Director: Linda Ellis
San Francisco State University
Humanities 515
1600 Holloway Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94132
(415) 405-0599
museumst@sfsu.edu
Hours: M-Th, 10-4
New & Recent Theses and Creative Works
JUST POSTED: Work from graduates in 2006! Data entry of abstracts for listed works, especially for theses, is in progress, to be completed by Fall 2007. Thanks in advance for your patience!
Choose a thesis from the list to view its abstract.
Abad, Erika. "The Lost Art of Letters." 2006
Coburn, Claire. "The 12th Annual Ruth Bancroft Garden Sculpture Show." 2006
Crowley, Natasha. "Shifting Perspectives: Selections from the Permanent Collection." 2006
Davies, Marcus E. A.. "On Outsider Art and the Margins of the Mainstream." 2006
Drescher, Clayton. "A Fort Ross Visitor Study." 2006
Hiltgen, Meredith. "The Evolution of Vertebrate Paleontology Legislation." 2006
Holloway, Robert. "Survivors: Life in an '06 Quake Camp." 2006
Hsu, Lillian Yi-Chuan. "Rustic Splendors: Kiln Treasures From Shiwan." 2006
Jones, Katrina. "The Greenhouse Doll Exhibit." 2006
Lien, Annie. "1906: San Francisco Theatres & the Quake." 2006
Maher, Bridgette. "Anna & Lawrence Halprin: Dance, Ritual, and Environment." 2006
Martin, Andrea. "At Home With Franklin (An Electronic Exhibit)." 2006
Mason, Gary Michael. "An Earth Science Teaching Collection & Curriculum." 2006
Mikos, Adam. "Remembering C. C. Wang." 2006
Murley, Daniel. "Shaken & Stirred: Healdsburg, California, April 18, 1906." 2006
Parrish, Sherry Pierce. "Private Museums & NAGPRA: A Case Study." 2006
Rau, Nicole. "A Ship of Many Lives: From FDR to Elvis, Meet the People of the Potomac." 2006
Silveira, Addie. "Eleanor Roosevelt: First Lady of the World." 2006
Allison, Jillian. "Museum Collections Records and Public Accessibility." 2005
Beltran, Martha. "Cultural Practices in the Care of Museum Collections by First Peoples." 2005
Drake-Garcia, Nichelle. "Reclaiming Our Cultures: the Development of Tribal Museums." 2005
Fisk, Matthew. "Notion of Landscape: Traditional and Innovation." 2005
Gancasz, Susan. "Museum Education for Special Audiences." 2005
Gordon, Spring. "Digital Disclosure: Public Access to Ancient Art Provenance." 2005
Handley, Lisa (Devitt). "Museum Mission Statement and Fundraising: Connection?." 2005
Holder, Julie. "One Hundred Years of Silence." 2005
Holloway, Patricia. "Jews at Work: 150 Years of Commerce and Industry." 2005
Holton, Rachael. "Generations: A Tribute to Mothers & Daughters Around the World." 2005
Johnson, Addela. "Story of a California Son." 2005
Kawahara, Lewis Sho. "It's Alive . . . Sounds from a Museum Collection." 2005
Kim, Hee-Jeong. "Beyond Asia: An Exhibition of Works by Immigrant Asian Artists." 2005
Kowalski, Tara. "Preserving the Past When It Conflicts With the Present." 2005
Lehmer, Anne. "Collections Care in California Museums: Awareness, Costs, Policies & Funding." 2005
Paulsen, Anissa. "Islam Berwarna-warni (The Many Colors of Islam)." 2005
Sorensen, Aja. "Rosie the Riveter: Women Working During WWII." 2005
Tordsen, Meaghan. "Public Art in Oakland: Community Outreach and Education." 2005
Tucker, Monica. "Ashes to Ashes: The Birth of the Death Industry, 1850-1920." 2005
Abstracts of listed works
The Lost Art of Letters, by Erika Abad (2006)Exhibition at The Luggage Store Annex, San Francisco, February 2006.
Standing in the Shadow of the Mouse: Disneyland's Effect on Museum Exhibitions in the Anaheim Area, by Ester Chang (2006)The 12th Annual Ruth Bancroft Garden Sculpture Show, by Claire Coburn (2006)
Exhibition at the Ruth Bancroft Garden, Walnut Creek, CA, May 2006
Shifting Perspectives: Selections from the Permanent Collection, by Natasha Crowley (2006)Exhibition at the Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA, July-Sept. 2005
On Outsider Art and the Margins of the Mainstream, by Marcus E. A. Davies (2006)A Fort Ross Visitor Study, by Clayton Drescher (2006)
Uncovering a Visual Literacy Methodology: Implications for Adults in Art Museums, by Victoria Eastburn (2006)
A Curriculum Based on the Anthropological Collections at the Pardee Home Museum, by Johanna Fassbender (2006)
The Conservation of Computers and Other High-Tech Artifacts: Unique Problems & Long-Term Solutions, by Mark Allan Gibson (2006)
"What's That Smell? (It's That Funky Gilroy)": How Gilroy Became Known as the 'Garlic Capital of the World', by Erin Griesbaum (2006)
Exhibition at Gilroy City Hall, March-June 2006
The Evolution of Vertebrate Paleontology Legislation, by Meredith Hiltgen (2006)Survivors: Life in an '06 Quake Camp, by Robert Holloway (2006)
Exhibition at the Presidio, San Francisco, April 2006
Rustic Splendors: Kiln Treasures From Shiwan, by Lillian Yi-Chuan Hsu (2006)The Greenhouse Doll Exhibit, by Katrina Jones (2006)
Exhibition at the Coyote Point Museum, San Mateo, CA, Sept.-Dec. 2005
A Collections Manager's Guide to Working With Pharmaceuticals in the Museum Collection, by Alisha Jourdenais (2006)Protecting Collections in the Event of a Man-Made Disaster: A Survey of California Museums & Emergency Preparedness, by Linda Leckart (2006)
1906: San Francisco Theatres & the Quake, by Annie Lien (2006)
Exhibition at San Francisco Performing Arts Library & Museum, April 2006.
Anna & Lawrence Halprin: Dance, Ritual, and Environment, by Bridgette Maher (2006)Exhbition at the Roble Studios, Stanford University, Sept-23 Dec 2006
At Home With Franklin (An Electronic Exhibit), by Andrea Martin (2006)An electronic, educational kiosk at the USS Potomac Visitors' Center, Oakland, CA, available since May 2006
An Earth Science Teaching Collection & Curriculum, by Gary Michael Mason (2006)Remembering C. C. Wang, by Adam Mikos (2006)
Exhibition at the Chinese Historical Society of America, San Francisco, Aug-Dec 2005
Shaken & Stirred: Healdsburg, California, April 18, 1906, by Daniel Murley (2006)Exhibition at the Healdsburg Museum, Apr-Jul 2006
Private Museums & NAGPRA: A Case Study, by Sherry Pierce Parrish (2006)Non-Traditional Organic Art: The Care & Maintenance of Unstable Natural Materials, by Debra Allyn Peterson (2006)
A Ship of Many Lives: From FDR to Elvis, Meet the People of the Potomac, by Nicole Rau (2006)
Exhibition at the USS Potomac Museum Association, Oakland, CA, Oct.-Nov. 2005
Managing Long-Term Relationships Between Museums & Native American Communities, by Elizabeth Steele Scott (2006)Eleanor Roosevelt: First Lady of the World, by Addie Silveira (2006)
A semi-permanent exhibition that opened 13 Mar 2006 at the USS Potomac, Oakland, CA
Museum Collections Records and Public Accessibility, by Jillian Allison (2005)Cultural Practices in the Care of Museum Collections by First Peoples, by Martha Beltran (2005)
Reclaiming Our Cultures: the Development of Tribal Museums, by Nichelle Drake-Garcia (2005)
Notion of Landscape: Traditional and Innovation, by Matthew Fisk (2005)
Museum Education for Special Audiences, by Susan Gancasz (2005)
Digital Disclosure: Public Access to Ancient Art Provenance, by Spring Gordon (2005)
Museum Mission Statement and Fundraising: Connection?, by Lisa (Devitt) Handley (2005)
One Hundred Years of Silence, by Julie Holder (2005)
Jews at Work: 150 Years of Commerce and Industry, by Patricia Holloway (2005)
Generations: A Tribute to Mothers & Daughters Around the World, by Rachael Holton (2005)
Story of a California Son, by Addela Johnson (2005)
It's Alive . . . Sounds from a Museum Collection, by Lewis Sho Kawahara (2005)
Beyond Asia: An Exhibition of Works by Immigrant Asian Artists, by Hee-Jeong Kim (2005)
Preserving the Past When It Conflicts With the Present, by Tara Kowalski (2005)
Collections Care in California Museums: Awareness, Costs, Policies & Funding, by Anne Lehmer (2005)
Beyond Blackface: An Exhibition of African American Performers Throughout San Francisco History, by Jaime Lowe (2005)
Mending the Archaeological Record: Restoring Context to Ancient Mediterranean Artifacts in Museums, by Lynn Makowsky (2005)
Islam Berwarna-warni (The Many Colors of Islam), by Anissa Paulsen (2005)
Discovering Old 21: A Weekend Photo Exhibition of the City of San Francisco's Oldest Firehouse, by Lydia Pena (2005)
Controversy in Contemporary Art Museums: Planning, Exhibition, Design, and Public Programming, by Jillian Slane (2005)
Rosie the Riveter: Women Working During WWII, by Aja Sorensen (2005)
An online exhibition, available at:
http://www.nps.gov/pwro/collection/website/home.htm
Ashes to Ashes: The Birth of the Death Industry, 1850-1920, by Monica Tucker (2005)