"The purpose of the thesis is to investigate a new approach to science that includes human perception and sensory modalities. Phenomenological thinking is used to integrate experience with understanding. I create a physical body of artwork that can be seen by a viewer and can lead to a personal experience of the phenomena being investigated. The goal of the thesis is to show that the phenomenological mothod can be followed in a way that can be replicated,...

"'Finding Your Voice' (FYV) is a twelve-week expressive arts trauma recovery group I have developed for Eco-Expressions: Healing Arts Center. Its foundational framework is based in trauma recovery and expressive arts healing. Through the careful and deliberate integration of multiple books, the workshops developed for FYV will present directives, strategies, and techniques to incorporate creative expression into a whole mind, body, spirit healing...

In this dissertation, the author develops a critical pedagogy of sustainability and promotes its application in higher education. This pedagogy is a form of praxis rooted in Gramsci's theory of agency. It weaves together threads of related theory rooted in social critique and analysis of global political economy, recognition of the importance of place as a context and construct for sustainable living, local food action, and counterhegemonic sustainability...