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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 ... -
Identity and Meaning in an Unimagined Future: The Effects of Life-Altering Physical Disability Acquired During Emerging Adulthood
(2020-05-22)Emerging Adulthood is the term that developmental psychologists use to describe the stage of life in between adolescence and adulthood. During these years, individuals determine their core values and find their place of ... -
Identity correlates of academic achievement : how influential are self, academic and ethnic identity statuses among college students?
(, 2012-11-29)The purpose of the study was to examine the effect of different identity statuses on academic achievement among a sample of students attending a community college. There were three identities of interest: ego, academic ... -
Identity Politics: Its Epistemology, Moral Framework, and Implications for Democracy
(2021-05-18)Identity politics has become a contentious and influential issue of American politics, but insufficient attention has been paid to how it may affect democracy and democratic norms. Primarily by means of a close reading of ... -
An Ideological War on Terror: Deradicalization Programs and the Future of Counterterrorism
(2018-05-21)The rise of radical Islamist extremism has plagued the international community throughout the 21st century. More than 32,000 people died as a direct results of terrorist activity in 2014 alone, and that year terrorism cost ... -
Idols and Empire: Preludes to Philosophy of Art in Early Christianity
(2019-05-21)Prior to the eruption of the Iconoclastic Controversy in the eighth century, complex traditions of artistic practices and theories had begun to emerge in Christian communities throughout the Roman world. As a minority ... -
"If I am not for myself, who is for me?" : an examination of legal and ethical considerations concerning LGBTQ+ populations and collections in museums.
(2020-04-30)The shift in institutional purpose from recreation to education in the 20th century forced museums to reconcile their collections and interpretations with modern, diverse audiences. Now in the 21st century, museums are ... -
If I see, let me see double.
(2018-11-27)If I See, Let Me See Double is comprised of four essays, including one critical introduction and three creative nonfiction pieces, which consider the concept of negative space. The introduction places the theme of negative ... -
"If I were a woman" : gendered artifice on the Shakespearean stage.
(2016-08-03)This is a dissertation about different types of cross-dressed performance in Shakespearean drama. Throughout this project, I argue for a more nuanced reading of the performance of female characters on the English Renaissance ... -
“If Only My Coworker Was More Ethical”: When Ethical and Performance Comparisons Lead to Negative Emotions, Social Undermining, and Ostracism
(Springer Nature, 2018-03-21)Drawing on social comparison theory, we investigate employees’ ethical and performance comparisons relative to a similar coworker and subsequent emotional and behavioral responses. We test our theoretically driven hypotheses ... -
If only we were Ageless and Immortal: Human Existence under the Immanence and Transcendence of the Gods of the Iliad
(2020-05-21)Homer’s portrayal of the gods in the Iliad has long been a source of scandal. Traditionally problematic depictions of the gods have been those that attest to their divine immanence, their similarity to human beings in ... -
If the Shoe Fits: A Cultural Analysis of Cinderella
(2021-05-20)"Cinderella" is one of the most recognizable stories of all time. Universally beloved and the inspiration for countless retellings, she has touches hearts across the world with her goodness and kindness. This story has ... -
“If to speak meant to repeat myself” : repetition in the later poetry of Louise Glück.
(, 2014-01-28)Louise Glück’s poetry is known for its affinity for change; each of Glück’s eleven poetic collections intentionally departs from her previous work, and Glück herself has written of her desire not to “repeat” herself. I ... -
If We Build it Will They/Should They Come: Implementing PlumX at Baylor University” (Lightening Talk)
(2018-04-04)Describing in 24 slides and 7 minutes the process of implementing, evaluating, and maintaining PlumX (altmetric service) at Baylor University. -
If You Build It, Will They Come? Associations Among Willingness to Use Social Media and mHealth Apps for Substance Use Treatment in an Adolescent Sample
(2022-05-18)The ubiquitous use of smartphones and social media by adolescents makes mHealth an accessible platform for substance use treatment. In fact, there is growing research examining the use of digital platforms for the delivery ... -
Illuminating masterpieces : the Martin Museum of Art Collections Crowdsourcing Project.
(2014-06-11)The Martin Museum of Art Collections Crowdsourcing Project was designed to assist in researching and managing the museum’s permanent collection. With a small staff and obligatory demands of basic collections care, changing ... -
Illuminating This Random World
(2018-05-21)Steven Dietz’s play This Random World shows the lives of seven people, some of whom have no idea how closely connected they are. I was the lighting designer for Baylor University Theatre’s production of this work, which ... -
Illustrating the History and Hypocrisy of the Abortion Industry
(2022-05-20)The abortion debate is one on the front of the American mind today, especially with the Supreme Court hearing the case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, a direct challenge to Roe v. Wade. Emotional defenses ... -
Image compression and recovery using compressive sampling and particle swarm optimization.
(2009-08-25)We present a novel method for sparse signal recovery using Particle Swarm Optimization and demonstrate an application in image compression. Images are compressed with compressive sampling, and then reconstructed with ... -
The Image of Christ in Thomas Hardy's Poetry of Progress
(2012-04-25)Although many scholars discuss the importance of Christian images in Thomas Hardy’s poetry, most conclude that the ideas and images of the Christian faith were ultimately inadequate for Hardy in his attempts to find hope ...