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Head For Feminism, Body For Fashion: Fashion And Feminism, Madeline Emke

Honors Program Theses and Research Projects

Fashion and feminism have been connected for a couple of decades in the history of the United States. However, they are often looked at separately by historians. Many historians focus on the history and evolution of fashion while others research and analyze the feminist movements throughout the United States. The current state of the field for a focus on the relationship between feminism and fashion is minimal in regard to the United States. The focus lies on either fashion or feminism and not the relationship between the two. My thesis, however, focuses on the relationship between fashion and feminism and …

Faith And Stem Education: A Path To Mutual Elevation In Catholic Schools, Michael Szopiak, Matthew Kloser

Journal of Catholic Education

Amidst increasing religious disaffiliation, often due to a perceived tension between faith and the STEM disciplines, Catholic schools provide critical opportunities for young people to recognize how these domains can be mutually elevating. The field, however, lacks guidance as to how this integration should occur in practice. This conceptual paper first provides an overarching framework for how aspects of the Catholic tradition, like Scripture and the Catholic social tradition, can shape traditional educational domains of STEM teaching and learning. Secondly, we provide a heuristic of three criteria for deeply engaging students at the interface of the Catholic faith and the …

Augustinian Composition Pedagogy And The Catholic Liberal Arts In The Time Of Generative Ai, Gavin F. Hurley

Journal of Catholic Education

This article proposes a theoretical basis of Augustinian composition pedagogy by tracing the symbiotic relationship between writing and knowing found within St. Augustine’s Letters, The Trinity, Soliloquies, and Confessions and connecting them to modern writing-to-learn composition pedagogies. Given today’s trying times of generative AI, this article argues that Catholic schools revitalize the writing arts in a manner proposed by Augustine—that is, to enrich inward contemplation and outward love for others. In embracing such philosophy of writing and applying it across the disciplines, Catholic schools can enrich their distinctively Catholic liberal arts mission—and ward off dangers found in …

′Symbols′ As Expression Tools Of Islam And Their Usage Methods In Palace Architecture, Bora Bingöl, Namiq Abbasov, Shahla Abbasova

Khazar Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences

Islamic architecture consists of religion, politics, philosophy, and aesthetics. The religious expression of symbols in Islamic architecture is also extremely important in architecture. These religious symbols, which are used in palace buildings and generally in administrative places in the Islamic world, are shaped depending on the function of the buildings. In this period, the palace complexes were considered to be the most important structures representing state politics and economy. In this study, the purposes and methods of use of religious symbols used in many palace complexes of Islamic architecture were investigated. While investigating the main source and usage rules of …

"ว่านไสยเวช": อนุกรมวิธานพื้นบ้าน การสืบทอดความเชื่อเเละพิธีกรรมและบทบาทในสังคมอีสานร่วมสมัย, ชวพันธุ์ เพชรไกร

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

วิทยานิพนธ์นี้มุ่งศึกษารวบรวมและจัดอนุกรมวิธานพื้นบ้านของ “ว่านไสยเวช” ในสังคมอีสานร่วมสมัยและวิเคราะห์การสืบทอดและบทบาทของความเชื่อและพิธีกรรมเกี่ยวกับ “ว่านไสยเวช” ดังกล่าว เก็บข้อมูลระหว่างปี 2564-2567 ด้วยวิธีการสัมภาษณ์เชิงลึกจากหมอว่านและนักสะสมว่านในอีสาน และการสังเกตอย่างมีส่วนร่วมพิธีกรรมเกี่ยวกับว่าน รวม 8 จังหวัด ประกอบด้วย หนองคาย นครพนม อุดรธานี ขอนแก่น สกลนคร สุรินทร์ ร้อยเอ็ด และอุบลราชธานี ใช้แนวคิดเรื่องการจัดอนุกรมวิธานพื้นบ้าน แนวคิดเรื่องนิเวศวิทยากับความเชื่อพื้นบ้าน แนวคิดเรื่องคติชนในวิถีสุขภาพพื้นบ้าน และแนวคิดเรื่องบทบาทหน้าที่ของคติชนในสังคม เป็นกรอบแนวคิดในการวิเคราะห์ข้อมูล ผลการศึกษาพบว่า หมอว่านและนักสะสมว่านในอีสานสืบทอดความรู้เรื่องว่านในลักษณะมุขปาฐะเป็นหลักมีวิธีการจัดจำแนกประเภทของว่านอย่างเป็นระบบ ประกอบด้วย 8 ประเภทหลักที่สายการสืบทอดส่วนใหญ่รับรู้ตรงกัน ได้แก่ 1) แบ่งตามชื่อเรียกตามลักษณะทางกายภาพของว่าน 2) แบ่งตามชื่อเรียก ซึ่งนำมาจากลักษณะทางความเชื่อ 3) แบ่งตามเพศสมมติของว่าน 4) แบ่งตามตระกูลของว่าน5) แบ่งตามสรรพคุณของว่าน 6) แบ่งตามหน้าที่และสัมพันธภาพของว่าน 7) แบ่งตามประสาทสัมผัสของผู้ใช้ว่าน และ 8) แบ่งตามลักษณะของสิ่งที่ไม่ใช่พืช ทั้งนี้ พบว่าการสืบทอดในบางสายมีการจัดจำแนกประเภทว่านชุดย่อย ได้แก่ 1) ว่านพุทธคุณ 2) ว่านถอน 3) ว่านไสย 4) ว่านพราย 5) ว่านแสง 6) ว่านพิษ และ 7) ว่านผี ซึ่งเกณฑ์ในการจัดประเภทนี้มีฐานคิดมาจากวัฒนธรรมของอีสานและประสบการณ์ในการใช้ว่าน ทำให้เห็นถึงลำดับศักดิ์และชั้นของว่านแต่ละประเภทที่มีความหมายแตกต่างกัน การจัดจำแนกประเภทว่านของหมอว่านและนักสะสมว่านในอีสานยังมีความสัมพันธ์กับการสืบทอดความรู้เรื่องว่าน เนื่องจากศิษย์จะได้รับการถ่ายทอดความรู้เรื่องการจัดประเภทและการใช้งานว่านจากครูผ่านการร่วมพิธีกรรมต่าง ๆ จำแนกพิธีกรรมเกี่ยวกับว่านเป็น 3 กลุ่มหลัก ได้แก่ 1) กลุ่มพิธีกรรมที่เกี่ยวข้องกับการหาว่านและสร้างความศักดิ์สิทธิ์แก่ว่าน 2) กลุ่มพิธีกรรมที่ใช้ว่านในการรักษาโรคและความเจ็บป่วย และ 3) กลุ่มพิธีกรรมที่นำว่านมาทำเป็นวัตถุมงคลการจัดจำแนกประเภทของว่านต่าง ๆ ช่วยให้หมอว่านและนักสะสมว่านใช้ว่านหลัก ว่านรอง ว่านเสริม และว่านแก้ได้อย่างตรงตามสรรพคุณ ส่งผลให้เกิดประสิทธิภาพในการใช้ว่านได้ดียิ่งขึ้นบทบาทของคติความเชื่อและพิธีกรรมเกี่ยวกับ “ว่านไสยเวช” มีหลายประการ ได้แก่ 1) บทบาทในการรักษาโรค บำบัดความเจ็บป่วยทางจิตวิญญาณ และเป็นที่พึ่งทางใจ 2) บทบาทในการสืบทอดความรู้เรื่องพืชซึ่งสัมพันธ์กับการสืบทอดระบบความเชื่อทางศาสนา3) บทบาทในการกำหนดวิถีปฏิบัติของกลุ่มผู้ใช้ว่านซึ่งสัมพันธ์กับบรรทัดฐานทางสังคม 4) …

การเขียนบทละครเพลงเพื่อสร้างความเข้าใจของผู้ใกล้ชิดต่อผู้ป่วยโรคซึมเศร้า, ภวินท์ แย้มกลีบ

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

งานวิจัยชิ้นนี้มุ่งเน้นการสร้างบทละครเพลงเพื่อสร้างความเข้าใจของผู้ใกล้ชิดต่อผู้ป่วยโรคซึมเศร้า โดยผู้วิจัยเลือกการนำเสนอผ่านรูปแบบละครเพลงและการเล่าเรื่องผ่านหลายตัวละคร ผู้วิจัยได้ทำการศึกษาข้อมูลเกี่ยวกับโรคซึมเศร้าผ่านหนังสือ เอกสารวิชาการ และการสัมภาษณ์ผู้เชี่ยวชาญและผู้มีประสบการณ์ร่วมจากนั้นจึงนำมาสกัดเพื่อออกแบบตัวละครและโครงเรื่อง โดยผู้วิจัยเน้นการเล่าเรื่องราวผ่านตัวละครหลักที่เป็นคนใกล้ชิดผู้ป่วยโรคซึมเศร้าสี่คน ที่มีสถานะความสัมพันธ์ต่อผู้ป่วยต่างกัน อาทิ คนรัก พ่อ แม่ พี่น้อง เพื่อนำเสนอมิติที่หลากหลายของคนใกล้ชิดผู้ป่วย บทละครในงานวิจัยชิ้นนี้ถูกจัดแสดงในชื่อ Spotlight on sunset โดยมีการเก็บข้อมูลผ่านแบบสอบถามจากผู้ชมทั่วไป และการเสวนาร่วมกับผู้ทรงคุณวุฒิด้านศิลปะการละครและด้านจิตเวชศาสตร์ ผลการศึกษาพบว่าบทละครสามารถทำให้ผู้ชมเกิดความเข้าใจต่อผู้ป่วยโรคซึมเศร้ามากขึ้นได้ผ่านการถ่ายทอดโดยตัวละครและการดำเนินเรื่องรวมถึงเนื้อหาในบทเพลง แต่ผู้วิจัยยังไม่สามารถใช้วิธีเล่าเรื่องผ่านตัวละครหลักหลายตัวได้อย่างมีประสิทธิภาพทำให้มุมมองของผู้ชมยังคงอยู่กับตัวผู้ป่วยมากกว่าที่จะติดตามตัวละครคนใกล้ชิดดังที่ผู้วิจัยต้องการ นอกจากนี้การใช้บทเพลงที่มากเกินไปและเล่าใจความเดิมซ้ำ ๆ ก็ทำให้ละครมีความยาวมากจนอาจทำให้ผู้ชมหลุดออกจากเรื่องได้

Buddhism And Khwan In The Religious System Of The Tai Khamtis' Villages In Arunachal Pradesh, India, Chow Kensan Tunkhang

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

This thesis examines the interaction between Buddhism and Khwan, an indigenous belief in the soul, in three Tai Khamti villages in Arunachal Pradesh, India. The study aims to identify components of the Khwan belief tradition, as well as to investigate the nature of their relationships with Buddhism.Ethnographic cases reveal that Khwan is a distinct and indivisible essence that invigorates all living beings, and without one of which, an individual is susceptible to afflictions. Possessing a complete Khwan symbolises life, whereas its absence signifies death. There are four primary categories of Khwan ritual complexes conducted for an ailing individual: retrieving the …

Improving The Writing Ability Of Thai Efl Undergraduate Students By Employing Group Dynamic Assessment, Siyanee Sawetsiri

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

This study aimed to investigate the effect of the group dynamic assessment (G-DA) on students’ writing ability, to examine the extent to which students can maintain their improved writing ability in the transcendence test or the other assessment context, and to identify the types of mediation that were used for the development of students’ writing ability. In this study, the group dynamic assessment (G-DA) was implemented in the genre-based writing instruction for a total of 12 weeks. The participants were an intact group of 15 second-year students from the Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Kanchanaburi Campus. The results of one-way …

Investigating The Language Challenges And Pedagogical Reasoning Of Thai Medical Teachers In English-Medium Instruction (Emi) Classrooms, Teaka Sowaprux

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

This dissertation investigates the language challenges faced by English-medium instruction (EMI) medical teachers in multilingual classrooms and examines how their pedagogical reasoning influences the use of classroom language to convey complex medical content. As EMI continues to expand globally, particularly in higher education, content teachers initially hired to teach in their home language are increasingly being recruited to teach academic subjects through English. While existing research has explored language challenges in EMI science classrooms (Gustafsson, 2020; Pun, Fu, & Cheung, 2023), there is limited understanding of how medical teachers adapt their teaching strategies in response to these challenges. This study …

Timecraft, Mallory Fitzpatrick, Alexis G. White

Books, pamphlets, catalogues, and scrapbooks

This catalogue serves as a permanent record for the exhibition Timecraft curated by Alexis White and Mallory Fitzpatrick in conjunction with the 14th Biennial Graduate Group Symposium on the same theme. The exhibition, which ran from November 2023 to May 2024 in Carpenter Library, challenges viewers to rethink their understanding of the way time is shaped, categorized, and created in the past, present, and future.

Discursive Femininity In The Encounter Of Sultan Kamil And St. Francis, Zilka Spahić Šiljak

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

In discussions about violence, wars, and peacebuilding, we often hear essentialist arguments about women and men, equating men with masculine and women with feminine characteristics, while avoiding the acceptance that both genders contain both sets of traits, depending on how they are nurtured and exhibited. Socialization polarizes and solidifies essentialist views on gender roles, and any deviation from these norms is sanctioned through stigmatization and exclusion. However, the greatest male spiritual authorities in the world serve as examples of embracing the feminine within themselves, and it is this acceptance that makes them memorable and continues to inspire humanity today. Two …

Mouralherwaqh Coastal Wetland Road Crossing Da'luk, Pakunihanich Nicoli Martin

Cal Poly Humboldt theses and projects

The integration of Indigenous and Western science plays an essential role in Tribally led collaborations for land management. This process of woven sciences is rooted in reciprocal relations and partnerships guided by Tribal Nations. Our cohort was invited by Wiyot Tribal Representatives to investigate a culvert located within the wetlands of Mouralherwaqh— a parcel of land reacquired by the Wiyot Tribe in 2022. This document seeks to share our experience and analysis as part of the Wiyot Tribe’s broader journey in navigating ecocultural restoration projects within Mouralherwaqh. The four community interests we investigated for the wetland crossing included a resized …

Neurocinematics And Empathy: How Cognitive Neuroscience Enhances Our Understanding Of Emotional Responses Of Film, Kira Trinity

Cal Poly Humboldt theses and projects

Cinema is a medium that is beloved around the globe since its inception over a century ago. There have been speculations on how it is that cinema works, from editing to emotional processing of the story, but only recently have we begun to explore the inner workings of cinematic impact on the brain. In this paper we will review research on cinematic impact and define cinematic editing, discuss the birth of “neurocinematics”, highlight what we have observed with regards to neuroimaging and empathy when viewing films, and speculate on how our responses to cinema may be driven by the Mirror …

Abductive Empiricism: The Significance Of Substance In Andy Weir's Project Hail Mary, Jordan Maloney

EWU Masters Thesis Collection

In a world of matter and meaning, philosophical debates revolve around metaphysical connections among entities. Alfred North Whitehead and Charles Peirce see interconnectedness in a continuous process of becoming, Karen Barad explores the constant creation of entities through intra-action, and Erwin Schrӧdinger quantifies the connection between the quantum and the macroscopic world. To add on to this discourse, I argue that ontological connections can be formed between any two static entities based on their shared quantitative data. It is pertinent to note that while this research draws inspiration from Whitehead, Peirce, and Barad, my approach differs significantly. In Whitehead and …

Gvsu Undergraduate And Graduate Catalog, 2024-2025, Grand Valley State University

Course Catalogs, 1963 - Current

Grand Valley State University 2024-2025 undergraduate and graduate course catalog. Course catalogs are published annually to provide students with information and guidance for enrollment.

Mapping The Historical Discourse Of A Right-To-Read Claim: A Situational Analysis, Mursalata Muhammad

Antioch University Dissertations & Theses

This dissertation project used an interpretivist qualitative research design to study how the right-to-read claim made by seven teenagers attending Detroit public schools in 2016 reflects, addresses, or describes contemporary discussions about educational access. Using situational analysis (SA) as a theory/method, the entirety of the claim comprises the situation of the social phenomenon being studied, not the people. This research combines critical race theory (CRT) with Bronfenbrenner’s ecological systems and uses situation analysis to map historical discourses to conduct a study that examines the history of a present situation of inquiry as presented by this question: How does the 2016 …

Feminized Servanthood, Gendered Scapegoating, And The Disappearance Of Gen-X/Millennial Protestant Clergy Women, Lynn Horan

Antioch University Dissertations & Theses

In today’s mainline Protestant churches, young women clergy navigate a precarious leadership space. While women’s ordination is well-established in American Protestantism (Burnett, 2017), Gen-X/Millennial clergy women find themselves at the crosshairs of conflicting gender narratives and unsustainable expectations of what it means to be both a woman and an ordained pastoral leader. Through the use of feminist constructivist grounded theory methodology, this study explored the lived experiences of Gen-X/Millennial clergy women who have left active ministry or a specific pastoral position due to concerns over their own interpersonal boundaries and psychological safety. Through dimensional analysis of in-depth interviews with 20 …

Chieftaincy In A Lappa: Portraiture Leadership Of Black Women, Lynne E, Washington

Antioch University Dissertations & Theses

The dissertation examined African American women with chieftaincy titles in Yoruba culture and how they exercised their leadership in both Yorubaland and America. It explored their leadership, authority, and training. The presence of African American women with chieftaincy titles is increasing in the American landscape. The methodology was qualitative using narrative inquiry and portraiture from Sarah Lawrence-Lightfoot and Jessica Hoffman Davis (1997) with five African American women. My research included observations in Nigerian, pre-Osun festival, the Osun festival, and post-Osun festival. Observations also included three women Nigerian Chiefs. The research questions answered their qualifications to lead, their sense of knowing …

The Existential Turn: An Adventist Response, Stephen Yeagley

Journal of Adventist Youth and Young Adult Ministries

Youth ministry has taken several “turns” in the late 20th and early 21st centuries, culminating in the current existential turn. This latest shift acknowledges a more diverse youth demographic (Gen Z) concerned with identity, significance, purpose, belonging, and survival. Numerous existential threats have contributed to this generation’s unprecedented mental health crisis. Nevertheless, members of Gen Z are determined to meet these threats and create the conditions for all to flourish. This paper seeks to articulate a supportive and uniquely Adventist response to the existential turn in the form of Sabbath rest.

Black And African American Young Adult Male Experiences: Implications For Building Resilience And Survival Skills Within Educational Settings And Public Spaces, Akimma Wright-D'Abreau

Antioch University Dissertations & Theses

The aim of this study is to better understand, from the perspective of Critical Race Theory, the experiences of adolescent males who are Black and living in the United States and to examine how they build resilience and survival skills. Participants were between the ages of 18 and 26 and asked to recall adolescent experiences as part of a semi-structured interview with a Black Storytelling approach. There were six participants and data were analyzed using thematic analysis. According to the results, there were seven themes: (1) Policing In the United States of America Comes in Many Forms, (2) Recognizing Racism …

Educators Remedying Linguicism Through Critical Language Awareness And Critical Trans/Multilingualism: Towards Planetary Justice, Kate Alice Garnett

Antioch University Dissertations & Theses

The aim of this dissertation is to investigate how a critical understanding of language use, language ideologies, and linguicism can influence educators’ praxis and identities. Specifically, the research explores how Critical Language Awareness (CLA) impacts educators’ praxis, their lingua-cultural identities, and their relationships with language and linguicism towards planetary justice. These inquiries were examined through participants’ involvement in a 6-week teacher educator course designed by this researcher entitled Humane Language Education. The course aimed to enable participants to analyze and address language injustices individually, communally, and globally. Unexamined language biases erode linguistic and cultural diversity, disseminate violence and discrimination, and …

An Organic Inquiry Into Teacher Experiences Of Self-Healing, Alison Davis

Antioch University Dissertations & Theses

This dissertation engages the spiritually-inspired methodology of organic inquiry to investigate how teachers practice self-healing in order to become available to students. Self-healing is a vital part of freeing up the teacher’s perceptive capacities to more deeply and fully attend to the needs of students. Self-healing work includes a variety of practices and modalities, including spiritual ones, in order to work through trauma, adversity, dis-ease, stress, and one-sidedness. Research shows that self-healing, especially in regards to mindfulness and meditation, equips teachers to confront compassion fatigue, secondary trauma, burnout, illness, and more. There is also ample evidence that training one’s attention …

Increasing Retention Of Women In Hunting And Fishing, Shelby Isensee

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Despite national declines in hunting and fishing, women are making inroads in historically male-dominated sports. To further encourage women’s participation, states established programs to recruit, retain, and reactivate [R3] hunters and anglers. Women are participating in these programs and other recreational groups to access opportunities to learn skills and grow their networks. Yet, very little is known about what programs are offered for women, what aspects of programs are most effective to support women’s retention in these activities, and what women’s hunting and fishing groups are available across the landscape. To address these questions, I collected qualitative data from participant …

Retrospective Awards Section, Sally Brown, Stephanie House-Niamke, Chansotheary Dang, Qazi Arka Rahman, Lara Farina, Colleen Moretz

Art in the Libraries Retrospective: 2015-2024

This section of the WVU Art in the Libraries Retrospective (2015-2024) includes a summary of awards given by the program to students, faculty and staff.

Bloom: A Microbial Self-Portrait, Emily Lauren Mulvaney

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.

Stamper, William Part 2, Carter County Genealogical Society

Carter County Genealogy Collection

Genealogy of the William Stamper family in Carter County, Kentucky.

William is the eleventh born child of John R. 'Pewter John' and Sarah 'Sallie' Stamper.

Green Poems, Lillian I. Emerick Valentine

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

With broad lyric range, the ecopoems in Green center around the ideology and ethics of the American West. The speaker’s position within that as a descendent of settler laborers is interrogated, as well as language itself. Grammar is used as a tool to perform deconstructive work, examining how labor intersects with colonialism and climate change. Melding intellectual analyses of etymology with the physical act of agricultural labor, these poems range from the conversational and playful to lyric explorations of loss.

Interwoven with this is the speaker’s self-examination of femininity and matrilinear inheritance. How do we use the language we’ve been …

Expanding Understandings Of Race In Postsecondary Language Classrooms: A Call For Multiraciality In Teacher Identity Research, Marcela Hebbard

Writing and Language Studies Faculty Publications

While issues of race in relation to teacher identity have been addressed in language education research, they have often been confined to special issues. Factors contributing to the “absent-present” nature of race include an imbalanced focus on intersectionality which tends to prioritize the teacher's linguistic identity over other social categories, such as race and the persistent dichotomy between the idealized native speaker and non-native speaker. To broaden the understandings of race in teacher identity research within postsecondary language classrooms, this chapter advocates for considering the notion of multiraciality. To support these arguments, results from a critical discourse analysis (CDA) of …

Troglodyke's Delight: A Deep Listening Of Pauline Olivero's Troglodyte's Delight, Calum Robertson

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

Pauline Oliveros, renowned lesbian composer, left a legacy of experimental music and groundbreaking ideas about music and sound, both as maker and listener. She is best known for her concept of Deep Listening, the active engagement of listening to sound and being open to all possibilities, being receptive to the resonant currents emanating from the sounds, to go beyond hearing and to listen, to Deeply Listen, to the sounds, to experience fully those sounds. Deep Listening was inspired by an experience Oliveros had in a cistern in 1988, where beneath the earth she truly experienced listening and the sounds present …

La Jolla Park Coastal Historic District, National Register Of Historic Places, 2024, Molly Mcclain, Seonaid Mcarthur

History: Faculty Scholarship

The “La Jolla Park Coastal Historic District,” a dramatic stretch of coastline that is part of the unceded ancient homeland and traditional territory of the Kumeyaay Nation, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 9, 2024. The coastal area, anchored by Ellen Browning Scripps Park, was the focal point for La Jolla’s planning and development between 1887 and 1940.

Authorized by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, the National Park Service’s National Register of Historic Places is part of a national program to coordinate and support public and private efforts to identify, evaluate, and protect …