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Staging Partitions and Holocausts in the Modern Nation-State
(2013-08-16)The modern nation-state model has received ample criticism. It is no newfound observation that majoritarianism in the modern nation-state sets the stage for identitarian conflict—one group, by being in the majority, may ... -
Star Formation and AGN Feedback in the Local Universe: Combining the Radio Continuum and Integral Field Spectroscopy
(2021-05-25)The effect of active galactic nuclei (AGN) on their host galaxies-in particular their star formation rates (SFRs)-remains one of the key outstanding questions of galaxy evolution. Although successful cosmological models ... -
Stars Within Our Reach: Celebrity Production and Signification in Modern American Society
(2014-05-01)Many people in modern American society consider celebrity to be a random, shallow, and trivial social phenomenon. Celebrities can garner massive criticism from the public about the nature of their work, the rewards and ... -
Start up Social Media
(2018-03-26)During my internship, I worked for a start-up PR firm called Evil Genius Group, located in Manhattan. It was lead by Victor Cipolla, a man who had vast experience working for other firms before deciding to branch off and ... -
Starting From Scratch (And Sniff): Understanding the Olfactory System
(2018-03-26)I completed my summer internship at the Davison Lab of Neural Circuit Function in Boston University’s Neurobiology department. The lab’s research was based in mouse behavior as related to the olfactory system, otherwise ... -
Statistical Analysis of the Association between Bilirubin and Survival in Primary Biliary Cirrhosis
(2021-05-24)Primary Biliary Cirrhosis (PBC) is a relatively rare chronic liver disease that mainly affects women. When someone’s immune system attacks the liver, the bile ducts are damaged and accumulated in the liver. Over time, it ... -
Statistical Justification: Is racial profiling based on accurate statistics justified?
(2019-07-01)My thesis is about whether we are justified to apply accurate information about a group onto an individual in the group. More specifically, it’s motivated by our different intuitions towards the following two cases. I have ... -
Stepping into Academia: First-Year Students' Experiences of Writing at Mount Holyoke
(2013-05-08)It is Mountain Day, and Claire is alone in her dorm room gazing at her laptop. She has been assigned to write an essay in the inductive style, a far cry from the five-paragraph model prevalent in her high school. I don’t ... -
Sticky and Fast: Jumping and Landing of the Cuban Tree Frog (Osteopilus septentrionalis)
(2012-05-18)When landing from a jump or fall, humans and other mammals, such as cats and monkeys, modulate the timing and degree of activation of limb muscles in mid-air in response to fall height. Recent work revealed the presence ... -
Stonybrook Child Care Center
(2008)All building footprints were obtained from Facilities Management and are updated annually as necessary. -
Stoppard Gone Wilde: The Invention of Identity
(2011-02-16)Tom Stoppard is arguably best-known for two works the play "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead" (1967) and the film "Shakespeare in Love" (1998) that draw on the works of William Shakespeare. What many people don't ... -
Stories from the Workplace
(2011-05-11)My collection of short stories has stemmed from a concept that I have struggled with in both my English and Politics courses here at Mount Holyoke College. The idea boils down to the concept of value. My short story ... -
Straight from the Horse’s Body: Reimagining Training through Classical Dressage
(2017-07-05)In this thesis, I critique the concept of training as it is conventionally defined and then expand the potential for training by reimagining it through using concepts found in classical dressage. Dressage, an ancient art ... -
Strategy or Identity? An Analysis of the Adoption and Implementation of Voter Suppression by the Republican Party
(2022-06-06)Democracy has been considered to be at the core of the American ethos since the country’s founding, though the privilege of civic participation has never been equally accessible. In particular, large populations in the ... -
Stratigraphy and Geochemistry of a Fond St. Jean Cinder Cone, Dominica
(2018-07-02)Dominica is an independent island nation located in the central portion of the Lesser Antilles Island arc, a magmatic arc that results from subduction of the South American Plate beneath the Caribbean Plate (Smith et al. ... -
The strays of Moscow: and other stories
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Stress and the Pandemic
(2022-06-09)This study aimed to investigate if there are any differences in stress levels between college students who were part of the BIPOC community versus their White counterparts after the COVID-19 pandemic. 20 participants ... -
Structural and Vibrational Investigation of Römerite Under Icy Satellite and Martian Temperature Conditions
(2022-07-05)In the ongoing study of planetary and satellite compositions, spectral data collected from planetary surfaces are often compared to laboratory spectra of minerals collected under Earth’s atmospheric conditions. However, ... -
Structural Changes in Oxygen-Deficient Double Perovskite, Sr2CaSbO5.5
(2020-05-05)In order to develop a more efficient cathode oxygen vacancy conduction fuel cell, it is important to understand the oxygen vacancy structure and conduction in perovskites and double perovskites. Previous research using a ... -
Studies
(2016-06-20)A collection of original poems composed over the past three semesters. Each began as a weekly study centered around an active detailed image. Most focus on natural subjects and play within the limits of rhyme or a syllabic ...