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Exponential Tensor Modules, Khoa Hoang Nguyen May 2022

Exponential Tensor Modules, Khoa Hoang Nguyen

Mathematics Dissertations - Archive

Representation theory of Lie algebra of a finite dimensional reductive Lie algebra g is a long-standing problem. The ultimate goal is to classify all representations of g. However. the only case only case when a complete classification is obtained is the case of g = sl(2). Hence, it is natural to study certain categories of representations of g for which some finiteness conditions on the action of certain elements of g is enforced. In this thesis, we introduce a class of representations T (g, V, S) of sl(n + 1) of mixed tensor type. By varying the polynomial g, the …

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Pipeline To Power: A Creative Exploration Of My Journey To Black Youth Empowerment, Junichi Uehara Lockett May 2022

Pipeline To Power: A Creative Exploration Of My Journey To Black Youth Empowerment, Junichi Uehara Lockett

Educational Leadership & Policy Studies Dissertations - Archive

Through an arts-based autoethnography, I explored the influences and experiences that informed my approach to leading Black youth empowerment programming. Although there is a significant amount of scholarship on Black youth empowerment programming and its importance to Black children, there is limited literature on how one becomes a Black youth empowerment facilitator in the community. I sought to answer the following questions: (1) How did external forces and people inform my approach to leading Black youth empowerment programming? (2) How did my inner drive and consciousness inform my approach to leading Black youth empowerment programming? (3) How does a critique …

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Performance-Based Funding In Texas: Sensemaking Experiences Of Administrators At Hispanic-Serving Community Colleges, Kathleen Elizabeth Launius May 2022

Performance-Based Funding In Texas: Sensemaking Experiences Of Administrators At Hispanic-Serving Community Colleges, Kathleen Elizabeth Launius

Educational Leadership & Policy Studies Dissertations - Archive

Despite the expansive literature on higher education performance-based funding (PBF) policies, there is an oversaturation of quantitative studies focused on measuring metric performance at the statewide level. These studies have largely found that PBF fails to meet its goal of improving graduation rates and has unintended consequences for historically underserved student populations (e.g., Black, Latinx/a/o, low-income) and under-resourced institutions (e.g., community colleges, minority-serving institutions). Further, the limited qualitative studies have revealed widespread positive attitudes and institutional changes at the campus level in the early stages of policy implementation. However, the literature fails to critically examine campus-based attitudes and experiences over …

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"And Still I Rise": Exploring Black Women's Joy While Aspiring To The College Presidency, Courtney E. Matthews May 2022

"And Still I Rise": Exploring Black Women's Joy While Aspiring To The College Presidency, Courtney E. Matthews

Educational Leadership & Policy Studies Dissertations - Archive

Despite the expansion of literature on Black women college presidents, there is an oversaturation of the struggles Black women experience once in the role that is rooted within the role of racism and sexism. This study focuses on understanding how Black joy influences Black women's aspirations to pursue university or college presidencies at historically white institutions (HWIs). The legacy of Black joy in Black communities is one of healing, resistance, and restoration. Yet, little is understood about how Black joy impacts Black women's experience in higher education. Black women’s journeys to the presidency are a unique exploration of their present-day …

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Black Male Baccalaureate Degree Attainment: The Relationship Between Single- Mother Status, Family Background Factors, High School Gpa And College Engagement, Michael T. Russ May 2022

Black Male Baccalaureate Degree Attainment: The Relationship Between Single- Mother Status, Family Background Factors, High School Gpa And College Engagement, Michael T. Russ

Educational Leadership & Policy Studies Dissertations - Archive

Low bachelor’s degree attainment rates for Black males is a multiplex problem due to the array of academic and non-academic factors affecting student experiences. Among these factors, family factors play an important role in students’ development and educational success, particularly for Black students. While previous research has explored some contributing factors to the low degree completion rate of Black males, there is a paucity of research specific to how the status of the single-mother household impacts Black males’ degree completion. Therefore, this study sought to examine the relationship between household status and Black male college engagement and degree attainment. Furthermore, …

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Exploring Deep Learning In Finance, Abhijit Anand Anand Deshpande May 2022

Exploring Deep Learning In Finance, Abhijit Anand Anand Deshpande

Industrial, Manufacturing, and Systems Theses - Archive

Financial market analysis is process of analyzing market closely and predict the next move of market whether it will go up or down using historical data. Financial market is stochastic and has rapid changes over time, therefore it is very difficult to predict. The main goal of this work is to understand novel approaches of machine learning in finance, data parsing techniques, labelling the financial data. Furthermore, understand state of art Transformer model and implement and compare results with other traditional machine learning algorithms. Experiment carried out in python along with pytorch.

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Vibro-Acoustic Analysis Of A Fan Blade, Matthew Koithan May 2022

Vibro-Acoustic Analysis Of A Fan Blade, Matthew Koithan

2022 Spring Honors Capstone Projects - Archive

A frequent problem with rotating machinery is vibration. Vibration in a rotating part can be caused by unequal mass distribution. A sound or acoustic wave is created by a pattern or disturbances traveling through a medium. Vibration and Acoustics can be dealt with individually, however, if they share a common source, both could be solved simultaneously. The purpose of this project is to correlate the fan noise to the rotor imbalance. The unbalanced mass can be removed by aligning the center of gravity (CG) with the axis of rotation, which eliminates any coupled moments. The vibration is measured using accelerometers …

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Computational Modeling Of Post-Surgical Hypertrophic Heart For Surgical Planning, Sudhir Pandit May 2022

Computational Modeling Of Post-Surgical Hypertrophic Heart For Surgical Planning, Sudhir Pandit

2022 Spring Honors Capstone Projects - Archive

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a clinically prevalent disease in people around the world, with potential outcomes ranging from sudden cardiac arrest and/or heart failure to the normal life expectancy of the patients. HCM is a condition where the interventricular septal wall becomes abnormally larger, making it difficult for the heart to pump blood from the left ventricle. The current gold standard for the treatment of HCM is Cardiac Myectomy, in which the overgrown tissues are resected to correct the heart and restore the blood flow. Due to the complex anatomy of the heart and anatomical differences in the internal structures …

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Expanding The Interoperability Of Healthcare Record Systems, In Spite Of Personal Privacy Issues, Kabin Magar May 2022

Expanding The Interoperability Of Healthcare Record Systems, In Spite Of Personal Privacy Issues, Kabin Magar

2022 Spring Honors Capstone Projects - Archive

There has been a push to implement the tenets of the Management Information Systems (MIS) by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Broadband Plan, and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, which have led to continued growth in the use of the electronic healthcare record (EHR). The adoption of innovative technologies in the digitization of health records, use of telehealth solutions, and global problems, such as the pandemic, have presented MIS professionals with “big data” concerns that effect source systems, marketing, …

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360 Degree Posture Detection In Mobile And Desktop Version Of Aasan, Dhruva Malik May 2022

360 Degree Posture Detection In Mobile And Desktop Version Of Aasan, Dhruva Malik

2022 Spring Honors Capstone Projects - Archive

A lot of working people spend their time doing desk jobs. This results in various complications and problems with age. Early on development of bad posture can be fixed before it becomes a habit and. As a result, people may develop inadequate spine posture, which can cause profound implications such as back pain if not corrected at an early stage. “Aasan” the name of the application comes from a Sanskrit word meaning posture, and as the goal of it is to eliminate the wrong posture practices among the world, this name gives the app a meaningful and purpose driven feeling. …

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Insurance Fraud Detection, Senior Design Enhanced Project, Nischal Rana May 2022

Insurance Fraud Detection, Senior Design Enhanced Project, Nischal Rana

2022 Spring Honors Capstone Projects - Archive

Insurance is a major service provided to consumers that provides some relief concerning their valuable assets in the modern world. With so many valuable objects on the market, insurance claims are at an all-time peak, and with this comes attention, both wanted and unwanted. Insurance Fraud Detection is a sophisticated web application integrated with various modules that help insurance agents determine whether a claim by a client is fraudulent or not. Insurance agents can utilize this application to web scrape the internet for clues about the item in question to determine if it is still in the original owner's possession. …

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Impact Of Stability And Control On Vehicle Geometry And Performance: A Design Study On Traditional Hypersonic Vehicles Vs Controlled Configured Hypersonic Vehicles, Juan Camilo Buritica Yate May 2022

Impact Of Stability And Control On Vehicle Geometry And Performance: A Design Study On Traditional Hypersonic Vehicles Vs Controlled Configured Hypersonic Vehicles, Juan Camilo Buritica Yate

2022 Spring Honors Capstone Projects - Archive

Hypersonic vehicles have been in development for over 60 years, yet a control-configure-vehicle has yet to be designed to understand the possible improvements over statically stable configurations. This paper studies the effect of stability and control on aircraft geometry and performance by comparing traditional vehicles versus control configured vehicles (CCV) that operate at subsonic and supersonic speeds and extrapolates this analysis to predict these effects on hypersonic vehicles. Data related to geometry, aerodynamic performance, and stability from various vehicles were collected and used to find trends by comparing aircraft design parameters to stability criteria. The results showed that by decreasing …

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Gender Differences In Perception Of Dyspnea And Its Relation To Muscle Weakness, Functional Status, Disability In Activities Of Daily Living, And Depression In Adults With Heart Failure—A Secondary Analysis, Michelle Minh Tran May 2022

Gender Differences In Perception Of Dyspnea And Its Relation To Muscle Weakness, Functional Status, Disability In Activities Of Daily Living, And Depression In Adults With Heart Failure—A Secondary Analysis, Michelle Minh Tran

2022 Spring Honors Capstone Projects - Archive

Although Heart Failure (HF) can occur in both women and men, some studies have shown that both genders do not present the same outcomes; however, there is an underrepresentation of the effect of gender on the relationship of HF and changes in activities of daily living. This study compared the effects of gender on dyspnea and other variables to determine differences between symptoms, disability, and other relationships. A secondary analysis of a cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted with 186 patients who were told to perform several tests to evaluate muscle weakness, functional status, depression, and disability. Instruments such as the …

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Social And Environmental Disparities In Physical Activity And Childhood Obesity In 2-5-Year-Old Children, Alexis Jones May 2022

Social And Environmental Disparities In Physical Activity And Childhood Obesity In 2-5-Year-Old Children, Alexis Jones

2022 Spring Honors Capstone Projects - Archive

Social and environmental factors are important determinants of physical activity (PA) and childhood obesity. The purposes of this study were to 1) explore associations of social-demographics (i.e., ethnicity, social-economic status [SES], gender), PA, sedentary behavior (SB), and BMI percentile with social/built environment and 2) explore SES disparities in environmental determinants of health. This cross-sectional study recruited 40 preschoolers (Mage=3.55 years; 75% girls; 17.5% low SES; 30% Hispanic; 10% overweight/obese). Parent-report surveys measured social-demographics, PA outcomes, and social/built environment. Results indicated higher SES children engaged in more PA and less SB than low-SES peers. SES significantly associated with PA, obesity, crime …

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Study Of Neutrino Background For The Low-Mass Dark Matter Search In Future Neutrino Experiments, Aayush Bhattarai May 2022

Study Of Neutrino Background For The Low-Mass Dark Matter Search In Future Neutrino Experiments, Aayush Bhattarai

2022 Spring Honors Capstone Projects - Archive

With high-intensity neutrino beams and large mass detectors, neutrino physics has entered the high precision measurement era. Accelerator experiments that use high-intensity proton beams impinging on a fixed target could produce dark matter along with neutrinos. DUNE, one of the most extensive neutrino experiments under construction, has similar prospects of looking for low-mass dark matter (LDM) produced in the proton interactions with the target. With the possibility of charge-neutral LDM production in the target, numerous neutrinos will be generated alongside it, which will be the primary background to the LDM signal. To understand these neutrino backgrounds, we studied two “modified …

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Destroying Man: Philosophically Situating C. S. Lewis’ The Abolition Of Man, Anna Elizabeth Tarpley May 2022

Destroying Man: Philosophically Situating C. S. Lewis’ The Abolition Of Man, Anna Elizabeth Tarpley

2022 Spring Honors Capstone Projects - Archive

Lewis’ central argument in The Abolition of Man explains the philosophical consequences of extending assumptions implicit within scientific methodologies and originally used to treat Nature to include a treatment of humans. This thesis elucidates Lewis’ philosophical concept of man’s “Power Over Nature” by providing the historical and philosophical context out of which it developed. Multi-disciplinary research relying on primary source documentation, secondary academic literature, biographical material, and philosophical text was used to synthesize a descriptive philosophical narrative in two parts. The first part consists in the historical basis for the shift in ideas involved in Lewis’ argument as manifest in …

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A Proposed Approach For Testing An Educational Virtual Reality Simulation For End-Of-Life Care, Jasmine Hyder May 2022

A Proposed Approach For Testing An Educational Virtual Reality Simulation For End-Of-Life Care, Jasmine Hyder

2022 Spring Honors Capstone Projects - Archive

Virtual Reality (VR) is becoming more popular with the continuous introduction of newer and more capable technology. Specifically, VR educational simulations can provide training on complex situations that may be difficult to carry out in real life. In an attempt to improve the quality of end-of-life care knowledge among nursing students, a VR simulation is in development that presents related scenarios nurses may face. Rigorous testing of this simulation is essential to produce effective results that separates itself from 2D simulations or other educational methods. A testing framework and plan is proposed here that can be extended to future VR …

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Proposal For Uta-Downtown Arlington Bike Network, Anna Laura Harmjanz May 2022

Proposal For Uta-Downtown Arlington Bike Network, Anna Laura Harmjanz

2022 Spring Honors Capstone Projects - Archive

Bicycling offers great benefits for cities including sustainable, efficient, and affordable transportation, improved health and wellness, and creating vibrant communities. Universities offer a good starting point for young adults to form sustainable transportation habits. This study explores how the University of Texas at Arlington’s community perceives existing bike infrastructure, services, and amenities on campus and off-campus to create a well-connected and safe bike network. An online survey was used to collect feedback from students and employees on commuting patterns, cycling experience and barriers, perceived safety on various bike facilities, and suggestions. Based on survey responses, a bike network analysis was …

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United Nations Peacekeepers, The Use Of Sexual Exploitation And Abuse, And Feminist Theory, Corrina Marie Sullivan May 2022

United Nations Peacekeepers, The Use Of Sexual Exploitation And Abuse, And Feminist Theory, Corrina Marie Sullivan

2022 Spring Honors Capstone Projects - Archive

Why do United Nations peacekeepers enact sexual harm against the very populations they are meant to protect? Given that the purpose of United Nations peacekeepers is to promote peace in a country following a period of unrest and/or violence, acts of sexual exploitation and abuse are antithetical to their purpose. These acts also inflict trauma on populations meant to be protected. Finally, this behavior undermines the general trust in the United Nations. Therefore, when peacekeepers engage in acts of sexual exploitation and abuse, these acts have larger implications for not only the peacekeeping force but the United Nations as a …

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A Study Of Algorithmic Bias With A Focus On Mitigation Practices And An Analysis Of Discrimination Conscious Data Mining, Ashni Walia May 2022

A Study Of Algorithmic Bias With A Focus On Mitigation Practices And An Analysis Of Discrimination Conscious Data Mining, Ashni Walia

2022 Spring Honors Capstone Projects - Archive

Algorithmic bias is a moral error within computer systems that is often left undetected due to a lack of set procedures. The aim of this study was to find the source of this bias leading to possible procedural solutions that can be applied widely. A meta- analysis, case study, and sample interview statistics are used to understand the multiplication of such bias into generated outputs. The study concluded that lack of diverse data leads to bias in output, in addition to a lack of awareness about the existence of such bias. This ignorance is amplified by the myth surrounding deep …

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The Effect Of Depression, Anxiety, And Length Of Stay In Neonatal Intensive Care Upon Maternal-Infant Bonding, Tori Shavon Young May 2022

The Effect Of Depression, Anxiety, And Length Of Stay In Neonatal Intensive Care Upon Maternal-Infant Bonding, Tori Shavon Young

2022 Spring Honors Capstone Projects - Archive

Bonding is important to establish an early relationship but a challenge to mothers with infants in NICU. The aim of this study was to determine if a longer length of time an infant requires NICU admission is associated with impaired maternal-infant bonding. A secondary goal explored associations and effects of maternal depression and anxiety upon bonding via the Postpartum Bonding Questionnaire (PBQ), Edinburg Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS), and a subscale of the EPDS for anxiety. A descriptive design was used to explore mental health and bonding among 45 NICU mothers who were at least 18 years old and could speak, …

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Appllication Of Convolutional Neural Network Towards Image Upscaling Demonstrated Via Chest X-Ray Dataset, Murtaza Aliasgar Khokhar May 2022

Appllication Of Convolutional Neural Network Towards Image Upscaling Demonstrated Via Chest X-Ray Dataset, Murtaza Aliasgar Khokhar

2022 Spring Honors Capstone Projects - Archive

Light Field Microscopy is a 3D imaging technique that sacrifices spatial resolution to capture angular information. A neural network was developed to increase the resolution of images captured. The objective of this study is to show the application of the developed convoluted neural network towards other topics. A dataset containing chest x-ray images will be used to train, test, and analyze the neural network. The neural network will be trained by converting the images to low-resolution and using it as training data. The original high-resolution data will be used as ground truth. PSNR, SSIM and visual tests will be used …

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Improving Texas With Green Roof Gardens: A Review Of Green Roof Garden Systems And Evidence-Based Design Proposal For The Cappa Building, Uta, Raul-Andres Morales May 2022

Improving Texas With Green Roof Gardens: A Review Of Green Roof Garden Systems And Evidence-Based Design Proposal For The Cappa Building, Uta, Raul-Andres Morales

2022 Spring Honors Capstone Projects - Archive

Texas is home to some of the hottest summers, often reaching over 100o during the day. A few countries, like Canada and Germany, have created policies that mandated green roof garden systems for new and renovated buildings. Studies conducted by the American Society of Landscape Architects shows that green roofs can lower the temperature of a city as a whole anywhere between 0.2o and 1.4o F. The implementation of green roof gardens in Texas can aid in lowering heat islands, excessive rainwater run-off, and increase energy efficiency in buildings. With the research conducted, this project was a creative design proposal …

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Increasing The Efficiency Of Universal Robot 5–By The Introductionof Fiducial Markers, Resha Adhikari May 2022

Increasing The Efficiency Of Universal Robot 5–By The Introductionof Fiducial Markers, Resha Adhikari

2022 Spring Honors Capstone Projects - Archive

Even though the UR5 robot was developed for industrial purposes, it has not been efficient enough to replace human workers in warehouses and factories. The main theme of this project is to increase the change the working practice of robot by detecting the fiducial markers and using it as a source to pick up the envelopes. Once the robot is able to detect the fiducial markers placed on the envelope, the robot will locate it and then move towards it, use suction to pick up the envelope and move it to another location as desired (a box in our case). …

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Improving User Experience (Ux) Through Web Redesign, Jash Shah May 2022

Improving User Experience (Ux) Through Web Redesign, Jash Shah

2022 Spring Honors Capstone Projects - Archive

This project aims to identify major factors of consideration for redesigning a website to improve the user experience (UX). We short-listed ten websites and reviewed them with the prospect of understanding the user experience. A short survey was also conducted to better understand usability, user satisfaction and for examining the user experience. This information was compared with the top three UX popular websites to help ascertain the major differences. The process allowed us to classify factors that would assist in enhancing the user experience, but it was discovered that these could vary depending on website type and use. Additionally, there …

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Plantain Cultivation In Puerto Rico: Its Inclusion In The National Crop Table Of The United States Department Of Agriculture’S Farm Service Agency, And Its Loss Compensation In Disaster Programs, Javier A. Rivera-Aquino May 2022

Plantain Cultivation In Puerto Rico: Its Inclusion In The National Crop Table Of The United States Department Of Agriculture’S Farm Service Agency, And Its Loss Compensation In Disaster Programs, Javier A. Rivera-Aquino

Journal of Food Law & Policy

If justice is to provide each person what they deserve, it seems plantain producers in Puerto Rico did not relish a just compensation for their farm losses after Hurricane Maria in 2017. The main culprit? Stale data. Farm Service Agency’s (FSA) Wildfire and Hurricanes Indemnity Program (WHIP) utilized plantain production data under the National Crop Table (NCT) 2017, which seemingly did not reflect up-to-date yield averages of Puerto Rico’s plantain farmers at the time of Hurricane Maria.

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A Sentiment And Content Analysis Of Facebook Posts Regarding Wild Horse Management, Libbie G. Anderson May 2022

A Sentiment And Content Analysis Of Facebook Posts Regarding Wild Horse Management, Libbie G. Anderson

Undergraduate Honors Capstone Projects

The purpose of this study was to better understand public sentiment and current conversations on Facebook regarding wild horse management practices, including adoption, roundups, and contraception, in the timeframe between the June 2021 BLM Wild Horse Advisory Board meeting and January 31, 2022. Social media monitoring and quantitative content analysis were used to examine the Facebook posts of four organizations communicating about the wild horse controversy. The research questions guiding this study included: (1) How many total mentions of “fertility control,” “contraception,” “roundup,” “gather,” “adoption,” and “management” as they pertained to wild horses occurred across Facebook from June 1, 2021 …

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Margin Of Error, Aubrey Felty May 2022

Margin Of Error, Aubrey Felty

Undergraduate Honors Capstone Projects

According to Utah State University’s Office of Analysis, Assessment, and Accreditation during the Fall semester of 2020, about 18% of students enrolled were students of color. About 2.5% of students enrolled identified as two or more races. Margin of Error is a docudrama that elevates the voices of multiracial college students and promotes a better understanding of multiracial individuals. The project involves actor portrayals of interviews with multiracial college students who discuss navigating their multiple racial identities at often predominantly white universities. It also features reactions and commentary on the students’ experiences from faculty and students at Utah State University. …

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The Evolution And Unraveling Of The American Eugenics Movement, Anneka Walton May 2022

The Evolution And Unraveling Of The American Eugenics Movement, Anneka Walton

Undergraduate Honors Capstone Projects

While the evolution of American eugenics surrounding the time of Nazi Germany has been well-documented, the periods before the explosion of American eugenics and the result of the movement in the wake of the Holocaust are not so well known. Many historically-based works have described the path and growth of eugenics from the time the term was coined to the public acknowledgement of World War II and the point where Americans ended eugenic euthanasia and slowed eugenic sterilizations. There are also many works within the realm of disability history that document these events from the more common social viewpoint. This …

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The Moth Effect, Kylie Smith May 2022

The Moth Effect, Kylie Smith

All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023

This thesis is the start of what I envision to be a full-length memoir. I address multiple themes, specifically family and generational trauma and mental illness. I explore these themes non-linearly, through personal narrative, scientific research, and scene recreations. I begin with an introduction and then move into an essay that explores my experience meeting my estranged sister from the first time. Throughout the essay, I move in and out of this meeting, weaving the encounter together with my own struggles with mental health, research about the Peppered moth species, and scene recreations from the lives of other women in …

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