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The Impact Of The R-Word, Jocelyn Mckelvey, Jocelyn Mckelvey
The Impact Of The R-Word, Jocelyn Mckelvey, Jocelyn Mckelvey
English Department: Research for Change - Wicked Problems in Our World
Racism cuts deep. In a recent study by Shardae McNeil, 87 and 94% of African Americans reported experiencing at least one discriminatory event by the time they reached adolescence. Her research indicates that those that experience racial discrimination during adolescence are vulnerable to a greater risk of lower psychological functioning, internalized symptoms, and elevated levels of depressive symptomology. McNeil introduces the component of family support. Family support is an important coping method for incidents such as racial discrimination and can bring a positive mental health outcome in adolescents.
Isaac Watts And The Culture Of Dissent, Andrew Eli M. Yeater
Isaac Watts And The Culture Of Dissent, Andrew Eli M. Yeater
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
Although Isaac Watts wrote hymns in the early eighteenth century, some of his hymns, such as “Joy to the World,” “Alas! And Did My Savior Bleed?,” and “When I Survey the Wondrous Cross,” survive today as well-known hymns. However, little has been written about the rhetorical effects of his hymns. This thesis demonstrates that, like any other literary work, Watts’ hymns can be analyzed rhetorically. This thesis analyzes Watts’ hymns with the aid of Louis Montrose’s New Historicism, showing how Watts’ hymns were impacted by the English culture in which he lived and how they impacted the religious culture to …
Thou Cannot Create Perfection, Alyda Huerta '15
Thou Cannot Create Perfection, Alyda Huerta '15
2013 Fall Semester
Listen! I entreat you to hear me, before you give vent to your opinion, for there are children and creatures alike brought forth into life each day. Some of them are born into the arms of happiness, and some, shunned by their creator at the moment of their first breath, are deemed unworthy and thrown savagely into the pits of unforgiving hell. And now, thou can listen to me and grant me thy agreement. One day, tormented ages thereafter still by the unforgiving murder of my creator, I happened across a piece of paper lying on the ground that possessed …
Ua32/4/1 Women & Kids Learning Together Summer Camp, Wku Gender & Women's Studies
Ua32/4/1 Women & Kids Learning Together Summer Camp, Wku Gender & Women's Studies
WKU Archives Records
Booklet reviewing events at Women & Kids Learning Together Summer Camp.
Ua32/4/1 Women & Kids Learning Together Summer Camp, Wku Gender & Women's Studies
Ua32/4/1 Women & Kids Learning Together Summer Camp, Wku Gender & Women's Studies
WKU Archives Records
Booklet reviewing events at Women & Kids Learning Together Summer Camp.