Abstract of: “I just feel no matter what you lack, nobody should be treated differently”: Understanding Discrimination in Food Assistance Programs, by Sarah Blau, MPH, …
Universities were among the most consequential institutions of the later middle ages, but in their formative years their success was threatened by the vehement critiques …
"'Inflamed by Daily Practices': John Cassian and Ethical Formation" is the first inter-disciplinary treatment of the ethical program fostered by the fifth-century Christian ascetic John …
Why do some citizens pursue civic engagement after exposure to violence while others retreat from civic life? Existing theories point toward the trauma of victimization. …
Background: Research shows that sexual and reproductive health (SRH) care providers lack training in the provision of care to marginalized groups of U.S. women, including …
In the 1910s, groups of middle-class women began organizing voluntary youth organizations to provide a blend of recreation, spirituality, patriotism, and character development for America's …
Abstract of “MELODRAMMA,” MARKET AND MODERNITY: OPERA IN LATE NINETEENTH-CENTURY ITALY by MICHELA RONZANI, Ph.D., Brown University, May 2015. My dissertation “Melodramma,” Market, and Modernity: …
Affective valence influences both our cognition and our perception of the world. For example, the speed and quality with which we recognize objects in a …
This paper analyzes whether the rise in anti-Muslim attitudes in Northwestern Europe is also expressed in disparate treatment of Muslims in the labor market. While …
During King Philip's War (1675-1676) in New England, English colonists and a small number of enslaved Africans and "friendly" Indians used dwelling houses as places …
Contemporary political theorists have tended to ignore the question of parental authority in their exploration of the nature and origins of political authority. Nevertheless, seminal …
This paper analyzes the career of Panamanian boxer Roberto Durán during the 1970s and 1980s. It seeks to understand how and why Americans' perception of …
Despite having by international standards some of the most extensive socio-economic rights in the world, refugees and asylum seekers in South Africa are consistently unable …
This thesis consists of two studies related to kidney disease. The first paper explored the prevalence and risk factors for proteinuria, an early marker for …
Abstract of “‘Remembering is Just Another Way of Knowing’: Place, Culture, Hauntings in the Afterlives of Japanese American Redress,” by Erin Kathleen Dwyer Aoyama, Ph.D., …
This project analyzes the John Birch Society's opposition to the Black freedom movement from its founding in 1958 to the early 1970s, treating the Society's …
Formerly incarcerated individuals face a host of social and medical barriers to reintegrating sustainability into society. A novel intervention of customizable form letters written by …
