Brown University Theses and Dissertations

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Computation beyond Neurons: A mechanistic proposal for the integration of vascular to neural signaling in dopaminergic axons

Description:
Information processing in the brain serves to meet body needs—to adapt behavior to best create the behaviors that will address the needs of the system. …
Year:
2020
Contributor:
Rana, Chahat (creator)
Moore, Christopher (thesis advisor)
Jones, Stephanie (reader)
Fleischmann, Alexander (reader)
Brown University. Independent Concentrations (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
Computational neuroscience
Dopamine
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Exploring the locomotive effects of Stat92E knockdown in Drosophila

Description:
The aim of our study was to determine if the gene Stat92E influenced locomotion in response to alcohol exposure. Previous research suggested that Stat92E may …
Year:
2021
Contributor:
Wright II, Raffee A. (creator)
Kaun, Karla (thesis advisor)
O'Conner-Giles, Kate (reader)
Brown, Tariq (reader)
Brown University. Independent Concentrations (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
Alcoholism
Genetics
Substance abuse
Drosophila melanogaster--Genetics
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How Do We Make a World? Hannah Arendt, the Khoi-San, and the Problems of Alterity and Humanism

Description:
This thesis follows parallel concerns with what the world is (a question of alterity) and how the world should be (a question of freedom). I …
Year:
2020
Contributor:
Bielenberg, Aliosha (creator)
Steinberg, Michael (thesis advisor)
Jacobs, Nancy (reader)
Preucel, Robert (reader)
Brown University. Independent Concentrations (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
Humanism
Postcolonialism
Arendt, Hannah, 1906-1975
Other (Philosophy)
Khoikhoi (African people)
San (African people)
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Language as a Tool of Scapegoatism: Politically Engendered Characterizations of Migrant Women in an Era of Diversionist Racism

Description:
In the last decade, millions of immigrants in the United States have been the subject of discursive violence engendered and perpetuated by policy and the …
Year:
2021
Contributor:
Nájera-Uresti, Florín (creator)
Sobral, Patricia (thesis advisor)
López-Sanders, Laura (reader)
Polatty, David (reader)
Brown University. Independent Concentrations (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
Human rights
Women
Emigration and immigration
Critical race theory
Migration
Forced migration
Migrant Women
Critical discourse analysis
Linguistic analysis (Linguistics)
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Postmarks: The Life and Legacy of the United States Postal Service

Description:
A yearlong investigative data journalism project that explores the history, operations, and implications of the USPS in American society from colonial times to today. Includes …
Year:
2021
Contributor:
Ruzicka, Emilia M. (creator)
Welch, Leslie (thesis advisor)
Readey, Jonathan (reader)
Clark, Linda (reader)
Brown University. Independent Concentrations (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
United States
Data
Investigative Journalism
Journalism
United States Postal Service
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The Essentiality of Playing Pretend: Imagination, Creativity, and Theatre-Based Teaching Artistry in the Early Childhood Virtual Classroom

Description:
This thesis is an exploration of teaching artistry and the role of the imagination in early childhood education as it exists online. Part response to …
Year:
2021
Contributor:
Cavicchi, Bella (creator)
Sobral, Patrícia (thesis advisor)
Landay, Eileen (reader)
Snyder, Laura (reader)
Brown University. Independent Concentrations (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
Theater
Teaching
Early childhood education
Imagination in children
Creativity
Play
Collection:
Office of the Dean of the College
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The Framing fo State-Level Climate Policy

Description:
This thesis analyzes the framing of state-level climate policy (renewable portfolio standards) in the US. Quantitative analysis involves topic modeling of newspaper articles which mention …
Year:
2020
Contributor:
Garth, Ann D. (creator)
Roberts, Timmons (thesis advisor)
Lynch, Amanda (reader)
Brulle, Robert (reader)
Brown University. Independent Concentrations (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
Frames (Sociology)
Climate change mitigation
Climatic changes--Law and legislation
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