{"id":257,"date":"2018-03-30T22:02:13","date_gmt":"2018-03-30T22:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amberluning.com\/?p=257"},"modified":"2018-03-30T22:02:13","modified_gmt":"2018-03-30T22:02:13","slug":"thesis-project-unpacking-the-grey-box","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/amberluning.com\/?p=257","title":{"rendered":"Thesis Project: Unpacking the Grey Box"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-259\" src=\"http:\/\/amberluning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Thesis_Book_Cover2-01-573x860.jpg\" alt=\"Thesis_Book_Cover2-01\" width=\"573\" height=\"860\" srcset=\"http:\/\/amberluning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Thesis_Book_Cover2-01-573x860.jpg 573w, http:\/\/amberluning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Thesis_Book_Cover2-01-200x300.jpg 200w, http:\/\/amberluning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Thesis_Book_Cover2-01.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 573px) 100vw, 573px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We start this thesis with two problems: (1) that chemistry is underrepresented in science centers and museums, and (2) High school students who can benefit from informal learning opportunities in chemistry are often left bereft, contributing to a general decline in interest in the topic. The thesis supports these assertions and proposes that what helps one may also help the other.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This MFA project was completed in May 2017 with the help of my committee. Erin McLeary PhD (Science History Institute), Polly McKenna-Cress (University of the Arts), Jane Boyd PhD (Academy of Natural Sciences at Drexel University, The Mutter Museum, etc) and David Ucko PhD (Museum of Science and Industry Chicago, Museums + more LLC).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Full text is available below.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/amberluning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/UGB_FINAL_SUBMISSION_BOOK.pdf\" rel=\"\">Unpacking the Grey Box PDF<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &#8220;We start this thesis with two problems: (1) that chemistry is underrepresented in science centers and museums, and (2) High school students who can benefit from informal learning opportunities in chemistry are often left bereft, contributing to a general decline in interest in the topic. The thesis supports these assertions and proposes that what [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/amberluning.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/amberluning.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/amberluning.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/amberluning.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/amberluning.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=257"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/amberluning.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":260,"href":"http:\/\/amberluning.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257\/revisions\/260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/amberluning.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/amberluning.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/amberluning.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}