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惭别驳补苍听Pollett听has a passion for stories. In听her work as an interdisciplinary studies听(滨狈顿厂)听蝉迟耻诲别苍迟,听蝉丑别听demonstrates听the听ability to conceive, design, research and deliver impactful stories.听Combining the disciplines of animation and game design with psychology and communication, Megan has听developed a significant听number听of ways to approach researching, writing, illustrating, and animating narratives that are听important to her and significant to听a wider community.听

Megan鈥檚 final project, on the problems and pain of learned masculinity, is听a great example听of听her unique work approach.听Unlike many storytellers, Megan began with quantitative research, through the design of a survey on听perceptions听of masculinity. While her project design was听impacted听by socially distanced conditions imposed by the pandemic, Megan鈥檚 creativity听allowed her to pivot to a radically different conception of the audience for her survey.听

She changed her survey target audience from 黑料吃瓜网 students to a far more randomized sample, collecting 鈥渧irtually from individuals from California, Michigan, Indiana, North Carolina, Florida, and many other states,鈥� and as far away as Canada. When explaining the research process, Megan says that 鈥�scholarly听articles听fueled the ideas behind听my project;听I听referred to these for my story layout, along with the more analytical approach of administering a survey.鈥� She believes听the combination of听psychology and research from academic journals听鈥渆levated the artwork I was able to do and helped with the听creation of听a semi-realistic and听thought-provoking听story.鈥� Reacting to the polarities captured in her work, Megan admits, 鈥�I never even began to think about making a story about a psychological issue. How do I听make art out of听psychology?听No one had the answer for me, because it was my own project and the culmination of my interdisciplinary journey.鈥澨�

View some stills from her film below.

Last Updated on May 5, 2021.听