Rio Grande Valley Student Completion Rates In University Schools Outside Of The Rio Grande Valley,
2014
Gonzaga University
Rio Grande Valley Student Completion Rates In University Schools Outside Of The Rio Grande Valley, Demetrius James Villanueva
Communication & Leadership Dissertations and Theses
The goal of this study is to create understanding of why Hispanic students from the Rio Grande Valley in Texas have trouble completing their higher educational goals once they leave the area. This study applies communication accommodation theory to better understand how students adapt their communication styles in their academic, personal, and social lives. This study also applied standpoint theory to see how growing up in the Rio Grande Valley impacts the students’ sense of selves. Ethnographic research was conducted with five students attending four different universities around Texas. Through observations and interviews, the researcher found several ways that the …
Indigenous Engagement And Resistance In The 21st Century: Empowering Indigenous Identity With Indigenous Film,
2014
Gonzaga University
Indigenous Engagement And Resistance In The 21st Century: Empowering Indigenous Identity With Indigenous Film, Heather A. Hafer Cole
Communication & Leadership Dissertations and Theses
Indigenous people of the United States have historically been and continue to be objectified and misrepresented in art, history, science, literature, and mass media. This continued colonization contributes to loss of respect for culture, identity crisis among indigenous youth, health disparities of epidemic proportions, poor performance in education, substance abuse, violence and poverty. This qualitative study expands upon existing scholarship in media anthropology (Dilworth, 1996; Ginsberg, 1991 & 2008; and Prins, 2002) and indigenous studies (Rader, 2011; Singer, 2001; and Tuhiwai Smith, 2012) by analyzing the indigenous voice expressed through media practice, storytelling as a tool for empowering indigenous identity …
Transforming Climates For The Academic Woman Of Color: Facilitating Greater Understanding In The Workplace Climate And In Social Structures,
2014
Jackson State University
Transforming Climates For The Academic Woman Of Color: Facilitating Greater Understanding In The Workplace Climate And In Social Structures, Loretta A. Moore, Michelle D. Deardorff, Evelyn J. Leggette, Angela Mae Kupenda
Journal Articles
This article explores the findings of a workshop designed to determine impediments for academic success of women of color in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM), as well as Social and Behavioral Science (SBS), disciplines at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Funded by a National Science Foundation (NSF) five-year ADVANCE Institutional Transformation (IT) grant, three concurrent cohorts – single women, women with partners, and the partners of the women – explored various factors that hinder academic women’s progression. Utilizing mixed methods, including focus groups, pre- and post-surveys and recorded interviews, it was found that women of color at HBCUs …
Making The Desert Bloom: Landscape Photography And Identity In The Owens Valley American West,
2014
Pitzer College
Making The Desert Bloom: Landscape Photography And Identity In The Owens Valley American West, Kaily A. Heitz
Pitzer Senior Theses
This thesis analyzes the way in which landscape photography has historically been used as a colonialist tool to perpetuate narratives of control over the American West during the mid to late 1800s. I use this framework to interrogate how these visual narratives enforced ideas about American identity and whiteness relative to power over the landscape, indigenous people and the Japanese-Americans imprisoned at Manzanar within Owens Valley, California. I argue that because photographic representation is controlled by colonist powers, images of people within the American West reinforce imperialist rhetoric that positions whiteness in control of the land; thus, white settlers used …
An Introspection: Get The Caravan Moving,
2014
Virginia Commonwealth University
An Introspection: Get The Caravan Moving, Mic Crenshaw
Journal of Hip Hop Studies
The author's reflection about cultural activism and his role and involvement in the Afrikan Hiphop Caravan, in particular the experiences he collected along the road, travelling with the comrades.
Chant Down Tha System 'Till Babylon Falls: The Political Dimensions Of Urban Grooves And Underground Hip Hop In Zimbabwe,
2014
Humboldt University of Berlin
Chant Down Tha System 'Till Babylon Falls: The Political Dimensions Of Urban Grooves And Underground Hip Hop In Zimbabwe, Katja Kellerer
Journal of Hip Hop Studies
This article, first published in the Journal of Pan African Studies (2013, Volume 6, Issue 3), is a shortened version of the author's M.A. thesis in which she traces the trajectories and ideologies of two separate, but intertwined, youth movements in Harare, Zimbabwe: Urban Grooves and Underground Hip Hop.
Journal Of Hip Hop Studies,
2014
Virginia Commonwealth University
The Influence Of Hip Hop On Zimbabwe's Urban Culture,
2014
Virginia Commonwealth University
The Influence Of Hip Hop On Zimbabwe's Urban Culture, Shingirayi Sabeta Aka Mau Mau
Journal of Hip Hop Studies
A transcription of the author's presentation at the Hiphop Symposium that took place at the University of Zimbabwe on February 27th, 2013, which is a personal reflection about the Zimbabwean Hip Hop scene, its beginnings in the 1980s and the directions it is currently taking.
Interview: Hip Hop And Activism In Kenya,
2014
Virginia Commonwealth University
Interview: Hip Hop And Activism In Kenya, Moses Mbasu Aka Buddha Blaze
Journal of Hip Hop Studies
Buddha Blaze is a Kenyan-based Hip Hop activist who participated and presented at the Hiphop Symposium in Nairobi on April 17th, 2013. He is a well-respected writer, organizer and promoter of Hip Hop in Kenya and beyond and is the co-founder of WAPI, one of the biggest platforms for underground Hip Hop artists in Kenya. The following piece is an interview that a member of the Afrikan Hiphop Caravan organising team and guest editor of this anthology, Katja Kellerer, held with Buddha Blaze via email in September 2013. The set of questions addresses a wide range of issues. In addition …
Refocusing And Redefining Hip Hop: An Analysis Of Lecrae's Contribution To Hip Hop,
2014
Virginia Commonwealth University
Refocusing And Redefining Hip Hop: An Analysis Of Lecrae's Contribution To Hip Hop, Travis Harris
Journal of Hip Hop Studies
Hip Hop scholarship has overlooked and separated emcees who publicly identify themselves as Christians who exist to make God famous. This deficiency contributes to an inadequate understanding of Hip Hop and places Hip Hop in a dangerous position of alienating ostracized voices. This paper aims to draw attention to these shortcomings by analyzing Lecrae's contribution to Hip Hop. Influenced by his worldview, Lecrae leads a socially conscious movement and helps to bridge the "sacred" and "secular" gap. Lecrae redirects Hip Hop back to its roots. I will examine Lecrae's lyrics, websites, social media and interviews. Interviews of Lecrae will come …
The Cradle Of Globalization : The Iroquois, Eisenhower, And Conflicts Over New York State Infrastructure Development During The 1950s,
2014
University at Albany, State University of New York
The Cradle Of Globalization : The Iroquois, Eisenhower, And Conflicts Over New York State Infrastructure Development During The 1950s, Kwinn H. Doran
Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)
ABSTRACT
Segregation And The Adaption Of Community-Based Organizations To Multiethnic Immigration In Newark And Jersey City : 1990-2010,
2014
University at Albany, State University of New York
Segregation And The Adaption Of Community-Based Organizations To Multiethnic Immigration In Newark And Jersey City : 1990-2010, Joseph R. Gibbons
Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)
As we move into the 21st century, racial and ethnic segregation remains a dominating force in American Cities. Segregated black and Hispanic communities are known to suffer not only from a lack of resources, compared to non-Hispanic white neighborhoods, but also from a distinct sense of parochial isolation. At the same time, nonprofit community-based organizations (CBOs) have gained an increasingly central role in providing basic services to the urban needy. As of yet, there has been no systematic study to explore how segregation impacts the operation of CBOs. This dissertation employs a mixed methods research strategy to examine CBOs in …
Masculinidad, Raza Y Clase En Boquitas Pintadas De Manuel Puig,
2014
Illinois Wesleyan University
Masculinidad, Raza Y Clase En Boquitas Pintadas De Manuel Puig, Cesar Valverde
Scholarship
No abstract provided.
Inscribed Cotton Ikat From Yemen In The Tenth Century Ce,
2014
Graduate Theological Union
Inscribed Cotton Ikat From Yemen In The Tenth Century Ce, Carol Bier
Textile Research Works
More than a thousand years ago, Baghdad was capital of the Islamic empire under the Abbasid caliphs, and Yemen was a flourishing center of agriculture and trade. Among its famous products were dyestuffs, and cotton cloth with warp stripes, patterned using techniques of compression resist. As the strength of the Abbasid caliphate declined and claims to power gained hold in the provinces, regional artistic styles began to emerge. The rulers of Yemen adopted one of the prerogatives of the Abbasid caliphs, bestowing honor by rewarding their subjects with inscribed textiles called tiraz. From burial sites in Egypt, many such textiles …
Sinan’S Screens: Networks Of Intersecting Polygons In Ottoman Architecture,
2014
Graduate Theological Union
Sinan’S Screens: Networks Of Intersecting Polygons In Ottoman Architecture, Carol Bier
Textile Research Works
An often overlooked characteristic of Sinan’s architectural production of the 16th century is the use of low screening walls and windows carved of marble with pierced openwork or tracery to let in light and allow for air circulation. Typically these screens display polygonal networks often with intersecting polygons. This paper explores aspects of these carved patterns, which have antecedents in earlier Islamic architecture, attributing particular significance to this architectural feature in the works of Sinan and three successors whom he had trained. These slabs (and their counterparts in forged iron) may be considered études, serving as opportunities for the training …
El Ex-Hombre: Masculinidad Y Exilio En La Poesía De Juan José Domenchina,
2014
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
El Ex-Hombre: Masculinidad Y Exilio En La Poesía De Juan José Domenchina, Iker González-Allende
Spanish Language and Literature Papers
This article analyzes the representation of masculinity in Juan José Domenchina’s poetry of exile. The article argues that, during his last 20 years of life in exile (1939–1959), Domenchina shows in his poetry a contradictory masculinity. On the one hand, he reaffirms normative masculinity by rejecting pompous demonstrations of suffering, describing himself as stoic, tough, strong-willed and independent, and praising nostalgically Castilian men’s hypermasculine behavior. On the other hand, Domenchina’s poetry also testifies to his feelings of emasculation, since he calls himself an “ex-man”, shows his masculine fragmentation with the figures of the doppelganger or shadow, identifies himself with a …
Transformation Of Early Nineteenth Century Chickasaw Leadership Patterns, 1800-1845,
2014
University of Mississippi
Transformation Of Early Nineteenth Century Chickasaw Leadership Patterns, 1800-1845, Emily Paige Smithey
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
This is an examination of the changing leadership patterns of the Chickasaw Nation during the early nineteenth century, and combines the internal function of Chickasaw government with the leaders' responses to overwhelming external factors. This thesis begins in 1800, a time that hinges on the remnant Chickasaw political leadership offices of previous centuries, such as the Minko and Tisho Minko, combined with the formation of newer offices such as district chiefs. It ends in 1845 after the Chickasaws were forced to remove from their Mississippi homelands into the Indian Territory. After removal, the Chickasaws began a more centralized form of …
Traditional Elders In Post-Secondary Stem Education,
2014
Wayne State University
Traditional Elders In Post-Secondary Stem Education, Maria Pontes Ferreira, Betty Mckenna, Fidji Gendron
Nutrition and Food Science Faculty Research Publications
Native/Aboriginal students are underrepresented in Western science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), due in part to perceived cultural irrelevance. Yet many Native people continue to engage in Indigenous science, such as through traditional medicine and food systems. Recently it was shown that Aboriginal university students are significant users of natural health products (NHP) and learn about NHP from Elders. Thus, in post-secondary educational settings, the presence of Elders may positively impact Native students' interest in science-related topics. At the First Nations University of Canada, partnering of STEM-trained faculty with Elders occurs in community-based research and education endeavours. This paper highlights …
We Are A New Race:' Booker T. Washington's Use Of African American Spirituals In The Creation Of A New Negro Image,
2014
Columbus State University
We Are A New Race:' Booker T. Washington's Use Of African American Spirituals In The Creation Of A New Negro Image, Douglas L. Allen
Theses and Dissertations
This study examines how Booker T. Washington used music to project a New Negro image to the American public while also instilling the qualities of this New Negro into his students. Washington hoped to uplift the African American race by challenging racial caricatures prominent in American society. Washington's New Negro was patterned after Washington's own personality and was a respectable, Christian, southern African-American. This study also shows that the New Negro was a racial uplift strategy being used well before WWI, and that there were multiple New Negro movements throughout the United States and throughout US history.
Chicano Impact On U.S. Comedy,
2014
Eastern Washington University
Chicano Impact On U.S. Comedy, John Whiting-Call
2014 Symposium
Laughter, smiles, and happiness are all feelings that transgress through cultures and can be portrayed by comedians. This paper will be discussing the impact that the Chicano population has on today’s comedy. A brief history of Chicanos in the comedy business will be discussed. The fine line between racially offensive and stereotypical jokes will be evaluated as well. This paper will also highlight some of comedy’s most famous Hispanics, and analyze their comedic routines and childhood to learn how their culture and customs have influenced their sense of humor. Finally, the concept of how, through humor, Chicano culture can be …
