GRADUATE
Introduction
Curriculum
Courses
Interior Product Design Concentration
Historic Preservation Concentration
Museum Studies Concentration
Past Thesis Titles
PAST THESIS TITLES
All M.S. students in Interior Architecture complete theses. Theses cover a wide range of topics within interior architecture and reflect the variety of student research interests. The thesis topic is developed by the student in concert with her/ his faculty in the first year of study. The following theses have been completed by graduate students since 1990. All IAR theses since 2005 are available online.
NAME |
YEAR |
THESIS TITLE |
| Elliott, Brooke Erin | 2013 | Art reshaping spacee |
| Will, Anna Kate | 2013 | Patterns of behavior over coffee: an exploration of engagement among coffee-house patrons in Greensboro, North Carolina |
| Gentry, Abby Anne | 2012 | 1920's North Carolina High Schools Adapting to Twenty-first Century Needs |
| Johnson, Margaret P. | 2012 | Gender Dichotomies in the Kitchen: Feminine and Masculine Qualities of Spaces and Artifacts |
| Klem, Megan J. | 2012 | North Carolina Mill Rehabilitation: An Analysis of Historic Building Character and Design Strategies |
| McGee, Beth | 2012 | An Inventory of Biophilic Design Attributes within Child Life Play Spaces |
| McGimsey, Laura | 2012 | Post-War Housing As a Contemporary Home: A Case Study of Residential Change in the Kirkwood Neighborhood |
| Reilly, Karyn Judd | 2012 | Kitchen as Text: Decoding the Influence of Julia Child on Interiors, 1962-1969 |
| Sikes, Kathryn Marie | 2012 | Making Your Own Meaning: Designing Constructivist Interactive History Exhibits |
| Wall, Natalie Lentz | 2012 | Re-mystifying the Exhibition of Medieval Sacred Objects |
| Brandt, Kathryn | 2011 | Plugging In: Reinterpreting the Traditional Housing Archetype within a community Using Shipping Containers. |
| Keane, Claire | 2011 | Providing Home through affordable Infill Housing in Historic District |
| Wade, Kimberlie | 2011 | Engage: Designing Interior Products for the communal dining Experience |
| Brooker, Stephanie | 2011 | Primay Objects: Developing a new type of furniture for the early elementary classroom. |
| Jones, Brandon | 2011 | Searching for Design Energy: Re-visiting My Generative Process Using Selection, Evaluation, and Morphing to Generate New Ideas |
| Shepulski, Lauren | 2011 | The Value of a Rehabilitated Neighborhood School in Edenton, NC: a quantitative and qualitative inquiry |
| Isaac Lara, Adriana | 2010 | Interactive public "Art-chitecture": Engaging the City and its Inhabitants |
| Williams, Joy | 2010 | Historic Tax Incentives and Disaster Relief: A Case Study on Post-Katrina New Orleans |
| Marion, Sarah Whitfield | 2010 | Historic Preservation=Community Revialization: New beginings for Carolina Piedmont textile towns |
| Hayden, Amanda | 2010 | Optimizing Small Spaces: A New Typology for Living Functions of the Millennial Generation |
| Boycher, Ashley | 2010 | The Emerging Voice...of the Exhibition Designer |
| Morehead, Vanessa J. | 2010 | Conserving America's Recent Past: A Study of the Mid-Century Modern Rehabilitation Process |
| Boggs, Adrien | 2009 | Substance: Sustainable Design Through Positive Users/Object Relationships |
| Kalman, Tracy | 2009 | Fusing Traditional Crafts & Contemporary Interior Product Design |
| Nash, Katherine | 2009 | Tourism as Heritage: Defining the Tourist Vernacular of Gatlinburg, 1912-1970 |
| Zylstra, Katherine | 2009 | Visualizing Architectural Culture: the Effects of Rehabilitation on the Voice of Theater |
| McKinney, Gwen M. | 2009 | Breakaway: an exhibition to explore civic engagement and the cycling community |
| Jennings, Jennifer Blakemore | 2009 | Back to the City: The Re-emergence of Urban Grocery Stores in Mid-Sized Cities |
| Becker, Emily | 2009 | The Proximity Hotel: A Case Study on Guest Satisfaction of Sustainable Luxury Environments |
| Culler, Lola Langdon | 2009 | Good wares and modest manners: the Salem store entrusted to Merchant Traugott Bagge, 1775-1800 |
| Alkire, Jennie G. | 2008 | Replacement Windows in Historic Houses: A Study of the College Hill Historic District in Greensboro, North Carolina |
| Wells, Gisele | 2008 | The Greening of Historic Places: Finding Common Ground Between Historic Tax Credits and LEED Certification. |
| Stewart, Tiffany | 2008 | Unscripted Actions: Designing for Product Interaction through a Preschool Play System. |
| Miller, Rachel | 2008 | Through Changing Scenes: Architecture and Community Values in Little Rock's Historic Urban Churches. |
| Greene, Mary Bennett | 2008 | The Transformation of the Battery Park Landscape in Asheville, North Carolina: 1900-1930. |
| Frunza, Bogdana Simina | 2008 | Streetscape and Ethnicity: New York's Mulberry Street and the Redefinition of the Italian American Identity. |
| Volchansky, Nadezhda Vitalievna | 2007 | identifying Sleep-Disruptive Noise Factors in Healthcare Environments |
| Wade, Amanda | 2007 | Balancing Preservation and Interaction in the Museum Setting |
| Buchanan, Suzanne Star |
2007 | Adaptations of Home:Mexican, Montagnard and Sudanese Immigrants' Use of Space in Greensboro, NC |
| Chapman, Christine | 2007 | Archetype, Hybrid, and Prototype: Modernism and House Beautiful's Small House Competition, 1928-1942 |
| Tucci, Jacob | 2006 | The Despecialization of Objects: A Process Oriented Approach to Designing Interior Objects |
| Lachenman, Sara | 2005 | Making Carrboro Home: User Alteration of Company Space |
| Wagner, Heather | 2005 | Court Square: Movement, Memory, Method, Meaning |
| Sertell, Mary | 2005 | Nashville's Lower Broadway: Preservation and Playscapes in the Urban Environment |
| Wolfe, Cristi Rowland | 2004 | Architectural Character: The Non-Regulated Interior of the Mississippi Planter's Cottage |
| Park, Sanghee | 2004 | Culturally Appropriate Sustainable Housing Design Models for Greensboro, U.S.A., and Seoul, South Korea |
| Fukumoto, Tsuyoshi | 2004 | Assessment of Urban Exterior Environment by Interiority |
| Ritter, Angelica Martinez | 2003 | "Spaces-in-Between" in Academic Buildings |
| Lee, Hyun Seung | 2003 | Evaluation of Computer-Aided Daylighting Simulation Programs Compared to the Actual Space and the Physical Model |
| Bernal, Ana Patricia | 2003 | Manufactured Housing Industry Potential as a Source of Efficient Life Long Dwelling |
| Hirani, Aditi K | 2003 | Interactive Multimedia in Design Education |
| Roberts, Candace Anne | 2002 | Spatial Requirements for the Aging Baby Boomers at Retirement, as Determined by Activities, Amenities, and Special Possessions |
| Majumdar, Debarati | 2002 | Factors of the Physical Environment in a Retail Setting that Influence Store Choice Decision Processes of Female Consumers between 15 and 19 Years of Age: A Qualitative Investigation |
| Hickman, Steven Scott | 2002 | Chinese Fretwork Staircases in Maryland, North Carolina, and Virginia, 1750-1806 |
| Hedgecock, Ericka M | 2002 | Pohjoinen Valo Museo: Visualizing Light in the Virtual Museum Environment |
| Chinna-Gounder, Premalatha | 2001 | Use of Computer-Aided-Rendering for Realistic Presentation: Client Communication in Architectural Practice |
| Burns, Herbert I. | 2000 | Evolution Of A Solution. |
| Young, Giselle Newman | 1999 | An Environmental Analysis of Non-renovated and Renovated Rehabilitative Facilities with Respect to Compliance with the Theory of Supportive Design |
| Beals, Ruth Ann | 1999 | Teaching Lighting Within Interior Design Education: Light Before Lighting? |
| Brown, Tracey | 1997 | Person and Place: African Americans and Shotgun Houses in Rocky Mount, North Carolina |
| Davis, Betsy | 1996 | Architectural Style and Mode of Moravian Sacred Places in Eighteenth Century Wachovia. |
| France, Jennifer Kraner | 1996 | Natural Light Used as a Generating Design Principle Provides a Meaningful Approach to Interior Design |
| Graybeal, Kaye | 1995 | Local Historic District Designation and the Spatial Distribution of Assessed Property Value Increases |
| Kiser, Jeffrey | 1995 | The Chimney Piece Remembrancer, A Discourse on Sundry Aspects of the Chimney Piece in North Carolina from 1780-1860 |
| Prochaska, Paulette | 1995 | The History of French Doors and Their Effects on Interior Spaces |
| Taylor, Louisa | 1995 | Decorative Concrete Tiles for Interior Walls Derived from the Precedence of Frank Lloyd Wright's 1923 California Concrete Block Houses |
| Leonard, Craig | 1993 | Wallpaper of the Victorian Era: 1830-90, Colors, Textures, and Placements: A Design and Precedent Study |
| Lowry, Patricia | 1992 | Designing for the Child's Privacy in the Preschool Environment |
| Higginbotham, Maryellen | 1992 | The Daniel Paisley Foust House Tradition and Transformation |
| Hill, Sarah Berry | 1990 | Emergency and Transitional shelter for Homeless Families Design Guidelines and Case Study |
| Graham, Carann | 1990 | Moving Visitors Through Space in Museum Exhibitions |
| Myers, Lynda | 1990 | The Role of Facilities Management in Chain For-Profit Nursing Home Organizations and Management Groups |
