This collection contain theses for the Master of Fine Arts in Visual Art and the Master of Fine Arts in Illustration & Visual Culture programs in the Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Arts. This collection contains the written theses completed by students in the MFA in Visual Art program since 2014 and MFA in Illustration & Visual Culture since 2021.
Theses/Dissertations from 2024
Toward an Artifact-Forward Feminist Design History, Celeste Caldwell
Laughing in the Wrong Places: Daniel Clowes and the Danger of Nostalgia, Liam Cassidy
Welcome Home Stranger: The Evolution & Assimilation of the Queer Monster, Dee Cea
How Visual Narrative Can Elevate Immigrant Food, YITING CHAI
Virtual Bodies: Probing Fake Flesh, Emily Elhoffer
Ramble: To Wander & Wayfind in Image & Text, Charlotte Fleming
Spirit, Art, and Care, Jordan Geiger
[W]hole: Journey to Fullness, Joni P. Gordon
Goin' Down Swinging: Queer Fury, Mad Green
unruly play in picture books, Danielle Groak
Raisin Fingers, Sophia Hatzikos
Nostalgic Neighbors: Engaging the Single-Story of Wholesomeness, Jeffrey Johnson
Cliffhanger, Micah Mickles
The Land of Reverie, Sarah Moon
Uncanny Bodies, Samantha Neu
Graveyard Shifts: Unearthing Identity Myths and the Retro Rebrand, Rebecca Puno
BOTH SIDES, Qi Qu
Seeing is Believing: Observing Trans Spirituality Through The Smith-Waite Tarot, Phoebe Santalla
Materials are my Conduits, Lynne Smith
Cover, Uncover: The Changing Face of Architecture on Locust Street, Cora Trout
Theses/Dissertations from 2023
The Dark House and its Inhabitants, Emily Bielski
Elsewhere: In Defense of Daydreaming, Alex Braden
Perils of the Heroine: The Historic Role of Woman in Comics, Britain Bray
Land | Lineage, Allena Marie Brazier
Queering Up for Battle, Alex Davis