Frank and Duncan talk about his thesis, "Beyond the Photo Album: Families in Photography Books," and Duncan explains why photo books are his favorite way to display photography. He also talks a bit about how the pandemic did, and didn't, affect his thesis, along with how his current role working in the Reed Admission Office is informed by his experience in writing a thesis.
Feb 8, 2021
28 min
Gerry wrote a thesis which focuses on 20th century cigarette advertisements, and the relationship which those advertisements mediated between cigarettes and the people who smoke them. Follow along with Gerry's experience writing this thesis for an ad hoc interdisciplinary major.
Dec 8, 2020
26 min
Alyse entered Reed with an interest in microfinance and connections in Mexico, so spending a year examining microloans and their outcomes for people in Mexico made sense for her. Listen to Alyse as she talks about the thesis she wrote as part of her bachelor's degree in Economics.
Nov 25, 2020
24 min
Lewis had a secular upbringing, but was fascinated by Fundamentalist Christianity in the U.S. from a young age. His political science department thesis gave him the opportunity to research Fundamentalism by examining the politics of Pat Robertson. Lewis spent a year and a half visiting churches and interviewing Fundamentalists, and also took an unplanned dive into social theory to find a working definition of "fundamentalist" in order to support his thesis.
Nov 9, 2020
25 min
Learn a bit about genomic sequencing and annotation of Daphnia magna (water fleas) with Nick as he talks about finding his thesis topic and advisor, and how he switched directions after the pandemic shutdown interrupted his lab work.
Oct 26, 2020
23 min
Ella Fisher '20 talks about the relationships between trauma and stand-up comedy in a thesis that discusses both Hannah Gadsby and Richard Pryor.
Oct 14, 2020
19 min
A spontaneous thesis sounds like an oxymoron, but to Rosie Tabachnick it sounded like a challenge. Today we will hear about the use of spontaneity as a method of rehearsal and direction in her senior thesis production.
Sep 29, 2020
21 min
While photons are not considered matter, measuring, predicting and controlling photons matters a lot for the field of quantum optics. Today we will hear from Ely on his photon research, and how he dealt with the interruptions to lab work posed by the pandemic.
Sep 14, 2020
22 min
I’m sure you've read joke books, but have you read ancient joke books? Let’s go back to our comedic roots with Jake Buck and his translation of one of the oldest Chinese joke books.
Aug 31, 2020
19 min
Quarantine has created an atmosphere for a lot of difficult conversations with friends and especially families. Today we will hear from Jade about her research study on gender and pronouns amongst Reed students.
Aug 31, 2020
25 min
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