|
ABELES
ELIZABETH |
The
Scat Singing of Lady Time |
|
ABODEELY,
JOHN |
Improvisation
and Composition: Dissecting the Working Dichotomy of the Theater |
|
BRENNAN
JILLIAN |
A
Glimpse of Improvisation in Storytelling |
|
BRUMBLAY
NATALIE I |
The
Art of Teaching: Improvisation in Education |
|
CAMPBELL
JASON H |
Improvisation
and its Role in Football |
|
EDELSON
ERIC S |
Serendipity
at its Best |
|
FRANKEL
DAVID |
Ad-hoc-ism in Music
|
|
GELIN
MURLINE |
History
of Improvisation in Western Music |
|
GHENENE
SONNYTE |
Improvisation
in Fashion Shows |
|
HALKET
JONATHAN R |
Musical
Improvisation: The Continuum of Interpretation and Advancement of Dialogue |
|
HARRIS
JOSHU |
Jack
Kerouac's Spontaneous Prose Method |
|
HAUSMANN
JONATHAN S |
Improvisational
Procrastination |
|
HELFAND
JESSICA |
Improvisation
as a Cooking Skill |
|
JACKSON
REGINALD R |
Guitar
Playing and the Glories of Screwing Up |
|
JO
PATTY |
Hear
My Story: A Look at Improvisation in Oral Storytelling |
|
JOHNSON
DANIEL R |
Violence
in Sports |
|
KRISHNACHANDER
ANUSHKA |
Improvisation
in Science |
|
LEE
ALLEN A |
Improvisation
in Music: The Grateful Dead and Phish |
|
LEWIS
JACQUELINE H |
Improvisation
in Child's Play and Fantasy, Lying and Jazz |
|
MACHARIA
EDWIN |
Jackson
Pollock: Master of Improvisation |
|
NICHOLS
ELIZABETH A |
Improvisation
in the Oral Tradition in Ancient Judaism |
|
ORTIZ
FRANCISCO S |
Chaplin,
Keaton and the Marx Brothers: Improvisation on Film |
|
SADA
DAVID M |
"MacGyver":
The Show of the Moment |
|
SCHROEDER
ABRAHAM |
The
Visual Arts As They Pertain to Improvisation |
|
SHULTZ
FOREST |
Influences
on the Music of John Coltrane |
|
STAUFFER
BENJAMIN |
Improvisation
as a Means of Finding Oneself: The Musical Journey of Sonny Rollins |
|
WASHINGTON
LAIS |
Improvisation
and Rap |
|
WESTBROOK
BENJAMIN M |
A
History of Techno Music and the Presence of Improvisation |
|
WOLDORF
GILLIAN |
The
Internal Editor: A Study of Free Association and Improvisation |
|
WURMSER
RACHEL L |
Butterflies
and Killer Bees |
1998 Student Paper Topics
|
ARGYROS, ALEXANDER |
Improvisation
and Public Speaking |
|
BATISTA PEARL M |
The
Truth Behind Hypnotherapy and Improvisation |
|
BIRNBAUM SETH M |
Improvisation
in Political Speech |
|
BONDS TIA N |
Jazz
Violin Improvisation |
|
BUTLER AARON J |
Improvisation
in the Woods |
|
D'CRUZ RAJIV A |
Improvisation
in Squash and Tennis |
|
HARGREAVES-HEALD NATHANI |
Decisive
Moments and Dark Room Techniques: Improvisation in Photography |
|
HOCHRON ALEXANDER N |
Improvisation
in Modern Music - Phish |
|
JAMAL ZEEYA |
Improvisation
in the Oral Arts |
|
RAY HEIDI A |
Improvisation
in Storytelling: Recreating a Creation |
|
ROWLAND ELIZABETH C |
The
Beat Poets |
|
RUBIN MARGARET Y |
Improvisational
Aspects of the Early Abstract Expressionists |
|
SABINO MARCELA R |
Improvisation
In Jazz |
|
SALEM VICTORIA B |
Improvisation
In War |
|
SMART MARGARET H |
Improvisation
in Chinese Calligraphy |
|
UGWONALI OKECHUKWU E |
Lyrics:
Freestyle Rap as an Art of Improvisation |
|
BARKAN ANDREW B |
Creativity
and Improvisation in Choral Conducting |
|
BUSH KEVIN A |
Improvisation
and the Political Aspirations of Muhammad Ali |
|
CAREY ERIC C |
Improvisation
in the Music of Phish |
|
FITZIMMONS SETH N |
Icebreakers,
Initiatives and Unconditional Support |
|
GOVERN HEATHER A |
Improvisation
as a Means to Educationally Develop Children |
|
GRAIF PETER J |
Rewriting
the Dharma: Improvisation in the Life and Works of Jack Kerouac |
|
KELLEY JAMUNA D |
Improvisation
in Lying |
|
KOZOULINA VASSILISSA |
Tennis
and Improvisation |
|
LI YU |
Improvisation
as Seen in Debate |
|
MCGEE PATRICK J |
The
Art of Improvisation With Respect to the Game of Football |
|
MORRIS MATTHEW C |
Flirting
with Nuclear Disaster: A Study of Improvisation in Diplomacy |
|
NICHOLS MICHAEL B |
The
Improvisation in Swing Dancing |
|
SANDLER ADRIANE M |
Improvisation
and Cooking |
|
WEST SHELLEY K |
You're
Getting Sleepy...The Use of Improvisation in Modern Hypnosis |
1999 Student Paper Topics
|
Allen,
Mary Kate |
Improvisation
in Child Play |
|
Bonnett, Viki |
Creativity
and Improvisation in Children |
|
Fitzsimons,
Pat |
Relationships:
Improvised Interaction |
|
Gately, Todd |
Improvisational
Thinking and the Doctrine of Self-Defense |
|
Graham,
Sheila |
The
Necessary Evil: Improvisation in Parenting |
|
Grigorenko, Tatiana |
Oral
Poetry, Ballads, Fairytales, Superstition, and Folklore: Improvisation in
Storytelling |
|
Hart,
Brian |
Improvisation
in War |
|
Johnson, Colgan |
Brain Function and Improvisation |
|
Lee,
Yu-Hsuan |
Improvisation
in Life-Threatening Situations |
|
Lund,
Monika |
The
Improvisation of Language |
|
Rivera,
Enid |
Improvisation:
Time Management and Its Connection to Education |
|
Shike, Nathan |
Phish:
An Analysis of the Improvisational Style of Today's Best Jam Band |
|
Stahl,
Alison |
The
Role of Improvisation in the Everyday Living of the Blind and Deaf Individual |
|
Sunderland,
Jeff |
A
Study of Jazz |
|
Vasquez,
Alan |
Improvisation
in Sports |
|
Vecsey, Christopher |
Antoni Gaudi: Beyond Art Nouveau |
|
Volek, Jude |
The
Power of the Pulpit: Political Discourse and Debate as a Forum for
Improvisation |
2000 Student Paper Topics
|
Ahmad,
Faraz |
The
Role of Improvisation in Medicine |
|
Atteniese, Jaime |
The
Quotidian Improvisation of the Conversation |
|
Blumsack, Lisa |
Improvisation
in Massage - It'll Rub You the Right Way |
|
Jones,
Timothy |
Improvisation
in African American Culture: The World is a Stage |
|
Kepler, Stacey |
Improvisational
Theater: Performing Without a Net |
|
Khan,
Fouzia |
Improvisation
and Theater |
|
Miles,
Michael |
Theater
Without a Plan |
|
Nancherla, Aparna |
The
Use of Improvisation in Competitive Long Distance Running |
|
Olowoyeye, Yinka |
Improvisation
in the Bebop Era of Jazz |
|
Perry,
Krys |
Spontaneity
and Improvisation in Jazz Performance |
|
Quinn,
Don |
Improvisation
in Basketball |
|
Shapiro,
Stephen |
Improvisational
Comedy |
|
Sparrow,
X. Blake |
Improvisation
in Football |
|
Swearingen-Steadwell, Laura |
Cultivating
our Creations |
|
Stone,
Phoebe |
Think
Fast: Improvisation in Medicine |
|
Vigorito, Christopher |
Improvisation
in Musical Composition and Performance |
2002 Student Paper Topics
|
Anderson,
Rob |
Improvisational
Psychotherapy: Why Not Play at Work? |
|
Babkes, Danny |
Improvisation
and the Craft of the Radio Disc Jockey |
|
Brentley, Nick |
What
Would You Do? Stress and its Effects on our Ability to Improvise |
|
Brown,
Laura |
Doctors
in Wartime and Developing Countries |
|
Chute,
Margaret |
The
Wit of Johnny Carson: His Mastery of Improvisational Comedy |
|
Dwyer,
Dan |
Improvisation
in Aeronautics: The Lockheed Martin Skunk Works |
|
Gilbert,
Rachel |
Improvisation
in Cooking: Analysis of Improvisation in Italian and Chinese Cooking Though
History |
|
Greeley,
Jack |
Improvisation
of College Sports Coaches |
|
Hogan,
Ben |
The
Spoken Improvisation |
|
Hunt,
Kyle |
Creative
Dating: Improvisation in Forming Relationships |
|
Lynch,
Sean |
A
Practical Guide to Persuasion through Improvisational Conversation |
|
Rilla, Josh |
Performance
Singing: A Detailed Analysis of Improvisation in the World's Oldest Art Form |
|
Taylor,
Andy |
The
Karnatic Tradition: A Musical Dipole |
|
Wojcik, Lyn |
The
Importance of Improvisation and Evolutionary Biology in Early Discoveries and
Inventions |
2006 Student Paper Topics
|
Baer,
Jack |
Improvisation
in New Orleans (Response to Katrina) |
|
Biesecker, Tristan |
Improvisation
and Crohn's Disease |
|
Cherry,
Zack |
Improvisation
in the Animal World |
|
Cheung,
Hoiwan |
Cooking
without a Recipe |
|
Douds, Haley |
Improvisation
in Business |
|
Hopkins,
Christina |
Improvisation
in Education |
|
Lawton,
Will |
Improvisation
in Freestyle Rap |
|
Machado,
Sulynn |
Improvisation
in Flight: The Story of the Wright Brothers |
|
Miller,
Samuel |
Chaos and Machine: Improvisation in Military Strategy |
|
Vigdor, Aaron |
Improvisational, Musical Storytelling: A Study in the Cognition of Improvisational Musical Stories |
|
White,
Michael |
Improvisation
in the Field of Firefighting |
|
Wilson,
Reid |
Improvisation in Architecture: Case Studies in Problem Solving and Play |
|
Yakaitis, Scott |
Why
Does Music Exist? |
2007 Student Paper Topics
|
Adamo, Elizabeth |
The Evolution of Comedic Improvisation |
|
Barnes,
Alicia |
Stage
Fright |
|
Bikwa, Ohje |
Improvisation
in War |
|
French,
Jimmy |
Jimi Hendrix – Creativity, Originality, and Improvisation |
|
Gary,
Andre |
Improvisation in the Realm of Hip-Hop |
|
Hanlon,
Courtney |
Improvisation of Food: Creative Cooking |
|
Kim,
Christine |
Group
Improvisation as a Powerful Resource |
|
Mendoza,
Julio |
Improvisational Value in Art |
|
Moorman,
Julie |
Actor
Neutral”: Improvisation in Acting |
|
Rutstein, Kalan |
Improvisation in Theater with a Focus on Acting and Directing |
|
Shepard,
Andreas |
Perception, Transcendence, and Improvisation |
|
Smith,
Natasha |
Into the Depths: Writing Improvisationally |
|
Suechting, Max |
The Improvisations of John Coltrane |
|
Young,
Bessie |
Oppressing
the Power |
|
Zetlin, Zach |
Improvisations in Sports: The Importance of Improvisation and Getting into the Zone |
2009 Student Paper Topics
|
Albert,
Sarah |
Contact Improvisation: Improvisational Dance |
|
Cook,
Robert |
The
Second City Comedy Troupe |
|
Davis,
James |
Flash
Mobs |
|
Holohan, Tom |
Improvisation in the Wild: Survival Techniques |
|
Kahan, Mark |
Improvisation and Lying |
|
Kelley,
Theresa |
Improvisation in Surrealism |
|
Kundu, Aupola |
Parkour: Movement in Improvisation |
|
Kusma, Jared |
The State of Israel and Improvisation |
|
McNamara,
Casey |
Improvisation
in Cooking |
|
Noon,
Spencer |
Improvisation in Sports Talk Show Radio |
|
Pearlman,
Alex |
The Neurobiological Basis of Improvisation and its Evolution |
|
Russakis, Joshua |
Bedouin Poetry: The Decline of Improvisation |
|
Salzberg, Emma |
Chatter, Chit-Chat, Conversation: It’s Only Talk. Or Is It? |
|
de
Sousa Dias, Tania |
Improvisation
in the Portuguese Fado of Amalia |
|
Taft,
Arielle |
Exploring the Improvisational Media of Storytelling and Folklore in Various Cultures |
2010 Student Paper Topics
|
Davis,
Owen |
I
Rest My Case: Improvisation in Trial Advocacy as Exemplified in The People V.
Leopold and Loeb |
|
Dillon,
Amanda |
Musical Improvisation and the Brain |
|
Fowler,
Nick |
Marlon
Brando: The First Improvisational Method Screen Actor |
|
Hamati,
Fadi |
A Study of Musical Production: Musical Improvisation |
|
Hugh
Sam, Jordan |
The
Improvisational Demands of Mentalists and Psychics |
|
Johnson,
Greg |
Improvising
the 9/11 Response |
|
Kaake, Andrew |
Improvisation, Patterns, and Atonality |
|
Kirgin, Maria |
Improvisation
Under Constraints |
|
Koomson, Koby |
The
Art of War |
|
Mlaver, Eli |
Actions Speak Louder than Words |
|
Morsy, Nedia |
Like A Box of Chocolates: Considering Improvisation Within Forrest Gump |
|
Ortega,
Christopher
|
Improvisation
and its Impact on the Birth of Hip Hop |
|
Tan,
Samson |
Improvising Relationships |
|
Thomas,
Wes |
Improvisation
in Film: The Impact of Christopher Guest's Legacy |
|
Turner,
Victoria |
Mistakes
in Improvisation |
|
Zhu,
Katherine |
Wassily Kandinsky: The Meaning of Abstract Art |
2011 Student Paper Topics
|
Safi
Ali |
The
Art of Spontaneity: Calligraphy
|
|
Brand-Thomas,
Itai |
Improvisation in Haute Couture Fashion |
|
Brathwaite,
Christine |
Improvisational
Music Therapy |
|
Chigova, Liberty |
Improvisation in the Wake of a Crisis: The Japanese Earthquake and Tsunami |
|
Collins,
Javon |
Improvisation
and Conversation |
|
Cueto, Javier |
Improvisation
in Education |
|
Feldman,
Jeffrey |
iMprovisation: Mechanisms of Spontaneous Creativity in the Era of Web 2.0 |
|
Holness, Savannah |
Improvisation
in Basketball |
|
Idleman, Mark |
Improvisational
Comedy Redefined: The Awakening of Improv in
Chicago |
|
Jacobs,
Tyler |
Standup Comedy: Improvisation from Start to Finish |
|
Lobdell, Brian |
Religion and Respect: The Improvisation of Hip-Hop |
|
Merenich, Dan |
Improvisation,
Medicine and War |
|
Pinsky, Jordan |
Improvisation in Breakdancing |
|
Tower,
Matt |
Soccer
Practice and Improvisation |
|
Willis,
Kane |
Architectural
Improvisation |
2012 Student Paper Topics
AlBashir, Nasir
|
Improvisation:
the Path to Effective Public Speaking
|
Butko, Rob
|
Improvisation in Sales and Business |
Hernandez, Abi
|
|
Jamison,
Douglass
|
The Art of Improvisation in Rap Music |
Judge,
Doyle
|
Improvisations
of the US Government in Crisis Management
|
Lambiase, Gina
|
Teaching
Children a Lesson
|
Lee,
Jeanne
|
Improvisation and Physician-Patient Communication: The Need for Improvisational Teachings in Medical School |
Lichtig, Asher
|
Improvisation
in Wilderness Survival
|
Limatta, Kallie
|
Improvisation
in the Classroom
|
Sanderson,
James
|
Basketball and Mr. GADs - Is There a Connection? |
Suckoo, Sunil
|
Weaponization: Improvising a Weapon |
Washington,
Ralph
|
Improvisation
in Public Speaking: A Last Resort or an Underestimated Strategy?
|
Wilkerson,
Eleah
|
An Analysis of the Role of Creativity and Improvisation in Engineering |
2013 Student Paper Topics
Boyette, Rachel |
Dating on the Fly |
Cruz-Padilla, Katerina |
Improvisational Elements within Child Play and their Effects on Development |
Danner, Marguerite |
Improvisation and the Law
|
Ehsani, Darien |
The Improvisation in Rumi |
Espinosa, Sergio |
Story Time at Any Time: Improvisation, Storytelling and Society |
Horn, Lauren |
Freedom in Improvisational Dance |
Kothari, Szu-Raj |
Improvisation in Leadership |
Ligon, Alexis |
Improvisation
in Public Speaking
|
| Marsland-Rello, Dennison | Improvisation in Computer Game Design |
Nanez, Ian |
Avoiding Death: The Importance of Improvisation in Wilderness Survival
|
Ruth, David |
EnGarde! Improvisation in Fencing, Sports and General Life |
Sandel, William |
The Voices of a Tradition: The Roots of American Jazz Improvisation and Their Impact on the Nature of the Tradition |
Watts, Sydney |
Improvisation in Crime |
Yang, Joye |
Flavors of Spontaneity: Improvisation in Cooking |
2014 Student Paper Topics
| Brooks, Caleb | Improvisation in Classical Music of Mozart |
| Ford, Rebecca | Can Improvisation Help Develop Social Skills in Young Minds?: Autism |
| Kelleherm, Drew | Properly Preparing for the Unprepared |
| Kuan, Eliot | Improvisation in Music Therapy |
| Lynch, Eden | Activating the Mind: Improvisation as a Method of Teaching |
| Mommens, Lilly | Improvisation in Medical Television Dramas and Real Life |
| Moore, Naima | Genres of Musical Improvisation |
| Prostko, Markus | Cyphers and Soul: How Improvisational Hip-Hop Creates Identity and Community |
| Schneider, Samuel | The Value of Improvisation for NFL Quarterbacks |
| Sheehan, Kevin | Improvisational Techniques in Comedy |
| Thomas, Markel | Invention in Science and Technology |
| Turnbell, Elizabeth | Improvisation in Everyday Conversation |
| Nguyen, Xuan Thanh | From Artist to Instrument: Improvisation in Klezmer Music |
| Zafiriou, Nicholas | Life through Improvisation |