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- Acéptame is a multimedia project about the queer Latinx community of Washington D.C. and how three characters make themselves feel visible in spaces that don’t always accommodate for them. The project follows a DJ (Nahuel Aránguiz), a drag queen (Randy Salmeron), and a drag king (Yadiel...
- Author:
- Garcia, Andrea
- Keyword:
- Queer, Latino, LGBTQ, Documentary, Latinx, and Photography
- GW Unit:
- New Media Photojournalism
- Degree:
- M.A.
- Advisor:
- Sterner, Susan
- Resource Type:
- Thesis or Dissertation
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- This project is a documentary photo and multimedia exploration of protest culture in Washington, D.C. In this city protesters gather just yards from government buildings, and sometimes even inside of them. Their chants pour through windows and echo down hallways, forcing powerful officials to...
- Author:
- Sloan, Graeme
- Keyword:
- Press, Protest, Washington, Media, Political, and Partisan
- GW Unit:
- New Media Photojournalism
- Degree:
- M.A.
- Advisor:
- Sterner, Susan
- Resource Type:
- Thesis or Dissertation
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- Project MADE, is a multimedia video and photography project about the nine black sororities and fraternities belonging to the National Pan Hellenic council that refer to themselves as the Divine Nine. Through a series of testimonies, photographs, interviews and short documentary, the project...
- Author:
- Buckner, Sarah Tamia Michelle
- Keyword:
- Greek Life, Divine Nine, Sorority, Black Greeks, Fraternity, and HBCU
- GW Unit:
- New Media Photojournalism
- Degree:
- M.A.
- Advisor:
- Sterner, Susan
- Resource Type:
- Thesis or Dissertation
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- Underground is a multimedia project that documents stories of sexual assault and harassment on public transportation systems of women, men, and non-binary individuals. Within Washington, D.C. transportation systems, specifically the metro sexual assault is an ongoing crisis within the system. The...
- Author:
- Wroblewski, Margaret Elise
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- GW Unit:
- New Media Photojournalism
- Degree:
- M.A.
- Advisor:
- Sterner, Susan
- Resource Type:
- Thesis or Dissertation
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- Living with a Forgotten War is a documentary project about the life of a Vietnam Veteran who returned from war. He lives with his memories and injuries while the war he fought in is gradually being forgotten. Michael W. Marceau was born in 1949 in Bethesda, Maryland. On his 20th birthday, he...
- Author:
- Shen, Zhouyi
- Keyword:
- peace, documentary, Aging, veteran, PTSD, and Vietnam war
- GW Unit:
- New Media Photojournalism
- Degree:
- M.A.
- Advisor:
- Sterner, Susan
- Resource Type:
- Thesis or Dissertation
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- “Home to Me” is a multimedia journalism piece about the love and tension shared between a young Chinese-American woman and her parents as they work to build lives in Alexandria, Virginia. The story is told in different perspectives in formats of documentary, portrait photography, feature story,...
- Author:
- Zhao, Ruiqian
- Keyword:
- portrait, documentary, immigrant, journalism, photography, and multimedia
- GW Unit:
- New Media Photojournalism
- Degree:
- M.A.
- Advisor:
- Sterner, Susan
- Resource Type:
- Thesis or Dissertation
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- Shrinking Chinatown explores the state of Washington, D.C.’s Chinatown and the mostly elderly Chinese population living there today. Washington’s Chinatown is fading into the shadows as economic development shifts the business culture, housing becomes exorbitant, and young families move to the...
- Author:
- Peng, Youqi
- Keyword:
- Chinatown, Chinatown is fading out, D.C.'s Chinatown, Washington's Chinatown, Seniors, and Shrinking Chinatown
- GW Unit:
- New Media Photojournalism
- Degree:
- M.A.
- Advisor:
- Sterner, Susan
- Resource Type:
- Thesis or Dissertation
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- This thesis explores the struggles of running and maintaining an animal shelter in an urban community. Established in 1869, Maryland Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) is one of the earliest animal shelters that was established in United States. Within the past century...
- Author:
- Siddiqui, Adil
- Keyword:
- animal cruelty, animal shelter, Maryland SPCA, SPCA, animal welfare, and Baltimore
- GW Unit:
- New Media Photojournalism
- Degree:
- M.A.
- Advisor:
- Sterner, Susan
- Resource Type:
- Thesis or Dissertation
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- Generation-I explores the trend of young voters, particularly those identified as belonging to the “millennial generation,” distancing themselves from the major two-party political institutions (the Democratic Party and the Republican Party). This multimedia project combines photography, a short...
- Author:
- Shanahan, Michael Hugh
- Keyword:
- Party, Millennial, Voting, Democrat, Republican, and Independent
- GW Unit:
- New Media Photojournalism
- Degree:
- M.A.
- Advisor:
- Sterner, Susan
- Resource Type:
- Thesis or Dissertation
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- Alzheimer’s is one of many degenerative diseases over 5 million Americans live with daily. These individuals could not survive a healthy lifestyle without the service of care provided by a loved one or a medical facility. My grandfather has lived with Alzheimer’s for over ten years now while my...
- Author:
- Bullock, Joy Imani
- Keyword:
- Marriage, Caretaker, Degenerative, Alzheimers, Relationships, and Support
- GW Unit:
- New Media Photojournalism
- Degree:
- M.A.
- Advisor:
- Sterner, Susan
- Resource Type:
- Thesis or Dissertation
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- Promises to Keep Pen Pal Project is a community outreach initiative which connects six elementary students who write letters to six residents from an assisted living community over the course of several months. The messages exchanged over the course of this project generate a narrative which...
- Author:
- Melito, maggie rose
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- GW Unit:
- New Media Photojournalism
- Degree:
- M.A.
- Advisor:
- Sterner, Susan
- Resource Type:
- Thesis or Dissertation
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- The thesis project Landing focuses on the story about Chinese overseas purchasing agents buy goods and ship them directly to clients in China in order to avoid import taxes. High tuition and living expenses make this a perfect informal job for Chinese nationals studying in the United States. The...
- Author:
- Miao, Dongni
- Keyword:
- multimedia project, import tax, photo book, Chinese students, Chinese overseas purchasing agents, and portraits
- GW Unit:
- New Media Photojournalism
- Degree:
- M.A.
- Advisor:
- Sterner, Susan
- Resource Type:
- Thesis or Dissertation
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- This thesis concerns four individuals who have developed the practice of mindfulness in the yoga studio, and receive benefits on growing awareness in their daily lives. Beyond the Studio a multimedia project which documents the impact of mindfulness beyond yoga studios. Galen Tromble, a biologist...
- Author:
- Ranjit, Anil Kumar
- Keyword:
- Yoga, Debris, Mindfulness, and Plastic
- GW Unit:
- New Media Photojournalism
- Degree:
- M.A.
- Advisor:
- Sterner, Susan L
- Resource Type:
- Thesis or Dissertation
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- This is a multimedia documentary project that focuses on survivors of brain injury as they navigate through long term recovery. Three men meet once a week at a horse ranch in northern Virginia for a complementary therapy that assists them in healing and rehabilitation through the development of...
- Author:
- Tyler, Amanda
- Keyword:
- documentary, brain injury, recovery, rehabilitation, therapy, and equestrian
- GW Unit:
- New Media Photojournalism
- Degree:
- M.A.
- Advisor:
- Bulisova-Kamps, Gabriela and Sterner, Susan
- Resource Type:
- Thesis or Dissertation
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- This documentary conducted in Washington, D.C. (Ward 7 and 8), along the Anacostia River, and nearby Southeast D.C. between February 2012 and April 2013, Anaquash, explores local residents' relationship to the river. The Anacostia is a historically polluted body of water, running through racially...
- Author:
- Harlan, Rebecca
- Keyword:
- Washington, River, Photojournalism, Fishing, Photography, D.C., and Anacostia
- GW Unit:
- New Media Photojournalism
- Degree:
- M.A.
- Advisor:
- Sterner, Susan
- Resource Type:
- Thesis or Dissertation
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- This thesis concerns aging, blindness, and deafness in the isolated Western Upper Peninsula of Michigan (UP). I investigated the effect of extreme isolation on Lauri Lappi, a 90-year-old lifelong male resident. This project was photographed and documented in Champion-Humboldt, Michigan after...
- Author:
- Levine, Reyna Abigale
- Keyword:
- Blind, Deaf, Michigan, Dementia, Elder Care, and Economy
- GW Unit:
- New Media Photojournalism
- Degree:
- M.A.
- Advisor:
- Sterner, Susan and Carmody, John
- Committee Member(s):
- Elfers, Steve, Carmody, John, Bulisova, Gabriela, and Beasely, Toren
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- Thesis or Dissertation
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- The multimedia piece Autonomous documents the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in the United States -- more commonly known as drones. As the aircraft have become accessible to the average person a new technology sector has been born, one with enormous potential but little regulation....
- Author:
- Waller, Colby Thor
- Keyword:
- technology, drone, aviation, robotics, FAA, and uav
- GW Unit:
- New Media Photojournalism
- Degree:
- M.A.
- Advisor:
- Sterner, Susan
- Committee Member(s):
- Turner, Tyrone, Bulisova, Gabriela, and Frankfurter, Michelle
- Resource Type:
- Thesis or Dissertation
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- This project concerns Post-Soviet community in Brighton Beach, New York. Little Odessa is as much a state of mind as a location on a map. It is stuck between two worlds; a place of ceaseless nostalgic fantasy of countries left behind. It was in Brighton Beach during the 70's that Soviet...
- Author:
- Bazar, Uliana
- Keyword:
- Immigration, Culture, Brighton Beach, Post-Soviet, Ukraine, and Little Odessa
- GW Unit:
- New Media Photojournalism
- Degree:
- M.A.
- Advisor:
- Sterner, Susan
- Committee Member(s):
- Sterner, Susan, Turner, Tyrone, and Bulisova, Gabriela
- Resource Type:
- Thesis or Dissertation
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- Camille is a girl with Down's syndrome, and in order to function in society she requires a world of help from a number of people, organizations, and government assistance. She is currently on the precipice of adult life, graduating school with a diploma, and having already reached the Age of...
- Author:
- Rossmeissl, Thomas John
- Keyword:
- Film, Downs Syndrome, Documentary, and Disability
- GW Unit:
- New Media Photojournalism
- Degree:
- M.A.
- Advisor:
- Sterner, Susan L
- Committee Member(s):
- Bulisova, Gabriela, Hill, Robb, Sterner, Tyrone, and Frankfurter, Michelle
- Resource Type:
- Thesis or Dissertation
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- In Pyne Poynt, the most dangerous neighborhood Camden, NJ, the city with the highest homicide rate in America, the sounds of baseball and the laughter of children momentarily replace the sounds of gunfire and the calls of drug dealers. Players of the North Camden Little League must navigate a set...
- Author:
- Dinsmoor, Gabriel
- Keyword:
- community, crime, revitalization, trauma, baseball, and violence
- GW Unit:
- New Media Photojournalism
- Degree:
- M.A.
- Advisor:
- Sterner, Susan and Bulisova, Gabriela
- Resource Type:
- Thesis or Dissertation
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- This thesis shares stories of young American Muslims praying in locations outside of a designated prayer area and/or a mosque. It also explores the deeper discourse of identity, stereotypes, religion, and reclaiming narratives within a society in which the political climate and mainstream media...
- Author:
- Ullah, Sana
- Keyword:
- Muslim, Spirituality, Islam, Social Media, Prayer, and Religion
- GW Unit:
- New Media Photojournalism
- Degree:
- M.A.
- Advisor:
- Sterner, Susan and Bulisova, Gabriela
- Resource Type:
- Thesis or Dissertation
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- This thesis concerns suburban immigrant high school students growing up in Gaithersburg, MD that are apart of rising immigrant populations in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area during later part of 2000s. Themes of isolation, assimilation, community, and adolescence are told in three parts -...
- Author:
- Bothwell, Paul
- Keyword:
- Immigrants, Fine Art, Teenager, Photography, and Suburban
- GW Unit:
- New Media Photojournalism
- Degree:
- M.A.
- Advisor:
- Sterner, Susan
- Committee Member(s):
- Elfers, Steve, Turner, Tyrone, and Bulisova, Gabriela
- Resource Type:
- Thesis or Dissertation
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- Description:
- There are seven USDA-defined food deserts in DC, comprised of 11 neighborhoods. Many more than that struggle with issues of food scarcity, like Washington Highlands in Ward 8. This Ward has the highest rate of diabetes, the second highest rate of obesity and the fewest grocery stores of any Ward...
- Author:
- Richardson, Alice Kathryn
- Keyword:
- Washington DC, Food access, Food desert, and Urban hunger
- GW Unit:
- New Media Photojournalism
- Degree:
- M.A.
- Advisor:
- Bulisova, Gabriela and Sterner, Susan L
- Committee Member(s):
- Elfers, Steve, Beasley, Toren, and Turner, Tyrone
- Resource Type:
- Thesis or Dissertation
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- In August 2005, floodwaters driven by Hurricane Katrina breached the London Avenue Canal and caused widespread damage to the Gentilly neighborhood of New Orleans. In the aftermath, the U.S. Government created and funded Road Home, a program intended to support rebuilding. The program has since...
- Author:
- Scott, Emma
- Keyword:
- Displacement, Katrina, Road Home, Recovery, New Orleans, and Rebuilding
- GW Unit:
- New Media Photojournalism
- Degree:
- M.A.
- Advisor:
- Sterner, Susan and Bulisova, Gabriela
- Committee Member(s):
- Elfers, Steve, Sterner, Susan, Turner, Tyrone, Bulisova, Gabriela, and Beasley, Toren
- Resource Type:
- Thesis or Dissertation
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- This thesis explores the importance of public defense in the United States criminal justice system. The sixth amendment of the United States Constitution states all those accused of a crime have the right to an attorney. This thesis examines if and how race plays a role when people are arrested,...
- Author:
- Nelson, Katie R.
- Keyword:
- public defenders, criminal justice, public defense, photojournalism, police, and race
- GW Unit:
- New Media Photojournalism
- Degree:
- M.A.
- Advisor:
- Sterner, Susan
- Committee Member(s):
- Bulisova-Kamps, Gabriela, Sterner, Susan, and Frankfurter, Michelle
- Resource Type:
- Thesis or Dissertation
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- Description:
- "Space We Claim" explores elements of Washington D.C. public parks and open space through photography, documentary film and personal writing to reveal the fundamental principles of public space in urban lifestyle and social communities. The project considers the individual as a basic component to...
- Author:
- Dorger, Benjamin Marten
- Keyword:
- Washington D.C., Public, community, nature, Park, and Public space
- GW Unit:
- New Media Photojournalism
- Degree:
- M.A.
- Advisor:
- Sterner, Susan L
- Committee Member(s):
- Bulisova, Gabriela, Sterner, Susan L, Paperny, Tanya, and Frankfurter, Michelle
- Resource Type:
- Thesis or Dissertation
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- Description:
- This thesis documents the story of a non-mainstream, community-powered radio station--Radio CPR--which broadcasts from the diverse neighborhood of Mount Pleasant in Washington, D.C. Founded in 1998, Radio CPR is a hyper-local, collectively-run media platform that operates independent of...
- Author:
- Feld, Laurie E.
- Keyword:
- Hyper-local media, Collectively-run, Radio CPR, Low-Power FM, Media Justice, and Community-Powered Radio
- GW Unit:
- New Media Photojournalism
- Degree:
- M.A.
- Advisor:
- Sterner, Susan
- Committee Member(s):
- Bulisova, Gabriela, Paperny, Tanya, and Frankfurter, Michelle
- Resource Type:
- Thesis or Dissertation
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- Description:
- This thesis is a multimedia project examining the connections between homesickness, food and identity. The photography investigates my experiences learning to cook the traditional meals made for me by my grandmother growing up in the thousands of miles away in Shenzhen, China. These images,...
- Author:
- Sun, Zhongmou
- Keyword:
- Chinese, Homesickness, Nostalgia, Food, and Identity
- GW Unit:
- New Media Photojournalism
- Degree:
- M.A.
- Advisor:
- Sterner, Susan
- Resource Type:
- Thesis or Dissertation
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- Description:
- This short documentary tells the story of Sean McMillan, a marijuana dealer, who spent three years in federal prison and is reentering society as a felon. It incorporates still photography, video and audio to tell the story of McMillan and his family. There are about 2.4 million incarcerated...
- Author:
- Harnish, Jennifer S.
- Keyword:
- felon, marijuana, crime, reintegretion, recidivism, and prison
- GW Unit:
- New Media Photojournalism
- Degree:
- M.A.
- Advisor:
- Sterner, Susan
- Committee Member(s):
- Sterner, Susan, Paperny, Tanya, Bulisova, Gabriella, and Frankfurter, Michelle
- Resource Type:
- Thesis or Dissertation
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- This thesis consists of the documentary film Your Way Back to Me, photographs, a sculptural installation, and a website to promote screenings of the film. The subject is Hannah Sheridan and her family as they mourn the deaths of Hannah’s father and grandmother. The film follows Hannah as she...
- Author:
- Dietz, Alexandra
- Keyword:
- Tradition, Grief, Navy, Photojournalism, Native American, and Documentary
- GW Unit:
- New Media Photojournalism
- Degree:
- M.A.
- Advisor:
- Sterner, Susan and Bulisova, Gabriela
- Resource Type:
- Thesis or Dissertation
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- 21 DAYS is the documentation and exploration of The Sasha Bruce house, the only short-term homeless youth shelter in Washington, D.C. 21 DAYS looks at a shelter that was once a funeral home and the Ghana embassy in our nations capitol. The shelter has 10 beds, 6 for females and 4 for males and 2...
- Author:
- Scannell, Kaitlynn
- Keyword:
- visual, documentary, journalism, and photography
- GW Unit:
- New Media Photojournalism
- Degree:
- M.A.
- Advisor:
- Sterner, Susan
- Committee Member(s):
- Bulislova, Gabriela and Frankenfurter, Michele
- Resource Type:
- Thesis or Dissertation
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- Description:
- Armila is a cinema vérité documentary film that utilizes a day-in-the-life framework to tell a story of the changing people, culture and environment in an indigenous village. The town Armila lies in the semi-autonomous Guna Yala region Panama (aka Kuna Yala, Cuna Yala and the San Blas Islands)...
- Author:
- Blumberg, Elliot Jacob
- Keyword:
- Globalization, Indigenous, Panama, Documentary film, Kuna Yala, and Cinema vérité
- GW Unit:
- New Media Photojournalism
- Degree:
- M.A.
- Advisor:
- Sterner, Susan L
- Committee Member(s):
- Sterner, Susan, Turner, Tyrone, Kleinfeld, Michael, Bulisova, Gabriella, and Frankfurter, Michelle
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- Thesis or Dissertation
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- Description:
- Only the Bridge Matters Now, a multimedia documentary web and book project, explores the metaphorical bridge linking the Bolivian communities of Northern Virginia to their region of origin. By sustaining tradition, memory, and an immense love for their hometowns and cultural identities, the...
- Author:
- Averbook, Carey Sloane
- Keyword:
- Virginia, Memory, Culture, Migration, Identity, and Bolivia
- GW Unit:
- New Media Photojournalism
- Degree:
- M.A.
- Advisor:
- Sterner, Susan and Bulisova, Gabriela
- Resource Type:
- Thesis or Dissertation
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- Description:
- The loss of black-owned family farmland in America begins in 1865 with the government's failed promise of supplying forty acres and a mule to the newly freed slaves. Since then, black farmers have struggled to acquire and maintain farmland. Despite incredible odds, black farmers have become...
- Author:
- Sutton, Rodney
- Keyword:
- Southern Maryland, tobacco, African-American farmers, black farmers, Calvert County, and cattle farmers
- GW Unit:
- New Media Photojournalism
- Degree:
- M.A.
- Advisor:
- Sterner, Susan and Bulisova, Gabriela
- Committee Member(s):
- Frankfurter, Michelle
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- Thesis or Dissertation
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- This thesis concerns cultural difficulties and conflicts facing native Eskimos in the Bering Strait region of western Alaska. The question addressed was, what is the state and future of traditional native culture? This photojournalism project was filmed in the villages of Brevig Mission, Teller,...
- Author:
- Lincoln, Rachel Dawn
- Keyword:
- molly hootch case, nome, alaskan eskimos, missionaries, bering strait, and subsistence
- GW Unit:
- New Media Photojournalism
- Degree:
- M.A.
- Advisor:
- Sterner, Susan
- Committee Member(s):
- Elfers, Steve, Beasley, Toren, Turner, Tyrone, and Bulisova, Gabriela
- Resource Type:
- Thesis or Dissertation
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- Description:
- The District of Columbia's Child and Family Services Agency introduced me to the family of two documented here. Photojournalism and audio clips depict the growing bond between a mother and adopted daughter, with unshared pasts to foster a new feeling of home. They have been together for just over...
- Author:
- Lutty, Aurora
- Keyword:
- adoption, documentary, Child and Family Services Agency, family, domestic photography, and neuroplasticity
- GW Unit:
- New Media Photojournalism
- Degree:
- M.A.
- Advisor:
- Sterner, Susan and Bulisova, Gabriela
- Committee Member(s):
- Elfers, Steve, Beasley, Toren, and Turner, Tyrone
- Resource Type:
- Thesis or Dissertation
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- Description:
- Garden Refuge is a multimedia project about refugees rebuilding their lives in Baltimore while finding sanctuary in community gardens. The story is told through video, photography, and writing. The story also includes still photographs from a participatory storytelling workshop where refugees...
- Author:
- Murphy, Zoeann Geary
- Keyword:
- Refugee, Zoeann Murphy, Bhutan, Garden, Video, and International Rescue Committee
- GW Unit:
- New Media Photojournalism
- Degree:
- M.A.
- Advisor:
- Sterner, Susan L
- Committee Member(s):
- Bulisova, Gabriela and Frankfurter, Michelle
- Resource Type:
- Thesis or Dissertation
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- Description:
- The story of H Street Northeast in Washington, D.C., and the surrounding neighborhoods is rooted in the history of a prosperous black commercial district transformed to a neglected and drug infested crime zone following the 1968 riots. The Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. prompted a...
- Author:
- Corl, Craig Anthony
- Keyword:
- Race, Gentrification, Photojournalism, Civil Rights, Community, and Culture
- GW Unit:
- New Media Photojournalism
- Degree:
- M.A.
- Advisor:
- Sterner, Susan
- Committee Member(s):
- Bulisova, Gabriela, Paperny, Tanya, and Frankfurter, Michelle
- Resource Type:
- Thesis or Dissertation
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- Description:
- This is a multimedia storytelling project that documents how one woman from South Florida named Angi is using her passionate avocation for aerial silk arts as a complementary therapy approach to her addiction recovery journey. Aerial silk arts are a style of acrobatic performance (familiarized by...
- Author:
- Edelstein, Bailey Theresa
- Keyword:
- sobriety, documentary, photojournalism, aerial silk arts, multimedia, and addiction
- GW Unit:
- New Media Photojournalism
- Degree:
- M.A.
- Advisor:
- Bulisova-Kamps, Gabriela and Sterner, Susan
- Resource Type:
- Thesis or Dissertation
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- Description:
- "Inseparable" highlights the healing power of service and companion dogs for war veterans who have suffered emotional and physical injuries on the battlefield. This multimedia project profiles Ryan Major, a U.S. Army infantryman severely injured in 2006, and his German shepherd service dog...
- Author:
- Faw, Caitlin Henning
- Keyword:
- canine, amputee, dog, service, war, and veteran
- GW Unit:
- New Media Photojournalism
- Degree:
- M.A.
- Advisor:
- Sterner, Susan
- Committee Member(s):
- Bulisova, Gabriela and Frankfurter, Michelle
- Resource Type:
- Thesis or Dissertation
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- Description:
- "Sounds Iranian" explores the role of Iranian music and poetry for immigrants in Washington, D.C., as a means to connect their homeland and identity. This multimedia project employs photography, digital calligraphy, short documentary videos and a website to portray the intimate feelings and...
- Author:
- Tarighi, Nosratallah
- Keyword:
- documentary, music, Iran, photography, videography, and art
- GW Unit:
- New Media Photojournalism
- Degree:
- M.A.
- Advisor:
- Sterner, Susan
- Committee Member(s):
- Bulisova, Gabriela
- Resource Type:
- Thesis or Dissertation
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- This thesis project connects two individuals with direct ties to the U Street community in the Shaw neighborhood of Northwest Washington, D.C. Weaving together the personal histories and artistic futurist visions of Marquett Milton and Erik Moe, Close to U, embarks on a wondering journey to...
- Author:
- Tan, Bo
- Keyword:
- community, Washington, African American, gentrification, D.C., U Street, and future
- GW Unit:
- New Media Photojournalism
- Degree:
- M.A.
- Advisor:
- Sterner, Susan and Bulisova, Gabriela
- Resource Type:
- Thesis or Dissertation
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- "Dyslexia: the Art of Struggle" is a multimedia photojournalism project told through the experiences of nine dyslexic individuals. Those who have dyslexia struggle with pronouncing (word recall), encoding (writing) and decoding (reading) language. This is poignantly felt in a society organized by...
- Author:
- Brothers, Amy M.
- Keyword:
- Story, Photojournalism, New Media, Website, Dyslexia, and Struggle
- GW Unit:
- New Media Photojournalism
- Degree:
- M.A.
- Advisor:
- Sterner, Susan
- Committee Member(s):
- Sterner, Susan, Bulisova, Michelle, Bulisova, Gabriela, Paperny, Tanya, and Frankfurter, Michelle
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- Thesis or Dissertation
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- The Changing Capital is a graduate thesis project studying the changing architecture of Washington, D.C., produced by Dean Pagani for the New Media Photojournalism program at the Corcoran School of the Arts and Design at George Washington University, class of 2015. The thesis website,...
- Author:
- Pagani, Dean Charles
- Keyword:
- Architecture, Architecture trends, preservation, Washington, D.C. architecture, photojournalism, and rowhouses
- GW Unit:
- New Media Photojournalism
- Degree:
- M.A.
- Advisor:
- Sterner, Susan L
- Committee Member(s):
- Sterner, Susan L, Frankfuter, Michelle, and Busilova, Gabriela
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- Thesis or Dissertation
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- Description:
- Generation after generation, communities of color have been systematically and institutionally oppressed in America. African-Americans, in particular, have faced enormous challenges even after the civil rights movement – the rise of police brutality, drug addiction, and mass incarceration to name...
- Author:
- Yi, Joy Sharon
- Keyword:
- Serial forced displacement, Race, Gentrification, Urban renewal, Washington DC, and Housing policy
- GW Unit:
- New Media Photojournalism
- Degree:
- M.A.
- Advisor:
- Sterner, Susan and Bulisova, Gabriela
- Resource Type:
- Thesis or Dissertation
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- Description:
- Aqua America-PVR bought Riverdale Mobile Park for a water-withdrawal pipeline to transport water from the Susquehanna River to Marcellus Shale Formation to enable Hydraulic fracturing, "fracking" for natural gas. This profitable industry displaces whole communities caught in the middle and deemed...
- Author:
- Vander Weit, Crystal
- Keyword:
- displacement, human rights, pennsylvania, natural gas, fracking, and low-income
- GW Unit:
- New Media Photojournalism
- Degree:
- M.A.
- Advisor:
- Sterner, Susan and Bulisova, Gabriela
- Committee Member(s):
- Elfers, Steve and Beasley, Toren
- Resource Type:
- Thesis or Dissertation
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- Description:
- Limitless is a documentary project on boxers who train at Nomis Boxing Gym in Washington, D.C. The gym runs on a shoestring budget, but still provides a safe space for children and nearby residents to grow and be themselves in a community that was once riddled by violence, but that is now...
- Author:
- Dance, Katherine
- Keyword:
- GW Unit:
- New Media Photojournalism
- Degree:
- M.A.
- Advisor:
- Sterner, Susan
- Resource Type:
- Thesis or Dissertation
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- Description:
- This multimedia journalism project is about Bronies, adult fans of the animated children's television program "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic" (MLP:FiM for short). The project explores the culture of the fandom as one of support, caring and acceptance that fans have found thanks to a show...
- Author:
- Carey, Maria Helena
- Keyword:
- brony, gender expectations, fans, love, my little pony, and bronies
- GW Unit:
- New Media Photojournalism
- Degree:
- M.A.
- Advisor:
- Sterner, Susan L
- Committee Member(s):
- Bulisova, Gabriela, Paperny, Tanya, and Frankfurter, Michelle
- Resource Type:
- Thesis or Dissertation
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- Description:
- This thesis uses photography, film, and writing to document present-day herbalism in the Appalachian tradition. The project uses interviews with an herbalist, professor of herbalism, and an ethnobotanist, in conjunction with a woman who turned to alternative medicine when conventional routes had...
- Author:
- Anderson, Megan Christine
- Keyword:
- Herbalism, Complementary Medicine, Herbal Medicine, Photography, Documentary, and Documentary Film
- GW Unit:
- New Media Photojournalism
- Degree:
- M.A.
- Advisor:
- Sterner, Susan
- Resource Type:
- Thesis or Dissertation
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- Description:
- This multimedia thesis is about the experiences of young people of color who are returning home from prison. In the era of mass incarceration, millions cycle through America’s jails and prisons annually. Nearly half of those behind bars in Washington, D.C., are under 30 years old, and 95% are...
- Author:
- Adair, Kristin
- Keyword:
- GW Unit:
- New Media Photojournalism
- Degree:
- M.A.
- Advisor:
- Sterner, Susan and Bulisova, Gabriela
- Resource Type:
- Thesis or Dissertation
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- Description:
- This thesis concerns the multigenerational Jarrell family located in Van, West Virginia, and their relationship with coal mining. I set out to find what life is like living in a monoeconomy of coal, and discovered a family so strongly connected to this disappearing industry. This project adds to...
- Author:
- Schneiderman, Lauren Morgan
- Keyword:
- rural, industry, unemployment, coal, family, and coal mining
- GW Unit:
- New Media Photojournalism
- Degree:
- M.A.
- Advisor:
- Sterner, Susan
- Committee Member(s):
- Elfers, Steve, Beasley, Toren, Turner, Tyrone, Hatch, Josh, and Bulisova, Gabriela
- Resource Type:
- Thesis or Dissertation
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- Description:
- In a nation where the indigenous population has been largely removed, corralled, or otherwise exterminated, expressions of cultural identity are increasingly important for Native Americans, as survivors of genocide. As such, rituals and customs become emphatic declarations of ancestral heritage....
- Author:
- Fine, Dakota
- Keyword:
- Native Deal, Performance Art, Photojournalism, Last American Indian on Earth, Native American, and Gregg Deal
- GW Unit:
- New Media Photojournalism
- Degree:
- M.A.
- Advisor:
- Sterner, Susan
- Committee Member(s):
- Bulisova, Gabriela, Paperny, Tanya, and Frankfurter, Michelle
- Resource Type:
- Thesis or Dissertation
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- Description:
- Resettling Hope is a documentary film and photography project exploring the challenges and experiences of Afghan war refugees in the United States. This multimedia project focuses on five Afghan families resettled under the Special Immigration Visas (SIV) program in Alexandria, Va., and...
- Author:
- Rezaie, Mahnaz
- Keyword:
- Refugees, Immigrants, US department of State, Documentary, Special Immigration (SIV), and Afghans
- GW Unit:
- New Media Photojournalism
- Degree:
- M.A.
- Advisor:
- Sterner, Susan and Bulisova, Gabriela
- Committee Member(s):
- Grundberg, Andy
- Resource Type:
- Thesis or Dissertation
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- Description:
- Grounded is a video documentary that examines the earth's healing power on a combat veteran. Today's veterans face considerable challenges as they reintegrate into American society. Many have experienced trauma from tours of duty in Iraq, Afghanistan- or both. Additionally, despite myriad federal...
- Author:
- Strojnowski, Jay
- Keyword:
- Veteran, Farming, PTSD, and Sustainable
- GW Unit:
- New Media Photojournalism
- Degree:
- M.A.
- Advisor:
- Sterner, Susan and Bulisova, Gabriela
- Resource Type:
- Thesis or Dissertation
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- Description:
- This thesis concerns a family and their five-year-old daughter who lives with Sjögren-Larsson Syndrome, a rare genetic condition that effects approximately 100 people in the United States. Through photographs, video, and text, the work documents this family in Fairfax, Virginia from June 2012 to...
- Author:
- Rizzo, Meredith Lynn
- Keyword:
- orphan diseases, sjogren-larsson syndrome, rare diseases, orphan drug act, medical, and healthcare
- GW Unit:
- New Media Photojournalism
- Degree:
- M.A.
- Advisor:
- Sterner, Susan and Bulisova, Gabriela
- Resource Type:
- Thesis or Dissertation
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- Description:
- This thesis concerns three Amish families living in Shipshewana Indiana. This is an exploration of the idea that while they work to remain true to their roots, the identity of members of this Amish community is changing due to internal and external pressures. This project adds to the social...
- Author:
- Hoover, Suzannah
- Keyword:
- Amish, Indiana, Religion, Identity, Technology, and Rumspringa
- GW Unit:
- New Media Photojournalism
- Degree:
- M.A.
- Advisor:
- Sterner, Susan and Bulisova, Gabriela
- Committee Member(s):
- Elfers, Steve, Beasley, Toren, and Turner, Tyrone
- Resource Type:
- Thesis or Dissertation
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- Description:
- Men of Steel is a documentary photography and film project exploring the connections among industry, economy, and the American Dream. Over the last 150 years, America has evolved from a rural and agricultural economy, to a manufacturing and production economy to a service economy model. Towns and...
- Author:
- Zarconi, Christopher Joseph
- Keyword:
- documentary, industry, steel, rust belt, economy, and american dream
- GW Unit:
- New Media Photojournalism
- Degree:
- M.A.
- Advisor:
- Sterner, Susan
- Resource Type:
- Thesis or Dissertation
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- Description:
- This thesis examines people and places along the MARC commuter train line between Union Station in Washington, D.C., and Penn Station in Baltimore, Maryland. The project, like the route, moves through diverse locations from the suburbs to the ghetto, and attempts to capture a wide range of human...
- Author:
- Stevens, Susannah
- Keyword:
- MARC, Washington, Maryland, Baltimore, Train, and Documentary
- GW Unit:
- New Media Photojournalism
- Degree:
- M.A.
- Advisor:
- Sterner, Susan and Bulisova, Gabriela
- Resource Type:
- Thesis or Dissertation
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- Description:
- Portraits Alive is a documentary thesis project for New Media Photojournalism Master of Arts program in the Corcoran School of the Arts & Design of The George Washington University. It presents the relationship between dances and physical art exhibitions. This projects documents Dana Tai Soon...
- Author:
- Du, Matailong
- Keyword:
- GW Unit:
- New Media Photojournalism
- Degree:
- M.A.
- Advisor:
- Sterner, Susan
- Resource Type:
- Thesis or Dissertation
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- Description:
- Music is present throughout the day at the Adult Care Center in Winchester, Virginia, where the majority of the clients have Alzheimer's-related dementia with differing levels of functioning. "The last part of the brain to be affected by dementia is the musical side," explains Tara Lescalleet,...
- Author:
- Joseph, Amy Elizabeth
- Keyword:
- Alzheimer's disease, dementia, music therapy, photography, documentary, and video
- GW Unit:
- New Media Photojournalism
- Degree:
- M.A.
- Advisor:
- Bulisova, Gabriela and Sterner, Susan L
- Resource Type:
- Thesis or Dissertation
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- Description:
- This photo documentary project focuses on Deale, Maryland, a village with an active charter boat fleet on the Western Shore of Chesapeake Bay. It is an exploration of past and present, with the photographer returning to the place of his childhood to capture images that were fading from memory....
- Author:
- O'Hara, Michael Brendan
- Keyword:
- Chesapeake, Childhood, Memory, Deale, and Charter Fishing
- GW Unit:
- New Media Photojournalism
- Degree:
- M.A.
- Advisor:
- Sterner, Susan and Bulisova, Gabriela
- Resource Type:
- Thesis or Dissertation
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- Description:
- "Second to None: The Legend of Stanton Elementary" is a multimedia project and website by Mary Clare "Clary" Estes. The story is an examination of Stanton Elementary in Washington, D.C. Deemed a "turnaround" school in the capital's Anacostia neighborhood, Stanton was the second worst performing...
- Author:
- Estes, Mary Clare
- Keyword:
- education, children, learn, teacher, school, and student
- GW Unit:
- New Media Photojournalism
- Degree:
- M.A.
- Advisor:
- Sterner, Susan
- Committee Member(s):
- Bulisova, Gabriela
- Resource Type:
- Thesis or Dissertation
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- Description:
- Silk Stories is a multimedia documentary project exploring the impact of shifting global markets on the daily lives of those entwined in the silk production process in India through the stories of mulberry farmers, reelers, weavers and consumers of this ancient tradition and art form. Themes...
- Author:
- Kaplan, Pamela Ann
- Keyword:
- Weaving, India, Silk Farming, Handloom, Sericulture, and Silk
- GW Unit:
- New Media Photojournalism
- Degree:
- M.A.
- Advisor:
- Sterner, Susan and Bulisova, Gabriela
- Resource Type:
- Thesis or Dissertation
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- Description:
- Balinda is a 62-year old survivor of cancer and HIV. Less than a year ago she was rapidly deteriorating from the side effects of her medications. The legalization of medical marijuana in the District of Columbia saved her life. Today, she struggles to make ends meet while raising her...
- Author:
- Colt, Jasper
- Keyword:
- Film, Multimedia, Photojournalism, Documentary, Video, and Journalism
- GW Unit:
- New Media Photojournalism
- Degree:
- M.A.
- Advisor:
- Sterner, Susan
- Committee Member(s):
- Bulisova, Gabriela, Paperny, Tanya, and Frankfurter, Michelle
- Resource Type:
- Thesis or Dissertation
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- Description:
- This thesis investigates large format cameras and its use by contemporary photographers. Through that Glass documents three photographers: photojournalist Chris Usher; artist, Frank DiPerna; and student, Sloane Tucker. All three have the experience of working with large format cameras. Through...
- Author:
- Tian, Yusheng
- Keyword:
- View Camera, Film, Analog, Contemporary, Large format Camera, and Photography
- GW Unit:
- New Media Photojournalism
- Degree:
- M.A.
- Advisor:
- Sterner, Susan and Bulisova, Gabriela
- Resource Type:
- Thesis or Dissertation
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- Description:
- Through the platforms of film and photography, this documentary project lends perspective on how local Latino musicians in the Washington metropolitan area use their music as a vehicle for establishing community, and empowering both performers and audience. These musicians share their personal...
- Author:
- Martinez Gonzalez, Daniel
- Keyword:
- Washington D.C., Mt. Pleasant, Rock en Español, Latino Immigrants, Music, and Latino Community
- GW Unit:
- New Media Photojournalism
- Degree:
- M.A.
- Advisor:
- Sterner, Susan
- Committee Member(s):
- Bulisova, Gabriela
- Resource Type:
- Thesis or Dissertation
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- Description:
- In Hops We Trust explores an insider’s perspective into the micro beer community. The project includes all aspects of media including a short documentary, written article, photo story and website. In the film and photo portion of the project we take a look into living with depression and the...
- Author:
- Schilp, David Schilp
- Keyword:
- Women, Depression, Craftbeer, and Passion
- GW Unit:
- New Media Photojournalism
- Degree:
- M.A.
- Advisor:
- Sterner, Susan
- Committee Member(s):
- Bulisova, Gabriela
- Resource Type:
- Thesis or Dissertation
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- Description:
- I'd Rather Be In The Woods, a multimedia photographic essay examines the lives of a group of individuals living in an intentional community on the riverbank of the Shenandoah River in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. "The Hillians" as they call themselves are a tribe of individuals in their...
- Author:
- Cartron, Sarah Marie
- Keyword:
- intentional community, harpers ferry, off the grid, peter pan, alternative lifestyle, and emerging adults
- GW Unit:
- New Media Photojournalism
- Degree:
- M.A.
- Advisor:
- Sterner, Susan L
- Committee Member(s):
- Sterner, Susan, Bulisova, Gabriela, Paperny, Tanya, and Frankfurter, Michelle
- Resource Type:
- Thesis or Dissertation
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- Description:
- "Unnecessary Suffering: new treatment cures hepatitis C" is a New Media Photojournalism thesis by Imran Khan presents educates the public on the global threat of the hepatitis C epidemic and treatment options: interferon vs. sobosfuvir. The thesis is presented as a website that contains a short...
- Author:
- Khan, Imran
- Keyword:
- new media, documentary, film making, and photojournalism
- GW Unit:
- New Media Photojournalism
- Degree:
- M.A.
- Advisor:
- Sterner, Susan
- Committee Member(s):
- Bulisova, Gabriela and Frankfurter, Michelle
- Resource Type:
- Thesis or Dissertation
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- Description:
- This thesis investigates Deaf culture through football at Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C. It is a multimedia documentary project about Shelby Bean, a Hard of Hearing man with Goldenhar Syndrome who came to Gallaudet as a student athlete in 2009 and became a football coach after he...
- Author:
- D'Autremont, Catherine
- Keyword:
- Sports, Gallaudet, Deaf, Football, Athletics, and Disability
- GW Unit:
- New Media Photojournalism
- Degree:
- M.A.
- Advisor:
- Sterner, Susan
- Committee Member(s):
- Bulisova, Gabriela
- Resource Type:
- Thesis or Dissertation
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- Description:
- American Dreams: Stories of Millennial Car Culture is a multimedia project that uses photos, videos, and an essay to profile two young men - German Coello and Corey McKenzie - involved in two very different types of car culture: stanced Hondas and Volvo rally cars, respectively. The project...
- Author:
- Phillips, Steven Reid
- Keyword:
- Immigration, Honduras, Photojournalism, Appalachia, Volvo, and Honda
- GW Unit:
- New Media Photojournalism
- Degree:
- M.A.
- Advisor:
- Sterner, Susan
- Resource Type:
- Thesis or Dissertation
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- Description:
- The multimedia story is a documentation of the life of a Hispanic, bilingual mother and child residing in the District of Columbia. The purpose was to visually capture the experience of a bilingual family and understand where Spanish-English language barriers become apparent. The subjects for...
- Author:
- Ferrara, Claire I.
- Keyword:
- Elementary Education, Photojournalism, Anthropology, Language Acquisition, Spanish, and Immigration
- GW Unit:
- New Media Photojournalism
- Degree:
- M.A.
- Advisor:
- Sterner, Susan
- Resource Type:
- Thesis or Dissertation
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- Description:
- Abstract of ThesisForest of LorienForest of Lorien documentary photography project explores the mid-century modern community, Hollin Hills, located in Alexandria, Virginia, near Washington, D.C. The project is comprised of a book of photographs, an interactive website, essays, and a sensorial...
- Author:
- Space, Caroline
- Keyword:
- Architecture, Nature, Community, Photography, Documentary, and Mid-Century Modernism
- GW Unit:
- New Media Photojournalism
- Degree:
- M.A.
- Advisor:
- Sterner, Susan
- Committee Member(s):
- Bulisova, Gabriela
- Resource Type:
- Thesis or Dissertation
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- Description:
- The short documentary film, I Will Go Back Tonight investigates the effects of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder on familial relationships of six veterans from the United States Army 5th Infantry Unit, the "bobcats". The project focuses on the lives of five Vietnam veterans who served together in...
- Author:
- Frame, Kara
- Keyword:
- Vietnam, documentary, veteran, PTSD, photography, and Afghanistan
- GW Unit:
- New Media Photojournalism
- Degree:
- M.A.
- Advisor:
- Sterner, Susan
- Resource Type:
- Thesis or Dissertation
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- Description:
- The City of Alexandria's Office of Housing reports half of its affordable housing units were lost in the past ten years. Land scarcity, rising housing prices, gentrification and the new building boom have decimated Alexandria's affordable housing stock. This photo documentary is intended to serve...
- Author:
- Thomas, Susan Hale
- Keyword:
- Low-Income, Gentrification, Development, Poverty, Alexandria, and Affordable Housing
- GW Unit:
- New Media Photojournalism
- Degree:
- M.A.
- Advisor:
- Sterner, Susan L
- Committee Member(s):
- Bulisova, Gabriela, Paperny, Tanya, and Frankfurter, Michelle
- Resource Type:
- Thesis or Dissertation