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Speaking My Truth: Voices And Portraits Of Honors Students Of Color, Leah Kerbs
Speaking My Truth: Voices And Portraits Of Honors Students Of Color, Leah Kerbs
WWU Honors College Senior Projects
Founded in 1962, the Honors Program at Western Washington University has prided itself on the cornerstones of academic excellence, student growth, and a tight-knit Honors community. With class sizes averaging 18 students and a dedicated Honors living space, the program certainly provides students a unique opportunity to build closer relationships with professors and peers alike as they pursue their goals within a larger university setting.
However, like colleges and universities across the nation, the predominantly white program has struggled to meaningfully include the voices and experiences of its students of color. For many, their relationship with the program remains a …
Fashion Designer Kirsten Ley On Diversity: ‘I Love Using Models Of Every Background’, Hannah D'Avanzo
Fashion Designer Kirsten Ley On Diversity: ‘I Love Using Models Of Every Background’, Hannah D'Avanzo
Blog
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Ethnicity On The Runway : New York Fashion Week Designers Talk Diversity, Hannah D'Avanzo
Ethnicity On The Runway : New York Fashion Week Designers Talk Diversity, Hannah D'Avanzo
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Sau Blacksmiths: Forging Ahead With Their Craft, Zailin Pena
Sau Blacksmiths: Forging Ahead With Their Craft, Zailin Pena
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Bailamos Juntos: Salsa En Los E.E.U.U. Y El Mundo, Betty Tran
Bailamos Juntos: Salsa En Los E.E.U.U. Y El Mundo, Betty Tran
First-Gen Voices: Creative and Critical Narratives on the First-Generation College Experience
This composition traces the history of Cuban-American cultural identity formation through the lens of music and dance. As the author explains, Cuban immigrants cultivated a rich music and dance culture in New York City by creating a series of Latin and Afro-Cuban music genres and dances that brought diverse groups of people together. As a Vietnamese-American woman, Tran sees several connections between her family’s Vietnamese heritage and the cultural histories of Cubans who came to the United States as refugees seeking asylum from political oppression. As a first-generation college student, Tran believes it is important to share this composition as …
Interpreting, Stephanie Jo Kent
Interpreting, Stephanie Jo Kent
Doctoral Dissertations
What do community interpreting for the Deaf in western societies, conference interpreting for the European Parliament, and language brokering in international management have in common? Academic research and professional training have historically emphasized the linguistic and cognitive challenges of interpreting, neglecting or ignoring the social aspects that structure communication. All forms of interpreting are inherently social; they involve relationships among at least three people and two languages. The contexts explored here, American Sign Language/English interpreting and spoken language interpreting within the European Parliament, show that simultaneous interpreting involves attitudes, norms and values about intercultural communication that overemphasize information and discount …