LOGOS Volume 10

176 Pages·2017·20.81 MB·English

LOGOS
A Journal of Undergraduate Research
Volume 10
Fall 2017
© Copyright 2017
Missouri State University

ISSN 2153-1560 (print)
ISSN 2153-1579 (online)
LOGOS
Honors College
Missouri State University
901 South National Avenue
Springfield, MO 65897
[email protected]
[email protected]
Cover image from Marissa Blackburn's
A Walk in the Woods collection.
Editorial Statement • iii
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Dear readers,
LOGOS: A Journal of Undergraduate Research is dedicated to the publication
of scholarship and artistry by Missouri State University (MSU) undergradu-
ate students, including undergraduate students coauthoring with faculty. It
is open to submissions from all undergraduate students at the university and
conforms to the highest standards of scholastic integrity in a blind, peer-re-
view process conducted by distinguished faculty and students.
The Missouri State Honors College sponsors LOGOS and oversight and
governance is provided by a faculty advisory board. The journal is produced
by a managing editor, a chief editor, associate editors, and a student review
board, all of whom are part of the Honors College.
LOGOS encourages submissions from all current or former undergraduate
students of MSU who are seeking a professional venue for publication of
their undergraduate work. We welcome submissions from summer to spring.
Prospective contributors can contact the managing editor with questions
about publication standards and the review process at
[email protected].
Sincerely,
The LOGOS Editorial Staff
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From 2016–2017: Rachelle Hayes, Technical and Professional Writing
From 2017–2019: Shannon Wick, Technical and Professional Writing
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From 2016–2017: Shannon Wick, Professional Writing
From 2017–2018: Tianna Snyder, English/Literature
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Emily Joshu, English/Creative Writing and Professional Writing
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Shannon Dulz, Physics/Astronomy & Astrophysics and Applied Mathematics
Summer Harvey, Psychology and Communication
Joshua Henderson, English/Creative Writing
Maria Meluso, Professional Writing
Kyle Osredker, English/Creative Writing
Jeffrey Pavlacic, Psychology
Sarah Shepard, Professional Writing
Hannah Woolsey, Global Studies
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EEr EviEwErS
Abigail Behnke Hallee Hinds Shaylynn Rackers
Rowan Bond Sarah Hollstrom Genevieve Richards
Madeline Brady Tessa Jasper Robbyn Rose
Neil Cathro Kaitlin Kilby Tianna Snyder
Tyler Cochran Sabrina Klement Johnathan Sparks
Amanda Drewel Koby Ljunggren Hannah Stash
Madison Estabrook Blake Lucey Madison Steilen
Matthew Freese Ashlyn Marbry Sara Struemph
Jordan Gaddie Rachel McGrath Emily Walters
Joshua Gooch Olivia Moerschel Amanda Wieberg
Katherine Griffiths Sarah Oesterly Karrigan Wulff
Jordan Heiman Kate Okland
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aculty dviSory oard
John Chuchiak IV, PhD: Director, Honors College; Professor, Department
of History, College of Humanities and Public Affairs
Tracy Dalton, MA: Senior Instructor, Department of English, College of
Arts and Letters
Joshua J. Smith, PhD: Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical
Sciences, College of Health and Human Services
Rajiv Thakur, PhD: Assistant Professor, Department of Geosciences, West
Plains Campus.
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aculty EviEwErS
Missouri state university
Dr. Telory Arendell Dr. Erin Kappeler
Dr. Heidi Backes Dr. Martin Kaps
Dr. Djene R. Bajalan Dr. Kathleen Kennedy
Ms. Rebecca Baker Dr. Mitzi Kirkland-Ives
Dr. Klaas Bakker Dr. Bogdan Kostic
Dr. Isabelle Bauman Dr. Lazslo Kovacs
Dr. W.D. Blackmon Dr. Lanya Lamouria
Dr. John Stanley Bourhis Dr. David Lutz
Dr. Jo Ellen Branstetter-Hall Ms. Jennifer Murvin
Dr. Amanda Brodeur Ms. Angelia Northrip-Rivera
Dr. Michael Clayton Dr. Gabriel Ondetti
Dr. Mara W. Cohen Ioannides Dr. Idrina Palaciois-Valladares
Mr. Michael Czyzniejewski Dr. Kevin Pybas
Dr. Elizabeth A. Dudash-Buskirk Ms. Jenifer Roberts
Mr. Keith Ekstam Ms. Lori Rogers
Dr. Ivy Fitzgerald Mr. Jason Shepard
Dr. Richard Garrad Dr. Randi Ulbricht
Dr. David W. Gutzke Mr. Duat Vu
Mr. Scott Handley Ms. Gwen Walstrand
Ms. Sharon Harper Mr. Bruce West
Dr. Sara Henary Dr. Brooke Whisenhunt
Dr. Carrisa Hoelscher Mr. Joseph Williams
Dr. Anne Marie Hunter Ms. Sarah Williams
Dr. Thomas Kane Dr. Shannon Wooden
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aculty EviEwErS (cont.)
Missouri state university-West Plains
Dr. Phillip Howerton
Table of Contents • vii
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College of arts and letters
Marissa BlackBurn 2
A Walk in the Woods
Madeline Brice 6
Boots
Naked Lunch
elizaBeth Frazier 8
Archaeology and the Role of Early Islamic
Architecture in the Construction of the Jordanian
National Identity
Morgan green 26
Reason Produces Real Monsters
seth hadley 28
Gabriel Conroy in James Joyce’s "The Dead":
A Representation of Patriarchal Society’s
Response to Feminism
Joshua henderson 36
Names for Sickness and Ghosts
aBBey iMhoFF 44
Ripped
gaBrielle keller 46
/ə'süm/
taylor sorensen 56
No Bother
Treat
Sunday Gifts
Michelle tranthaM 60
Photography and Postmemory: Imagining the
Past in Modiano’s Dora Bruder and Missing
Person
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ollege of usiness
alicia Pry 74
Architecture-Inspired Senior Collection
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ollege of ealtH and uMan erviCes
kelsey ellis & dr. aMy hulMe 80
Kinetics of HIV-1 Uncoating in Microglial
Cells
Madelaine laFFerty & 94
JenniFer kerr
Issues Related to Anxiety and Depression
in Persons with Aphasia: Foundational
Information for the Speech-Language
Pathologist
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ollege of uManities and uBliC ffairs
shaylynn rackers 118
Painting the Forgotten Side of a War:
The Lienzo de Quauhquechollan and the
Indigenous Role in the Conquest of
Guatemala
aBout tHe autHors 164
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arissa laCkBurn
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alk in the oods
“There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, there is a rapture on the lonely shore,
there is society, where none intrudes, by the deep sea, and music in its roar: I
love not man the less, but nature more”—
Lord Byron1
Abstract
For as long as I can remember, there have only been two places that I could truly escape from
the stress, anxiety, and worries that typically fill my mind. One is anywhere I can feel alone
with nature and truly connect with the natural beauty. The second is anywhere I can get lost
and be fully emerged in the creative process of making something pleasing to my soul. The
act of making art is not about the final product for me as much as it is about that feeling that
comes from exploring and discovering what my materials can lead me to do. Both of these
places have allowed me to let go of my fears and connect with a more centered and grounded
version of myself. By being “lost” in these places, I am able to truly find who I am.
Both the acts of connecting with nature and connecting with my materials have served as
a meditation for me in my life. Just as I love discovering colorful types of lichen and fungi that
grow deep in the woods, I also love the process of combining my ceramic creations with my
encaustic paintings. The ceramic process of building these lichen and fungi forms by pinching,
sculpting, and carving the clay allows me to envision how these things might actually feel in
their environments. The ceramic process allows me to not only create textures in clay, but
to also explore colorful and textural glazes. Each ceramic form goes through a few different
stages. They begin as a hand-built clay form, which is then fired in a kiln to harden the clay. I
then hand-painted underglazes and glazes onto each form, which are fired again to create the
color and texture seen on each piece. There are many happy accidents that can happen through
the mixing of glazes or just from the atmosphere of the kiln itself. With the glazing, I always
have a general idea of how the glaze will come out, but different factors can manipulate it
slightly. Opening a kiln and discovering the results of the glaze firing has become one of the
most exciting parts of the process for me.
Similarly, when I begin painting, I am never certain of the result. I don’t have a sketch or
a plan because that takes the journey and the exploration out of the process. I have a general
concept and idea that I am envisioning for the result, but I let it come together spontaneously.
I am always thinking of the colors, the fragments, the memories, the structure, and the bits
and pieces of nature that inspire me, and I allow for them to seep into my work in a way that
1 From "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage [There is pleasure in the pathless woods]" by Lord George Gordon
Byron. This poem is in the public domain.