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Archives As Activism: Using Cuny Archives To Examine And Analyze Social Change, Marci Littlefield Sep 2026

Archives As Activism: Using Cuny Archives To Examine And Analyze Social Change, Marci Littlefield

Open Educational Resources

Archives as Activism uses CUNY archival materials to help students examine the relationship between activism, social issues and social change. Students will analyze primary sources such as flyers, newsletters, photographs, student newspapers, and institutional documents and connect them to contemporary social issues. CUNY’s history of activism around, race, gender, educational access, women’s organizing and institutional power provides students with an opportunity to investigate questions about power, collective action, intersectionality and social change.


“Ite Missa Est”: How Can The Altar Alter Attitudes And Actions?, Ebenezer Akesseh Sep 2026

“Ite Missa Est”: How Can The Altar Alter Attitudes And Actions?, Ebenezer Akesseh

Journal of Global Catholicism

This paper brings into focus the relationship between personal agency and so-

cial structure, demonstrating that what we celebrate on the altar forms within

us the proper dispositions that can help prevent the occurrence of corruption.

The first part examines corruption from a socio-cultural perspective and ex-

plains the incidence and effects of corruption. The second part discusses the

relationship between worship and the formation of actions and attitudes. It

highlights the need to embody the social implications of our celebrations. Using

responses from interviewees, the third part illustrates that the celebration of the

Eucharist shapes the commitments and conduct …


Negotiating Plurality: Korean Catholic Funerals As Lived Religion, Jieun Han Sep 2026

Negotiating Plurality: Korean Catholic Funerals As Lived Religion, Jieun Han

Journal of Global Catholicism

This article examines Korean Catholic funeral rites through the lenses of ritual

guidebooks and lived religion, arguing that Catholic funerary practice in Korea

has emerged through sustained engagement with Confucian and Buddhist tradi-

tions as well as modern nationalism. Focusing on Catholic manuals such as the

Sangjang yesik [Rites for Mourning and Funerals] and related texts, it traces how

officially sanctioned liturgical forms coexist with, accommodate, and reinterpret

indigenous ritual logics surrounding mourning, burial, ancestor veneration, and

care for the dead. Rather than viewing Korean Catholic funerals as a simple

localization of Roman rites, the article conceptualizes them as a …


Editor's Introduction, Brent H. Otto S.J. Sep 2026

Editor's Introduction, Brent H. Otto S.J.

Journal of Global Catholicism

No abstract provided.


Hindu Poetry And The Project Of An Inter-Spiritual Catholic Theology, Francis X. Clooney Jul 2026

Hindu Poetry And The Project Of An Inter-Spiritual Catholic Theology, Francis X. Clooney

Journal of Global Catholicism

This article engages the work of the Indian south Indian Tamil-language Vaiṣṇava poet saints known as the Alvārs. The article specifically focuses the First HundredHoly Linked verses of Poykai Ālvār to argue for inter-spiritual learning between Catholics and Hindus. The article concludes with personal reflections on this encounter within the context of the global Catholic Church


Kitchen Table Press: A Case Study Of Regression To The Neoliberal Mean, Alaina Disalvo Jun 2026

Kitchen Table Press: A Case Study Of Regression To The Neoliberal Mean, Alaina Disalvo

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

This thesis examines the idealistic founding of Kitchen Table: Women of Color Press in 1980 and its slow downfall, culminating in the cession of ownership of the Press to a university in 1992. It traces the ideological development of Kitchen Table Press’s key founders, Barbara Smith and Audre Lorde, and their respective relationships to the ideologies of other renowned feminist figures of the era, specifically June Jordan and Adrienne Rich. It examines the history of the Press through historical, intersectional, affective, and socialist lenses. This thesis argues that neoliberal pressures can bend even the most radical organizations away from their …


Tùn-Scene And A-Futurism: Biomythography, Opacity, And Posthuman Imagination, Minglu Du May 2026

Tùn-Scene And A-Futurism: Biomythography, Opacity, And Posthuman Imagination, Minglu Du

Masters Theses

Grounded in the author’s position as a Chinese feminist, this thesis examines how East Asian women, as well as East Asian-coded femininity more broadly, are objectified and othered within futurist visual culture in the age of artificial intelligence. Through an engagement with ornamentalism, techno-Orientalism, and posthumanism1 , it argues that the persistent figure of the feminized humanoid cyborg continues to reproduce colonial and patriarchal structures of desire, rendering marginalized bodies as fetishized and violable surfaces. In response, the thesis develops Tùn-Scene, a biomythographic artistic framework and the first experiment in what the author provisionally names A-Futurism. Drawing on Donna Haraway’s …


Incorporating Principles And Wisdom From Hospital Chaplaincy And Pastoral Ministry To Create A Ministry Model To Address Social Isolation And Loneliness In Black Churches, Albert A. Kemp May 2026

Incorporating Principles And Wisdom From Hospital Chaplaincy And Pastoral Ministry To Create A Ministry Model To Address Social Isolation And Loneliness In Black Churches, Albert A. Kemp

Doctor of Ministry Projects and Theses

To address the growing and widespread epidemic of social isolation and loneliness, with special focus on Black churches, this dissertation developed a program with the following areas of application: 1) how healthcare trained chaplains can coordinate with churches to positively impact individuals identified as lonely and socially isolated with better social and physical health, 2) how principles of chaplaincy and pastoral care can mitigate and intervene competently when such people are identified, and 3) how the project’s model can be organized, taught, and incorporated into existing arenas of church ministry.

The purpose of the project was to create a ministry …


From Farewell To Fáilte: The Voices Of Iowa’S Irish Daughters, Katie Hermanson May 2026

From Farewell To Fáilte: The Voices Of Iowa’S Irish Daughters, Katie Hermanson

History Theses, Dissertations, and Student Creative Activity

Irish women’s immigration to Iowa brought rich culture and lasting impacts, despite their contributions being silenced by history. Women left Ireland for economic opportunity and education abroad to support their impoverished families. Millions emigrated between 1830 and 1915, spreading across the world. The Irish women who came to the United States encountered discrimination and cultural stereotyping as they worked in domestic service, developed religious orders, taught school, owned businesses and raised families. Women bore the burden of supporting their families in Ireland by sending remittances home and communicating between countries. Their cultural identity as exiles dwelled in guilt for leaving …


Res Historica, Volume 5, Alpha Rho Epsilon Phi Alpha Theta, Lindsay Rae Smith Privette Phd Apr 2026

Res Historica, Volume 5, Alpha Rho Epsilon Phi Alpha Theta, Lindsay Rae Smith Privette Phd

Res Historica

The 2026 journal of historical research by Anderson University students, Res Historica.

The editorial team for this edition of Res Historica was Dr. Lindsay Rae Smith Privette, Julia Ackerman, Callyn Wright, Logan Davis, and John Hinton. Cover art by Mary Beth Lee.


Speculative Spies: The Pinkerton National Detective Agency, Business, And Labor Conflict In The Gilded Age, Luke M. Gibbs Apr 2026

Speculative Spies: The Pinkerton National Detective Agency, Business, And Labor Conflict In The Gilded Age, Luke M. Gibbs

Tenor of Our Times

The Pinkerton Agency molded into an “arm of capital” used by the wealthy against labor during the Gilded Age. However, such a transition seems confusing given the life of the company’s founder. Allan Pinkerton, once a champion of workers’ rights in his home country of Scotland, seemingly used his agency to side with the wealthy elite. In explaining these shifts, historian Sean Paul O’Hara agrees with a “profits and negative image” narrative. The poor financial position of the agency, coupled with a battered reputation resulting from failures in the American West, would be remedied through the lucrative business that was …


Vandiver Crowned Miss Una, Lisa Myers Feb 2026

Vandiver Crowned Miss Una, Lisa Myers

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Sarah Vandiver crowned Miss UNA 2004.

*Article from The Flor-Ala*


The Crown Affair, The Flor-Ala Feb 2026

The Crown Affair, The Flor-Ala

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Miss UNA 2001, Bridgett Helms, crowns Miss UNA 2002, Elishaba Graben.


Phil Campbell Native Wins Miss Una, Franklin County Times Staff Reports Feb 2026

Phil Campbell Native Wins Miss Una, Franklin County Times Staff Reports

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Miss UNA 2003 Jamie Hutcheson.


Lifelong Dream Comes True For Miss Una, Ty West Feb 2026

Lifelong Dream Comes True For Miss Una, Ty West

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Miss UNA 2005 Mallory Wooten has dreamed of participating in the Miss Alabama pageant since she was a little girl-now she gets the chance.

*Article from The TimesDaily*


Helms Captures Crown At Miss Una Pageant Friday, Staff Reports Feb 2026

Helms Captures Crown At Miss Una Pageant Friday, Staff Reports

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Bridgett Helms crowned Miss UNA 2001.

*Source of Article unknown*


Bobo Crowned Miss Una 1997, Jennifer Wright Feb 2026

Bobo Crowned Miss Una 1997, Jennifer Wright

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Rachel Bobo crowned Miss UNA 1997 by Miss UNA 1996, Laura Parker.

*Article from The Flor-Ala*


Hargett Chosen Miss Alabama First Alternate, Stephen Moore Feb 2026

Hargett Chosen Miss Alabama First Alternate, Stephen Moore

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Miss UNA 1998 Melanie Hargett chosen as first alternate for Miss Alabama Pageant.

*Article from Red Bay News*


Hutcheson To Compete For Miss Alabama, Patricia Thorpe Feb 2026

Hutcheson To Compete For Miss Alabama, Patricia Thorpe

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Getting ready to participate in Miss Alabama 2003.

*Article from The Franklin County Times*


Book 'Em, Jim Hannon/Staff Feb 2026

Book 'Em, Jim Hannon/Staff

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Miss UNA 1996 Laura Parker reads to children at the Handy Recreation Center.

*Article from The TimesDaily*


Quest For The Crown, Shannon Heupel Feb 2026

Quest For The Crown, Shannon Heupel

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Miss UNA 1998 Melanie Hargett to compete in Miss Alabama Pageant.

*Article from Franklin County Times*


Senior Wins Miss Una 2017, Hannah Zimmer Feb 2026

Senior Wins Miss Una 2017, Hannah Zimmer

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Victoria Roose is crowned Miss UNA 2017 by Miss UNA 2016, Jocelyn Barnes.

*Article from The Flor-Ala*


Williams Selected Winner At Una, Robert Palmer Feb 2026

Williams Selected Winner At Una, Robert Palmer

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Kimberly Williams crowned Miss UNA 1999.

*Article from The TimesDaily*


Nix Crowned Miss Una, Andy Hutto/Una Student Photographer Feb 2026

Nix Crowned Miss Una, Andy Hutto/Una Student Photographer

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Miss UNA 2005 Mallory Wooten crowns the new Miss UNA, Nicole Nix.

*Article from The Franklin County Times*


Here They Go...To Miss Alabama..., Franklin County Times Feb 2026

Here They Go...To Miss Alabama..., Franklin County Times

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Miss UNA 2006 Nicole Nix, along with Miss Hamilton and Miss Northern Highlands enjoy a reception to wish them well at the Miss Alabama pageant.


Phil Campbell's Graben Crowned 2002 Miss Una, Franklin County Times Feb 2026

Phil Campbell's Graben Crowned 2002 Miss Una, Franklin County Times

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Miss 2002 Elishaba Graben.


Parker Wears Two Crowns, Ralonda Boddie Feb 2026

Parker Wears Two Crowns, Ralonda Boddie

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Miss UNA 1996 Laura Parker also was named UNA Homecoming Queen.

*Article from The Flor-Ala*


Best Friends, Jim Hannon/Staff Feb 2026

Best Friends, Jim Hannon/Staff

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Kicking off National Pet Week with Miss UNA 1985, Alyssa Ashley, and her dog.


Freshman Wins Miss Una Title, Timesdaily Feb 2026

Freshman Wins Miss Una Title, Timesdaily

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Bridgette DeLon Smith wins crown.


Cissy Ashley Commended By Alabama Legislature, East Lauderdale News Feb 2026

Cissy Ashley Commended By Alabama Legislature, East Lauderdale News

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Miss UNA 1985 commended by the Alabama Legislature for her outstanding accomplishments.