Birth in the context of the United States continues to be stratified among a number of markers, including race as one of the most pronounced areas of disparity between the maternal health of white women and women of color ...
This thesis pays close attention to the insights provided by affective responses and emotional states to interrogate the overinvestment in classical music education in the United States. Through autoethnographic reflection ...
Historically, concepts and values of health have primarily focused on physical health without considering the implications that mental health has on physical health and general well-being. With growing conversations about ...
Cultural competence refers to the ability to identify cross-cultural expressions of illness and health, and to thus counteract the marginalization of patients by race, ethnicity, social class, religion, sexual orientation, ...
This project emerged from many questions and emotions I've grappled with through my lived experiences, but are particularly relevant today. As more anti-Asian violence has garnered the attention of people worldwide, it is ...
This auto-ethnographic thesis aims to uncover the complex lives of four familial women, cross generationally, to see how patriarchal structures have influenced not only their outlook on life, and femininity, but their ...
Many people turn to religion when they are forced to face the realities of death and dying. Even individuals who have maintained a casual or agnostic relationship with religion throughout their lives may participate in ...
This thesis studies the different contexts behind and understandings of the term "Filipinx", which is intended to be a gender-inclusive alternative to "Filipino" but is now a controversial topic that is largely divided ...
Slow Boat to China is a film about diasporic body and diasporic consciousness. I casted myself and my friend, Margin Zheng, to together capture a sense of solitude and rootlessness that are entangled with both dream and ...
In this project, I use autoethnography to explore contradiction and community emergent in the queer and girl skate scene from 2017 to 2021. With a focus on my experiences in skate meet-ups, and perceptions of media and ...
The reign of the Muslim empire of Al-Andalus in the Iberian Peninsula, which started in 711, ended in 1492 with the Reconquista ofthe city of Granada by the Catholic Monarchs. Today Granada's tourism is central to its ...
Puentes de Salud is a non-profit migrant health organization that addresses structural violence surrounding access to health, education, and social services for the immigrant community in South Philadelphia. This project ...
This thesis investigates the history and impacts of policing at Haverford College, focusing on the institutional security force known as Campus Safety. Taking an abolitionist anthropological approach (Shange 2019) heavily ...
The close temporal proximity of the FIFA hijab ban and 2016 U17 Women's World Cup in Jordan played a significant, but under-researched role in the development of women's football in Jordan. The 2016 World Cup was both the ...
Philadelphia's Chinatown began when Lee Fong built the first Chinese-owned laundromat in Philadelphia. Once a bachelor society for families trying to flee anti-Chinese sentiment in the West, Philadelphia's Chinatown consisted ...
This project looks at the intersection between race, national identity, and music within my film, BOMPLÉ, and a récit stemming from an ethnographic encounter during the production process of BOMPLÉ. The film shows the ...
African Americans' experiences of racial and gender-related stress and discrimination negatively impact their behaviours and emotions related to their health care during pregnancy 6 that is deeply rooted in the United ...
Western medicine often invalidates and marginalizes the knowledge and health practices that come from low-income communities of color. This invalidation is dangerous as it negates the power of these communities and does ...
In this thesis I provide historical contextualization of contemporary Church doctrine and official statements, as well as explore the transitional moments in the church's history as shown by General Conference talks and ...
Legal precedent is an integral, yet often overlooked, factor in producing social change. Through an interdisciplinary approach, I utilize a legal textual analysis of the asylum case Matter of A-B- in order to make visible ...