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Life, Liberty, Happiness And Jonathan Franzen's Freedom, Camilla Nelson Jan 2013

Life, Liberty, Happiness And Jonathan Franzen's Freedom, Camilla Nelson

Arts Papers and Journal Articles

This essay explores the relationship between happiness and the American liberal project as it features in Jonathan Franzen's Freedom. It investigates the ways in which the idea of happiness is structured by, and inscribed within, the form and origins of the social novel, with consequences for the novelist and the wider culture.


Just Passing Through: Archaeological Investigations Of A Late Holocene Open Site In The Mitchell Grass Downs, Inland Northwest Queensland, L Wallis, S Collins Jan 2013

Just Passing Through: Archaeological Investigations Of A Late Holocene Open Site In The Mitchell Grass Downs, Inland Northwest Queensland, L Wallis, S Collins

Arts Papers and Journal Articles

Comparatively little is known about the archaeology of the Mitchell Grass Downs region of inland Queensland. This paper reports the results of investigations of an open site complex therein, comprising numerous hearths, a human burial, middens, stone arrangements and a stone artefact assemblage. Analysis reveals the stone artefact assemblage is a palimpsest, representing multiple events in the late Holocene compressed into a single non-stratified archaeological surface assemblage. The evidence suggests use of the area was by highly mobile, transient populations passing through on an occasional seasonal basis when environmental conditions were amenable to travel; suggestions for a semi-sedentary population are …


Debt, Theft, Permaculture: Justice And Ecological Scale, Gerry Canavan Jan 2013

Debt, Theft, Permaculture: Justice And Ecological Scale, Gerry Canavan

English Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.


Education, Angela Sorby Jan 2013

Education, Angela Sorby

English Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.


Bred To Be Superhuman: Comic Books And Afrofuturism In Octavia Butler's Patternist Series, Gerry Canavan Jan 2013

Bred To Be Superhuman: Comic Books And Afrofuturism In Octavia Butler's Patternist Series, Gerry Canavan

English Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.


The Five Armageddons Of Revelation, Nicholas S. Boone Jan 2013

The Five Armageddons Of Revelation, Nicholas S. Boone

Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.


William Edwards Ladd, M.D. (1880-1967): The Description Of His Bands., Pei-Wen Lim, Md, Niels D. Martin, Md, Barry A. Hicks, Md, Charles J. Yeo, Md, Scott W. Cowan, Md Jan 2013

William Edwards Ladd, M.D. (1880-1967): The Description Of His Bands., Pei-Wen Lim, Md, Niels D. Martin, Md, Barry A. Hicks, Md, Charles J. Yeo, Md, Scott W. Cowan, Md

Department of Surgery Gibbon Society Historical Profiles

In the early 20th century, an established surgical specialty catering to pediatric surgery did not exist, and pediatric surgical ailments were operated on by general surgeons. With his devotion to childhood diseases and his unique thinking in surgical development, William E. Ladd would become a leading figure in America by pioneering the field of pediatric surgery.


Sdrc Update (Volume 5, Issue 1), Connie Jan Maraan Jan 2013

Sdrc Update (Volume 5, Issue 1), Connie Jan Maraan

SDRC Publications

No abstract provided.


The Relevance Of Martin Luther King, Jr.’S Nonviolence Philosophy To Diversity And Inclusion Efforts, Dorneshia L. Thomas Jan 2013

The Relevance Of Martin Luther King, Jr.’S Nonviolence Philosophy To Diversity And Inclusion Efforts, Dorneshia L. Thomas

Gaines Fellow Senior Theses

No abstract provided.


Uk Arts In Healthcare: A Study In The Aesthetics Of Community, Liz Schaller Jan 2013

Uk Arts In Healthcare: A Study In The Aesthetics Of Community, Liz Schaller

Gaines Fellow Senior Theses

No abstract provided.


Al-Ghurbah Maghrébine: Une Analyse Du Concept D’Al-Ghurbah Dans Des Oeuvres Qui Examinent Les Immigrants Maghrébins Et Les Beurs Dans La Société Française, Damarias Moore Jan 2013

Al-Ghurbah Maghrébine: Une Analyse Du Concept D’Al-Ghurbah Dans Des Oeuvres Qui Examinent Les Immigrants Maghrébins Et Les Beurs Dans La Société Française, Damarias Moore

Gaines Fellow Senior Theses

No abstract provided.


The Road To The American Dream - Analysis Of Its Distortions Through The Grapes Of Wrath And Little Miss Sunshine, Autumn Murphy Jan 2013

The Road To The American Dream - Analysis Of Its Distortions Through The Grapes Of Wrath And Little Miss Sunshine, Autumn Murphy

Lewis Honors College Capstone Collection

While most book-to-movie adaptations are transparent, this project explores the nuanced adaptation of the novel The Grapes of Wrath into the movie Little Miss Sunshine. Little Miss Sunshine promulgates a unique approach to adaptation; additionally, the analysis of these two works provides conclusions for matters beyond literature. The project addresses the “American Dream” and differing perspectives on “winning” and “losing.” The initial step was a close reading of The Grapes of Wrath and a critical viewing of Little Miss Sunshine. From there, a research plan was developed, focusing on distortions of “The American Dream.” The research materials included …


Learning Context Matters: Communication Strategy Development Through Spanish Interaction, Sonya Hildebrand Jan 2013

Learning Context Matters: Communication Strategy Development Through Spanish Interaction, Sonya Hildebrand

Lewis Honors College Capstone Collection

University studies in the Spanish language are often times confined to the classroom. However, more and more programs have been implementing civic engagement in the Hispanic community into the curriculum to create a service-learning experience. This study sought to determine the effectiveness of service-learning in enhancing communication techniques. Twenty undergraduate students at the University of Kentucky were surveyed at the onset and the conclusion of one semester while simultaneously serving the Hispanic community. The students, on average, increased the frequency of communication techniques after a semester of service-learning. Students who participate in a service-learning program often times see a result …


Observing Art Through The Lens Of Oscar Wilde, Brian Hancock Jan 2013

Observing Art Through The Lens Of Oscar Wilde, Brian Hancock

Lewis Honors College Capstone Collection

Oscar Wilde was a fascinating literary figure who took center stage in England near the end of the nineteenth century. He not only created popular art, but discussed and defined art in original and inventive ways as well. An observance of five of Wilde’s more popular works, including four essays and his only novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, was performed with the intention of deciphering his complex views on the subject of art. While Wilde arguably arrogantly attempts to alienate art from society, it can ultimately be discerned that he believed the purpose of art was to inform …


Aplicación Pedagógica De La Lingüística De Corpus A Una Clase De Gramática Avanzada De Español Como Segunda Lengua, Yanira B. Paz Jan 2013

Aplicación Pedagógica De La Lingüística De Corpus A Una Clase De Gramática Avanzada De Español Como Segunda Lengua, Yanira B. Paz

Hispanic Studies Faculty Publications

Este estudio recoge las experiencias de la enseñanza de un curso de gramática avanzada de español como segunda lengua usando la lingüística de corpus (LC) como herramienta pedagógica. Si bien el uso pedagógico de LC en lenguas como el inglés ha sido ampliamente reportado, son escasos los estudios relacionados con el español. Como se desprenderá de estas experiencias, la LC permite el estudio de las estructuras de la lengua (objetivo de una clase de gramática avanzada) y, al mismo tiempo, permite ver estas estructuras y sus usos en producciones reales y naturales aparte de presentarlas en contextos textuales y culturales …


The "Documentary Democracy" Of The Writings Of John Dickinson, Then And Now, Jane E. Calvert Jan 2013

The "Documentary Democracy" Of The Writings Of John Dickinson, Then And Now, Jane E. Calvert

History Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Dreading He Knew Not What: Masculinities, Structural Spaces, Law And The Gothic In The Castle Of Otranto, Pride And Prejudice, And Wuthering Heights, Samantha E. Morse Jan 2013

Dreading He Knew Not What: Masculinities, Structural Spaces, Law And The Gothic In The Castle Of Otranto, Pride And Prejudice, And Wuthering Heights, Samantha E. Morse

Pitzer Senior Theses

This essay investigates the integral linkages between Gothic spaces and Gothic masculinities in three texts: Horace Walpole’s The Castle of Otranto (1764), Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice (1813), and Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights (1847). At the core of this examination is architecture, or more specifically, the physical constructions and built environments that comprise a man’s property. I explore how a man uses his property to construct, legitimize, and perform his identity. In the Female Gothic, the home is a place of anxiety for women, where patriarchal dominance and violence reign to constrain female agency. I argue that the home is …


Public Acts Of Self-Deliberation: Preparation For Discursive Democracy In Education, Vonzell Agosto Jan 2013

Public Acts Of Self-Deliberation: Preparation For Discursive Democracy In Education, Vonzell Agosto

Educational and Psychological Studies Faculty Publications

This conceptual essay forwards self-deliberation as an act to be included in the preparation of educators and administrators. Self-deliberation is defined as a public act of deliberation that can be instigated pedagogically to prepare students for difficult dialogues on enduring issues in education. Self-deliberation provides another pedagogical method for preparing aspiring educators to participate in deliberative or discursive democracy. Narrative vignettes are used to illustrate the acts of self-deliberation performed by aspiring teachers of color as they consider controversial issues such as affirmative action, racial segregation, and culturally relevant education.


The Demise Of The Northwestern Pacific Railroad, Sean Mitchell Jan 2013

The Demise Of The Northwestern Pacific Railroad, Sean Mitchell

Charles R. Barnum History Award Papers

No abstract provided.


The Community That Raymond Brown Left Behind: Reflections On The Johannine Dialectical Situation, Paul N. Anderson Jan 2013

The Community That Raymond Brown Left Behind: Reflections On The Johannine Dialectical Situation, Paul N. Anderson

Faculty Publications - George Fox School of Theology

Among the paradigm-making contributions in Johannine studies over the last half century, one of the most significant is the sketching of “the community of the Beloved Disciple” by Raymond E. Brown (Brown 1979). Extending beyond Johannine studies, Brown’s work on the history of early Christianity and “the churches the apostles left behind” (Brown 1984) is also among the most practical and interesting of his 47 books.1 Here, Brown’s analyses of the unity and diversity of early Christians’ approaches to leadership and community organization2 have extensive implications, not only to historical and sociological understandings of the first-century Christian movement, but also …


Thin Skin, Zoe Rodine Jan 2013

Thin Skin, Zoe Rodine

English Honors Projects

No abstract provided.


A Novel To Facilitate Education, Matthew Griesinger Jan 2013

A Novel To Facilitate Education, Matthew Griesinger

Honors Projects

The abstract idea for the honors project is to write a novel that can be upheld as a piece of literature as well as a tool to be used in a creative writing classroom.


Pre-Objective Depth In Merleau-Ponty And Jackson Pollock, Michael Schreyach Jan 2013

Pre-Objective Depth In Merleau-Ponty And Jackson Pollock, Michael Schreyach

Art and Art History Faculty Research

Pollock’s drip technique generated certain unconventional representational possibilities, including the possibility of expressing the pre-reflective involvement of an embodied, intentional subject in a perceptual world. Consequently, Pollock’s art can be understood to explore or investigate the pre-objective conditions of reflective and intellectual consciousness. His painting—here I consider Number 1, 1949—motivates viewers to consider the relationship between intention and meaning as it appears in both primordial and reflective dimensions of experience. The account proceeds in three stages. First, I review key features of Merleau-Ponty’s concept of the pre-objective and attempt to clarify the reflexive nature of investigating it by considering his …


Barnett Newman's “Sense Of Space”: A Noncontextualist Account Of Its Perception And Meaning, Michael Schreyach Jan 2013

Barnett Newman's “Sense Of Space”: A Noncontextualist Account Of Its Perception And Meaning, Michael Schreyach

Art and Art History Faculty Research

Barnett Newman professed that a beholder's encounter with his paintings was like meeting another person for the first time. He believed the experience produced the conditions for apprehending an ethical relationship that would entail both the individual's achievement of his or her own understanding of “self” and his or her acknowledgment of another individual. But it would be their mutual recognition of separateness as the condition of possibility for communication — for sharing worlds — that would ground the ethical relationship between them. Not just interested in matters of theory, the artist was also specific about the modes of spatial …


Internal Colonization: Russia's Imperial Experience, Austin Jersild Jan 2013

Internal Colonization: Russia's Imperial Experience, Austin Jersild

History Faculty Publications

A review of the book "Internal Colonization: Russia's Imperial Experience," by Alexander Etkind is presented.


Isabel Archer's "Delicious Pain": Charting Lacanian Desire In The Portrait Of A Lady, Phyllis E. Vanslyck Jan 2013

Isabel Archer's "Delicious Pain": Charting Lacanian Desire In The Portrait Of A Lady, Phyllis E. Vanslyck

Publications and Research

This essay offers a reading of Henry James's Portrait of a Lady that examines Isabel Archer's choices through a Lacanian lens. This reading traces Isabel's consistent turning away from, even against, the very postulates she claims to live by. Isabel’s discovery of love through the ideal image of herself she finds mirrored in Gilbert Osmond’s gaze leads to a reversal of her most noble impulses. Her choice of a suitor also points to something that would seem the opposite of desire, but which is, in fact, its foundation. In choosing Gilbert Osmond, Isabel seeks to experience, however unconsciously, what Jacques …


Where Are The Books For Polynesians? An Exploration Of Interests, Needs, And Available Resources, Victor Neves Jan 2013

Where Are The Books For Polynesians? An Exploration Of Interests, Needs, And Available Resources, Victor Neves

The Utah English Journal

Polynesians (also referred to as Pacific Islanders) are the smallest minority group in the United States, making up .02% of the population. They tend, however to live in concentrated communities, near other Polynesians. The result is that in our schools we either have no Polynesians or an atypical concentration. 2010 census data shows that six of the top twenty cities with the highest Pacific Islander population are in Utah. Provo and Orem have around 20 times the national average, West Jordan 30 times the national average, Taylorsville 40 times the national average and Salt Lake 50 times the national average. …


College-Level Research Papers: The Byproduct Of A Common Core-Aligned Podcast Unit, Sarah Orme Jan 2013

College-Level Research Papers: The Byproduct Of A Common Core-Aligned Podcast Unit, Sarah Orme

The Utah English Journal

Cordless tools, water filters, satellite technology, and scratch resistant lenses. These are all surprising byproducts of NASA’s investment in space technology (Conger, 2013). In the Cold War race of space exploration in the 1960’s, scientists created diverse inventions that ultimately improved our daily lives. U.S. scientists were able to create these impressive technologies because of the massive investment in the end goal: getting the U.S. to the moon, mars, and beyond before the Russians. We can use this model in our classrooms to advance students’ education by using an engaging goal that facilitates successful byproducts. Unlike NASA, teachers can influence, …


On Reforms And The New State Core, Jon Ostenson Jan 2013

On Reforms And The New State Core, Jon Ostenson

The Utah English Journal

For a long time now, the professionalism of teachers has been under attack—from light-hearted jabs like the neighbor or friend who teases us about our “cushy” job that only requires us to work nine months out of the year to unflattering media portrayals to more serious attacks from politicians and business leaders who point fingers at teachers, blaming us for a multitude of problems in the schools and with students’ performance. Many of the reform efforts underway right now are aimed at us and have the ostensible goal of improving teaching. This is not in and of itself a bad …


Assigner Or Inspirer? My Journey Away From The Book Project, Christine Cluff Thompson Jan 2013

Assigner Or Inspirer? My Journey Away From The Book Project, Christine Cluff Thompson

The Utah English Journal

Pleased with both students’ presentations described above, their teacher awards them high marks for following the rubric: eye contact was made, props provided interest and evidence of the book’s plot and character development, opinions were shared and supported, the audience was engaged, and aside from Britney forgetting to show the book cover, both students did the required work to score an A grade. The only problem with the two projects? Neither student read the book they presented.