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Theses from 2023

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Reading the cultural landscape in suburban Boorloo/Perth: A visual inquiry, Sharon B. Callow

The nexus between warm up preparation and optimal performance, Elizabeth Chapman

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The space between writing and dancing: Dancingwords/wordsthatdance, Lara Dorling

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Playing music: Reconsidering game pieces through tabletop roleplaying game design, Izabelle French

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"I don't want to dance anymore" - rediscovering the joy of dance beyond chronic pain, Amelie K. Ladyman

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Chopin’s polonaise in ab major, op.53: Constructing an informed interpretation, Arielle X. Lu

Reductio ad absurdum: A practice-led study of an absurd play, Andrew J. Macleod

The mask & me: Exploring the correlations between autistic masking and performance, Mariah A. O'Dea

Leadership in interdisciplinary collaboration: Holding space for psychological safety and peak performance, Xin H. Ong

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Comparing classical and jazz vocal techniques, styles, and pedagogies: The inquisitions and experiences of a classically trained soprano venturing into the realm of jazz vocal study, Charis O. Postmus

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A musical analysis of Tosin Abasi's contemporary guitar techniques, thumping and selective picking, on the madness of many (2016), Ashton Weaver

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Exploring Nate Smith’s approach to improvising on the two-piece drum-kit through analysis of selected performances with the fearless flyers, Zachary S. Wise

Theses from 2022

Writing for multiple voices: A compositional project that employs the vocal composition and arranging techniques used by Imogen Heap, Shanae E. Campbell

How to succeed as a portfolio career percussionist in one of the world's most remote cities, Madeline G. Colvin

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Evaluating ideasthesia as a creative tool in compositional practice: A personal reflection on coloured hearing synesthesia, Suzanne Kosowitz

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Moments in performance: Developing an aid for articulation and reflection, Shelby R. McKenzie

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Mindfulness in building a collaborative and sustainable choreographic practice, Casey Triplett

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Awaken the dreamer: An ontology of dreams in the raven cycle, dreamstrider, and the dreamwalker trilogy, Clinton J. Visser

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Emotional wellbeing, vulnerability and state-based choreography, Grace White

Theses from 2021

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Adapting barbershop harmony for the saxophone quartet, Jonathon Astbury

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A genetic investigation of anticoagulant rodenticide resistance in Mus musculus of Western Australia: Implications for conservation and biosecurity, Bridget Judith Maria Lucrezia Duncan

Melodic improvisation strategies found in the improvisation of Peter Bernstein, Samuel H. Forster

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An examination of Graham Fitkin’s saxophone music and implications for the modern saxophonist, Sean Hayes

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Supervisors’ experience of emotion work in higher degree by research supervision, Natalia Hazell

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Poverty and social security experiences in Australia: Experiences of wellbeing for recipients of the 2020 JobSeeker payment, Kira Huntley

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The improvisational art of Shenzo Gregorio: Exploring his transition from classical violinist to cross-genre improviser, Judith A. Iddison

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Developing a music composition practice: Exploring the choreography of cymatics, Joshua Jervis

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Things are not always what they seem: An investigation of selfhood within an interconnected world, Aliesha V. King

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A father at 1.5 metres: Poems of pandemic and fatherhood, Edward J. Leeming

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Exploring the relationship of students’ emotional responses to feedback with their wellbeing and subsequent academic behaviours, Agustine Ruth Liyanti

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Design, sound and compositional aesthetic: The grand piano in late eighteenth-century London and Vienna, Izaac Masters

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Representations of chronic migraine and therapy through new electronic music composition, Peter Mcavan

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The Matusiflute: A bi-timbral flute modification and the cultural influences that inform its performance practice and repertoire, Joshua Gabriel McMahon

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Exploring and reapplying Wayne Krantz’s method of constructing the album Greenwich Mean, Christian A. Meares

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Multimodal learning for dyslexic musicians: Practical applications for adults, Melissa Mikucki

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Psychological distress in Australian psychology undergraduates: Exploring the role of self-care, dispositional mindfulness, and autonomous functioning, Erin Nichols

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Perspectives on the relationship between theatre and education: A West Australian case study, Ceri Anne Nordling

The art of unknowing: Using improvisation to explore kinaesthetic attention in contemporary dance repertoire, Jessica Pettitt

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Development of GC-FID-Methanizer method to detect products from electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide gas, Hailee Philipps

An investigative practice-led project into the vocal characteristics in Jeff Buckley’s song ‘Grace’, Madoc R. Plane

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The influence of camera perspective and viewer attitudes towards police on perceptions of police-civilian encounters, Anna-Louise Skidmore

Navigating the educational bottleneck: Psychological distress, academic burnout and potential protective factors in psychology Honours students, Chelsea Thompson

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Making space for themselves: Lesbian separatism in Western Australia, Amber-Lia Van Aurich

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Western Australian older adults’ perspectives on voluntary assisted dying: An in-depth qualitative investigation, Faye Rebecca Woodward

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Exploring a compositional practice through the lens of The Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto, Jie Hong Yang

Theses from 2020

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Silent chill: A spectral analysis of Akira Yamaoka’s Silent Hill 2 original soundtrack, Casey Nicole Atkinson

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A comprehensive analysis of smart ship systems and underlying cybersecurity issues, Dennis Bothur

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Glass ceilings and nylon strings: Reflections on Australian women’s contribution to classical guitar repertoire, Abbey Lee Bradstreet

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Professional self-care practices, emotional work and burnout in Australian psychology academics, Claudia Yael Hoenig

Contextual tuning as a compositional technique: Investigating the paradigms of Jacob Collier’s music, Madeleine Hughes

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Facilitating flow state: Preparatory processes for entering the flow state in dance, Alexandra Kay

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So how does elastic grammar create meaning in children’s literature?: Storytelling and elastic grammar in Haroun and the Sea of Stories (1990), Inkheart (2003), and A Monster Calls (2011), Kate Lomas Glendenning

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Johann Melchior Gletle’s Expeditionis Musicæ Classis II, Op. 2: An Edition and Commentary, Michael James Clifton Lukin

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Aletheia: The Orphic Ouroboros, Glen McKnight

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Does providing pill testing at festivals increase intention to use Ecstasy?, Sherri Lee Murphy

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“You crossed my mind … before?”: An intertextual analysis of songs from 'To Pimp A Butterfly', Colin Outhwaite

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Attitudes towards immigration-relevant decision-making: The roles of fairness judgements and national identity, Tessa Phipps

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The evolving definitions of natural movement in dance, Bethany Reece

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The impact of singing on pulmonary function and quality of life in patients with Muscular Dystrophy, Mia Simonette

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Julien Wilson: Improvisation and timbral manipulation on selected recordings with the Julien Wilson Trio, Maximillian Wickham

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Exploring the influence of emotional labour, emotional intelligence, emotional regulation, and emotional valence on employee job satisfaction and burnout, Kirsty Lee Wilson

Theses from 2019

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Mobilising memes for unionist teens: An analysis of the social media use of an Australian hospitality union, Lili M. Archer

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The characteristics and components of national identity in Australia, Kate Brown

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“Some of them never met us in real life and see what we do, they only see us through the media”: Lived experiences of three young West Australian South Sudanese men, Elizabeth Chiwawa

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Waiting for a queer change: Gender identity through performative waiting and the Boudoir Chronotope in Call Me By Your Name, Gregory R. Clarke

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The Performer-Composer: A reimagined career pathway for the modern-day saxophonist, Jazmin Ealden

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Avoiding stigma: Influences on Australian news reporting of drug issues and suggestions for improvement, Andrew L. Fewster

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Facial re-enactment, speech synthesis and the rise of the Deepfake, Nicholas Gardiner

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‘Bloodwood’ and ‘Liminal Spaces, Timeless Places: Abjection, Liminality and Landscape in Australian Gothic Fiction’, Karleah Olson

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su dansi. A dance film – and – Dancing elements: The making of su dansi - a dance film. An exegesis, Johanna Omodei

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Beyond the numbers: Implications of the Palestinian Female Election Quota for women in local government, Elke Taylor

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Image-based sexual abuse: A qualitative exploration of the lived experience and perceived consequences for women, Brienna L. Webb

Theses from 2018

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Rock ‘n’ roll radio: A case study of ‘tactics’ and teenage identity in Perth, WA, 1955-1960, Lorna Baker

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To what extent do the objection to confiscation provisions in Part 6 of the Criminal Property Confiscation Act 2000 (WA) protect the family home of an 'innocent party' from confiscation?, Joel Bond

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Cognitive imagery training in a dancer’s deliberate practice: Skills development, confidence and creativity, Sasha Brampton

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Finding companionship on the road less travelled: A netnography of the Whole Food Plant-Based Aussies Facebook group, Robyn Chuter

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Neoteric Drum Set Orchestration: An analysis of Nate Wood’s drumming on the music of Tigran Hamasyan, Ryan George Daunt

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Saving behaviour in the Australian dream: Its relationship with aspiration and motivation, financial literacy, and materialism, Ming d’Iapico-Bien

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The interaction between postminimalist music and contemporary dance, Azariah Felton

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SNAC_OSHC: Exploring a multifaceted approach to develop outside of school hours care as a health promoting setting, Karen Forde

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Layered analytical graphs: analysing and composing using the harmonic techniques of Wayne Shorter and Chick Corea, Samuel Hadlow

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Apology effectiveness: The impact of prior wrongful behaviour and voluntariness of apologies within juvenile justice, Isolde Larkins

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Using EEG data to predict engagement in face-to-face conversations, Brooke Maddestra

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Analysing intonation of the Pied Butcherbird, Jean-Michel Maujean

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An exploration of trumpet valve rotation: Its mechanics, sound, and notation, Daniel Francis O'Connor

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Captured At The Scene: A proposal for the admissibility of visually recorded scene statements from domestic violence complainants in Western Australia, Benjamin Procopis

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The rhythmic, harmonic and phrasing language of Lennie Tristano: Analysis and strategies for incorporation in modern jazz improvisation, Austin Salisbury

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Creative awareness at LINK dance company 2017, Lauren Ebony Sherlock

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Muslim veiled women and religious discrimination: A strength perspective, Aishath Shizleen

“Second only to the Pharoah”: The role of the poet in H.D.’s Trilogy, Emily Alice Smith

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Effects of uncertainty avoidance and high/low context cultural dimensions on online booking behaviour of international tourists: A cross-cultural study of Japanese and Australian tourists, Haruka Toki

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A Survey to Investigate the Participation of Female Jazz-Trained Instrumentalists at WAAPA and in Perth’s Professional Music Scene, Talya Valenti

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Using physiological measures to measure changes in cognitive load associated with automaticity and transfer, Joanna Verden

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Walter Smith III: A comparison of improvisational techniques on “July” (2014) and “Stablemates” (2009), Tom Walsh

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Performance practice in Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsodies: A comparison of the Liszt-Pupil recordings of Hungarian Rhapsody No.12, Nicholas Williams

Theses from 2017

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Resources, race and rights: A case study of Native Title and the Adani Carmichael coal mine, Kate Arnautovic

Investigating the relationship between preferences for therapists’ sex and seeking mental health support among a sample of Australian respondents, Stephanie C. Black

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Drumming Up the Future: Musical Creativity and Drum Circles as a vehicle for personal and social change, and for improved wellbeing amongst women in a pre-release facility, Nanna Faulkner

Modelling financial risk: Essays in asset pricing and stress testing, Sarah Hirst

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Unstable Ground: A novella - and - Riding Through Moratorium: Marcia’s Theory of Identity Formation and Young Adult Equine Literature: An exegesis, Amie Johnstone