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51 Yeates, MiloCounterfactual utilitarianism: a new metaphysical framework for consequentialist ethicsIn the thesis I motivate, explain, and apply a new broadly consequentialist and utilitarian ethical framework: counterfactual utilitarianism. In contrast to other utilitarian frameworks which might calculate cumulative or average overall utility, counterfactual utilitarianism aims to reapply focus o...2024
52 Avondet, CallieCurriculum as resistance: social studies at the Hampton institute in the late nineteenth centuryAs the Civil War concluded, freed people claimed their freedom to literacy. Schools teaching both basic literacy and offering higher education for Black people were quickly established throughout the South, supported by missionary associations, the Freedmen's Bureau, and Black communities. In 1868 t...2022
53 Sammann, SuzyDandelions among the wheat: A novelMy Honors Creative Thesis is a manuscript of a novel I completed in Professor Gills Honors Novel Writing Workshop. Dandelions Among the Wheat is 74,782 words, 239 pages. It addresses the complex issues of alcoholism and abuse in families through humor and heartfelt truth, offering raw and relatable ...American fiction -- 21st century2015-04
54 Fife, CodyDiary of a Pig: Considering Animal Perspective in Animal LiberationIn the early summer of 2017, an animal advocacy group risked arrest to enter Circle Four Farms in Milford, Utah and rescued two piglets named Lucy and Lizza from the facility. This group, called Direct Action Everywhere, was hoping to document and publicize forms of animal exploitation and abuse tha...2019
55 Laws, TylerDifferences in Voice-Onset Time (VOT) in Spanish Between First Language (LI), Second Language (L@), and Heritage SpeakersHeritage speakers are individuals who acquire their first language (L1) in a naturalistic setting, such as the home. Then, they experience a change in linguistic environments and acquire a second language in the new environment, such as school, usually before the onset of adolescence. It is "the sec...2019
56 Palomino, Sara I.Diglossia: The case of Quechua languages & SpanishIndividuals who grow up speaking an indigenous language in Peru, have historically struggled between maintaining their native mother tongue as a means of constructing their identity and connecting to their cultural heritage; versus, being pressured to linguistically shift to Spanish, as this languag...Diglossia (Linguistics); Quechua language -- Social aspects -- Peru; Spanish language -- Social aspects -- Peru2015-07
57 Koldewyn, CaseyDisabling Science FictionRepresentation of marginalized identities has broad implications for the lived realities of those identified and identifying as such. I argue that science fiction's representation of disability-both physical and mental-is of particular importance because of the genre's role in utopia-building, where...2018
58 Markham, AiryanaDressing the part: Early Christian identity North Africa, 100-200 CEThe study of early Christian identity in the second-third centuries is problematic. This is because there is a paucity of material evidence and assigning a religious affiliation to that evidence is highly contested. For this reason, early Christian identity is often viewed by scholars in a distinct,...Clothing and dress -- Religious aspects -- Christianity; Identification (Religion); Christian life -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600; Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-6002014-12
59 Liu, JulianneDu bled a la banlieue et de Kif-Kif a Kiffe Kiffe: the creation of a new narrativeFrance has long been portrayed in a romanticized singular narrative as the country is routinely praised for high culture, enchanting art, and Republican values. However, beneath this gilded surface exists a complex past and present. Multifaceted exclusion forced immigrants into les banlieues, which ...2021
60 Thorne, SamantaEffects of Bribery and Terrorism to 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics' ProfitabilityThe purpose of this paper is to analyze effects that bribery and the 9/11 terrorist attacks had on the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympic games' profitability. More specifically in terms of the Salt Lake Olympic Committee's (SLOC) operating budget and how the two events affected committee actions to...2019
61 Wilbur, LindseyThe effects of color on food preferenceColor has an influence on our perception of food and affects the food choices we make. In this study, images of food were used to test the effect of dish color on food preferences. Pairs of various food images were shown to 96 college students. One image in each pair displayed the food on a white di...Color - Psychological aspects; Food presentation2013-04
62 Tang, NicolasEl Argenchino: A personal memoirThis personal memoir follows the life of Nicolas Tang, a 25 year old student at the University of Utah. Though still very young, Nicolas has already traveled much of the world and speaks fluently in three languages. He was born in Argentina, raised in Bolivia, and is of Chinese heritage. Recently, h...Tang, Nicolas Immigrants -- United States -- Biography Chinese Americans -- Biography South Americans -- United States2014-12
63 Redmond, Nicholas K.Elephants and empire: The Asian elephant, from Alexander to AkbarThis thesis studies the prominence of the Asian elephant (Elephas maximus maximus) in the historical record. The purpose is to show the impact of elephas on human affairs, most notably in the formation and destruction of empires. Of these empires, two are of primary importance: the conquests of Alex...Elephants -- War use -- History2015-05
64 Seal, Laurie MichelleEnergy in Willa Cather's My Antonia and O Pioneers!: a union of landscape, personalities, and artThe primary texts for this essay are My Antonia and O Pioneers!. Using My Antonia I establish the existence of an energetic essence that quickens the land and various characters of these novels. The influence of this wild energy is manifest mainly through color and movement. I focus specifically on ...Willa Cather; Energetic essence; American literature1997-12
65 Lipman, JoshuaEnvironmental ethics in the Book of MormonCurrent LDS environmental theology, championed by George Handley, includes critiques of Mormon pioneer history, analyses of the Doctrine of Covenants (the LDS book of laws), and LDS influenced nature writing such as the work of Terry Tempest-Williams. However the lack of ecological thought dedicated...Book of Mormon - Criticism, interpretation, etc2014-12
66 Scholes, Connor G.The Ethics of Uncertainty in Clinical Genetics TestingRecent years have seen the explosive development of genetics and its subsequent use in medical practice. In the face of such rapid technological advancement that impacts the health of thousands each year and constitutes a multi-million-dollar industry, ethical analysis of the various shortcomings th...American; College of Medical Genetics; Subsequent2019
67 Goel, DivyamEvidence-based medicine in times of crises: what we can learn from covid-19 to adapt early on in a pandemicEvidence-based medicine (EBM) is the current philosophical paradigm by which contemporary healthcare practices are guided. A related field, evidence-based public health (EBPH), similarly advises practices in the field of public health. However, the COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated weaknesses in th...2022
68 Day, BaileyExploring the ethical event horizon: assessing an approach to responsible siting in black hole imaging2024
69 Exploring the ethical event horizon: assessing an approach to responsible siting in black hole imagingThe field of astronomy has a history of approaching large-scale development projects with a limited gauge of the interests of stakeholders beyond the immediate scientific community. Traditional processes of decision-making have demonstrated little regard for the broader communities affected by major...2024
70 Welsh, Timothy BrittonFamily curds and ways: Divergent representations of U.S. families through cheese makingIn this essay, I examine how contemporary cultural politics around family and gender are reflected in representations of food, specifically in two different styles of cheese: industrially produced and handcrafted, artisanal cheeses. The growing rift between handcrafted, artisan cheese and industrial...Cheesemaking - Social aspects2015-04
71 Kim, JeanFemale labor participation in South Korea: implications of policy and cultureSouth Korea, although being a highly developed nation, surprisingly exhibits a lower female labor participation rate when compared to other countries belonging to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), such as the United States. The percent of Korean women in the workfor...Policy - South Korea; Culture - South Korea; Female labor - South Korea2015-04
72 Davis, RachelFiction Seeps into Reality: Traumatic Media Texts in the Babadook and the RingIn The Babadook (directed by Jennifer Kent, 2014) and The Ring (directed by Gore Verbinski, 2002), seemingly fictional media texts-the Mister Babadook book and a mysterious VHS tape-move from the realm of apparent fiction into characters' material and psychological realities. The shift into reality ...2017
73 Jones, OliviaForgotten Histories: Interracial Communities in the Colonial United StatesThis thesis discusses the existence of mixed-race communities in the United States in colonial and antebellum times. With a primary focus on the New Jersey community of Gouldtown, it highlights the surprising number of these communities and traces their histories. It also discusses the things that t...2019
74 James, MichelleFraming History: An Analysis of News Coverage of the 2016 Presidential DebatesThis thesis analyzes news coverage from the 2016 presidential election, looking specifically at the coverage of the three presidential debates between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. I engage in content analysis of the news coverage and identify the frames that overarchingly characterized the medi...Framing; Gender; Politics; Clinton; Trump2019
75 Christensen, DanielThe Franco-German Identity of Alsace-Lorraine: A Literary AnalysisThis work analyzes the Franco-German identity in the Alsace and Lorraine regions of France. I begin by tracing the dual Franco-German history in the region from the time of the Carolingian Empire in the 9th century to the second World War, but putting an emphasis one time period between the Franco-P...2017
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