My Way Is The Highway

For my undergraduate thesis in American Studies at UT Austin, I chose to investigate the history of my country's main transportation system. My Way is the Highway is a 32-minute animated documentary about the legacy of the American highway in modern life & culture. I chose animation as my medium because I wanted to make my research accessible to a popular audience, and to visually emphasize that the highway, like animation, is a constructed and explicitly unnatural experience.

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I was awarded research funding to visit Detroit, MI and Houston, TX to conduct on-the-ground investigative research. I researched, wrote, produced, and animated the entire film. I did most of the set-building and production design, with some help from my talented architect boyfriend. 

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Awards ———

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Winner

UT Undergraduate Research Fellowship

Department Nomination

UT College of Liberal Arts Outstanding Thesis Award

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Department Nomination 

UT Co-op/Mitchell Award for Academic Excellence

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Festival Selection

Suburbinale 2018