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The Multiple Victims Of Rape, Maureen Azar May 2015

The Multiple Victims Of Rape, Maureen Azar

Audre Lorde Writing Prize

No abstract provided.


Education, Crystal C. Gray Apr 2015

Education, Crystal C. Gray

Eddie Mabry Diversity Award

Education is a spoken word poem that explores many aspects of the African American struggle within (self-knowledge). It starts with an African American college student who is disappointed with the lack of courses about her culture. Most curricula in the United States tend to be from a Eurocentric perspective, leaving out a multitude of information about people of color. All groups of people of color have unique experiences, however, African Americans have the most known (or perhaps I should say, unknown) history. The standard explanation of their existence is often limited to the start of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade, when …


Visibility Feminism, Alyssa Froehling Feb 2015

Visibility Feminism, Alyssa Froehling

Audre Lorde Writing Prize

An invented feminist theory based off of existing theories and personal experience.


Mayan Women’S Organized Weaving Projects In The Guatemalan Highlands: Narratives Of Struggle And Resistance, Maggie Richardson Feb 2015

Mayan Women’S Organized Weaving Projects In The Guatemalan Highlands: Narratives Of Struggle And Resistance, Maggie Richardson

Audre Lorde Writing Prize

No abstract provided.


Swenson Center Report, Dr. Christopher Strunk Jan 2015

Swenson Center Report, Dr. Christopher Strunk

Swenson Center Faculty Research Stipend Reports

As a migration scholar, I was thrilled to have the opportunity to spend a week this summer conducting research in the Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center. During my three years at Augustana, my students and I have explored urban development and recent patterns of immigrant and refugee settlement in the Quad Cities. In places like the Floreciente neighborhood of Moline, located about a mile from Augustana’s campus on the west side of the city, the Mexican and Mexican American community is transforming a landscape that had already been influenced by a much earlier wave of migration from Sweden.


Ethical Concerns & Misconceptions In The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Makenzie Logan Jan 2015

Ethical Concerns & Misconceptions In The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Makenzie Logan

Augustana Center for the Study of Ethics Essay Contest

The roots of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict go deep in its long and complicated history with many different arguments and opinions on each side. While one could write an entire essay on the history of the conflict alone, this essay aims to highlight the current situation concerning the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Overall, this paper aims to address both sides of the conflict, to bring to light criticisms on each side, to examine the ethics and intentions of both sides, and to draw implications for the future of the Middle East.


Comrades Under The Rainbow Flag: Public Expression, Regulation, And Questions Surrounding The Lgbtq Community In Contemporary Taiwan, Abby Lange Jan 2015

Comrades Under The Rainbow Flag: Public Expression, Regulation, And Questions Surrounding The Lgbtq Community In Contemporary Taiwan, Abby Lange

Audre Lorde Writing Prize

No abstract provided.