Caged Bird and Out of the Furnace Smelling Like Smoke is a cross genre fiction novel that begins in a hospital room with disturbing revelations recounted by one of the novel’s primary characters, Little Bird Wruck Giron. ...
This dissertation addresses how we conceive of conflict from an opportunity cost perspective. Traditionally, economics posits the opportunity cost of choice as taking place in the context of tradeoffs between certain ...
Self-interest is a very strong emotion. It has undoubtedly affected the actions of human beings for thousands of years and it continues to do so in numerous ways and in specific contexts. This paper examines self-interest ...
The recent formation of the Millennium Challenge Corporation represents an attempt by the government to create a bureaucracy that claims to be aware of and to have corrected the major problems often cited by critics of ...
This thesis analyzes modern penal practices and their effects on prisoners to argue that the harm that prison necessarily produces is both ontological and political, and that the relation between these two existential ...
With high rates of incapacitation in the United States, policies and procedures are a major aid in managing day-to-day prison operations. However, organizational research notes that policy and practice implementation often ...
This qualitative case study was conducted in order to better understand how grassroots efforts and campus culture influenced the decision to reverse the closing of Sweet Briar College in 2015. This study allowed for an ...
This case study explores the effects of an intervention lesson plan using the explicit method of critical thinking instruction. It has been shown that the explicit method of critical thinking instruction yields better ...
Grade retention is a commonly used intervention for children who struggle in school. However, empirical research does not unequivocally support its efficacy. Some studies suggest that both the timing (e.g., early vs. late) ...
In 31 states, individuals have the option of affiliating with a party when they register to vote. I explore the decision to register with a political party and its effects on an individual's attitudes and behaviors. I find ...
Celebrity political participation has become so commonplace in contemporary American life that it has come to be expected— it is hardly surprising when Lena Dunham joins Hillary Clinton on the campaign trail, George Clooney ...
This thesis is a novel that tracks a pivotal year in the lives of two couples. Set in the town
of Chagrin, theses four individuals home is sprawling into a wealthier community that
leaves them alienated and forced into ...
Heretofore overlooked, the history of chair-tables remained obscure and largely unexamined by furniture historians. Since chair-tables were understudied yet survive in large quantities, an in depth study of these objects ...
This dissertation examines how smallpox inoculation helped shape the character of the American Revolution from the first rumblings of colonial discontent in 1764 until the British surrender at Yorktown, Virginia, in 1781. ...
This dissertation provides a theoretical and experimental analysis of various pressures
currently facing journalists. The first two chapters provide theoretical explanations for
two observed dynamics: the industry-wide ...
The poor funding status and liability measurement of state and local public pensions
could be the defining issue for state-level fiscal policy for the next several decades. These
chapters attempt to address several ...
Rooted in oral tradition, this thesis pays homage to how Black and Chamorro cultures have relied on artistic expression to reconcile lifetimes of imposed trauma. These poems actively participate in ancient cultural traditions, ...
Crib speech, the monologue speech of a young child just before he or she falls asleep, has been examined in very few studies to date. Crib speech falls under the larger domain of private speech, which is more broadly defined ...
This thesis examines the "freak show" in American history and analyzes how shifts in medical knowledge and the public's perception of that knowledge changed attitudes about people's physical and mental abnormalities. Through ...