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Get PDFMy work is about the interest of communication and visual story telling through the mediums of drawing and painting. This comes from my earliest artistic education through comics. My exposure to comics has informed my decisions on composition and visual language. The reason why I chose to work with this in mind is because I see a general lack of this sort of visual storytelling in contemporary art. The process of telling stories through visual media is something that had been done for millennia. Through my work I wish to take this issue and utilize it to a contemporary viewer. The process of making my works comes about in small moments with a sketchbook and some form of pencil or crayon. From here I work these thoughts into a multitude of largescale paintings and drawings through more finalizing materials such as pastels and paints.
The works shown here primarily come from two different thoughts when communicating with the viewer. The main paintings are from my interest in Greek Mythology, commonly a source for storytelling from historical western painting. I wanted to understand moments of a larger story. As well as my own interest in combining the past 100 years of figurative art with the storytelling of the previous millennia. The colored pencil drawings come from a questioning of the function of titles in 2d media. After getting sick of painters calling their work “untitled” I wanted to explore my own form of crass poetry alongside my drawings. And finally, I wanted to play with the space by placing a linocut print in a secluded corner. Showing my own dark fear of the times we live in
Clowns, Fools, and Killers: An Exploration of Horror, Comedy, and Madness Through the Roles of Murderer 2 and Sir Richard Ratcliffe in William Shakespeare\u27s Richard III
Get PDFThis document is a thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the Master of Fine Arts degree in Theatre Arts with a Concentration in Musical Theatre. It is a detailed account of author RJ Magee’s artistic and scholarly process in creating the roles of Murderer 2 and Sir Richard Ratcliffe in William Shakespeare’s Richard III. The production was performed as part of Minnesota State University, Mankato’s mainstage season in October of 2022. In five chapters, this thesis chronicles the actor’s process: a preproduction analysis, a historical and critical perspective, a rehearsal and performance journal, a post-production analysis, and a process development analysis. Appendices and works cited are included
Above and Below
Get PDFMy recent graduate artwork uses abstraction of form to describe the intersection between humans and the environment while relating the landscape of our skin to the ever-changing qualities of the natural landscape surrounding us. The photographic material is stressed into three dimensional shapes, producing creasing and tears as it is being contorted by human impact. At the same time that I am creating something new, I am manipulating artifactual evidence of something that already exists in everyday life. This is akin to how our bodies are distorted by outer influence, as well as our own autonomy. Above and below the surface of our bodies and the natural world do not differ too far from one another.
The landscape images in this series explore the quality and health of the Minnesota River. The work aims to extend beyond the pollution into a broader connection of humans and the ways life affects our surroundings and water sources. As the most polluted waterway within the state, the Minnesota River merges with the Mississippi River, near Minneapolis-St. Paul. The transference of the Minnesota River’s elevated and suspended solids and nutrients eventually contribute to the adverse water quality downstream as the Mississippi River flows through our nation.
We as humans coexist with the natural world through continuous adaptation and the conscious urge to continue living despite the elements that disrupt our being
Effect of Decorating Super Paramagnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles with Silver Nanoparticles on their Magneto-Photo Thermal Heating Efficiency
Get PDFCancer treatment is rather dangerous to the body, often involving many secondary effects, including nausea, hair loss, and weight fluctuations. The search for non-invasive, highly efficient, and targetable treatments ameliorates these issues. Super paramagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIONS) have been used for other medical purposes such as magnetic resonance imaging contrast agent and is being extensively studied as a potential candidate for many cancer therapeutic and diagnostic approaches due to its biocompatibility and superior magnetic properties. When subjected to an external alternating magnetic field SPIONS generate heat mainly due to the friction of the SPIONS against the fluid it is suspended in. Upon exposure to this magnetic heating, at the temperatures about 42-45°C, cancer cells have reduced viability than the healthy cells. SPIONs show promising properties for being a localized magnetic hyperthermia treatment agent. There are limitations in this approach, however. When interacting with cell structures the magnetic heating effect is diminished. To overcome this, alterations to the SPIONS are sought out. In this study SPIONS, and SPIONS decorated with a photo thermal agent, Silver, were successfully synthesized and characterized. The dual heating approaches, magnetic and Photothermal, are tested on the SPIONS and Ag-SPIONS in hopes of achieving bimodal therapy. Additionally, conventional synthesis methods versus green methods will be investigated
Antiracist Teaching Self-Efficacy: A Case Study Needs Analysis
Get PDFThere is an urgent need to address racial inequity in higher education. As teaching in higher education continues to adopt technology, virtual learning spaces become sites for enacting anti-oppressive teaching methods. In the context of offering teaching with technology professional development, the current study sought to better understand equity-focused professional development needs through the lens of antiracist teaching self-efficacy. In this holistic single case study, investigators analyzed secondary data from an anonymous racial equity needs analysis survey and de-identified focus group notes. Descriptive statistics and qualitative analysis examined perceived confidence level, barriers, and needs related to implementation of antiracist teaching methods in higher education courses in a Midwestern public university with 15,000 students. Key findings include: (1) There were approximately the same number of items coded for negative (N=24) and positive (N=25) sources of teaching self-efficacy, with positive sources of efficacy cross-coded with themes such as culturally responsive teaching, collaboration, and antiracist teaching and negative sources of efficacy cross-coded with non-racist teaching methods among other codes. (2) Barriers to implementing antiracist teaching included organizational factors (such as time, competing priorities, and perceived barriers to measuring/accessing course equity data), professional development design/facilitation (such as lack of modeling methods, practice and feedback, and ongoing support), and perceptions/beliefs (including mismatch of expressed beliefs and antiracist teaching praxis, among others). (3) Professional development needs include addressing identified barriers and differentiation/customization of professional learning. This case study investigation is not generalizable to other contexts or audiences but may be a useful model for similar research in other contexts. As technology did not emerge as a theme in this data, future research in this area should explore the role of technology in enacting antiracist teaching methods
Textbook Affordability Open Course: Facilitator Guide and D2L Course Materials
Get PDFThis guide will help facilitators of the Textbook Affordability Open Course organize and implement the content in their own learning environment. The designers of the course have included items that need to be updated and personalized for each implementation of the course as well as helpful tips for successful implementation.
This course is an introduction to textbook affordability, open educational resources, and other open practices that impact equity in our classrooms. While it is geared towards higher education faculty, the concepts and practices covered here can be used in any teaching and learning scenario. This course will explore concepts tied to the one cost factor teachers can control - course materials - and relate that directly to increasing equitable practice in the classroom. By the end of the course, you will have explored your own library for options for course materials, searched for open educational resources in your content area, discovered other open practices that may be useful to your own teaching, and defined how equity and course material cost are related
Making Sense Out of Nonsensical Statements: Reading and Whole Language
No full textThe Four Nonsensical Statements Related to Whole Language:
(1) Whole language has been debunked. Nope. Hasn\u27t happened. If so, send me a research study. Not data. Not something somebody else has said, but a research study published in a peer-reviewed academic journal debunking whole language.
(2) Phonics is more effective than whole language. That\u27s like saying long division is more effective than mathematics. Phonics is something that’s taught. It’s not a method or an approach. Whole language is an understanding of the reading process and how the brain creates meaning with print.
(3) Whole language teachers don’t teach phonics. They do. It’s not the ‘what’ but the ‘how’ and the ‘how much” of phonics in which we differ from our skills-first brothers and sisters.
(4) Whole language teachers teach children to guess at words. Wrong. They do not. Developing students’ ability to use semantics, grammar and word order, background information, along with letter clues to recognize words does not mean that we teach children to guess at words
Library Accessibility
Get PDFThe purpose of this training is to share general information with student workers about accessibility relevant to providing great library services. Includes information about why accessibility matters, who accessibility is for, and a little bit about disability and the term ableism. Concludes with information about what student workers are responsible for and how to get help when unsure of what to do
Leadership in Star Trek: Lessons from the Captain\u27s Chair
No full textWhat are the skills necessary for effective leadership? How can we learn to lead toward a better tomorrow? For six decades, the captains of Star Trek have demonstrated the potential for leaders to leverage reason and compassion in the service of others. Grounded in science yet focused on practical application, this book uses case studies from more than 40 episodes and films to explore how Captains Archer, Burnham, Pike, Kirk, Picard, Sisko, and Janeway relied upon the basic leadership skills of communication, patience, and relationship to navigate the most challenging of events. This work lays out how leaders can leverage reason and compassion to create organizational cultures in which everyone has a place at the table. Whether you are a professional or a student of business, academics, schools, or government, Star Trek is more relevant than ever to the leaders of today to boldly go.https://cornerstone.lib.mnsu.edu/university-archives-msu-authors/1463/thumbnail.jp
Addressing Ethics as a Rural Behavioral Health Provider
Get PDFKnowledge of sound professional ethics in behavioral health delivery is critical to achieving good practice, protecting consumers, and providing the highest quality care. To satisfy continuing education licensing expectations, most behavioral health providers are required to complete periodic ethics training. This workshop focuses on practice ethics from a rural perspective where unique dilemmas often experienced by rural providers are discussed (e.g., confidentiality, consumer/practitioner relationships, expertise levels, geography). Here, we will explore some of the elements that create ethical challenges when practicing in rural and small communities. This training may satisfy up to one hour of required ethics training for a variety of licenses. All participants will be provided with materials that show evidence of tested knowledge assessment of presented information