|
|
Creator | Title | Description | Subject | Date |
101 |
|
Beasley, Addison | Moving past the human/nature binary: catalyzing collective action to combat the climate crisis | Climate change is one of the prime social issues of the modern era. I argue that in order to achieve the necessary collective action to reduce the harmful effects of the climate crisis, society needs to move past the human/nature binary. This binary obfuscates the reality that humans have a place wi... | | 2022 |
102 |
|
Jessen, Jenica | Musical Evidence for Syllabification of Highly Moraic Structures in English | This study uses musical data as evidence for syllabication patterns for native English speakers. Our research seeks evidence from musical pitches in songs by American singer-songwriters that syllables with a diphthong and a liquid in their rime undergo bi-syllabification at a rate contrastive to oth... | | 2017 |
103 |
|
Ng, Sara Blalock | Musical Text-Setting as Evidence for syliabification of Highly Moraic Structures in English | In the standard generative perspective, English is a mora-sensitive language, permitting syllables with one or two moras (or in some perspectives, strictly two). However, structures are readily available in the lexicon which seem to have three moras in a single syllable. Lavoie and Cohn 1999 argue t... | | |
104 |
|
Hall, Adam | My story is an ode to black thought | | | |
105 |
|
Hannon, Jackson | National strategy and military doctrine in Afghanistan and Iraq and the creation of the office of foreign affairs and reconstruction | The 9/11 terror attacks in New York by al Qaeda have largely been considered a landmark moment in American hist ory, and in the path of the Bush presidency. While the Bush administration had something of a general foreign policy and guiding strategy, the attacks on 9/11 were a seminal moment for the... | United States -- Foreign relations -- 21st century; United States -- Military policy; United States -- Military relations -- Afghanistan; United States -- Military relations -- Iraq; United States -- Foreign relations -- Afghanistan; United States -- Foreign relations -- Iraq | 2015-08 |
106 |
|
Jecmen, Devon | Nature, depression, and the vagus nerve | The positive effects of natural environments on mental health have been observed and studied for decades. Specifically, psychology research from across the world has provided evidence that being immersed in nature has positive effects for those suffering from depression, although there is uncertaint... | | 2022 |
107 |
|
Mortenson, Alexandra | No Longer a Guest: Christianity's Role in Hwang Sok-Yong's Metaphorical Exorcism | The title of Hwang Sŏk-Yŏng's historical fiction The Guest refers in part to two foreign ideologies that were introduced to Korea in the modern era-Christianity and Communism. The Guest explores the suffering caused by the arrival of these two foreign ideologies. The purpose of this thesis is to a... | | 2016 |
108 |
|
Allan, Hallie | Noun Incorporation in Crow: an Assessment of Various Approaches | Polysynthesis is generally understood to be some form of morphological complexity in the verb, encoding information about the predicate and its related arguments. One feature associated with polysynthesis is noun incorporation, where noun and nominal structures are brought into the verbal structure.... | | 2020 |
109 |
|
Silianoff, Caitlin | Objectified: Bodily Fragmentation in the Metaphysical Conceit | This Honors thesis investigates bodily fragmentation and metaphoric direction in seventeenth-century poetry. I focus in particular on John Donne and Richard Crashaw, two contemporaneous metaphysical poets who are often regarded as critical opposites. Close analysis of their use of bodily imagery wit... | | 2020 |
110 |
|
Hanswille, Isa | Origins of a monotheistic worldview among the ancient Israelites | The early Israelites, like all of their closest Ancient Near Eastern neighbors, began their journey as a people with the worship of a pantheon full of gods. However, as the books of the Hebrew Bible progress chronologically, a shift in thinking occurs toward an alternate worldview. Proscriptions aga... | Monotheism -- History; Judaism -- History -- To 70 A.D; Jews -- History -- To 70 A.D | 2015-04 |
111 |
|
Soto, Giulia | Peruvian immigrant paradox: Exploring differences in learning cultures and math curriculum | Math instruction for immigrant students often begins with the assumption that this student population lacks math knowledge and the skills necessary for academic success in the United States. Immigrant students in the U.S. are often placed in lower level math classes due to the misconception that it ... | Immigrants - United States; Mathematics - Study and teaching - Social aspects | 2016-03 |
112 |
|
Siddiqui, Rija | Pilot Testing a Rapport Building Checklist with Law Enforcement and immigrant Communities | This study engages with local law enforcement authorities (LEAs) and immigrant service providers (SPs) in order to construct a list of recommended practices which can be implemented to enhance rapport between LEAs and immigrants. Producing an efficient list of practices requires the assessment of cu... | | 2019 |
113 |
|
Eldredge, Natasha | Policies and Procedures in the communication and collaboration of IEP team members for autstic children | Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a lifelong neurological disorder, affecting the functions of the brain that can significantly impair an individual's ability to develop the necessary skills to live a full and independent life as an economically contributing member of society. Studies from the Cente... | | 2017 |
114 |
|
Morgenstern, Camille | Powerful Paradigms: Theoretical Frameworks Activated in National Discourse on Mining Policy and Political History in Peru and costa Rica | This comparative analysis between Costa Rica and Peru serves as an examination of the paradigms guiding national policy and discourse, with the potential outcome of being able to provide a clearer conceptualization of national and international relations that would be useful in other situations and ... | | 2019 |
115 |
|
Mcbride, Ryan | Presidential prediction models using down ballot election results | Research has demonstrated that polling in American elections has accurately predicted election results within a reasonable margin of error. However, due to the nature of the electoral college system, small deviations from polling averages in important states can result in large, surprising underdog ... | ballot measure; elections; predictive models; polling; American politics | 2023 |
116 |
|
Kelsey, Khrystine Danielle | Prostitution and the construction of female identity | In the modern and postmodern worlds, most people see sex work as something on the fringes of society, yet prostitution and its history reflect mainstream modern women's sexuality and sexual life in myriad ways. This paper will examine how sex work exemplifies constructs of female identity. Writings ... | Prostitution Women -- Identity | 2015-04 |
117 |
|
Reiser, Alexander | Providing healthcare for the uninsured: How the media frames conflicting ideologies in achieving the same goal | Current coverage of the Affordable Care Act (AC A) is just one opportunity to analyze the use of media in framing health care policy. An examination of the history of media and their influence surrounding the implementation of the AC A in 2013 and a veto for additional funding of the State Children'... | Medical policy - United States; Medically uninsured persons - United States; Healthcare in mass media | 2014-08 |
118 |
|
Parkinson, Angela Lei | Proving woman: From Heloise to Heloisian an examination of the authenticity debate surrounding the letters of Heloise of the Paraclete | This thesis examines and resists the tendency for a total subsumption of the identity of Heloise of the Paraclete, the 12th century abbess perhaps best known today for her tempestuous affair with Peter Abelard, within and under his identity. The authenticity debate surrounding the three letters addr... | Héloïse, approximately 1095-1163 or 1164 -- Criticism and interpretation | 2014-11 |
119 |
|
DeGrauw, Alexandria R. | Public understanding, opinions about hot topics in Science | Because of a recent decrease in people who believe science is beneficial to society, organizations like the Association for the Advancement of Science have sought to improve communication between scientists and the public in order to increase the public's opinion of science (Pew Foundation, 2015). H... | | 2018 |
120 |
|
Tran, Kathy Thanh | Reproductive rights of incarcerated women: Disrupting the system in the women's jail | The history of the reproductive rights of incarcerated women and the current trends of mass incarceration demonstrate the prevalence of the hegemonic system that still expects women to embrace a maternal and feminine role. Historically, the United States has incarcerated women because they break awa... | Women prisoners -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States; Reproductive rights | 2015-05 |
121 |
|
Fishburn, Laura | Restoration, Repentance, and Reformation: the Sermon's Higher Purpose in the Legend of Theophilus | "Restoration, Repentance, and Reformation: The Sermon's Higher Purpose in the Legend of Theophilus" seeks to analyze the function of a bishop's sermon at the end of the medieval myth of a man named Theophilus, who lives in France. Theophilus, a good man, commits a grave error and makes a deal with t... | | 2018 |
122 |
|
Oliva, Brenden Clark | Second hand stories | This collection of short stories examines human behavior through the lens of biology, particularly the present-day manifestations of evolutionary history. The stories' characters exhibit behavior that appears to contradict Darwinian concepts of individual success. On the surface they are self-destru... | American fiction - 21st century | 2012-05 |
123 |
|
Bauer, Malea | Silence is violence: a nationakl legislative proposal for the criminalization of the enabler to institutional abuse | For centuries, institutions have exploited their power to abuse the vulnerable and avoid culpability. In many cases, the abuse would not have been possible if not for the institutional underpinnings which protect the perpetrators. These people, who initiate cover ups or turn a blind eye, ought to be... | | 2023 |
124 |
|
Morgan, Kate | Social media as the modern diary: authenticity and prevalence of personal record keeping | Social media is one of the newest forms of publishing, catering mainly to an individual and their thoughts to an audience ranging from anyone who uses a particular platform, to a curated list of those they have allowed to follow them. It has become a part of daily life for many, allowing anyone to p... | Social Media; Personal Records; Journaling; Authenticity | 2023 |
125 |
|
Loveland, Jessica | Sociolinguistic differences between Japanese and English as seen through English translations of Manga | Manga (Japanese graphic novels) is a growing market in the United States and allows readers from foreign countries access to literature in a way that is enjoyable and easily accessible. However, translating manga from Japanese to English provides an interesting challenge as the Japanese language enc... | Comic books, strips, etc -- Japan; Japanese language -- Social aspects; English language -- Social aspects | 2016-05 |