This thesis provides an interdisciplinary study of the representation of political violence in Perú in the works Adiós, Ayacucho (1986), a novel written by Julio Ortega, La boca del lobo (1989), a film directed by Francisco ...

“Secondhand” is a collection of linked essays that centers on the sudden death of the narrator’s father in 2005, when she was 21. Each of the eight essays in the collection explores who her father was and the grief she ...

The purpose of this thesis was to examine how self-esteem changes over time due to significant life events and to what extent do social origins play a role in these changes. Using data from the National Longitudinal Study ...

This study examined undeclared undergraduate students’ understanding of themselves, how that understanding affected their confidence in career decision-making, and whether a career education course had any impact on those ...

Changes in the nature of work, such as the shift away from repetitive and well-defined tasks toward increasingly novel and ambiguous tasks, require training programs to prepare trainees to be adaptable. As a result, ...

This thesis consists of the first third of Shadow Blade, a YA Fantasy novel and the first volume in a planned trilogy. It follows Keen Anor, a young boy growing up in an idyllic island village. After finding a strange sword ...

In comparing the ways in which Kate Chopin depicts Acadian and African American characters in three of her Bayou Folk stories, this thesis presents a new way to examine her treatment of subjugated characters. Though other ...

This thesis is ultimately about my sister, Sarah. She passed away from a heroin overdose on July 2, 2011. Her death left a void in me that I have been trying to cope with ever since. I got the call from my mother that Sarah ...

To explore the relationship between militarization and celebrity and how celebrities have been militarized in 20th century America, this dissertation examines the militarization of Jimmy Stewart, Joe Louis, and Elvis ...

Across the United States many major cities—particularly in the industrial Northeast and Midwest—are shrinking. Central city populations are relocating to suburban areas in massive numbers causing a self-destructive cycle ...