Nonverbal and Stereotypical Representations of Disney Animation and Characters Throughout History

College of Professional Studies

The purpose of this study was to analyze and focus on gender roles, expectations, and ideologies portrayed in Disney animated feature films through the use of nonverbal communication. The researchers of this analysis observed three distinct Disney Films across history: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937), The Little Mermaid (1989), and Moana (2016) to draw similarities and differences between them. By 1) uncovering hegemonic principles and gender norms in Disney animation and 2) determining changes in stereotypical representations of Disney characters throughout history, the researchers sought to understand why gender roles and norms have primarily remained the same throughout history.

Nonverbal Communication In Charlie Chaplin's Modern Times

College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences

This project is a analysis of the nonverbal communication in the film Modern Times. The analysis is based on theories from Comm 324 Nonverbal Communication and include the use of physical space, gestures and facial expressions to communicate meaning.

Nonverbal Communication in Children's MMO Games

College of Professional Studies

We looked at three free Massively Multiplayer Online video games (MMO) for children: Wizard 101, Woozworld, and ToonTown Rewritten. We focused on three nonverbal areas: character design, gestures, and emotional displays. While looking into each of these games, we compared these non verbals, their contexts, and their meaning.

Novel Tests of Gravity Below Fifty Microns

College of Natural Resources & Sciences

Due to inconsistencies between General Relativity and the Standard Model, tests of gravity remain at the forefront of experimental physics. At HSU, undergraduates and faculty are designing an experiment sensitive enough to detect gravitational interactions below the 50 micron scale. The experiment measures the twist of a torsion pendulum as an attractor mass is oscillated nearby in a parallel plate configuration, providing time varying gravitational torque on the pendulum. The size and distance dependence of the torque variation will provide a means to determine any deviation from current models of gravity on untested scales.

Only Birds Can Start Wildfires

College of Natural Resources & Sciences

Our creative project is going to revolve around the ecological knowledge of the Chicken Hawk that is from Indigenous people of the Humboldt County area. We want to show the significance that Chicken Hawk has in their culture and how it correlates to scientific research that has been done and is being done on them today. We aim to show how ecological knowledge can be applied to current research and assist modern day scientists.

Open Pit Iron Mining on Michigan's Upper Peninsula

College of Natural Resources & Sciences

Michigan's Upper Peninsula is an iron rich region in the Marquette Iron Range (aka Negaunee Iron Formation) that has been mined since the mid-1800's. By the 1950's most of the easily accessible high grade ore had been mined, forcing the mining companies to dig deeper for less valuable ore. The entire complex depicted in this map is commonly referred to as the National Mine, but it is broken up into two separate facilities: the Empire Mine to the east (which closed in 2016), and the Tilden Mine to the west (the last active Iron mine in Michigan). While these mines have been great for the local economy, this has come at the cost of major environmental impacts.

Osteoarthritis in Anglo-Saxon Groups

College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences

There are many cases of osteoarthritis observed in western England skeletal remains from the 5th to 9th century. I investigated the potential connections and causes of the high rates of osteoarthritis within Anglo-Saxon remains as described in case studies. Current research indicates there is a link between occupation and osteoarthritis. These data shed light on how lifestyle affects overall health. These findings are valuable because they can be used to describe the connections between lifestyles and diseases through the remains of Anglo-Saxons through the observation of osteoarthritis within their remains.

Painting the Medium: Digital Standardization of Archaeological Data

College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences

The bulk of archaeological notes taken in the field are hand-written, with pencil-sketched maps and diagrams, varying widely in legibility, clarity, and completeness of information. While this last point cannot easily be fixed in post, the former two can be through the development of a comprehensive “style guide” and tutorial for the digitization of archaeological field notes—using the free design program “Inkscape.” The guide is designed to be internally consistent and easily comprehensible, usable even by those with no experience with either the programs or raw data involved, guiding the user along the process of rendering previously inconsistent field data into a uniform visual style.

Performance Profile For Tabata Intermittent Trainning on Treadmill

College of Professional Studies

This study investigated the effect of four supramaximal intensities (110%, 130%, 150%, and 170% of VO2max) on number of Tabata bouts performed by recreationally trained men (mean age = 22.27 ± 1.74 years, height = 1.72 ± 0.07m, mass = 78.74 ± 15.77kg) were assigned the four intensities in a counterbalanced order. HR, stride frequency, and number of bouts were measured during each testing session. Given that ideal number of Tabata bouts is ~8, results suggested that intensities ranging between 130% and 150% were optimal. The number of bouts outside this range were found to be too high or too low what is deemed normal.

Perpetuating a Stereotype: Minstrel-Shows in Antebellum America

College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences

In “The African-American Experience as portrayed by Minstrels” I examine how the African-American experience in Antebellum America was inaccurately portrayed by minstrel-performers; slaves were largely portrayed as happy field workers; lazy and good-for-nothing buffoons. The disparity between the entertainment art form and the reality of the black-slave offers a historical viewpoint of the American people of this era, their white nationalist values, as well as their prejudicial practices.