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The Power Of Books: Teachers’ Changing Perspectives About Using Young Adult Books To Teach Social Justice, Janis Harmon, Roxanne L. Henkin Nov 2024

The Power Of Books: Teachers’ Changing Perspectives About Using Young Adult Books To Teach Social Justice, Janis Harmon, Roxanne L. Henkin

Dialogue: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Popular Culture and Pedagogy

This study examined teachers’ knowledge about social justice and their perspectives and understandings about the use of young adult books to teach social justice. The participants were 14 graduate students in a graduate literacy course. The course provided learning experiences about social justice, including the use of young adult books. These learning experiences were designed to deepen students’ understanding of how to address social justice issues with students in the elementary, middle and high school classrooms. Using qualitative measures, the researchers found changes in participants’ understanding of social justice and the use of young adult books as a powerful resource …


Seeing Is Believing: Observing Trans Spirituality Through The Smith-Waite Tarot, Phoebe Santalla May 2024

Seeing Is Believing: Observing Trans Spirituality Through The Smith-Waite Tarot, Phoebe Santalla

MFA in Illustration & Visual Culture

In 1909 the Rider Company published the Smith-Waite Tarot deck which featured 78 illustrated cards by Pamela Colman Smith. With heavy use of appropriated and ambiguous symbology, the Smith-Waite deck became a meditation tool for realizing alternative realities. By observing the history of the deck, analyzing Smith’s approach to illustration, and retracing the counterculture occult explosion in the 1970s, this essay argues that the Smith-Waite deck is an object the reflects the queered body and self. The modern, trans-contentious, Western political climate creates an environment that obscures the fact that transgender people exist beyond the medicalization of their bodies. To …


Boys, Balls, And The Blues: The Erasure Of Genderqueer Bodies, Austin Mcgrath May 2018

Boys, Balls, And The Blues: The Erasure Of Genderqueer Bodies, Austin Mcgrath

Cultural Studies Capstone Papers

The goal of this essay is to re-explore the concept of gender in its relation to genderqueer and nonbinary identities. Before its examination of the gender reveal party, this essay examines male and female, masculine and feminine, and man and woman, carefully critiquing and distinguishing biological sex from gender expression and gender identity using a Queer theoretical framework to contextualize these distinctions in relation to queer identities. Through a modern contextualization, linguistic analysis, and a critical media examination of gender reveal images and footage, this essay acknowledges and analyzes the heteronormative structures that reinforce gender binaries. It challenges the deployment …


On Being Trans: Narrative, Identity, Performance, And Community, Chloe Jo Brown Apr 2018

On Being Trans: Narrative, Identity, Performance, And Community, Chloe Jo Brown

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

This thesis focuses on various topics related to transgender identity and culture. Through a combination of ethnographic and secondary research, I studied transgender coming out narratives, trans media representation, transgender performance and identity, and conceptualizations of group and chosen family in a community of trans students, the WKU Transgender and Non-Binary Student Group.

The three chapters of my thesis address some of the traditional milestones of a trans person’s acculturation: coming out, constructing one’s newly discovered trans identity, and finding community. Chapter 1 explores coming out as transgender, and the way in in which coming out is valued and discussed …


Place, Race, And Religion In The Local Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Community And Movement Of Memphis, Tennessee, Amy Catherine Ulmer Jan 2012

Place, Race, And Religion In The Local Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Community And Movement Of Memphis, Tennessee, Amy Catherine Ulmer

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This study observes the role of place in the local LGBT community and movement of Memphis, Tennessee. I gathered information from fifteen interviews, including LGBT Memphians, activists, preachers, and public figures to show what aspects of place have been the most significant in shaping the nature of the local movement, which has been growing since the early 2000s. I suggest that the conservatism, race, and religiosity of Memphis have played the most significant role. The first chapter demonstrates how LGBTs operate within a city that maintains pockets of openness, but remains largely LGBT-unfriendly according to interviewees. The second chapter observes …


The Knowledge, Attitudes, And Behaviors Of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual And Transgender University Of South Florida (Usf) Students Concerning Human Papillomavirus (Hpv) And The Hpv Vaccine, Andrea E. Larson May 2011

The Knowledge, Attitudes, And Behaviors Of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual And Transgender University Of South Florida (Usf) Students Concerning Human Papillomavirus (Hpv) And The Hpv Vaccine, Andrea E. Larson

Honors Thesis and Capstone Projects

Human papillomavirus (HPV) is one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases and can cause several types of cancer, including cervical and anal cancer. The lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) population is an often overlooked subgroup at risk for HPV. The purpose of this research was to describe LGBT college students‟ knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors pertaining to HPV and the HPV vaccine. An online survey consisting of 54 items was created and sent to members of an organization consisting primarily of LGBT students at the University of South Florida. A total of 155 students completed the survey. Several major …


Marriage Apartheid And The Tyranny Of American Morality, Shelly J. Eversley Apr 2011

Marriage Apartheid And The Tyranny Of American Morality, Shelly J. Eversley

Publications and Research

An essay on implications of marriage equality debates in the Unites States.


Reach Out: The Newsletter Of Maine Speakout Project (Spring 2006), Maine Speakout Project, Community Counseling Center Apr 2006

Reach Out: The Newsletter Of Maine Speakout Project (Spring 2006), Maine Speakout Project, Community Counseling Center

Reach out : the newsletter of Maine Speakout Project (2004-2006)

No abstract provided.


Reach Out: The Newsletter Of Maine Speakout Project (Fall 2005), Maine Speakout Project, Community Counseling Center Oct 2005

Reach Out: The Newsletter Of Maine Speakout Project (Fall 2005), Maine Speakout Project, Community Counseling Center

Reach out : the newsletter of Maine Speakout Project (2004-2006)

No abstract provided.


Reach Out: The Newsletter Of Maine Speakout Project (Summer 2005), Maine Speakout Project, Community Counseling Center Jul 2005

Reach Out: The Newsletter Of Maine Speakout Project (Summer 2005), Maine Speakout Project, Community Counseling Center

Reach out : the newsletter of Maine Speakout Project (2004-2006)

No abstract provided.


The Newsletter (Fall 2004), Pam Mccann, Maine Speakout Project Oct 2004

The Newsletter (Fall 2004), Pam Mccann, Maine Speakout Project

Newsletter / Maine Speakout Project (2004)

No abstract provided.


Reach Out: The Newsletter Of Maine Speakout Project (Winter 2004-2005), Maine Speakout Project, Community Counseling Center Jan 2004

Reach Out: The Newsletter Of Maine Speakout Project (Winter 2004-2005), Maine Speakout Project, Community Counseling Center

Reach out : the newsletter of Maine Speakout Project (2004-2006)

No abstract provided.


Network News, Vol.5, No. 3 (Fall 2002), Naomi Winterfalcon, Nancy Audet, Maine Rural Network Oct 2002

Network News, Vol.5, No. 3 (Fall 2002), Naomi Winterfalcon, Nancy Audet, Maine Rural Network

Network news (1998-2002)

No abstract provided.


Network News, Vol.5, No.[2] ([Summer] 2002), Naomi Winterfalcon, Maine Rural Network Jul 2002

Network News, Vol.5, No.[2] ([Summer] 2002), Naomi Winterfalcon, Maine Rural Network

Network news (1998-2002)

No abstract provided.


Network News, Vol.5, No. 1 (Spring 2002), Naomi Winterfalcon, Maine Rural Network Apr 2002

Network News, Vol.5, No. 1 (Spring 2002), Naomi Winterfalcon, Maine Rural Network

Network news (1998-2002)

No abstract provided.


Msop Newsletter (Fall 2001), Maine Speakout Project Oct 2001

Msop Newsletter (Fall 2001), Maine Speakout Project

MSOP newsletter (1998-2001)

No abstract provided.


Network News, Vol.4, No. 3 (Fall 2001), Naomi Winterfalcon, Maine Rural Network Oct 2001

Network News, Vol.4, No. 3 (Fall 2001), Naomi Winterfalcon, Maine Rural Network

Network news (1998-2002)

No abstract provided.


Network News, Vol.4, No. 2 (Summer 2001), Naomi Winterfalcon, Maine Rural Network Jul 2001

Network News, Vol.4, No. 2 (Summer 2001), Naomi Winterfalcon, Maine Rural Network

Network news (1998-2002)

No abstract provided.


Network News, Vol.4, No. 1 (Spring 2001), Naomi Falcone, Maine Rural Network Apr 2001

Network News, Vol.4, No. 1 (Spring 2001), Naomi Falcone, Maine Rural Network

Network news (1998-2002)

No abstract provided.


Msop Newsletter (Spring 2001), Maine Speakout Project Apr 2001

Msop Newsletter (Spring 2001), Maine Speakout Project

MSOP newsletter (1998-2001)

No abstract provided.


Network News, Vol.4, No. 4 (Winter 2001), Naomi Winterfalcon, Maine Rural Network Jan 2001

Network News, Vol.4, No. 4 (Winter 2001), Naomi Winterfalcon, Maine Rural Network

Network news (1998-2002)

No abstract provided.


Network News ([November 2000]), Naomi Falcone, Maine Rural Network Nov 2000

Network News ([November 2000]), Naomi Falcone, Maine Rural Network

Network news (1998-2002)

No abstract provided.


Network News, Vol.3, No. 3 (Fall 2000), Naomi Falcone, Maine Rural Network Oct 2000

Network News, Vol.3, No. 3 (Fall 2000), Naomi Falcone, Maine Rural Network

Network news (1998-2002)

No abstract provided.


Network News, Vol.3, No. 2 (Summer 2000), Naomi Falcone, Maine Rural Network Jul 2000

Network News, Vol.3, No. 2 (Summer 2000), Naomi Falcone, Maine Rural Network

Network news (1998-2002)

No abstract provided.


Msop Newsletter (Spring 2000), Maine Speakout Project Apr 2000

Msop Newsletter (Spring 2000), Maine Speakout Project

MSOP newsletter (1998-2001)

No abstract provided.


Network News, Vol.3, No. 1 (Spring 2000), Naomi Falcone, Maine Rural Network Apr 2000

Network News, Vol.3, No. 1 (Spring 2000), Naomi Falcone, Maine Rural Network

Network news (1998-2002)

No abstract provided.


Common Circle For Human Rights, Vol.5, No.1 (March 2000), M. Lichtman Mar 2000

Common Circle For Human Rights, Vol.5, No.1 (March 2000), M. Lichtman

Common Circle for Human Rights (1997-2000)

No abstract provided.


Network News, Vol.3, No. 4 (Winter 2000), Naomi Falcone, Maine Rural Network Jan 2000

Network News, Vol.3, No. 4 (Winter 2000), Naomi Falcone, Maine Rural Network

Network news (1998-2002)

No abstract provided.


Msop Newsletter (Fall/Winter 1999), Maine Speakout Project Oct 1999

Msop Newsletter (Fall/Winter 1999), Maine Speakout Project

MSOP newsletter (1998-2001)

No abstract provided.


Network News, Vol.2, No. 3 (Fall 1999), Naomi Falcone, Maine Rural Network Oct 1999

Network News, Vol.2, No. 3 (Fall 1999), Naomi Falcone, Maine Rural Network

Network news (1998-2002)

No abstract provided.