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Trauma, Migrant Families, And Neoliberal Fantasies In Last Train Home, Yanjie Wang Jan 2016

Trauma, Migrant Families, And Neoliberal Fantasies In Last Train Home, Yanjie Wang

Asian and Asian American Studies Faculty Works

This paper examines the traumatic experience of migrant workers through a reading of Lixin Fan's award-winning documentary film Last Train Home(2009). I am not primarily concerned, like most trauma-studies-based research, with grand, clearly recognizable catastrophes. I also avoid generalizing about human suffering in the age of global capitalism. I focus rather on post-Socialist China's more hidden social violence and its traumatizing effect on the quotidian life of migrantworkers-a subaltern group on the periphery of society. I argue that the trauma of the marginalized population must be socially and politically contextualized. The first section of the essay investigates the traumatic sense …


Elements Of Deconstruction: Differance, Dissemination, Destinerrance, And Geocatastrophe, Marie Chris B. Ramoya Jan 2016

Elements Of Deconstruction: Differance, Dissemination, Destinerrance, And Geocatastrophe, Marie Chris B. Ramoya

Philosophy Department Faculty Publications

This paper attempts to elucidate on Jacques Derrida’s concept of deconstruction and its difficult elements, viz., differance, dissemination, destinerrance, and geocatasthrophe. These basic ideas need elaboration for their proper understanding. Once successfully achieved, then here lies the significance of this paper.


Achieving Woman Suffrage In The Usa: An Examination Of The Movement From 1848 To 1920, Jessica Seaman Jan 2016

Achieving Woman Suffrage In The Usa: An Examination Of The Movement From 1848 To 1920, Jessica Seaman

Masters Essays

No abstract provided.


Humeaneyes (“One Particular Shade Of Blue”), Angela Coventry, Emilio Mazza Jan 2016

Humeaneyes (“One Particular Shade Of Blue”), Angela Coventry, Emilio Mazza

Philosophy Faculty Publications and Presentations

Grey-blue eyes and a fixed look: Is he a philosopher or a dumb ox? Hume’s eyes and face are trifle which can lead us into some curiosities connected with his life and writings. Looking through Hume’s eyes, we can outline the scholars’ propensity to describe the (painted) face of their favourite philosopher and spread upon it their reading of his work. We can ask questions about portraits and resemblance as a standard of beauty. We can survey the eighteenth-century sentiments on physiognomy, and the paradox of the “fat philosopher”, at once, both clumsy and refined. We can inquire into Hume’s …


The Digital Humanities As Cultural Capital: Implications For Biblical And Religious Studies, Caroline T. Schroeder Jan 2016

The Digital Humanities As Cultural Capital: Implications For Biblical And Religious Studies, Caroline T. Schroeder

College of the Pacific Faculty Articles

Although the study of the Bible was central to early Humanities Computing efforts, now Biblical Studies and Religious Studies are marginal disciplines in the emerging field known as Digital Humanities (English, History, Library Science, for example, are much more influential in DH.) This paper explores two questions: First, what does it mean for Biblical Studies to be marginal to the Digital Humanities when DH is increasingly seen as the locus of as transformation in the humanities? Second, how can our expertise in Biblical Studies influence and shape Digital Humanities for the better? Digital Humanities, I argue, constitutes a powerful emerging …


Michael Moore And The Rhetoric Of Documentary Ed. By Thomas W. Benson And Brian J. Snee (Review), Teresa Bergman Jan 2016

Michael Moore And The Rhetoric Of Documentary Ed. By Thomas W. Benson And Brian J. Snee (Review), Teresa Bergman

College of the Pacific Faculty Articles

No abstract provided.


African American Women Stem Majors' Lived Experiences In Community College, Loretta D. Westry Jan 2016

African American Women Stem Majors' Lived Experiences In Community College, Loretta D. Westry

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

The United States economy has an accelerating demand for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)-related degrees and programs that makes it essential for members of minority populations to achieve degrees in these fields. African American women are underrepresented in STEM fields, suggesting a need to better understand their development and needs while attending community college. This hermeneutical, phenomenological research study investigated the lived experiences and perspectives of African American women enrolled in STEM majors at community colleges. The conceptual framework used to interpret data for this study was derived from Maslow, Erikson, and Rogers's humanist theories of social learning, and …


Effect Of Vocabulary Test Preparation On Low-Income Black Middle School Students' Reading Scores, Ingrid Nadia Mitchell Jan 2016

Effect Of Vocabulary Test Preparation On Low-Income Black Middle School Students' Reading Scores, Ingrid Nadia Mitchell

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Black middle school students in the United States perform poorly on standardized reading achievement tests in comparison to other racial and ethnic groups. The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of a vocabulary-focused test preparation program for underachieving Black middle school students. Thorndike's concept of test-wiseness, a test-taking capacity, provided the theoretical foundation for the study. Research questions investigated the difference in reading test scores on the Discovery Education Assessment of underachieving Black middle school students who participated in a key vocabulary test preparation program and those who did not. An intact-group comparison was used in which …


Senior Army Women's Leader Behaviors And Their Civilian Career Transition, Sharon R. Hamilton Jan 2016

Senior Army Women's Leader Behaviors And Their Civilian Career Transition, Sharon R. Hamilton

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Female retired Army colonels (FRACs) have significant potential to contribute to civilian organizations. To take advantage of that talent, it is important to have a better understanding of their behaviors based on their dual identities as women and leaders. The purpose of this qualitative case study was to understand the under researched factors accounting for the development of FRACs' leader behaviors and the transfer of those behaviors to civilian careers. The 4 underlying meta categories of leadership behavior formed the conceptual framework. The theory of planned behavior was used to explore potential influences on FRAC leader behavior development. The 3 …


The Influence Of Historically Black Colleges And Universities Experience On First Year Retention, Andrea White-Mcneil Jan 2016

The Influence Of Historically Black Colleges And Universities Experience On First Year Retention, Andrea White-Mcneil

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Student retention in higher education, specifically after the first year, has long been a focus of institutional strategies, especially among students with financial, academic, and social risk factors. The issue of retention was a priority for administration at the 4-year private Sea Port University, a historically black university in the southern United States, which is the focus of this case study. The university has shown a rapid decline in its retention rate since the period 2008 - 2012. The purpose of this study was to identify students' perceptions of factors in their Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) experience and …


The Battle Between Good And Evil, Kyle Sabbatino Jan 2016

The Battle Between Good And Evil, Kyle Sabbatino

Calliope

No abstract provided.


Yellow On The Screen, David Sriboonreuang Jan 2016

Yellow On The Screen, David Sriboonreuang

Calliope

No abstract provided.


There Is Mulch Here, Eleuterio Pacheco Jan 2016

There Is Mulch Here, Eleuterio Pacheco

Calliope

No abstract provided.


Blood Orange, Christine Viney Jan 2016

Blood Orange, Christine Viney

Calliope

No abstract provided.


Our Spot At Big Wolf, Margaret Brunet Jan 2016

Our Spot At Big Wolf, Margaret Brunet

Calliope

No abstract provided.


Off Season, Alexandra Mcbride Jan 2016

Off Season, Alexandra Mcbride

Calliope

No abstract provided.


Gemini, Kat Elliott Jan 2016

Gemini, Kat Elliott

Calliope

No abstract provided.


I Ate My Heart For Dinner, Anastasia Chilimidos Jan 2016

I Ate My Heart For Dinner, Anastasia Chilimidos

Calliope

No abstract provided.


Rosie, Jane Burkard Jan 2016

Rosie, Jane Burkard

Calliope

No abstract provided.


Letter From The Past Literary Editor, Adnan Hashtam Jan 2016

Letter From The Past Literary Editor, Adnan Hashtam

Calliope

No abstract provided.


Renascentia, Calliope Jan 2016

Renascentia, Calliope

Calliope

No abstract provided.


Pastel Grenades, Delainey Willing Jan 2016

Pastel Grenades, Delainey Willing

Calliope

No abstract provided.


Groundhog Poetry, Anonymous Jan 2016

Groundhog Poetry, Anonymous

Calliope

No abstract provided.


Lull, Christine Viney Jan 2016

Lull, Christine Viney

Calliope

No abstract provided.


After The Storm, Chain O. Jan 2016

After The Storm, Chain O.

Calliope

No abstract provided.


Death Sleeps At The Foot Of My Bed, Avenlea Gamble Jan 2016

Death Sleeps At The Foot Of My Bed, Avenlea Gamble

Calliope

No abstract provided.


The 8.5, Jodi Tai Jan 2016

The 8.5, Jodi Tai

Calliope

No abstract provided.


Hardening Heart, Edna Rush Jan 2016

Hardening Heart, Edna Rush

Calliope

No abstract provided.


Women In Water, Kaila Munson Jan 2016

Women In Water, Kaila Munson

Calliope

No abstract provided.


Self Portrait, Anneka Weinart Jan 2016

Self Portrait, Anneka Weinart

Calliope

No abstract provided.