Master of Liberal Studies Final Projects

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    The Enneagram as a Facilitator of Self-Awareness in Emerging Leader Programs
    (2015-05) Delvo, Mary Kay
    Paramount to a leader’s development process is an understanding that personal interactions are based on each individual’s view of the world. This paper examines the Enneagram, a psychology-based framework which facilitates a person’s understanding of their personal view of reality and the role it plays in their day-to-day interactions. The Enneagram and a newly developed Enneagram component, the Outer Ring, are explored here for their value toward developing self-awareness within emerging leader programs. Emerging leader programs are a significant strategy for addressing human capital challenges currently facing leaders and organizational development departments across the world. This paper suggests necessary program elements which incorporate the Enneagram and the Outer Ring in support of the development of self-awareness and personal growth within emerging leader programs.
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    Fashion Speaks: A Process Paper for WEARING JAPAN, an installation of fashion art
    (2014-12) Koster, Kelly
    Japan and the U.S. share a history of pulling in “outsider” ideas to reinvent their cultures. In the mid-to-late-nineteenth-century, Japan ushered in a market economy and American technology while the West developed an obsession with kimonos, woodblock prints, and anything "oriental." More recent cultural exports like anime, sushi, and kawaii (cute) fashion continue to shape American culture while America continues to influence Japan. Because both countries have powerful consumerist economies, their contemporary interactions produce vibrant cross-pollinations. I created an installation of fashion art to show what this looks like, and position globalized fashion as theatrical and wearable. As the world engages in international trade, and as cultural aesthetics are blended and reinterpreted, national and individual identities may shift. In an interconnected world, how do we fashion ourselves?
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    Handmade and Personal: A Companion Piece to Here, Mom (A Video Art Project)
    (2014-12) Reyes, Jes
    This paper serves as an introspective commentary on the conceptualization, development, and realization of Here, Mom, an experimental video art project. This project's research in the cinematic arts, art history, contemporary art, creative writing, and feminist theories developed objectives to work within an artistic medium that allows one to explore the fragmentation of the past and how memories and experiences take shape within our present realities; enrich and expand my understanding of the representational and social language and possibilities of film and apply them on and off screen; to merge the visual form of cinema with the literary form of memoir by enacting experimentation with the video essay format, all to expand the definition of the documentary film form.
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    Leadership Styles and Physical Environments that Support and Advance Creativity and Innovation in the Workplace
    (2014-12) Kober, Erin
    In order to support the shift from the service economy to the experience economy, organizations must innovate. To create an innovative environment, organizations must motivate, lead and create a space that supports individuals based on organizational goals and the function of work. This customized approach to leadership and office design will encourage collaboration among employees and increase innovation.
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    Pagan Imagination in Popular Culture; the Relationship Between Elves, Ghosts and Icelanders as Cultural Identity
    (2015-05) Gíslason, Björgvin
    Elves, ghosts and prophetesses have been, and remain, a significant part of Icelandic belief, culture and national identity. These beliefs are deeply rooted in connection to the land, and the hidden creatures that live in it. This phenomenon is referred to as the pagan imagination, and will be explored through five Icelandic works of arts by three separate artists.