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"Tell it again, but different": Gender, Race, and Adaptation in The Taming of the Shrew and Othello
(2023)
“Tell it again, but different”: Gender, Race, and Adaptation in The Taming of the Shrew and Othello analyzes contemporary adaptations of two of Shakespeare’s most problematic plays: The Taming of the Shrew and Othello, ...
Aural Architecture as Affect: Understanding the Impact of Acoustic Environments on Human Experience
(2021)
Architectural design plays a significant role in shaping human experience in buildings through the perception of space. However, architectural characteristics not only result in visual attributes that affect how the occupants ...
Scaling the Region: Visuality, Infrastructure, and the Politics of Design in Cold War Turkey
(2022)
This dissertation demonstrates that American imperialism presents a persistent design problem. At the center of this problem during the Cold War was the question of how to situate nation-states within the scale of postwar ...
Built with Empty Fists: The Rise and Circulation of Black Power Martial Artistry During The Cold War
(2020)
My dissertation explores the history of unarmed self-defense and martial arts in Black community organizing between 1955 and 1980. As such, it intervenes in Black Power studies, Afro-Asian studies, and gender history. Using ...
Indecent Detroit: Regulating Race, Sex, and Adult Entertainment, 1950-1975
(2018)
This dissertation examines the history of censorship and anti-porn politics in Detroit, beginning with the city’s literary censorship campaign in the immediate postwar era and moving up through efforts to curtail the rapid ...
Heroes, Dames, and Damsels in Distress: Constructing Gender Types in Classical Hollywood Film Music.
(2012)
This dissertation examines the musical construction of gender in films of the classical Hollywood era (approximately 1935–1960). Just as gender expectations shaped these films’ narratives, music also helped construct gender ...
Networked Collectivities: North American Artists' Groups, 1968-1978.
(2009)
In the late 1960s and ’70s, hundreds of artists across North America banded together into small groupings, sometimes two, sometimes ten, seeking alternatives to the single-artist model prized since the Renaissance. Many ...
How do managers evaluate individual contributions to team production? A theory and empirical test
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2022-12)
Research SummaryOrganizations rely on subjective evaluations to reward employees for team-based performance. However, it is unclear how supervisors determine individuals’ contributions to collective output. We theorize ...
The performance effects of creative imitation on original products: Evidence from lab and field experiments
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2023-01)
Research SummaryA market entrant often challenges the incumbent using creative imitation: The entrant creatively combines imitated aspects of the original with its own innovative characteristics to create a distinct offering. ...
Birds of a feather flock (even more) together: An intergroup relations perspective on how #MeToo-related media coverage affects the evaluation of prospective corporate directors
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2022-11)
Research SummaryThis study examines how incumbent director reactions to media coverage of the #MeToo movement have impacted the evaluation of prospective corporate directors. We argue that heightened intergroup anxiety ...