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Examining the Use of the G-slur, “Roma” and “Romani” in Comic Books and Fan Fiction Works
(2021-03)WandaVision was my introduction to Wanda’s depiction in the MCU, however, it was through fan fiction that I learned of her Jewish/Roma comic book origins. After exploring the portrayals of Wanda’s character by fan fiction ... -
The True Crime of True Crime: The Damaging Tendencies Behind the Popular Genre
(2021-11)In addition to studying the definition of true crime as a media genre, journalists have been studying the purpose of it. -
Blurring the Lines Between Captive and Master in Emma’s Mrs. Elton
(2021)Jane Austen’s novel Mansfield Park sparked discussion about slavery and what Austen’s views were on the institution. Her subsequent novel, Emma, also delved into the realm of slavery. According to Paul Pickrel, the two ... -
Mental Health Theming in BoJack Horseman
(2020)The animated world of BoJack Horseman is a bright, colorful image of Hollywood which is populated by an array of both anthropomorphic animals and humans. Despite the series’ vivid art style and its quick-witted humor, ... -
Social Psychological Violence through the Control of Musical Freedom
(2020)In his examination of the systems of abuse that threaten the lives and well being of African Americans, theorist David G. Gil designates six categories of human needs. Among these needs, the social psychological include, ... -
THE PUBLIC PARK AS LIMINAL SPACE: A STUDY OF SPONTANEOUS AND INTENTIONAL BEHAVIOR AND THE IMPACT ON COMMUNITY
(2020)Public spaces, such as parks, provide a space and time that exists outside of the familiar. They are set apart from the everyday, thus providing opportunity for engagement in activities, exploration of behaviors, and ... -
In Statu Naturae: A Case Study of Civil Unrest in Seattle
(2020)This paper analyzes civil unrest in Seattle during the summer of 2020 under a Hobbesian framework. Specifically, it seeks to assess whether protestors in the Capitol Hill Organized Protest were living under the state of ... -
RELATIONSHIP-BUILDING AS A MEANS TO NAVIGATING GENRE IN THE WRITING CENTER
(2019)The current literature on genre and best practices for writing center tutoring is mixed: some studies support a genre specialist model while others support a generalist model. However, these studies have not explicitly ... -
Saba Mahmood’s Transnational Feminist Framing of The Women’s Mosque Movement
(2019)The notion of a “global sisterhood” of women has been in prominence since the 1960s, largely circulated in “global” and “international” feminisms and framed in “comparative approaches to women’s issues in the Global South” ... -
The Price of Power:African American Literary Tradition in the Post-Renaissance Era
(2019)When it came to leaving an unforgiving imprint upon the American psyche regarding the conditions of African Americans, no literary works were quite as impactful as Richard Wright’s 1940 novel Native Son. As Arnold Rampersad ... -
Cultural Tourism, Academic Painting and the Formulation of Breton Identity in late 19th Century Brittany
(2019)Due to a combination of a strong Celtic cultural influence and a centuries-long lack of interregional infrastructure connecting Brittany to the rest of France, Brittany, “administratively neglected and socially isolated,” ... -
ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES: Childhood Trauma as a Source of Health and Educational Disparities
(2019)Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) have only been recently understood to play a crucial role in health outcomes for children as they become adolescents and adults. This understanding has also made it clear that health ... -
Re-enfranchising the Disenfranchised: Increasing Political Participation among the Previously Incarcerated through Parochial Social Controls
(2018)This paper will explore the ways in which social control methods can be used to reinstate the political efficacy provided by the black consciousness framework. Although mass incarceration in Maryland has systematically ... -
Myanmar’s Rohingya Crisis: De/constructing Postcolonial Discourses
(2018)Perhaps the most widely-known issue pertaining to contemporary Myanmar is that of its military and government’s long-standing persecution of the Rohingya people, a minority Muslim ethnic group living in Myanmar’s western ... -
Judson Memorial Church- Belonging, Ambiguity & Legacy
(2018)Judson [Memorial Church] has maintained, to a certain extent, its legacy as a center for social and political issues as well as artistic expression and the experimental and avant-garde. Utilizing perspectives and opinions ... -
FROM EXPLORATION TO EQUITY: A MUSEUM’S JOURNEY TOWARD DECOLONIZATION
(2018-12)In the context of a societal shift calling upon institutions to be more equitable, the movement to decolonize museums requires new approaches to collecting and presenting human remains and cultural artifacts. Nearly ... -
What about the Children?: The Effects of Mass Incarceration on Family and the Importance of Nurturing the Parent-Child Relationship in Alternative Forms of Justice
(2018-12)This paper discusses the structurally violent nature of mass incarceration in the United States, beginning with a comprehensive look at the origins and repercussions of mass incarceration, reentry, and recidivism. Secondly, ... -
The Smartphone Revolution
(2017)Over the past week, I joined the very few adults in the world that do not have a phone. I previously referred to myself as a technology assailant. However, living on a college campus without a phone for a week illuminated ... -
The Political is Personal: Examining the Role of Personal Connection to a Disease as an Access Point for Single-disease Interest Groups
(2017)Approximately 133 million Americans live with a chronic illness (“The Power of Prevention”). Government funding through the National Institutes of Health and other programs are an important source of research funding for ...
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