The Watson School of International and Public Affairs Theses and Dissertations

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A Home for the Liberal Ideal: Brown University Housing Policy & the East Side of Providence, 1937-1997

Description:: A few short decades ago, working class communities, communities of color, and immigrant communities thrived in neighborhoods abutting Brown University’s campus on the East Side …
Year:: 2020
Contributor:: Pettit, Nathaniel P. (creator); Levitas, Anthony (thesis advisor); Bull, Marijoan (reader); Sungu-Eryilmaz, Yesim (reader); Brown University. Public Policy (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: Brown University; Rhode Island; Housing; displacement; Homelessness
Language:: English
Collection:: Public Policy; Theses and Dissertations

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An Analysis of How K-12 Educational Experiences Affect Black Women in Higher Education

Description:: The present thesis examines the K-12 educational experiences of Black undergraduate women to better inform education policy. Much of education literature on Black girls highlights …
Year:: 2023
Contributor:: Tukpah, Nailah (creator); Levitas, Anthony (thesis advisor); Chaney, Mahasan (reader); Murphy, Kiana (reader); Brown University. Public Policy (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: Education; Women, Black; race; Teenage girls, Black--Social conditions; K-12
Language:: English
Collection:: International and Public Affairs; Theses and Dissertations; The Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs

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From Principle to Policy: Tracing the Equal Rights Amendment's Role in Congressional Equal Pay Discourse, 1962-1982

Description:: The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) is the only amendment authored by one generation, adopted by another, and fully ratified by yet another. This long historical …
Year:: 2025
Contributor:: Hamilton, Mia Jacqueline (creator); Pinglé, Vibha (thesis advisor); Moffitt, Susan (reader); Brown University. Public Policy (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: Feminism; Constitutional amendments; Equal rights amendments; Pay equity; Text data mining
Language:: English
Collection:: The Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs; Theses and Dissertations; International and Public Affairs

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Invisible Children and the Invisible Effect? An Analysis of the Implementation of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act

Description:: This thesis investigates the effectiveness of the implementation of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (MVHAA) through case studies of New York and Pennsylvania. The MVHAA …
Year:: 2021
Contributor:: Vakil, Mandana M. (creator); Levitas, Anthony (thesis advisor); Kraft, Matthew (reader); Muhammad, Faatimah (reader); Brown University. Public Policy (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: Education; Policy; Homelessness; Inequality; Policy Analysis
Language:: English
Collection:: The Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs; Theses and Dissertations

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Making Personalized Learning Personal: Keys to Success in Vermont's Flexible Pathways Initiative

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Description:: Personalized learning (PL) has become a hot topic in education discourse for its potential to tailor students’ learning to their individual skills and interests. Drawn …
Year:: 2020
Contributor:: Lehrer-Small, Asher L. (creator); Moffitt, Susan (thesis advisor); Brown University. Public Policy (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: Education; Vermont
Language:: English
Collection:: Public Policy; Theses and Dissertations

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Making Youth Pre-Arrest Diversion Work: Lessons for Rhode Island from Los Angeles, Philadelphia and Cambridge

Description:: Contact with the juvenile justice system functions as a negative health exposure, and the trauma of arrest can have long term impacts for youth: students …
Year:: 2020
Contributor:: Marcus, Becki (creator); Levitas, Anthony (thesis advisor); Weber, Benjamin (reader); Brown University. Public Policy (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: Public health; Student movements; Youth; Diversion; Juvenile Justice; Police; Systems Change
Language:: English
Collection:: Public Policy; Theses and Dissertations

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Negotiating Symbolic Citizenship to Safeguard Democracy: Immigration and Democratic Consolidation in the Case of South Korea

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Description:: Demographic change, driven by immigration, is renewing debates over who belongs in society. However, scholars have overlooked how these debates influence democratic consolidation, or democratic …
Year:: 2023
Contributor:: Lee, Annette Y. (creator); Elliott, Claudia (thesis advisor); Wang, Hye-Sook (reader); Brown University. Public Policy (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: immigration; democratic consolidation; political culture; Democracy; Social integration
Language:: English
Collection:: International and Public Affairs; Theses and Dissertations; The Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs

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Oil Companies and Environmental Nonprofits’ Unlikely Partnership: A Large-scale Text Analysis of Climate Delay Rhetoric in Environmental Nonprofit Discourse

Description:: Since the 1920s, corporations have used their surplus revenues to fund foundations and support nonprofits. Their efforts gradually grew more “strategic” as they realized their …
Year:: 2022
Contributor:: Lowden, Finnian M. (creator); Levitas, Anthony (thesis advisor); Roberts, Timmons (reader); Wetts, Rachel (reader); Brown University. Public Policy (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: Nonprofit organizations; Charities; oil companies
Language:: English
Collection:: Public Policy; Theses and Dissertations

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Prosecutorial Decision Making in Domestic Violence Cases: A comparative analysis of enforcement systems

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Description:: Despite significant reforms in the 1960s, domestic violence remains a serious cause of injury and financial insecurity for American women. Scholars have proposed two reforms …
Year:: 2022
Contributor:: Hodges, Claire L. (creator); Levitas, Anthony (thesis advisor); Schiller, Wendy (reader); Gabinet, Arthur (reader); Brown University. Public Policy (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: New Mexico; Intimate partner violence; Women--Violence against; Women's rights; Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (United States); Family violence; Women--Violence against--Government policy; Women--Violence against--Prevention; Prosecution; Women--Crimes against; Victims of crimes; Victim; Prosecutor
Language:: English
Collection:: Public Policy; Theses and Dissertations

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School Choice, Self-Sorting, and the Pursuit of Equitable Education in Portland, Maine

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Description:: School choice has a long and checkered history in American education policy. This thesis examines the effects of school choice and self-sorting in a progressive …
Year:: 2024
Contributor:: Pierce, Siri A. (creator); Levitas, Anthony (thesis advisor); Flores, Andrea (reader); Brown University. Public Policy (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: Race relations; School choice; School integration; education policy; Maine--Portland
Language:: English
Collection:: The Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs; Theses and Dissertations

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The Dismissal: An Analysis of the Democratic Effects of Removal from a Jury Box

Description:: Alexis de Tocqueville famously asserted that the American jury system acts a pathway for ordinary citizens to participate in democratic systems beyond the judiciary. While …
Year:: 2019
Contributor:: Crawford, Kendall (creator); Cheit, Ross (First reader); Weir, Margaret (Second reader); Testa, Paul (Third reader); Brown University. Public Policy (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: Jury
Language:: English
Collection:: Public Policy; Theses and Dissertations

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The New Politics of the Minimum Wage: The Ballot Measure and Preemption

Description:: The federal minimum wage has not risen since 2009, marking the longest period without a federal minimum wage increase since its creation in 1938. As …
Year:: 2020
Contributor:: Charnov, Brandon C. (creator); Armstrong, Benjamin (First reader); Arenberg, Richard (Second reader); Brown University. Public Policy (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: Minimum wage; Referendum; Pre-emption; Wages--U.S. states
Language:: English
Collection:: Public Policy; Theses and Dissertations

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The Uses and Abuses of Digital Personal Data: The Tech Industry vs. User Protection

Description:: With the increased usage of the internet, tech corporations have been able to collect personal data on users that they then use to their advantage. …
Year:: 2020
Contributor:: Saker, Isabella C. (creator); Levitas, Anthony (thesis advisor); Arenberg, Richard (reader); Hurley, Deborah (reader); Brown University. Public Policy (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: Social media; Data protection; High technology industries; Internet--Access control--Government policy; Internet marketing
Language:: English
Collection:: Public Policy; Theses and Dissertations

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