Senior Thesis
If you are looking for information about Senior Thesis sign ups for the upcoming 2006/2007 year, please look under News and Events on this website. Sign ups are Feb. 6th at 8:00 am.
Seniors work collaboratively on thesis projects, which involve original research. Some thesis groups work on related projects, as in the Fall 2003 class that examined international cinema. Other pursue individual projects. Here are some representative topics.
| Authors | Topic |
| Carrie Cornwell & Nicole Rodriguez | Contemporary French Cinema: The Auteur in the Age of Globalization |
| Audrey Evanoff & Ricardo Lay | From Cinema Novo to Mainstream Brazilian Cinema: Assessing the Work of Carlos Diegues in Light of Film Globalization |
| Erin Gay, Anna Kinney, & Katie McGowan | Acclaimed at the Academy and Celebrated by Sundance: An Assessment of the Impact of Two U.S. Institutions on the Fate of Foreign Films |
| Norman Malonzo & Christine Nguyen | The "Knight-Errant" and the "Romantic": A Study of How the Forces of Globalization Have Shaped the Careers and Work of John Woo and Wong Kar-Wai |
| Katharine Reinhardsen & Dina Salcido | Thriving in the Shadow of Hollywood: An Analysis of the Factors that Make Indian Cinema an Enduring Regional Film Power |
| Laura Werkheiser & Bill Blackburn | Caught Between Nationalism and Globalization: Defining Contemporary Chinese Cinema in the Age of American Cultural Hegemony |
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