Browsing Student Theses and Honors Collection by Title
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"Water, water, everywhere, not a drop to drink": The Impact of Commodification of Water through Social Business on Poverty Alleviation in Rural Bangladesh
(2013-06-18)Water is an abundant natural resource in Bangladesh. Yet around 57 million people living in the Bengal basin lack access to potable water. Pollution and arsenic contamination of groundwater, especially in the rural ... -
"We are strong as men and we cannot be bent": The impact of women's political activism on the transition from British trusteeship to Nigerian self-government between 1914 and 1960.
(2016-06-09)British colonial indirect rule mediated through ethnic divisions, "native" courts, and warrant chiefs led to the deterioration of women's political, social and economic influence in southeastern Nigeria between 1914 and ... -
"We Hid Books in Bags of Sugar": South African Histories in Opposition
(2013-05-05)In this thesis on teacher resistance to apartheid in South Africa, I argue that teaching against the prescribed curriculum constituted a form of subversion to the National Party-led government. Students, teachers and parents ... -
Welfare Reform and Abstinence-Only Sex Education: The Discursive Production of American Ideal Citizenship
(2011-02-16)WELFARE REFORM AND ABSTINENCE-ONLY SEX EDUCATION: THE DISCURSIVE PRODUCTION OF IDEAL CITIZENSHIP Meredith Munn What does it mean to be an American? This query speaks to the heart of American identity: who belongs, ... -
What Is The Effect Of Conflict & Displacement On Fertility? A Case Study Of Northern Uganda
(2016-05-11)The purpose of this thesis is to explore how fertility patterns are affected during conflict. Thus, the question under consideration is: What is the effect of conflict and displacement on fertility patterns? A Case Study ... -
What is the sound of fear?: behavioral responses of white-crowned sparrows (Zonotrichia leucophryus) to synthesized nonlinear acoustic phenomena
(2013-06-20)Fear and anxiety may be adaptive responses to life-threatening situations, and animals may communicate fear to others vocally. Nonlinear phenomena—sounds produced by the desynchronization of vibrations in a sound production ... -
What We Forget to See
(2018-07-02)The world is constructed and built around structures that often go unnoticed. My research revolves around the elements that are the basis of our daily environment. Initially inspired by artists who combine science with the ... -
When Does Warmness Become Warmth? An Investigation of Children's Vocabulary Acquisition Through Their Writing
(2011-02-16)This study examined differences between third and fifth graders in the use of morphologically complex words in written and oral storytelling, as well as how morphological awareness predicted the use of morphologically ... -
"When I Get Home, I'm Fixin' to Stay:" Gender and Domesticity in Post-World War II Musical Westerns
(2011-02-16)Immediately after World War II, Hollywood's major studios released a series of films that can be defined as both musicals and Westerns. Although the Western is a decidedly male-oriented genre, it opens up unprecedented ... -
Where are the Unmarried Women? The Impact of Truth Commissions on Post-Conflict Gender Relations
(2017-05-08)A recent trend in the field of transitional justice has been the inclusion of a gendered perspective to ensure that women’s experiences during war are addressed effectively. For truth commissions in particular, this has ... -
“Where the pillars of the earth are standing:” Centering spiritual, political, and ecological power in Uganda’s Lubigi wetland
(2019-06-27)While most Ugandans remember that Idi Amin was ousted in a war fought by forces of the NRM led by Yoweri Museveni, the healer and python medium Sekyoka Nalubega Muzana Bemba Musota, describes a different war, fought with ... -
Who is Alice? An Analysis of the Character of Alice From the Origins of Her Representation to Surrealist Interpretations
(2019-02-01)This thesis analyses the character of Alice in Lewis Carroll’s, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland through different visual representations of Alice. I discuss John Tenniel’s world famous illustrations, which accompanied the ... -
“Who’s There?”: Designing Sensor-Aided Wearable Assistive Technology for the Visually-Impaired
(2018-05-17)Approximately 4% of the world’s population is visually impaired, with 65% of them over age 50; and an estimate of 90% of them living in low and middle-income countries. While these numbers are shocking, the bigger challenge ... -
Wing Scale Morphology of a Sexually Dimorphic Color Pattern Element in the Butterfly Co-Mimics Heliconius melpomene and Heliconius erato
(2014-07-01)Heliconius, a Neotropical genus of butterfly, has served as a model organism for the study of mimicry since the 19th century. Despite the extensive research conducted on this organism, very little is known about sexually ... -
Women and the Peace and Reconciliation Process in Bosnia and Rwanda: Theoretical Underpinnings and Practical Application
(2011-02-16)A look at the various theoretical aspects of genocide, peace, reconciliation, sexual violence and gender, as well as theoretical arguments for including women in the peace and reconciliation process and the practical ways ... -
The Women in the Picture: A Narrative of Three Uncommon Women
(2011-02-16)THE WOMEN IN THE PICTURE: A NARRATIVE OF THREE UNCOMMON WOMEN Nancie Hazell This project is a triptych of narratives illustrating the lives of the three women who most influenced my life: my aunt, my mother, and ... -
Women, Work, and Expectations: Putting it All Together
(2018-03-26)This longitudinal study examined the relationship between college women’s division of labor expectations and their actual division of labor outcomes, emphasizing expectations of and actual egalitarian marriages. A total ...