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The Future of Democracy: Perception of Corruption and Youth Participation
(2019-11-01)
The majority of scholars are pointing out the alienation of young people from the political arena. Are young people really politically apathetic, disengaged and cynical? Do young people practice their given democratic ...
Evaluation Biases Regarding Gender Norm Violators
(2017-09-14)
People who fail to conform to gender norms are often the subject of prejudice and ostracism. It was hypothesized that resume applicants who violated gender norms in multiple categories (facial appearance and communication ...
The Social Functions and Implications of Voseo in Quito, Ecuador: A Linguistic and Anthropological Account
(2011-04)
The purpose of this study is to provide a linguistic and anthropological analysis of the social complexities of voseo—the use of the second-person singular pronoun vos— in Quito Ecuador.
The Lasting Effects of Language Acquisition: Testing Cognitive Abilities after L2 Attrition
(2019-11-01)
Decades of psycholinguistic research have attempted to determine whether a “bilingual advantage” exists for cognitive abilities (e.g., Bialystok & Craik, 2010; Cummins, 1977; for a meta-analysis, see Grundy & Timmer, 2017). ...
“To work, write, sing and fight for women’s liberation”: Proto-Feminist Currents in the American Left, 1946-1961
(2011-04)
This thesis is an exploration of feminist
thought in the radical Left circles of postwar America prior to the well-documented surge in activism for gender equality in the 1960s and 1970s.
Ann Batten Cristall and the Lyrical Sketch: The Influence of Eighteenth-Century Aesthetics on Lyric Performativity
(2015-09-18)
There is only a small body of scholarship on British Romantic poet Ann Batten Cristall who published one collection, Poetical Sketches, in 1795. This thesis analyzes the songs of her diverse collection, which have yet to ...
Treating Bones: The Intersection of Archaeology And Conservation
(2013-04-30)
Developed to house and preserve the world’s material heritage, museums and other collecting institutions currently store billions of artifacts in their reserves. Unfortunately, the objects in museum storage, especially ...
Arab American Women’s Ethnic Identity and Religiosity: Their Relationship to Perceived Discrimination and Psychological Wellbeing
(2017-05-08)
Following the recent events around the world, there has been a heightened sense of hostility towards the Muslim community. Now, more than ever it seems, there has been tension caused by unfortunate acts of racial, ethnic, ...
The Effects of Evaluative Feedback on Novel-Task Self-Efficacy and Future Performance
(2016-02-05)
There is a significant amount of research in the literature that has explored the effects of evaluative feedback on an individual’s self-efficacy and performance on a familiar task, yet there is little that has investigated ...