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Fragments of Revolution: The Jewish Labor Bund and the Making of American Jewish Political Identity
(2020-06-01)How are political identities formed? This thesis takes a historical-institutionalist, process-based view of the phenomenon of political identity formation in the United States, specifically focusing on the mixed impacts ... -
Framing the Issue of Orphans and Vulnerable Children
(2011-02-16)The Framework, published in 2004, presents a series of recommendations designed to strengthen the international response to orphaned and vulnerable children through a range of organizations, institutions and governments. ... -
Frances Perkins Center Internship
(2015-08-24)As the first intern for the Frances Perkins Center, Rebecca Brenner organized and logged the extensive research of Kirstin Downey, author of The Woman Behind the New Deal, for transport to the Mount Holyoke College Archives ... -
Fräulein Doktor Marie Munk – erste Richterin Deutschlands: Eine Fallstudie über das jüdische Bewusstsein und die Pionierarbeit einer Frau am Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts
(2012-06-29)Fräulein Doktor Marie Munk – erste Richterin Deutschlands: Eine Fallstudie über das jüdische Bewusstsein und die Pionierarbeit einer Frau am Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts. “Doctor Marie Munk – the First Female Judge in ... -
Fredscape: Maximalism and Trans Identity
(2022-07-01)I am an interdisciplinary artist working with many materials ranging from handmade paper to craft gems and found objects. Through my senior thesis project I explored maximalism and excess in relation to my trans identity ... -
"Frightful Persecutions" or "Persians Who Protect Us?": Re-examining the Jewish Experience Under Sasanian Rule
(2012-05-23)Under the rule of the Sasanian dynasty (224-651 CE), the last of the Persian empires before the rise of Islam, Jewish scholarship flourished, resulting in the creation of the Babylonian Talmud, which remains one of the ... -
From Bathroom Stalls to "Born This Way": The Rise and Fall of the Punitive Sexuality Regime in 20th Century America
(2021-06-25)How does policy affect identity? This thesis uses the theories of American Political Development to analyze the effects of government action on the identities of citizens, specifically focusing on how policy regimes can ... -
From Bracero to Mojado to Chicano: Farm Labor, Immigration, and Mexican Identity in California Agriculture, 1942-1980
(2015-06-26)The development of California’s large-scale farm industry occurred in the aftermath of World War I. When the United States joined World War II, the domestic labor force ran scarce and the Department of Agriculture brought ... -
From Celluloid to Satellite: The Evolution of the Cinematographic Apparatus in David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest
(2022-07-05)In the near-future corporate dystopia of David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest, mass media isn’t just “bad for you”; it’s apocalyptic, a material threat to subjectivity, signification, communication, and community-building. ... -
From Ichiko to Ma-Kun: The Politics of Baseball in the US-Japan Bilateral Relationship
(2015-06-02)At first glance, baseball, current controversies in the US-Japan bilateral relationship, and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe’s recent increase in international diplomatic visits may appear to have little connection. ... -
From Museums to Math Tutoring: Summer Growth Through Intensive Internships
(2018-03-26)"I made good use of my summer break by working intensively on an internship project and volunteering to help poor and disadvantaged high-school students. First I honed my research skills by exploring how the curiosity and ... -
From Protest Permits to Pepper Spray: Examining Repressive Police Response to Black Lives Matter Demonstrations
(2021-05-13)In summer 2020, the United States witnessed protests that began in Minneapolis in response to the death of George Floyd and spread to cities across the world. Some police responded positively to these demonstrations, ... -
From the Classroom to the Streets: A Fight for Education in Contradictions
(2012-05-11)Can education transform into a social movement? A simple enough question, but one that I asked while researching alternative schools in Buenos Aires. Specifically known as Bachilleratos Populares (Popular Mini-Bachelors ... -
From “Wholesome Discipline” to “Something Fatal”: Portraiture in the Victorian Novel
(2014-06-27)In Victorian England, the biological processes behind the act of seeing were coming under new scrutiny. These changes in the public’s perception of sight, it has been argued, resulted in what Jonathan Crary calls “a massive ... -
Fuel Cells: Optimizing Grain Boundaries in BaZrO3 and Modeling Proton Conduction Using Kinetic Monte Carlo
(2012-05-17)Perovskite oxides have attracted much interest due to their possible use in proton conducting fuel cells. Today fuel cells have the potential to solve some of our nations most pressing problems, such as dependence on foreign ... -
Fuel for the Fire: Biofuels and the Problem of Translation at the Tenth Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity
(Global Environmental Politics, 2014)Since their emergence as a major global concern in the early 2000s, biofuels have proven to be complex, multifaceted, and problematic objects to govern.1 The Convention on Biological Diversity’s (CBD) decision on “Biofuels ... -
Functional Analysis of Inner-Arm Dynein Knockdowns in Trypanosoma brucei
(2011-02-16)African Trypanosomasis is an endemic disease in sub-Saharan Africa caused by infection with the Trypanosoma brucei parasite. These unicellular eukaryotic organisms rely heavily on their single flagellum for movement and ... -
Functionally Illiterate Adults Resolve Reading Difficulties Presented by Lexically Ambiguous Words: An Investigation of the Ability of the Lexical Quality Hypothesis to Describe Differential Reading Skill
(2011-02-16)The present study examined the characteristics of functionally illiterate adult readers reading skill using the Lexical Quality Hypothesis (Perfetti & Hart, 2001). The quality of less skilled adult readers word representations ... -
FY2003-04 recycling report
This data is compiled from weight slips issued by MHC's recycling hauler. The hauler sends the Office of Sustainability monthly spreadsheets organized by day for each different kind of material, which are compiled into ... -
FY2004-05 recycling report
This data is compiled from weight slips issued by MHC's recycling hauler. The hauler sends the Office of Sustainability monthly spreadsheets organized by day for each different kind of material, which are compiled into ...