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“You Know What I’M Saying?”: A Socolinguistic Critique On Free Speech Theories And Tests, Jason Curreri

Student Works

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Education For Democracy : Case Study On The Partnership Between Montclair State University And Kirovograd State Pedagogical University, Irina Viktor Koroleva

Theses, Dissertations and Culminating Projects

The number of international collaborative projects between schools of higher education has grown dramatically during the past ten years (Knight, 2004). Collaboration helps teachers to grow professionally, increase personal confidence, and accordingly, improve the effectiveness of teaching and learning (Meadows & Saltzman, 2002). This finding, and my past experiences as a school teacher in Ukraine encouraged me to inquire into the area of Ukrainian school collaborations with the foreign schools during the times of post-Soviet transition.

This dissertation is a qualitative interpretive case study examining the achievements, perceptions, and challenges of the 1999-2002 partnership between Montclair State University (MSU) and …

“I Have Beene A Reall Actor”: Analyzing The Writings Of John Smith Through The Lens Of Performative Documentary Theory, Kristen L. Walker

Honors Theses

In this thesis I turn to two of the originating texts of American literature: John Smith’s The Generall Historie of Virginia, and A True Relation. The General Historie was first published in 1624, sixteen years after Smith had returned to England, and A True Relation was published in 1608, just a year after Smith arrived Jamestown. These two were not the first or only texts Smith published. During his time spent as a mercenary, solider, and explorer, Smith also wrote eight other works. These two featured texts, The Generall Historie and A True Relation, present Smith’s time …

Determination Of 14c-Acetate Incorporation To Fungal Mass Conversion Factors Of Selected Saprophytic Fungal Organisms, Jakayla M. Harrell

Honors Theses

A growing body of evidence has emerged over the last several decades on the usefulness of the fungal sterol, ergosterol, in quantifying fungal biomass within decaying plant litter and the technique for measuring instantaneous growth rates of fungi via rates of [¹⁴C]-acetate incorporation into ergosterol. Although popular, an underlying problem with these methods is the paucity of studies that have determined conversion factors that relate the precursor molecules to meaningful measurements of fungal biomass and growth rates, respectively. This research was conducted to establish conversion factors relating rates of ¹⁴C-acetate incorporation to rates of fungal mass synthesis …

Does Menstruation Hinder Women's Empowerment? Working Toward Social Change In South India, Sarah Walton

Renée Crown University Honors Thesis Projects - All

With so many challenges facing education today, it is difficult to think about any more potential problems kids around the world have to deal with. However, as I came to realize during a semester abroad in South India – one problem might be messier than all the rest. And, it only affects girls. Menstruation often limits a girl’s ability to go to school for a variety of reasons. This paper documents some of those challenges girls face in regard to cultural taboos and social stigmatization, a lack of knowledge or historical misunderstanding, as well as the fact that for many …

Controlling Bacterial Persister Cells With Low Level Electric Currents, Henry Lars Peterson

Renée Crown University Honors Thesis Projects - All

Bacterial persister cells present a growing concern as they inherit the ability to tolerate high concentrations of antibiotics and repopulate after an antibiotic treatment leading to chronic diseases. Pseudomonas aeruginosa causes many human infections including skin infections and those associated with burn injuries, and implanted medical devices, and are associated with Cystic Fibrosis. Recently, the Ren Lab developed a novel approach to eliminate persister cells of P. aeruginosa, including those in biofilms, using low level electric currents. To evaluate the safety of this method and to better understand how the underlying elements, this study focused on the cytotoxicity of …

Official And Viral Apologia: Participatory Culture And The Penn State Scandal, Brandon Boatwright

All Theses

This thesis analyzes the relationship between organizational apologia and the participatory cultures constructed around new media. Using The Pennsylvania State University sex abuse scandal as a case study, the current research highlights the significant role online communities play in the image repair process of an organization accused of wrongdoing. The current study is an attempt to bridge the gap between organizational apologia and participatory culture by offering a multimethodological approach to an analysis of the Penn State crisis. Five specific events in the crisis are examined across three levels. First, a rhetorical criticism of the Penn State response to the …

Organizational Communication And The Meanings Of Social Media As Cultural Mediums: A Case Study Of Intramural Sport Participants' Interpretations Of Online Presence, Madeline Blair

All Theses

This thesis analyzes the relationship between organizational communication and social media presence in organizational culture. Using a university intramural sport program (UIM) as a case study, this study addresses the role of organizational members' interpretations of the introduction of social media into organizational processes and culture. This study an attempt to reveal a disconnect between organizational communication techniques and social media as cultural mediums by offering an interpretive approach to analysis of the UIM culture using Craig and Tracy's (1995) grounded practical theory. Ten interviews with UIM student employees and sport players were conducted and data were analyzed qualitatively. Findings …

A Contested Policy: Irish And American Perspectives On Eire's Neutrality, Leah Egofske

All Theses

Although the Irish Free State had close relations and connections to the United Kingdom from its inception in 1922, Eire pursued a policy of neutrality throughout the Second World War. Although the majority of the Irish population supported neutrality, it attracted much criticism in Britain and America. The aim of this study is to explore Irish men and women's experience with neutrality alongside how American newspapers as well as American war correspondents based in Britain addressed and viewed Ireland's neutrality. In many ways, the Irish benefited from the policy of neutrality and the small nation was united on a level …

Liberal Arts Colleges During The Great Recession: Examining Organizational Adaptation And Institutional Change, Ashlie Junot Hilbun

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Liberal arts colleges strived to adapt to environmental shifts at the turn of the twenty-first century and remain relevant in American society while the Great Recession of 2007 compounded their challenges and created new fiscal and enrollment burdens, which forced these institutions to confront paradigm-changing circumstances. In an effort to advance the historical perspective of liberal arts colleges and expand the organizational adaptation research base, the current study aimed to understand how private liberal arts colleges adapted during the Great Recession of 2007 by examining institutional changes at three private liberal arts colleges and their effects on the institutions' operations. …

Social Affiliation: A Model Of Anxious Avoidance In Women, Milena Stoyanova

Department of Psychology: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

There is substantial evidence demonstrating that women experience greater anxiety and fear compared to men. However, our understanding of specific factors accounting for women’s greater vulnerability remains rather limited. Taylor and colleagues (2000) proposed that women may have a different biobehavioral response to stress, which has evolved to protect and nurture offspring. The tend-and-befriend model provides new opportunities to explore underlying processes that may contribute to women’s greater anxiety and fear.

The present study examined women’s stress response combined with the absence of positive social contact as it relates to the presentation of fear and anxiety. One hundred and seven …

Academic And Non-Academic Games, Bjorn Ingvoldstad

Bridgewater Review

No abstract provided.

Toiling ‘Tween The Wars: Female Domestic Servants In Britain And The United States, 1919-1999, Camesha L. Scruggs

Theses (Pre-2016)

During World War I, women were working in factory positions to assist in the war effort. They felt a sense of pride and responsibility and gained a sense of importance in their work. After World War I ended in 1919, female laborers were no longer needed in factories to produce weapons and various war supplies. However, men returning back to their respectable home fronts were being offered factory jobs as compensation for their war efforts and as an economic stimulus. Domestic work became the viable option for women based upon decreased job opportunities. This condition was not only contained to …

Introduçâo, Luis Chesney-Lawrence, Mark Dinneen

Teatro: Revista de Estudios Escénicos / A Journal of Theater Studies

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Influências De Augusto Boal No Teatro Político Argentino, Jualiano Borba

Teatro: Revista de Estudios Escénicos / A Journal of Theater Studies

Augusto Boal y su esposa, la actriz y psicoanalista argentina Cecilia Thumin Boal vivieron en Brasil hasta el año 1971, cuando fueron a la Argentina, después que Boal fue preso por la represión de la dictadura militar en Brasil. En Argentina Boal siguió desarrollando su investigación sobre las formas participativas de teatro. En este artículo se habla de teatro argentino contemporáneo, especialmente Teatro Comunitario y el Teatro del Oprimido. Propongo que, a pesar de sus diferencias, trabajan de acuerdo con algunas de las características y metodologías similares a las sistematizadas por Boal. Los calandracas es un grupo tradicional de teatro …

Ler É Traduzir: Ressonâncias Dos Escritos E Práticas De Augusto Boal Na Amazônia Acreana, Maria Do P. Socorro Calixto Marques

Teatro: Revista de Estudios Escénicos / A Journal of Theater Studies

Durante los años de investigación realizada sobre el teatro en Rio Branco, con obras de teatro que forman el panorama acreano, sobre todo en las que comprenden el archivo de las décadas 1970 a 1980, ya se había reflejado, aunque no exclusivamente, la presencia constante de herramientas dramatúrgicas del ‘Teatro do Oprimido’, ejercido y escrito por Augusto Boal (1931-2009). Hoy en día, este nuevo objetivo, necesariamente, me condujo a releer, y prestar atención con mayor madurez, las entrevistas que me concedieron para la tesis doctoral, y observar cómo las prácticas de teatro de Augusto Boal estuvieron representadas en parte del …

Teatro Legislativo: Estimulando A Ciudadanía Ativa, Mark Dinneen

Teatro: Revista de Estudios Escénicos / A Journal of Theater Studies

Este artículo examina la propuesta del teatro legislativo, creado por Boal en 1996, con el fin de evaluar tanto su valor potencial como sus limitaciones escénicas y prácticas. Su adaptación en una variedad de contextos ha producido resultados muy desiguales, aunque el artículo argumenta que su valor como elemento para estimular una ‘ciudadanía activa’, constituida no sólo por derechos y responsabilidades, sino también por un compromiso efectivo para la creación de nuevas leyes y políticas de Estado, debe ser evaluado dentro de un contexto carente de participación política en Brasil, luego de dos décadas de dictadura, así como también …

Boal E O Teatro Em Comunidades: Contribuições Da Experiência Africana, Marcia Pompeo Nogueira

Teatro: Revista de Estudios Escénicos / A Journal of Theater Studies

La obra de Augusto Boal influenció la práctica de teatro en muchas comunidades alrededor de todo el mundo. En el continente africano, por ejemplo, hubo un proceso de evolución muy interesante con el enfoque del teatro realizado en comunidades. Comenzó con la presentación de obras listas que proponían políticas o soluciones a problemas identificados por personas fuera de la comunidad, y derivó en trabajos teatrales que involucraban habitantes de la comunidad en todo el proceso teatral, desde la identificación del problema hasta la representación de la obra. Diversos autores que analizan estos trabajos encuentran la influencia de las contribuciones de …

Modelo Do Intervenção Teatral Para A Transformação Pessoal E Social, Maria Do Rosário Cadete

Teatro: Revista de Estudios Escénicos / A Journal of Theater Studies

Este artigo apresenta um Modelo intemporal que se debruça sobre um tema de cariz social que intervém na pessoa, pelos seus sentimentos face à agressão exterior. E é neste sentido que o Modelo de Intervenção Teatral pode perdurar, seja em contexto formal ou informal, como em associações culturais, pois pretende-se que seja aplicado em diferentes contextos para daí advir um Homem mais completo e consciente das transformações necessárias, para afectar o seu contexto de forma positiva.

La Dramaturgia Y Dirección Escénica De Augusto Boal, Luis Chesney-Lawrence

Teatro: Revista de Estudios Escénicos / A Journal of Theater Studies

En este artículo se hace una reseña de la trayectoria teatral de Augusto Boal como actor principal de la renovación del teatro brasilero, describiendo brevemente la historia de esta escena, la del Teatro Paulista y del Arena, así como su trayectoria personal luego fuera del país, pasando por América Latina y luego, Europa.

Las Teorías Dramáticas De Augusto Boal, Luis Chesney-Lawrence

Teatro: Revista de Estudios Escénicos / A Journal of Theater Studies

Este artículo examina los trabajos de Augusto Boal que tienen que ver con sus ideas y discursos sobre la escena popular e, incluso, su pensamiento sobre la historia del teatro universal. En este sentido se estudian el sistema comodín, sus categorías sobre el teatro popular y técnicas del mismo, el teatro del oprimido, y su poética y el teatro como lenguaje alfabetizador.

Reseñas

Teatro: Revista de Estudios Escénicos / A Journal of Theater Studies

No abstract provided.

O Impacto Internacional De Boal: Comentário Dos Especialistas

Teatro: Revista de Estudios Escénicos / A Journal of Theater Studies

No abstract provided.

Psicodrama, Sociodrama Y Teatro Del Oprimido De Augusto Boal: Analogías Y Diferencias, Beliza Castillo

Teatro: Revista de Estudios Escénicos / A Journal of Theater Studies

Augusto Boal, en 1971 propuso un teatro político que confrontara al público y lo motivara a asumir una actitud y participación críticas, que no sólo lo llevara a pensar, sino que también a actuar, a intervenir, con esto daba una nueva mirada al teatro como herramienta pedagógica, social, política, cultural y terapéutica. No es extraño, por tanto, que su teatro llame a observar y a acercarse a la práctica del psicodrama y del sociodrama de Jacobo Levy Moreno, quien en 1926 lleva el arte teatral a un ámbito de curación no experimentado hasta entonces por esta disciplina artística, que coloca …

The Bg News May 01, 2013, Bowling Green State University

BG News (Student Newspaper)

The BGSU campus student newspaper. May 01, 2013. Volume 92-Issue 97.

La Barbe: Feminine Beards And Other Mysteries Of French Grammatical Gender, Robin F. Keller

Senior Honors Projects

Grammatical gender in French language is one of the biggest guessing games for a native English speaker. Why a table is feminine and a book is masculine is a question that plagues those learning French as a second language. In French, all nouns have gender, masculine and feminine. The complication: only a small percentage of the nouns are assigned gender semantically leaving the remaining which are assigned gender seemingly arbitrarily. For English native speakers, the distinction of these basic parts in a foreign language is not a natural skill. The simple fact that nouns are either feminine or masculine is …

An Analysis Of White Masculinity In 2013, Edward Pare

Senior Honors Projects

An Analysis of American Masculinity

Edward Pare, History and Mathematics

Faculty Sponsor: Kyle Kusz, Kinesiology

American masculinity, more specifically white masculinity in America, is an ever-evolving subject. In the past two decades, cultural analysts have been writing once again about the idea of the existence of a crisis of white masculinity. This project takes a multi-method approach to analyze the social effects of mass mediated white masculinities on the process of how young white, middle class men construct and perform their white masculinities.

We live in a culture where citizens are inundated with media information and images, some of which …

Teacher Professional Learning Communities For Sustainability: Supporting Stem In Learning Gardens In Low-Income Schools, Sybil S. Kelley, Dilafruz R. Williams

Educational Leadership and Policy Faculty Publications and Presentations

In order to address the ecological and social problems of sustainability in our modern times, citizens need to be empowered with an understanding of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) concepts and practices. Furthermore, STEM must be democratized and taught in life-giving and life-sustaining ways that include all students instead of the small fraction of "high achievers" and limited to the "potential" scientists, engineers, and mathematicians. At present, K-12 students and their teachers rarely have the opportunity to learn beyond their concrete school walls and to reconnect with nature, exacerbating their disconnection of STEM from real life and hence sustainability. …

University Of Central Florida Undergraduate Catalog, 2013 - 2014, University Of Central Florida

UCF Catalogs

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Does The Sat Predict Academic Achievement And Academic Choices At Macalester College?, Jing Wen

Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science Honors Projects

This paper examines the predictive power of the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) for Macalester students’ college success and academic choices. We use linear regression to study whether the SAT can predict students’ first year or four-year grades. Using Kullback-Leibler divergence and classification trees, we also examine the SAT’s predictive ability for other aspects of students’ academic experience, for example, major selection, or academic division of study. After controlling for major and course level, we find that the SAT does not explain a large proportion of the variability in Macalester students’ college success. However, the SAT does provide some useful information …