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Short-Term Relationships With Eternal Impact: Mentoring Male Students At Faith-Based Institutions, Joshua R. Craton Jan 2016

Short-Term Relationships With Eternal Impact: Mentoring Male Students At Faith-Based Institutions, Joshua R. Craton

Master of Arts in Higher Education (MAHE) Theses

Mentorship serves an important role in college student development. It provides individual support and guidance to students as they explore their identities and look for answers to life’s big questions. Over fifty running definitions of mentorship appear in social science literature (Crisp & Cruz, 2009); therefore, this study sought to describe mentorship in the context of university faculty members mentoring their male students. In order to define mentorship in this context, the researcher interviewed ten male college students who claimed to have a mentor. Their perspectives on mentorship provided a deeper understanding of how best to mentor men in college. …

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Exploring The Shared Cores Of Gender Issues: The Significance Of Same-Sex Interactions As Pathways To Equality And Reconciliation, Charles Warren Allen Jan 2016

Exploring The Shared Cores Of Gender Issues: The Significance Of Same-Sex Interactions As Pathways To Equality And Reconciliation, Charles Warren Allen

Master of Arts in Higher Education (MAHE) Theses

Achieving gender reconciliation involves the consideration of many different conflicts between the sexes, from institutional to individual conflict. Men and women have identified inequality in workplaces (Elkins, Phillips, & Konopaske, 2001), education systems (Ancis & Phillips, 1996), sexualized media (Hoyt & Kogan, 2001) and judicial courts (Sanauddin, 2012). Additionally, negative personal relationships have led to deeply rooted mistrust between men and women (Nomaguchi, Giordano, & Manning, 2011). Conflict exists at the most basic level of identity formation. Gender identities comprise behaviors and traits that have opposing gender associations (Long, Fish, Scheffler, & Hanert, 2014; Monin, Clark, & Lemay, 2008). Efforts …

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Student-Athlete Perceptions Of Institutional Advisement, Bailey Judd Jan 2016

Student-Athlete Perceptions Of Institutional Advisement, Bailey Judd

Master of Arts in Higher Education (MAHE) Theses

As colleges and universities continue to enroll student-athletes, higher education professionals should emphasize their efforts to see students succeed in their athletics, as well as their academic work. The current study sought to unearth the student-athlete experience related to advisement using phenomenological design. Advisement is defined more holistically and includes institutional constituents offering support to student-athletes. The results suggest that student-athletes encounter significant challenges or difficulties as they attempt to balance their academic and athletic priorities. Student-athletes indicated several groups of individuals who were key supporters during their time spent in a collegiate sport. Implications from the study indicate a …

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Quantitative Reasoning In The Numbers: A Qualitative Study Of Trends In Higher Education Mathematics Curriculum, Julia C. Vandermolen Jan 2016

Quantitative Reasoning In The Numbers: A Qualitative Study Of Trends In Higher Education Mathematics Curriculum, Julia C. Vandermolen

Master of Arts in Higher Education (MAHE) Theses

Mathematics occupies a dynamic place in general education curriculum. The subject once served primarily as a language to explain the natural world and more recently adopted more usefulness-centered value in research and society. Changes in K-12 curriculum standards over the last two decades have again reoriented the subject toward quantitative reasoning (QR) acquisition, responding to demands by employers for greater facility with quantitative information and recommendations by researchers with regard to learning acquisition and transfer in mathematics. After defining components of QR, this study examined mathematics curriculum at highly ranked liberal arts colleges and universities across a ten-year period to …

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Status Report To The Public Fiscal Year 2016, Tennessee. Department Of Environment And Conservation. Division Of Department Of Energy Oversight Jan 2016

Status Report To The Public Fiscal Year 2016, Tennessee. Department Of Environment And Conservation. Division Of Department Of Energy Oversight

Annual Status Reports

This report was produced by the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, Division of Remediation, DOE Oversight Office.

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The Scopes And Kitzmiller Trials: Legitimacy Of Religious Dialogue In Court, Zarina Patwa Jan 2016

The Scopes And Kitzmiller Trials: Legitimacy Of Religious Dialogue In Court, Zarina Patwa

Student Library Research Awards

100/200-level Award Recipient for 2016. Paper written for course REL 204. Supporting faculty: Ed Silver.

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Initial Microbial Colonizers Of Microplastics In The North Atlantic Ocean, Helena Mcmonagle Jan 2016

Initial Microbial Colonizers Of Microplastics In The North Atlantic Ocean, Helena Mcmonagle

Honors Thesis Collection

No abstract provided.

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"Blood On The Leaves And Blood At The Root": Race And The Unequal Protections Of Childhood In American Culture, Claudia Liss-Schultz Jan 2016

"Blood On The Leaves And Blood At The Root": Race And The Unequal Protections Of Childhood In American Culture, Claudia Liss-Schultz

Honors Thesis Collection

No abstract provided.

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The Effect Of Education On Health: New Evidence From The Elimination Of The Social Security Student Benefit Program, Taylor Cranor Jan 2016

The Effect Of Education On Health: New Evidence From The Elimination Of The Social Security Student Benefit Program, Taylor Cranor

Honors Thesis Collection

An individual’s education and health status are closely correlated, but the causal pathway between an increase in education and health outcomes has remained largely elusive in empirical work. I explore how an increase in education affects long-term health outcomes by exploiting the removal of the Social Security Student Benefit program in 1982 as an instrument for college attendance and completion in a two-stage least squares model. The outcomes of interest include likelihood of poor self-reported health, pain that interferes with work, arthritis, mental health, hypertension, heart problems, diabetes, smoking, and exercising. I am unable to reject increases or decreases in …

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Dna G-Quadruplex Formation In The Bdellovibrio Bacteriovorus Genome: An In Vitro Study Exploring Temperature, Time, And Crowding, Hikari Murayama Jan 2016

Dna G-Quadruplex Formation In The Bdellovibrio Bacteriovorus Genome: An In Vitro Study Exploring Temperature, Time, And Crowding, Hikari Murayama

Honors Thesis Collection

No abstract provided.

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The Investigation Of A Hydrocarbon Staple On The Potency, Selectivity, And Structure Of Antimicrobial Peptide Buforin Ii, Amy Yuan Jan 2016

The Investigation Of A Hydrocarbon Staple On The Potency, Selectivity, And Structure Of Antimicrobial Peptide Buforin Ii, Amy Yuan

Honors Thesis Collection

No abstract provided.

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Ventral Veins Lacking: A Master Regulator Of Metamorphic Hormones In Manduca Sexta, Victoria Rui Wang Jan 2016

Ventral Veins Lacking: A Master Regulator Of Metamorphic Hormones In Manduca Sexta, Victoria Rui Wang

Honors Thesis Collection

No abstract provided.

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Investigating Dna Binding Of Histone-Derived Antimicrobial Peptides, Buforin Ii And Deshdap1, For Effective Peptide Design, Sukin Sim Jan 2016

Investigating Dna Binding Of Histone-Derived Antimicrobial Peptides, Buforin Ii And Deshdap1, For Effective Peptide Design, Sukin Sim

Honors Thesis Collection

No abstract provided.

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The Contribution Of New Neurons To Behavioral Plasticity In The Juvenile Zebra Finch, Rie Maeda Jan 2016

The Contribution Of New Neurons To Behavioral Plasticity In The Juvenile Zebra Finch, Rie Maeda

Honors Thesis Collection

No abstract provided.

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Implementation And Effects Of India's National School-Based Iron Supplementation Program, Hannah Ruebeck Jan 2016

Implementation And Effects Of India's National School-Based Iron Supplementation Program, Hannah Ruebeck

Honors Thesis Collection

Reducing the rate of anemia is a primary public health concern in many developing countries, where more than half of school-aged children suffer from the many serious consequences of childhood anemia. India has some of the highest rates of iron-deficiency anemia in the world and in 2013 implemented the national school-based Iron and Folic Acid Supplementation Program (IFASP) with the goal of reducing the prevalence and severity of anemia among school children. Although many highly controlled efficacy trials document the ability of iron supplementation to improve iron levels, there is little evidence about the best methods for providing supplements to …

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All Hail The Whale: Cetaceous Metaphor, Monarchy, And Monstrosity In Shakespeare And Melville, Anna Everett Jan 2016

All Hail The Whale: Cetaceous Metaphor, Monarchy, And Monstrosity In Shakespeare And Melville, Anna Everett

Honors Thesis Collection

In my thesis, I have explored the role of whales in literature from Greco-Roman mythology to early English and American literature, including Shakespeare’s Pericles, Lyly’s Gallathea, and Melville’s Moby-Dick, as well as touched on some fiction of today. I pay particular attention to queer readings of these texts as well as to the role that gender plays in them. I argue that at this time in history, literature is the most definitive authority on the multifarious nature of whales. Whales are a powerful metaphor for politics on land, sexual predation, tyranny, and godliness. Because of their both …

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Revolutionary Love: Ferguson Uprising, A Love Story, Zoe Krause Jan 2016

Revolutionary Love: Ferguson Uprising, A Love Story, Zoe Krause

Honors Thesis Collection

This thesis addresses the dimensions of what protestors in Ferguson refer to as “revolutionary love,” an affective force expressed and enacted in the streets. Answering the skepticism and dismissal of love in politics, I first examine the tradition of love in radical Black political thought, as well as somewhat more recent turns to love in feminist, queer and affect theory. Turning to diverse sources of coverage on protests against police brutality, including press coverage of Black Lives Matter the organization, the self-critical archive available via Ferguson activists’ use of Twitter, and participant observation in protests in and around Ferguson, Missouri. …

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The Dynamics Of Electron-Induced Formation Of N-2 And N-3 Species From Condensed Ammonia, Jane Zhu Jan 2016

The Dynamics Of Electron-Induced Formation Of N-2 And N-3 Species From Condensed Ammonia, Jane Zhu

Honors Thesis Collection

No abstract provided.

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Optimizing The Apfret Technique To Investigate The Interaction Of The Cardiac Potassium Channels Herg And Kvlqt1, Heidi Wade Jan 2016

Optimizing The Apfret Technique To Investigate The Interaction Of The Cardiac Potassium Channels Herg And Kvlqt1, Heidi Wade

Honors Thesis Collection

hERG and KvLQT1 are voltage-gated potassium channel protein α-subunits encoded for by KCNH2 and KCNQ1, respectively, that play a critical role in regulating the human heartbeat. hERG and KvLQT1 respectively produce the rapidly activating (IKr) and slowly activating (IKs) components of the cardiac repolarization current, which plays a critical role in regulating the action potential duration in cardiomyocytes. Both hERG and KvLQT1 channels have been shown to associate with the β-subunit, minK. While the expression of minK is not necessary for the production of IKr, the association of minK with KvLQT1 is essential …

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Bones Don’T Lie: Historical And Forensic Comparisons Of Wellesley College’S Human Skeletal Anatomy Teaching Collection, Isabel Starr Jan 2016

Bones Don’T Lie: Historical And Forensic Comparisons Of Wellesley College’S Human Skeletal Anatomy Teaching Collection, Isabel Starr

Honors Thesis Collection

Combining archival research and osteological data collected from skulls in the Wellesley College human skeletal anatomy teaching collection, we investigate how the composition of individuals’ age, sex, and ancestral background compares with and exists in relation to other skeletal anatomy teaching collections of the early 20th century. Archival research at Wellesley College and the Ward Archives at the University of Rochester shows that the Wellesley collection was most likely compiled through a variety of purchases and donations between 1870 and 1956, with two major purchases in 1914 and 1916. Through analysis of metric and nonmetric cranial data in FORDISC, we …

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Synergistic Drug Combinations With A Cdk4/6 Inhibitor Targeting T-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, Emily Lee, Yana Pikman, Kimberly Stegmaier Jan 2016

Synergistic Drug Combinations With A Cdk4/6 Inhibitor Targeting T-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, Emily Lee, Yana Pikman, Kimberly Stegmaier

Honors Thesis Collection

No abstract provided.

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Evaluating The Combined Effects Of Blt1p And Gef2p In Cytokinesis, Lois Kwon Jan 2016

Evaluating The Combined Effects Of Blt1p And Gef2p In Cytokinesis, Lois Kwon

Honors Thesis Collection

No abstract provided.

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Song Exposure Affects Hvc Ultrastructure In Juvenile Zebra Finches, Houda Khaled Jan 2016

Song Exposure Affects Hvc Ultrastructure In Juvenile Zebra Finches, Houda Khaled

Honors Thesis Collection

No abstract provided.

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Designing And Probing Photonic Crystal Slab Resonances, Emma Regan Jan 2016

Designing And Probing Photonic Crystal Slab Resonances, Emma Regan

Honors Thesis Collection

No abstract provided.

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The Victim/Perpetrator Continuum: Understanding The Roles And Experiences Of Female Combatants In Colombia’S Armed Conflict, Savitri Restrepo Alvarez Jan 2016

The Victim/Perpetrator Continuum: Understanding The Roles And Experiences Of Female Combatants In Colombia’S Armed Conflict, Savitri Restrepo Alvarez

Honors Thesis Collection

In December 2015, supported by the Schiff fellowship, I traveled to Colombia to interview recently demobilized female FARC guerillas participating in state reintegration programs. Estimates suggest that 40% of the combatants in Colombia’s decades-long conflict are women. However, the complex role that women have played has largely been overlooked. Much of the literature on conflict resolution assumes a dichotomy in which women are either ‘victims’ or ‘perpetrators.’ In reality, the distinction between these absolute categories is never entirely clear. The purpose of my trip was to examine women’s particular experiences as combatants, looking at the circumstances that led them to …

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Reconciling Femininity And Professionalism: Female Physicians In 19th Century America, Ayesha Anwar Jan 2016

Reconciling Femininity And Professionalism: Female Physicians In 19th Century America, Ayesha Anwar

Honors Thesis Collection

This work seeks to investigate how early women physicians in the United States reconciled and retained femininity while also earning professional authority. Chapter 1 investigates the general circumstances that led to the opening of the medical profession, allowing women the opportunity to participate in it. Chapter 2 engages with the rhetorical strategies used by women physicians to counter their detractors. Chapter 3 examines the motivations women had for entering the field and what they perceive the role of women in medicine to be. The third chapter also examines how use of professional authority was used to reframe gender and marginalized …

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Adaptation Of Escherichia Coli Spheroplasts To The Characterization Of Antimicrobial Peptides (Amps), Lei Wei Jan 2016

Adaptation Of Escherichia Coli Spheroplasts To The Characterization Of Antimicrobial Peptides (Amps), Lei Wei

Honors Thesis Collection

No abstract provided.

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Investigating The Mechanisms Of Threshold Weight In The Tobacco Hornworm, Manduca Sexta, Zhou Wang Jan 2016

Investigating The Mechanisms Of Threshold Weight In The Tobacco Hornworm, Manduca Sexta, Zhou Wang

Honors Thesis Collection

No abstract provided.

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To Be Totally Free: Galina Ustvolskaya, Sofia Gubaidulina, And The Pursuit Of Spiritual Freedom In The Soviet Union, Kathleen Regovich Jan 2016

To Be Totally Free: Galina Ustvolskaya, Sofia Gubaidulina, And The Pursuit Of Spiritual Freedom In The Soviet Union, Kathleen Regovich

Honors Thesis Collection

As women composers in the Soviet Union, Sofia Gubaidulina and Galina Ustvolskaya occupy a unique niche in twentieth-century music history. A lack of access to the technical training required to develop compositional skills is often cited as a primary reason women composers struggled to reach the same prominence as their male colleagues. Living in an ostensibly egalitarian society, Gubaidulina and Ustvolskaya were treated as equal to their male counterparts and given greater access to education than many women in the West. This increased access to musical education represents an unprecedented experiment in classical music history. Both Gubaidulina and Ustvolskaya developed …

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Lentiviral Gfp Transfection Of The Parthenogenic Crayfish Species, Procambarus Fallax: A Tool For Examining The Source Of Neural Precursor Cells In Crayfish, Zena Chatila Jan 2016

Lentiviral Gfp Transfection Of The Parthenogenic Crayfish Species, Procambarus Fallax: A Tool For Examining The Source Of Neural Precursor Cells In Crayfish, Zena Chatila

Honors Thesis Collection

No abstract provided.

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