The aims of this dissertation are twofold: (1) to expose the limitations of the dominant theories of democracy as regards the relationship between universal democratic …
This dissertation examines the implications of envy for the interplay between economic development, institutions, and culture. It offers a unified theoretical framework which shows how …
This dissertation explores fundamental questions concerning the origins of population diversity and its implications for societal inequality, the role of a predisposition towards human capital …
Chapter 1 analyzes the impact of migration on long-run economic development. In particular, I study the European migration to Argentina in the late nineteenth century. …
Using an original data set that includes interviews with 27 Asian-Latino respondents, I inform sociological understandings of identity formation related to dual-minority biracial youth. Through …
Introduction: Hookah smoking is considered by many Middle Eastern, North African, and South Asian individuals to be a cultural tradition. However, research on the cultural …
This interdisciplinary project explores how theatre as a liberal art can promote critical pedagogies of foreign language and culture that value the development of our …
This Dissertation explores the interaction of performance and warfare in the framework of colonial and post-colonial times. The issues in question unfold in relationship with …
In the United States, professors at research universities routinely make hiring decisions about their peers. This study asks, how do elite research professors justify hiring …
The present study aims to present a more holistic analysis of queer identity development milestones by considering the impacts of intersecting social identities and generational …
This thesis discusses the many different musics of Boston, focusing on the participants and regulators of its soundscape and the cultural power exerted by the …
The thesis explores the histories of five displaced communities in Providence: The Narragansett Tribe, Colonial Black Heritage, Chinatown, Lippitt Hill, and Fox Point. Each of …
This senior thesis project explores the complicated intersection of food and culture, diabetes, biopower, and identity. Based on ethnographic fieldwork conducted in an endocrinology clinic …