The 2025 HAD Graduate Thesis can be viewed here.
You can explore each student’s poster and accompanying audio. Simply click on a poster and play the audio to hear the student’s commentary.
Congratulations to all our graduating students!
Hannah Rothfield
Reel Relics: The Afterlife of Props in Museums, Private Colections, and Public Spaces
MA/MS History of Art and Design and Info Library Science
Advisor: Lisa Banner
Second Reader: John Decker
Malika Dèsirè
Between Liberty and Empire: The Art of Conflicting Ideals
MA/MS History of Art and Design and Info Library Science
Advisor: Anca Lasc
Second Reader: Marsha Morton
Emily Kokotajlo
Animation at the Intersection of Authorship and Labor: A Critical Analysis of Lotte Reiniger and Katrin Rothe
MA/MS History of Art and Design and Info Library Science
Advisor: Corinna Kirsch
Second Reader: Ágnes Berecz
Maia S. Hirschler
Making Sea Water Clear: Working Through Traumatic Memory in Lynda Barry’s Memoirs
MA/MS History of Art and Design and Info Library Science
Advisor: Erica Morawski
Second Reader: Maura Conley
