The Watson School of International and Public Affairs Theses and Dissertations

Theses and Dissertations for the The Watson School of International and Public Affairs department.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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