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Hip Hop as Ironic Faith: Rappers Performing as Totemic Prophets through Trickster Figures
(2023-10-25)
Hip hop is often treated as music, or a form of performance. Yet hip hop heads do more than just listen to songs. They engage with the lyrics as words of wisdom and apply those teachings to their day-to-day lives. Such ...
Counter Culture: Liberation in the Diner throughout American Cinema, Post-WWII to Present Day
(2023-10-26)
This thesis examines the representation of diners in Hollywood films from post World War II America to present day and the messages in which those representations have evolved to convey a broader message of liberation ...
Fostering Physics Comprehension in Secondary School Students
(2023-12-19)
Science's pivotal role in advancing human civilization underscores its significance. Metacognition –-understanding how we think about our thinking –proves pivotal in achieving groundbreaking discoveries in science. Achieving ...
Factors of Climate Change and Their Influence on Lyme Disease Infection Rates
(2023-12-15)
Lyme disease is carried solely by the Blacklegged Tick, or Ixodes scapularis,
which transmit it from host animal to host animal. I. scapularis causes most Lyme
disease infections as they are the best at feeding on animals ...
Colonial Impact on Cultural Disconnection: Literary Interpretations of Loss Of indigenous Cultures from Loss of Ancestral Lands
(2024-01-08)
This thesis focuses on the loss of culture and heritage arising from the loss of ancestral lands as a result of racist environmental policies. The research is comprised of analysis of three literary works, Tracks by Louise ...
Teacher expectancies and student social emotional learning post-pandemic
(2024-01-05)
The integration of social and emotional learning (SEL) in P-12 classrooms may
impact student psychological, social, behavioral, and academic outcomes. The present
paper examined teachers’ beliefs about SEL, their perceptions ...
Seems Pretty Real: An Examination of 9/11’s Impact on the American Post-Apocalyptic Novel
(2024-01-04)
The September 11th, 2001, terror attacks delivered a shock to the American identity that began manifesting itself in early 21st century post-apocalyptic novels. Unlike similar works written by American authors in the ...
Novel Excerpt: Paulownia
(2023-12-15)
This project is an excerpt from a full-length novel in progress. In the space of one
year, the novel explores the essence of family; from the lifelong impact of childhood
traumas, and the commonplace yet lasting imprint ...
Pigeons of Krakow: A Flightless Comedy
(2024-01-10)
The following is a play about pigeons. Any resemblance to pigeons living or dead is purposive. Six pigeons strut their stuff and philosophize and argue throughout the day while one of their number plots and builds a ...
Sacred Nature: Metaphysics of Place in William Blake, Emily Dickinson and Seamus Heaney
(2024-01-04)
Abstract
William Blake, Emily Dickinson and Seamus Heaney are read as practitioners of ecopoetry (in Jonathan Bate’s phrase) and ecotheology. Where each poet locates the sacred is plotted against their depictions of the ...