習字 (Graphein) is a series of visual poetic experiments dedicated to an aesthetic computational study of visual and linguistic patterns in Chinese characters. It is …
Using over one million tweets from Spanish speaking Twitter users in South America I aim to analyze in depth the linguistic differences in the region. …
Whether and how does white habitus change when actors make a concerted effort to counteract color-blind racist ideologies and the toxicity of whiteness in their …
How do the concepts and practices of “music” and “community” intersect in the experiences of the various constituencies of a Providence-based music school grounded in …
The objective of this study was to elicit patient perspectives on the experience of living with serious illness while incarcerated. The study was conducted at …
This thesis examines three lesbian-feminist publishing collectives in the United States between 1974 and 1985: New Victoria Printers and Publishers, the Bloodroot Collective, and Persephone …
This study explores the experiences of sex workers within the HIV continuum of care (CoC) that is made up of HIV education, prevention, and treatment …
There is a shortage of work on the role of self-reflection and “spiritual indwelling” (Holmes 2017) in Black healing faith practices, let alone how these …
This project offers a revision to the social historiography of the English Civil Wars and Interregnum. Due to the increase in gendered and sexualized rhetoric …
Background & Aims: The ghettoization of Jews during the Holocaust created a public health crisis of which there has been little study, creating a gap …
This dissertation is a study of the shifting definitions and political currency of nationalism in Brazil from 1955 through the end of the dictatorship (1964-1985). …
Based on original ethnographic research at a refugee resettlement agency, this thesis argues that various systemic contributors to burnout are overlooked in the existing literature. …
Objective The purpose of this qualitative study is to understand the pregnant and postpartum healthcare experiences of Black women in the United States to inform …
This thesis explores the precarious and uncertain position of slaves in Marseille during the long fourteenth century (approximately 1280-1430). It argues that in Marseille, the …
Background: Studies are clear about the protective nature of a balanced diet and physical activity against chronic conditions, but review of the current literature indicates …
Although the US college is predominantly understood as an environment characterized by heavy substance use, studies have illustrated that about one in every five college …
This thesis explores growing delay in the U.S. Senate’s confirmation of federal judges. After introducing the practices of modern judicial selection, it investigates the institutional …
Purpose: Transgender and gender diverse (abbr. trans) youth are a vulnerable population faced with a disproportionate burden of adverse mental health outcomes. Parental support as …
This dissertation attempts to make sense of several intuitions and apparent inconsistencies in connection with the use of practical "ought" claims under conditions of uncertainty …
This thesis examines women’s synagogues––permanent spaces for women’s prayer that were distinct from the men’s prayer space, either in other rooms of the synagogue or …
The relationship between science and the military is critical to understanding foreign policy decisions and the impact that militaries can have in far-flung regions. More …
This project explores themes of Black community, mobility, and the inclusion of underrepresented narratives in perceptions of space. It positions the Green Book as a …
Background: In South Africa, individuals who visit a healthcare setting during pregnancy are tested for HIV, and if positive, are started on antiretroviral therapy (ART) …
This project is an interdisciplinary analysis of radical care and its employment as a strategy for community resistance. It explores the scholarship of radical care …
Background & Objective: Sexual minority (lesbian, bisexual, and queer) women continue to experience worse mental health outcomes and are more likely to express dissatisfaction with …
Background: Long-term patient engagement and retention in care has been an ongoing challenge within the HIV health system. Many patients who are thought to have …
This project explores the many ways in which women in the Black Panther Party navigated their roles as Black women, mothers, and revolutionaries and theorized …
In my thesis, I investigate the architecture and materiality of cloistered life at Mount Grace Priory, the best preserved Carthusian monastery in England. Although scholars …
This project maps the contours of filial duties in the realm of eldercare and the forces compelling intergenerational performances of care in early modern England. …
In 1715, the British government began the arduous process of integrating the British army’s disciplinary system into the overall institutional infrastructure of the state. Parliament …
As antebellum slavery’s organizing logic was spatial discipline, the elasticity of “geographies of containment” mapped the daily understanding of the institution of racial slavery in …
In Australia during the twentieth century, more than half a million children grew up in out-of-home care, spanning over 800 state-run institutions across the country. …
This thesis presents a systematic review of PHRs and health literacy followed by a mixed method study of Midwifery patients at clinic in Providence, RI.
In the Glorious Revolution of 1688-9, James II was overthrown for attacking the law and institutions in England, and trying to establish Catholic absolutism. Universities …
This thesis is an interdisciplinary study of house music, the rhythmically-focused electronic dance sound born in the post-industrial “maroon” spaces of Chicago’s queer, black, and …
What is photography? This deceptively simple question was foundational to the creation of photographic theory in the early 1970s, and has remained central to scholars …
Background Recently, the Philippines had one of the highest HIV incidence-prevalence ratios globally. Prevention strategies include education, distribution of condoms, and awareness campaigns. The Department …
Over the twelve years of the Salvadoran civil war (1979—1992), the Salvadoran population in the United States grew from roughly 95,000 to more than half …
In telling the place-specific history of the Chicago Bulls, this study argues that sports franchises at the end of the twentieth century shaped and capitalized …
This thesis explores the intellectual history of Jewish feminist prayer over the last third of the twentieth century through the lens of the Brown Women’s …
In recent years, the disproportionate rates of maternal morbidity and mortality in the US within Black communities have drawn more attention to the work of …