices and are targeted due to systematic economic and political inequities. This research evaluates the ease at which links between industrial releases and risk of adverse health effects can be defined to influence policy change in Houston, TX. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) is the most comprehensive public database on industrial facilities' toxic chemical releases in the US. TRI is presented within a risk-based context through the Risk Screening Environmental Indicators (RSEI) scores. TRI and RSEI datasets for Houston in 2022 were assessed in QGIS to analyze chemical release and risk in neighborhoods using Community Tabulation Areas (CTAs), identifying demographics of communities facing disproportionate industrial releases and consequent potential health risks. Geospatial visualizations reflected Latinx communities to house the heaviest polluting industrial facilities in Houston. As a result, these communities face the highest potential risk of adverse health effects due to exposure to a multitude of chemicals-particularly 1,3-butadiene, benzene, and chromium-as reflected in cumulative RSEI scores. An analysis of TRI and RSEI datasets elucidates the burden of gathering and analyzing chemical release data in a public health context, reflecting why change beginning at the local level can be difficult for under-resourced Latinx communities facing industrial pollution. Improving the accessibility and utility of the EPA resources will provide a resource to advocate for data-driven policy change.New York University Gallatin School of Individualized StudyVoRSUNY DownstateEnvironmental and Occupational Health SciencesN/
Teacher Autonomy and Social Justice in the Pre-Service Teacher Preparatory Coursework A Case Study of Empire State University’s MAT Teacher Preparatory Program
No full textThis single embedded case study analyzed the contents of syllabi, University documents, marketing materials, interviews and questionnaires of Empire State University’s Masters of Teaching programs that provides education to preservice teachers to better understand how social-justice oriented and transformative practices were conceptualized while developing the preservice teacher’s sense of teacher autonomy in the classroom. The variety of courses offered and required of the preservice teachers had a profound impact on the students through the variety of topics, assignments, differentiating instructional practices and required and suggested texts. Three significant findings were Pedagogical Integration of Teacher Autonomy and Social Justice, Collaboration but Fragmented Collaboration, Community Building, and Communicating Social Justice and Equity. The analysis and finding found a strong tie between the Strategic Plan of 2024 of Empire State University and the coursework and perceptions of the preservice teacher students graduating from Empire State University. The findings show that Empire State University values the need for today’s teachers to have the skills needed for autonomy in the classroom while providing these same students with the practical skills and knowledge to meet the needs of the increasingly diverse classrooms while also complying with the New York State Teaching Standards.NASUNY EmpireSchool of Graduate Studies, Educational Leadership and Organizational ChangeN/
Visual Function in Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
No full textMild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) can lead to a wide range of subtle but functionally significant visual impairments, which are often underdiagnosed due to the lack of sensitive and objective clinical measures. This dissertation investigates the impact of mTBI on retinal structure, visual field sensitivity, electrophysiological responses, and pupillary dynamics using a multimodal approach. In Chapter 1, structure-function relationships are examined via correlations between retinal nerve fiber layer thickness and central visual field sensitivity. Chapter 2 assesses retinal and cortical response gain using the photopic negative response (PhNR) and visual evoked potentials (VEPs), revealing heightened excitability of the visual system in mTBI patients. Chapter 3 explores dynamic and sustained pupillary responses, uncovering prolonged photic sensitivity and altered neural adaptation mechanisms. Across modalities, the findings suggest that mTBI induces both structural and functional disruptions in the visual system that may serve as biomarkers for diagnosis and prognosis. These results underscore the need for refined clinical tools to detect and monitor vision-related outcomes in mTBI, informing the design of more targeted rehabilitation strategies.NASUNY College of OptometryPh
Music therapy for the LGBTQ+ community: guidelines and methods
Get PDFMembers of the LGBTQ+ community often struggle with a host of individual, societal, and psychosocial factors, such as poor mental health, substance abuse, eating disorders, and discrimination. While a neglected population in the music therapy literature, music therapy remains a promising therapeutic modality to treat the mental health conditions LGBTQ+ individuals often present with. Music also has influences on identity formation, is connected to the LGBTQ+ community, and is an open and nonjudgmental platform for free expression. The following guidelines are based on research and clinical experience of music therapy with members of the LGBTQ+ community. Specific music therapy methods such as song communication, projective movement, songwriting, composition, gender-affirming voicework, and melodic intonation therapy may meet the needs of the LGBTQ+ community. Receptive methods such as song communication and projective movement increase empathy and intimacy between members of the LGBTQ+ community and allow for the reclamation of gender affirmative movements and vocalizations that have previously been repressed. Improvisational methods may offer clients the ability to explore their inner thoughts and feelings as related to identity, reach catharsis, and connect musically with others. Re-creative music therapy can aid clients in sharing and coming to terms with their thoughts, feelings, and aspects of their identities in ways that can be expressed and further experienced and validated by others. Compositional methods such as songwriting provide creative opportunities to build individualized views of identity and to challenge norms of gender and sexuality. In addition, gender-affirming voicework encourages one to take up affirming and authentic space with their body and to experience authentic imagery, and melodic intonation therapy may show promise in combatting gender dysphoria caused by the voice in transgender clients. More research is needed to solidify the efficacy of music therapy with the LGBTQ+ community, but it remains a promising therapeutic modality to address the community’s current needs. Keywords: music therapy, LGBTQ, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, gender identity,
sexual orientation, guidelines, music therapy methods, receptive methods, improvisational
methods, compositional methods, recreative methodsNASUNY College at New PaltzMusic TherapyMSMurphy, KathleenZhang, JingwenStuart-Röhm, Kary