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Identifying with the Lowly: Jonathan Edwards, Charity, and the Stockbridge Mission.
(2017-05-24)Jonathan Edwards is commonly thought of as a cold but brilliant theologian, a fire-breathing railer, quick to use his genius with words to reprove, a man bookishly removed from the daily concerns of life. However, recent ... -
How to be a Libertarian
(2017-05-24)Can we give an account of free will in terms of the same kind of causal relations that govern all other interactions? I claim we cannot. In what follows, I outline the strongest account of free will of this kind. I then ... -
Medicalizing Childbirth in the 18th Century through the Illustrated Obstetric Anatomy Atlases of William Smellie and William Hunter
(2017-05-24)In the eighteenth century, the unanimous and uncontested authority of female midwives over the birth ritual was subjugated to the emerging profession of the male obstetric physician, which brought with it a new understanding ... -
Race, Class, and Title I Schools: A Critical Analysis of Undergraduate Discursive Practices
(2017-05-24)Do race and class still matter in American society today? Unfortunately, it is likely that race- and class-based biases continue to permeate contemporary society. Colorblind language disguises biases while coded, politically ... -
Targeting Intergenerational Homelessness: Addressing Cognitive Deficits with Parent-Child Intervention Therapy
(2017-05-24)Homelessness is a prevalent problem in modern day society. It is perpetuated by conditions of poverty that contribute to cognitive deficits. These cognitive deficits further the chance of chronic homelessness by decreasing ... -
A Storyteller's Journey
(2017-05-24)This project is a work of reflection on my journey of personal growth as a filmmaker, and the culmination of that growth in the two enclosed films. It explores many of the forces that influenced my path leading up to the ... -
Plautus' Pseudolus: Introduction and Commentary
(2017-05-24)Titus Maccius Plautus is the one of the most renowned Roman playwrights of his era, creating artful comedies that would astound and amaze Roman audiences and even the readers of today. Of the remaining Plautine comedies, ... -
The Pseudo-Ovidian Consolatio ad Liviam de Morte Drusi: Introduction, Translation, and Commentary
(2017-05-24)This thesis constitutes a fresh treatment of the first third (vv. 1-127) of the Consolatio ad Liviam, a Latin elegy of unknown date and authorship which seeks to console the wife of Augustus, Livia, on the death of her ... -
Refugees in Times of Reelection: An Analysis of Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman’s Responses to Jewish Refugees During and After World War II
(2017-05-24)Many individuals hold a false notion that America is a safe haven for refugees, but a closer look at the refugee crisis surrounding World War II (1930-1948) tells a different story; Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) and Harry ... -
No Child Left Behind and Closing the Achievement Gap
(2017-05-24)To what extent was No Child Left Behind successful in its goal of narrowing the achievement gap between white and black students? To better evaluate the success of the legislation, this paper investigates the education ... -
Avalon Burning
(2017-05-24)This short novel is the story of a boy and a girl who discover the magical island of Avalon and accidentally destroy it. Yet as with many stories, that is only the surface. Underneath the magic and monsters lies a simple ... -
Evaluation of Vaccine Antigens Against Lymphatic Filariasis
(2017-05-24)A significant public health concern is the control of parasitic nematodes in order to minimize the burden of lymphatic filariasis in endemic regions. The development of a vaccine is a potentially cost-effective approach ... -
Interactivity in Learning: Using Video Games to Teach Children Correct Sleep Habits
(2017-05-24)Interactivity is an important part of student learning. It involves a pattern of input and response between the student and the educational material as the material itself is presented. New technologies from interactive ... -
Relative Toxicity of Organophosphate Flame Retardants in Embryonic Zebrafish
(2017-05-24)Organophosphate flame retardants (OPFRs) delay ignition of commercial products manufactured in the textile and furniture industries. In the current study, embryonic zebrafish (Danio rerio) were exposed to varying concentrations ... -
Medicine in the Third Reich: An Exploration of Changes in the University of Berlin Medical Department under National Socialism
(2017-05-24)National Socialism caused pervasive ideological shifts in all areas of German culture and education, particularly the medical profession. The attitude of anti-Semitism and the practice of racial hygiene were prevalent, ... -
Matthew 25:31-46 - The Least of These Then and Now
(2017-05-24)In Matthew 25:31-46, the Son of Man gathers all the nations and separates between the sheep and the goats. The criterion for judgments revolves around what one did for the least of these my brethren. In this thesis, I ... -
The Isoperimetric Inequality on Natural Subsets
(2017-05-24)The isoperimetric problem is an exercise of classical geometry posing the following question. If a closed Jordan region on the plane has area A, what is the smallest perimeter that the gure can attain? This question was ... -
Race, The Role Model Effect, and Bias in the Classroom at a Predominantly White Institution
(2017-05-24)Do black students at a PWI experience college differently than other students? If so, in what ways? How can black students’ experiences be improved? If race creates complexities for Black students at a predominantly White ... -
Populism and Its Discontents: Populism on the American Left and Right During the 2016 Election Cycle
(2017-05-24)The 2016 U.S. election broke numerous precedents and revealed an American electorate that is deeply dissatisfied with politics as usual. It was in this milieu of discontent that populist candidates like businessman Donald ... -
Portraits of Compassion: Picturing the Poor in Renaissance Italy
(2017-05-24)At the beginning of the Renaissance, social policy towards the poor was geared only to help Christ’s poor: the orphaned, widowed, and disabled. The working poor received little, if any, assistance, and “false beggars,” or ...
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