Thesis Writing

Taxonomy of Thinking Skills

Dr. Klodt’s Video: Developing A Thesis Statement

Dr. Klodt's Slidedeck: Example Thesis

UWisconsin: Developing A Thesis Statement

Logical Fallacies + Cognitive Biases + Cognitive Bias Codex

Joseph Pattison "How to Write an F Paper" (1982)

Alice Yang “Making the Transition from High School to College Essay Writing” (2018)

Research

UM Library Home

UM Library Catalog Search

UM Databases

UM Library Video Tutorials

MLA International Bibliography Video Tutorials

How to Write Literary Analysis

Venture: UM Undergraduate Research Journal

UM Creed

Jane Goodall: Born London 1934

• Website | Biography | Video: JG and Her Chimps

Douglas Abrams: Born New York 1967

• Website | Biography | Bibliography | YouTube

Jane Goodall Hopecast | Jane Goodall Institue

James Ellsmoor “United States Spends Ten Times More on Fossil Fuel Subsidies Than Education” (Forbes 15 June 2019)

Bill Chappell “Australia’s Wildfires Spark Disinformation Battle as They Take a Tragic Toll” (NPR 10 January 2020)

Animated Graphs: What’s Really Warming the World? (Bloomberg 24 June 2015)

Born Mill Hill, London 1933

Biography + Bibliography

• Biography of Niels Bohr

• Biography of Werner Heisenberg

Celia Henry Arnaud "Nuclear Forensics Solves Nazi Mystery" (Chemical & Engineering News 2015)

Jennifer Ouellette “A Tale of Lost WW2 Uranium Cubes Shows Why Germany’s Nuclear Program Failed” (ArsTechnica 2019)

Fay Voshell "Breaking Bad and the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle" (American Thinker 2013)

“Schödinger’s Cat Could Be Saved, Say Scientists” (The Guardian 2019)

Born Cabezón de Sal, Cantabria, Spain 1977

Artist + Technical Info: Los cronocrímenes (2007)

Video Trailer Los cronocrímenes (2007)

Movie Poster Los cronocrímenes (2007)

Nacho Vigalondo Interview | Filmography | Twitter 

Illustration: Simple Timeline of Los cronocrímenes

Illustration: Complex Timeline of Los cronocrímenes 

Stephen Hawking "Space and Time Warps" (1999)

TimeTravelPhilosophy.net

James Miller "Five Bizarre Paradoxes of Time Travel Explained" (Astronomy Trek 20 December 2014)

Momia rosa (Enrique Baliñas Fernández 2015): A short film horror/comedy/parody response to Los cronocrímenes

Blondie "Picture This" (1978) + Lyrics

Twitter | Instagram | YouTube

Born Myrtle Beach, South Carolina 1972

Artist + Technical Info: Primer (2004)

Video Trailer 1 + Trailer 2 Primer (2004)

Movie Poster Primer (2004)

Shane Carruth Biography | Interview

Illustration: Intro to Time Travel in Primer

Illustration: Simplified Timeline of Primer

Illustration: Moderately Complex Timeline of Primer

Illustration: Complex Timeline of Primer

Illustration: Ridiculously Complex Timeline of Primer

Video: Primer An Illustrated Explanation

Video: Understanding Primer in Six Minutes

Video: Primer Deobfuscated: A Plot Guide

The Primer Universe Blog

Screenplay of Shane Carruth's A Topiary

Screenplay of Shane Carruth’s The Modern Ocean

Tim de Chant “Big Bang May Have Created a Universe Where Time Runs Backwards” (PBS.org 8 December 2014)

Born Sussex, England 1986

Christie Chu "British Artist Sarah Maple Receives Death Threats for Art About Feminism and Islam" (Artnet News 2015)

Ted Talk: Sarah Maple "The Freedom to Be Challenged" (2017)

"Fighting Fire With Fire #2" (2007) + "White Girl" (2007) + "I Heart Orgasms" (2008) + "The New Black" (2008) + "Haram" (2008)  + "God Is A Feminist" (2013) + "I Love Jihad" (2007) + "You" (2007) + "Blue, Badges, Burka" (2007) + "Sharia Law 1" (2007) + "Sharia Law 2" (2008) + "Sharia Law 3" (2009)

"Using My Intelligence" (2007) + "I've Got Status Anxiety" (2009) + "Ballerina" (2011) + "Lollypop Lollypop" (2011) + "Menstruate With Pride" (2010-2011) + "An Artist and A Female Artist" (2012)

"Opposite to a Feminist" (2009) + "Recovering Misogynist" (2010) + "I Am an Edgy Contemporary Artist" (2011) + "Minimum" (2007) + "You Could Have Done This" (2008) + "Art Is Crap" (2007) + "Passport" (2007) + "Instant Feminist Kit" (2013)

"Sleeping Beauty Performs an Operation" (2011) + "Snow White The Scientist" (2011) + "Cinderella Graduation" (2011) + “Ariel Conducts a Business Meeting” (2011) + “Judge Jasmine” (2011)

Website | Biography | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram

Bilbao, Vizcaya, Euskadi 1864 - Salamanca, Spain 1936

Biography | Bibliography 

Text of San Manuel Bueno, Mártir

Pablo Picasso “La ciencia y la caridad” (1897) + “El viejo guitarrista ciego” (1903) + “Mujer joven delante de un espejo” (1932)

Salvador Dalí “La persistencia de la memoria" (1931) + “Construcción blanda con judías hervidas” (1936) + “Niño geopolítico mirando el nacimiento del hombre nuevo” (1943)

Born Granada, Spain 1970

"Internacional" (2008) + "Alas" (2011) + "The Cure" (2011) + "Emprendedores" (2012) + "Naufragio" (2012) + "Snow White" (2012) + "Frontera" (2013) + "Gosh" (2013) + "Rojo" (2014) + "OutsideIn" (2014)

"Nostalgia" (2011) + "El carro" (2011) + "Horns and Tails" (2011) + "SunDay" (2012) + "Octubre" (2013) + "La pesadilla de Noé" (2013) + "Desembarco" (2014) + "Fail" (2015) + "El huerto" (2015)

"Él" (2009) + "Prácticas" (2010) + "Operación rosa" (2013) + "Neutral" (2013)  

"Paco Pomet: Entusiasmo provocador" (Interview in Spanish 2017)

Website | Instagram | House of Pomet

Pasadena 1947 - Lake Forest Park, Washington 2006

Biography | Commentated Bibliography

Parable of the Sower Character Index

“Octavia E. Butler: A Visionary Among Futurists” (CNN 2018)

Lalita Tademy “Before Cormac McCarthy: Octavia Butler’s Feminist, Dystopian Novel” (OffTheShelf.com 2015)

Video: Interview with Octavia Bulter: Transcending Barriers (2018)

A (Real-Life) Earthseed Religion?

Born Greensboro, North Carolina 1962

Website | Biography

Raising Renee (Jeanne Jordan and Steven Ascher 2011) | Stream Raising Renee on Amazon Prime

Interview: Bev McIver on Painting, Family and Fragility (The Chronicle 15 June 2015)

Penelope Green "At Home with the Artist: Beverly McIver Painting on a New Canvas" (The New York Times 8 February 2012)

Video: Beverly McIver on Her Painting "Depression"

Video: Beverly McIver: Worthy of Winning

Video: Beverly McIver Discusses Her Artistic Process

"Depression" (2010) + "Depression #1" (2010) + "Eyes Wide Open" (2013)

"Momma Holding Renee" (2003) + "Embrace" (2005) + "Renee Moving Out" (2011) + "Can You Hear My Silent Scream" (2004) + "Embracing #2" (2006) + "Feeling Sharon's Pain #1" (2013) + "Feeling Sharon's Pain #2" (2013)

"I Look Like My Mother" (2008) + "Coming Home" (2008) + "Finding Peace" (2009) + "Self Portrait #6" (2011) + "Truly Grateful" (2011) + "Mom's Love" (2011) + "Double Take" (2013) "Quiet Stare" (2013) + "Bill" (2013)

"Dorothy" (2013) + "Dorothy P's Red Sunglasses" (2013) 

"Do You Think I'm Pretty" (2002) + "Dora's Dance" (2002) + "Untitled" (2002)

Born Cabezón de Sal, Cantabria, Spain 1977

Artist + Technical Info: Extraterrestre (2011)

Video Trailer Extraterrestre (2011)

Movie Poster 1 + Poster 2 + Poster 3 Extraterrestre (2011)

Nacho Vigalondo Interview (Electric Sheep 2 May 2009)

Carl Sagan "The Pale Blue Dot"

John Michael Godier YouTube Channel

Documentary Film: The Wow Signal (Bob Dawson 2017)

Scene from Casablanca “Here’s looking at you, kid” (Michael Curtiz 1942)

Video: What’s So Great About Casablanca

Twitter | Instagram | YouTube

Born Cabezón de Sal, Cantabria, Spain 1977

Artist + Technical Info: Domingo (2005)

Video Domingo (2005)

John Michael Godier YouTube Channel

Documentary Film: The Wow Signal (Bob Dawson 2017)

Twitter | Instagram | YouTube

Born Barcelona, Catalunya 1943

Biography | Bibliography

Cultural References in No Word from Gurb

Maps of Spain + Barcelona

Google Map: The Captain's Itinerary through Barcelona

Salvador Dalí "Téléphone afrodisiaque" (1936)

Born Akron, Ohio 1978

Website | Instagram

"Pressure Point" (2002) + "Midnight Snack" (2003) + "Seconds" (2003) + "Conforming" (2003) + "What Was Left" (2007)

"Fantasy No. 1" (2005) + "New Haven Bedroom" (2007) + "Steve and I" (2006) + "Tim and I" (2013) + "Aldo and I in Bed" (2013)

"Untitled No. 11" (2003) + "Untitled No. 20" (2005) + "Untitled No. 21" (2006) + "Untitled No. 47" (2012)

"Purity" (2002) + "4am" (2003)

Haley Morris-Cafeiro "Wait Watchers"

Born Valencia, Spain 1970

Facebook | Instagram | X

"De-rota" (1996) + "Juegos y adivinanzas" (1997)

"Esperpento" (1999) + "Manual del comediante" (2000)

"Sonambulista" (1999) + "Teoría del naufragio" (2000) + "Acto II" (2000)

"Vuelo" (1999) + "Umbría" (2000) + "Mujer elefante" (2002)

Ecocidos (2013): "Me ahogo" + "Hace frío" + "Tengo sed" + "Sufro" + "Muerdo" + "Muero"

Born Ávila, Castilla y León, Spain 1982

Artist + Technical Info: Curvas (2012)

Video Curvas (2012)

Movie Poster 1 + Poster 2 Curvas (2012)

Filmography

Twitter | Facebook | YouTube | Vimeo

Born Madrid, Spain 1984

Fandafilms.com

Artist + Technical Info: Historias de lo cotidiano (2016)

Video: Historias de lo cotidiano (2016)

Movie Poster: Historias de lo cotidiano (2016)