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 …
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 dissertation explores the topic of fictive kinship – defined as a deep, personal connection between two or more individuals which is not biologically or …
Since 2020, the conservative “parents’ rights” movement has waged far-right challenges in education, presenting a unique threat to schools’ ability to teach progressive views on …
Paper 1: Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status and Major Depressive Disorder: The New England Family Study ABSTRACT Objective: Approximately 350 million people of all ages live with …
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 …
Representative of the phenomenon of media convergence felt across the globe, the state of contemporary Japanese animation (or anime) is characterized by the proliferation, interrelation …
Honors thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for graduating with the degree of Bachelor of Arts with Honors in the Public Health Concentration, …
This dissertation comprises three chapters studying how the healthcare system and health policies work. Chapter 1 examines the effects of primary care physicians' (PCP) retirement …
This thesis will focus on the experiences of Mexican American migrant working children throughout the U.S. from the 1940s to the 1980s. The central argument …
Children in developing countries face a myriad of hardships including poverty, household economic shocks, and high disease burden. These adverse conditions curtail children’s human capital …
