SUNY College at New Paltz: Recent submissions
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Modernist sensibilities in the poetry of Elizabeth Madox Roberts
(2018-12)"It is a shame that we do not have more poetry from Miss Roberts (although much of her prose does maintain a distinct “poetic” air). It is a shame that her vision of a Daniel Boone epic in verse will go forever unrealized. ... -
Understanding therapeutic relationship with a young adult with autistic spectrum disorder in improvisational music therapy
(2018-12)This qualitative single case study research described the growth and development of Robert (name changed for confidentiality), a young adult with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), through his participation in improvisational ... -
How do moments of insight in personal therapy impact the professional lives of music therapists?
(2018-12)This study presents the findings of an Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis on the professional impact of insight moments that occur in the personal therapy sessions of music therapists. Four board-certified music ... -
An historical perspective of the unification of the american music therapy association: an oral history
(2018-12)This paper is an historical look at the unification of the National Association of Music Therapy (NAMT) and the American Association for Music Therapists (AAMT) to form the American Music Therapy Association (AMTA). ... -
An arts-informed study: a music therapists personal journey with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder or ADHD and generalized anxiety disorder
(2018-12)This arts-informed, first-person study examines how having a diagnosis of Attention- Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Generalized Anxiety Disorder has affected a music therapists’ journey through her personal and ... -
Significant music events in the lives of music therapy graduate students and new professionals
(2018-12)This is a phenomenological study of the significant music events (SMEs) in the lives of music therapy graduate students and new professionals. Four participants were chosen using purposive sampling, and interviewed about ... -
How to give or take anything: breaking the solipsism of Infinite Jest
(2018-12)In the course of this paper, I will be using [Infinite Jest] as an inflection point in literature, signaling a shift away from the postmodern era in an attempt to reinject meaning, truth, and trust into our society. Going ... -
After the tipping point: investigating visuals of transgender bodies in magazine media
(2018-08)How do we trouble cisnormativity in a world that relies so heavily on gender identity? From the clothes we wear to the language we use, gender markers shape how we experience the world and engage with others. Too often, ... -
Shakespearean process guided by feminist ideals: the drive of presence with an engine of collaboration
(2018-12)This thesis seeks to explore how Feminist ideals simultaneously guide and emerge from Shakespearean theatrical process through my observations of the actors’ experiences in our production of William Shakespeare’s, The ... -
Wrongful convictions: new solution to an old problem
(2018-12)This paper will explore the prevalent issue of wrongful convictions and how exonerees of the prison system spend several years of their life innocent but in prison. A solution, a committee on prosecutorial conduct is ... -
The Tanzanian student's struggle with the English language: acquisition of English as a second language, with specific focus on the education system in Tanzania
(2018-12)The way medium of instruction is set up in Tanzania’s public school system is unique. In primary school, students are taught in Swahili, the national language, but upon their transition to secondary school, they are taught ... -
“Structure, ideology, traditions”: defining the Akkadian State
(2018-12)This research aims to reach a better understanding of the scholarly debate concerning Akkadian statecraft and the extent to which it can be called imperial. In so doing, it examines the political and cultural accomplishments ... -
A Re-evaluation on racism: how a strong U.S. tradition of anti Mexican sentiment was responsible for the 1930s Mexican repatriation crisis
(2018-10)My paper will discuss the events that led to the 1930s Mexican repatriation crisis as well as the social and cultural motivations of racism that allowed for both the local and national government to repatriate around 400,000 ... -
One EPIC Place website scheduler
(2018-12)One EPIC Place is a coworking space rental service located in New Paltz, New York. The co-founders Julie Robbins and Nicole Langlois rent out space in several different buildings to provide offices for individuals, groups, ... -
MapReduce based convolutional neural networks
(2018-08)Convolutional neural networks (CNNs) have gained global recognition in advancing the field of artificial intelligence and have had great successes in a wide array of applications including computer vision, speech and natural ... -
The impact of gun prevalence and background race on racial bias in the first person shooter paradigm
(2018-08)Laboratory research on the first person shooter task (FPST), requiring participants to make a quick decision whether to shoot at a person who may be carrying a gun, consistently demonstrates a strong bias to shoot at Blacks ... -
Hasbrouck building complex renaming dialogue : report and recommendation
(2018-05-01)"After extensive research, data review, and conversations with students, faculty, staff, community members, representatives of Historic Huguenot Street, descendants of Huguenot families, and alumni, the SUNY New Paltz ... -
The effect of emotional states on theory of mind
(2018-08)The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of emotional state on Theory of Mind, or the capability of someone to make inferences about the thoughts, intentions and emotions of other people. This was done ... -
The relationship between achievement goals and the academic success of first-generation college students
(2018-06)Recent research has established that first-generation college students, or those students without a parent with a four-year college degree, tend to underperform academically compared to continuing-generation college students, ... -
Never the same iceberg: theories of omission, misinterpretation, and dead metaphors in Hemingway's work
(2018-06)The intent of this thesis was inspired by the variety of interpretations of Ernest Hemingway’s fiction that have been influenced by words, metaphors, and symbols whose meanings have changed (and continue to change) over ...
