NDSU Student Research & Scholarship: Recent submissions

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    • Cultural Interpretations of Agency in Film Adaptations of Macbeth 

      Wagner, Jesse (North Dakota State University, 2012)
      Much of the criticism on William Shakespeare’s Macbeth has focused on the question of agency in the play: What drives Macbeth to commit regicide to gain the throne? Is Macbeth in control of his own actions? The play does ...

    • Fictional Dreaming 

      Rittman, Jacob (North Dakota State University, 2012)
      My project explores the realms of dreams. In-depth research has been conducted upon the topic derived from various schools of thought and also past research studies. Some of the research will come from well-known historical ...

    • Breasts and the West: Breast Size, Bad Girls, and the Japanese Ideal 

      Thieschafer, Jacinta (North Dakota State University, 2012)
      My project is about the role of breasts in anime. Although the popular belief is that anime depicts a cultural obsession with large breasts, after watching years of anime, I noticed that there was a trope: only the bad ...

    • Evolution of Social Media and its Future in Business 

      Spaeth, Bryant (North Dakota State University, 2012)
      This project studies the history and evolution and its move from being solely a social connection tool to a viable business tool. The research will draw primarily from secondary research of different social media sites ...

    • Downtown Fargo Art Museum 

      Bickel, Jeremy (2012)
      This was an urban design project of the downtown Fargo parking lot to the east of the Fargo Civic Center. My signature building for the site is metal working and paint art studios, along with a gallery space.

    • North Dakota Museum of Art Addition 

      Smith, Matt (2012)
      This studio project explores the possibilities of an expansion off of the North Dakota Museum of Art in Grand Forks, North Dakota.

    • Defying Gravity: Female Creative Writers, Self-Destruction, and Resilience 

      Torgeson, Tessa (North Dakota State University, 2012)
      This project explores the correlation between female creative writers and self-destruction. Self-destruction encompasses a constellation of disorders such as alcoholism, self-harm, mental illness and eating disorders- all ...

    • Church of the Illumination 

      Galloway, Michael (2012)
      Design for the Unitarian Universalist Church of Fargo. This project explores the possibilities of sustainable religious architecture in terms of material reuse.

    • Yamamoto Shinto Shrine 

      Johnson, Jeremiah (2012)

    • Saint Ahab Chapel 

      Johnson, Jeremiah (2012)

    • Creative Kid 

      Sara, Lillegaard (2012)
      This project is about a Creative Center for kids. It has both a private day care center and a public exhibit area. This project attempts to help kids explore creativity and gain confidence and self-esteem through games, ...

    • Water Resource Experiment Station 

      Unknown author (2012)
      The project assignment is to design a water resource experiment station on the Missouri River near Linton, North Dakota. Fresh water is the human community’s most precious resource and there is not enough of it for everyone, ...

    • Fargo City Center and Science Museum 

      Kautzman, Alexis (2012)
      This is a design solution for the Fargo City Hall parking lot between 2nd and 3rd street north, for a new Fargo city center that reconnects downtown to the Red River. The project includes a new urban design of the site, ...

    • Salvation Army Regional Response Center 

      Gamelin, Kevin (2012)
      An economical and sustainable response for a religious organization to house worship services, fellowship, and disaster relief. The design is flexible as to be able to turn the whole building into a shelter if need be. ...

    • Christ the King-Chapel of St. Ahab 

      Gamelin, Kevin (2012)
      A chapel addition to an iconic Barry Byrne church. Location: Agincourt, IA

    • Fargo Performing Arts Center and City Center Urban Design Plan 

      Fuhs, Justin (2012)
      This project was an urban design plan for the parking lot directly East of City Hall in Downtown Fargo. Phase two of the assignment was to design a signature building for the neighborhood.

    • North Dakota Museum of Art 

      Stark, Michael (2012)
      This project was an addition to the North Dakota Museum of Art, which is located on the University of North Dakota campus in Grand Forks, North Dakota.

    • Downtown Center/Church of Light 

      Diekman, Luke (2012)

    • In Spite of Thunder (or Flight from a Burning Tree): An Exercise in Poetic Recklessness 

      Nelson, Linnea (North Dakota State University, 2012)
      This project is a creative exploration and exercise in the serial poetry genre, grounded in the theories set forth in poet Dean Young’s book The Art of Recklessness. Young’s belief that, “No one knows how to write a poem,” ...

    • Negotiating Fargo: Janteloven, How Fargo of You, and Lived Reality 

      Brazier, Bailey (North Dakota State University, 2012)
      Drawing on cultural studies methodology, both questioning popular perceptions and revealing a more nuanced description of Fargo’s culture, this essay examines layers of social, local, and individual perceptions of the ...