This thesis looks at the impact of community building on student
achievement. The theoretical framework stems from Akerlof and
Kranton's paper on how student identity impacts schooling outcomes.
By combining economic ...
An examination of student's epistemologies revealed a central theme around explanation and
communication that was at the center of how students conceptualized models and their roles in
biology. This theme emerged as ...
One of the most robust findings in psycho linguistics is that object-extracted relative
clauses (ORCs) are more difficult to process than subject-extracted relative clauses (SRCs)
(Traxler, Morris, & Seely, 2002; King & ...
As the public school populations all over the United States continue to change to
include more linguistically diverse student demographics, English language education
continues to show many of the issues that it has faced ...
Livestock herders in Mongolia are adapting to a new era of change due to climatic, political, and economic shifts. I conducted case study research in three regions of Mongolia. I listen closely to these herder responses ...
Study abroad is an increasingly important aspect of the American college experience and
many colleges and universities are interested in increasing its access along social class and racial lines.
This study analyzed ...
Drawing on anthropological work on the social and culture significance affixed to
the presentation and modification of the body, particularly the male body, my thesis analyzes the medical and social discourse surrounding ...
In this thesis, I conceptualize and analyze the distinctions between three kinds of public art in Philadelphia (murals, street art, and graffiti) using interviews that I conducted with various individuals from the Philadelphia ...
In this thesis, I utilize autoethnography, textual and social media analysis to
analyze the novel Guapa, and the cancellation of a Mashrou' Leila concert in Amman,
Jordan in the Spring of 20 16, both in the context of ...
One in three women will have an abortion by age forty-five, yet the majority of women in the United States will not be able to simply go to their primary care doctor to have an abortion. Instead, they will have to navigate ...
Taking part in much broader environmental and climate movements, the environmental nongovernmental organizations (ENGOs) considered in this study exist in relative proximity to one another as they navigate a field of ...