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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 ...
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.
Interdistrict Choice Beyond the Classroom: Transfer Student Challenges in Selecting and Attending Suburban Schools of Choice
(2021-05-03)
Interdistrict transfer is the largest form of school choice in the United States, yet little is understood about how students experience these programs on an individual level. This thesis uses two sets of semi-structured ...
Phosphate Analysis and Evidence for Industry at Iklaina: Implications for Mycenaean Economies and State Formation
(2021-05-03)
The intent of this thesis is to gain a better understanding of the settlement organization, site function, and extent of industrial activity at Iklaina, a late Bronze Age Mycenaean site located in southwest Greece, through ...
Variability of Meteoric Water Isotopes in the Great Lakes Region
(2021-05-03)
The hydrological processes that govern water balance in the Great Lakes region are undergoing significant change as shifting climatic conditions continue to impact the area. Meteoric water isotopes (δ18O and δ2H) are an ...
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). ...
Gendered Readings of Urban Folk Music: The Cases of Rembetika and Fado
(2020-07-07)
Greek rembetika and Portuguese fado are traditions of urban folk music which share a variety of historical parallels. In addition to exploring their parallels and differences, this thesis focuses on how attention to gender ...
“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 ...