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Exploring The Current Poetics Of The Great Lakes Through The Emergent Lens Of Cultural Ecology: The Aesthetics Of Instability/Volatility And Sustainability (Or Survival) In An Ever-Changing Bioregion, Terrance Mccafferty Jul 2019

Exploring The Current Poetics Of The Great Lakes Through The Emergent Lens Of Cultural Ecology: The Aesthetics Of Instability/Volatility And Sustainability (Or Survival) In An Ever-Changing Bioregion, Terrance Mccafferty

Masters Essays

No abstract provided.


Walking On A Chessboard: Ohio Catholicism And The Challenges Of Slavery And Immigration, Corrigan M. Irwin Jul 2019

Walking On A Chessboard: Ohio Catholicism And The Challenges Of Slavery And Immigration, Corrigan M. Irwin

Masters Essays

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Comprehending Just Peacemaking Theory And Its Application To The Rwandan Genocide, Caroli Shao Jul 2019

Comprehending Just Peacemaking Theory And Its Application To The Rwandan Genocide, Caroli Shao

Masters Essays

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Introduction Of Infinite Series In High School Level Calculus, Ericka Bella Jul 2019

Introduction Of Infinite Series In High School Level Calculus, Ericka Bella

Masters Essays

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Algebraic Topics In The Classroom – Gauss And Beyond, Lisa Krance Jul 2019

Algebraic Topics In The Classroom – Gauss And Beyond, Lisa Krance

Masters Essays

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Introducing Genre And Transfer Awareness In First-Year Writing, Sarah Continenza Jul 2019

Introducing Genre And Transfer Awareness In First-Year Writing, Sarah Continenza

Masters Essays

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Introduction Of Candidates And Public Perception - How News Media’S Introduction Of Candidates May Affect Public Perception Of The Candidate, Ian W. Memmer Apr 2019

Introduction Of Candidates And Public Perception - How News Media’S Introduction Of Candidates May Affect Public Perception Of The Candidate, Ian W. Memmer

Masters Essays

This study examines the introduction of candidates in the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election by examining 1,666 online articles in 3 cable news and 3 online newspapers covering the day before their announcement, the day of announcement, and the day following the announcement. The amount of coverage and tone of the articles was examined to determine the effects of agenda setting, media polarization, and first impressions. Results found variation in the amount of coverage given to candidates; online newspapers generally gave more coverage than online cable news; media polarization occurred slightly in favorable coverage of candidates but all candidates received more …


A Commodified Faith: Theodor Adorno’S Culture Industry And Evangelical Catholicism, Francis Boccuzzi Apr 2019

A Commodified Faith: Theodor Adorno’S Culture Industry And Evangelical Catholicism, Francis Boccuzzi

Masters Essays

No abstract provided.


Factors That Predict Success Of A Beaumont Student, Tara Limestoll Apr 2019

Factors That Predict Success Of A Beaumont Student, Tara Limestoll

Masters Essays

This project is an attempt to discover predictors of high school performance through the use of data science techniques and analysis of the Beaumont school 2017-2018 student body. High school success is an important factor for college admission, so being able to forecast a student's performance or identify those in need of assistance is paramount. Analysis shows that there is a strong correlation and predictive quality in the quantitative assessment results examined in this study. While results for both success and failure were significant, predictions of student success measures were more accurate than those of the failure group.


Óscar Romero: A Liberative Model For Engaging With The Homeless In Cleveland, Maxwell Linnville Apr 2019

Óscar Romero: A Liberative Model For Engaging With The Homeless In Cleveland, Maxwell Linnville

Masters Essays

No abstract provided.


Stella And Valerio, Silvia Iorio Apr 2019

Stella And Valerio, Silvia Iorio

Masters Essays

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To Obey, Or Not To Obey: That Is The Question An Exploration Into The Way Sr. Joan Chittister O.S.B. And Her Benedictine Community Critically Engage Teaching Of The Catholic Church Rather Than Blindly Obeying, Sean Cahill Apr 2019

To Obey, Or Not To Obey: That Is The Question An Exploration Into The Way Sr. Joan Chittister O.S.B. And Her Benedictine Community Critically Engage Teaching Of The Catholic Church Rather Than Blindly Obeying, Sean Cahill

Masters Essays

No abstract provided.


Introduction Of Candidates And Public Perception - How News Media’S Introduction Of Candidates May Affect Public Perception Of The Candidate, Ian Memmer Apr 2019

Introduction Of Candidates And Public Perception - How News Media’S Introduction Of Candidates May Affect Public Perception Of The Candidate, Ian Memmer

Masters Essays

This study examines the introduction of candidates in the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election by examining 1,666 online articles in 3 cable news and 3 online newspapers covering the day before their announcement, the day of announcement, and the day following the announcement. The amount of coverage and tone of the articles was examined to determine the effects of agenda setting, media polarization, and first impressions. Results found variation in the amount of coverage given to candidates; online newspapers generally gave more coverage than online cable news; media polarization occurred slightly in favorable coverage of candidates but all candidates received more …


Yesterday’S Darkness: Spenser, Conrad, And Empire, Marten Frazier Apr 2019

Yesterday’S Darkness: Spenser, Conrad, And Empire, Marten Frazier

Masters Essays

No abstract provided.


“All I Wanted To Know Was How To Live In It”: Rituals And The Quest For Meaning In Hemingway And Faulkner, Marissa Ortosky Apr 2019

“All I Wanted To Know Was How To Live In It”: Rituals And The Quest For Meaning In Hemingway And Faulkner, Marissa Ortosky

Masters Essays

No abstract provided.


Flappers And Gibson Girls: Faulkner’S Perspective On The Feminine Ideal, Rachel Schratz Apr 2019

Flappers And Gibson Girls: Faulkner’S Perspective On The Feminine Ideal, Rachel Schratz

Masters Essays

No abstract provided.


Write In Front Of Us: Creating Linguistically Diverse Composition Classrooms, Sarah Davis Apr 2019

Write In Front Of Us: Creating Linguistically Diverse Composition Classrooms, Sarah Davis

Masters Essays

No abstract provided.


Women In Modern Public Relations: The Evolution Of Public Relations In America, Jayah Waters Apr 2019

Women In Modern Public Relations: The Evolution Of Public Relations In America, Jayah Waters

Masters Essays

The profession of public relations is defined as a “strategic communication process that builds mutually beneficial relationships between organizations and their publics” (PRSA, n.d., para. 5). The profession was founded by men to refute criticism of big businesses during the rise of muckrakers known today as investigative journalists. Ivy Lee who wrote the first press release and Edward Bernays who developed the first press kit were significant influences in establishing the profession of modern public relations (Rise of the Image Men, 2019). Additionally the founding involved significant moments such as establishment of the Committee on Public Information (CPI) during World …


Critical Emotions: Teaching Empathy In The Composition Classroom, Amelia Graves Apr 2019

Critical Emotions: Teaching Empathy In The Composition Classroom, Amelia Graves

Masters Essays

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The Failed Post-War Experiment: How Contemporary Scholars Address The Impact Of Allied Denazification On Post-World War Ii Germany, Alicia Mayer Jan 2019

The Failed Post-War Experiment: How Contemporary Scholars Address The Impact Of Allied Denazification On Post-World War Ii Germany, Alicia Mayer

Masters Essays

No abstract provided.


In Objection To Error: A Wesleyan Reflection On The Regrettable State Of The United Methodist Church, Charles Stehlik Jan 2019

In Objection To Error: A Wesleyan Reflection On The Regrettable State Of The United Methodist Church, Charles Stehlik

Masters Essays

No abstract provided.


“A Secret Place Above The Trees”: Keatsian Imagination In Fitzgerald’S The Great Gatsby, Kate Lisowski Jan 2019

“A Secret Place Above The Trees”: Keatsian Imagination In Fitzgerald’S The Great Gatsby, Kate Lisowski

Masters Essays

No abstract provided.