This thesis traces the development of carceral feminist logics in the Rhode Island mainstream feminist movement, beginning in the 1970s with feminism’s second wave and …
As the Cold War ended and a "New World Order" emerged, elites in the U.S. and Mexico created a continental economic arrangement, integrating national economies …
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Black residents of Providence, Rhode Island, organized the city’s Black Power movement, a local expression of the international …
When asked to picture a Peace Corps volunteer, most of us summon to mind earnest young people—inexperienced, perhaps, but passionate and energetic. We imagine them …
This dissertation investigates how communities and advocacy groups in Appalachia, Maine, and Alaska use biomonitoring to work toward environmental health and justice. Biological monitoring, or …
In 1988, social movement struggles for re-democratization in Brazil succeeded in enshrining a new constitution that promised universal and equal access to public health care …
My thesis examines United States intersex activist history from the 1990s beginnings of the intersex movement through present-day activism that harnesses social media and the …
What does it mean to “become” American? And, how do political and social context affect this process? This dissertation begins to answer these questions, with …
This thesis attempts to bridge together seemingly disparate scholarly thoughts—the legacies of U.S. interventions into Asia, past and present American immigration policy, the American family, …
This dissertation argues that the search for a usable past has been a<br/> fundamental part of women’s activism and re-examines American <br/> feminism through the lens …
A project originating from a large-scale research paper in 2014, The Politics of Ambiguity explores the ambiguous networks of Turkish society and social movements in …
This dissertation uses ethnography and archival research conducted between 2016 and 2020 to explore the myriad ways Black LGBT activists construct communal political ideologies work …
Little historical research has examined the conceptions of students regarding the international during the Mexico City popular-student movement of 1968, a year that has been …
Why have people across the world turned towards populist politics? What are the impacts of populism on democracy? In contrast to typical top-down explanations for …
In this dissertation, I untangle how racialization affects the imagination. I ask, "How are visions of the future constructed, reconfigured, and implemented?" Contemporary debates in …