Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
Social and Behavioral Sciences Commons™
Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
- Keyword
-
- Undergraduate research (5)
- Applied theatre (1)
- Audre Lorde (1)
- Augusto Boal (1)
- Catholic church (1)
-
- Christianity (1)
- Chrystos (1)
- Civil wars (1)
- Criminalization (1)
- Democratic consolidation (1)
- Drama therapy (1)
- Ex-combatants (1)
- Faith (1)
- Faith-based organizations (1)
- Feminism (1)
- Fisher's narrative paradigm (1)
- Gloria Anzaldua (1)
- Handbooks (1)
- Higher education (1)
- Home (1)
- Homelessness (1)
- Identity (1)
- Intersectionality (1)
- LGBTQ (1)
- LGBTQ+ (1)
- Labeling (1)
- Latin America (1)
- Legalization (1)
- Liberation theology (1)
- Literature (1)
Articles 1 - 10 of 10
Full-Text Articles in Social and Behavioral Sciences
Handbooks, Policies, And Power: Discursive Language And Lgbtqia+ Representation In Christian University Handbooks, Kaitlin Merlino
Handbooks, Policies, And Power: Discursive Language And Lgbtqia+ Representation In Christian University Handbooks, Kaitlin Merlino
Honors Projects and Presentations: Undergraduate
For many years, tensions have existed between Christianity and the LGBTQ community, most apparent in contexts such as politics and education. One site of conflict is within the realm of Christian higher education, specifically in regards to campus-wide regulation of same-sex behaviors. This research examines the language in sexuality-based rules as communicated in four Christian universities' handbooks. Bakhtin & Holquist (1981) demonstrate the innate tension between dialogue and the social context within which it is understood. Therefore, since language is not neutral, the words creating these rules are in themselves a site of tension for the university, its contributors, its …
Religious Orientation And Coping In Third Culture Kids, Kayla Zerbe
Religious Orientation And Coping In Third Culture Kids, Kayla Zerbe
Honors Projects and Presentations: Undergraduate
This study examines the correlation between religious orientation and religious coping in Third Culture Kids (TCKs). Young adult TCKs often struggle with their identity, mental health, and cultural adjustment during the reentry process. Despite the unique struggles TCKs experience, very little research has been done on this population. Religion may play a role in the reentry process as support, challenge, or way of coping. The present study examines religion in TCKs through the lens of motivation, using the Religious Orientation Scale (ROS), which measures intrinsic and extrinsic religious orientation, and the Brief RCOPE, which measures positive and negative religious coping. …
The Search For Enduring Peace: Promoting Rebel Party Formation In Post-Civil Conflict States, Isabel Villegas
The Search For Enduring Peace: Promoting Rebel Party Formation In Post-Civil Conflict States, Isabel Villegas
Honors Projects and Presentations: Undergraduate
Civil wars have been a common occurrence throughout human history and have had an immense impact on political developments worldwide. Infamous examples include those in Rwanda, the Congo, Ukraine, and more recently, Syria, Yemen, and Afghanistan⸻all of which were, or haven been quite violent and with a range of human rights abuses committed by both state and rebel actors. Civil wars often have a variety of outcomes: a decisive win by government and military forces, a revolutionary victory and overthrow of current powers accomplished by rebels, the creation of a “failed state” lacking legitimate leadership and political institutions, or a …
Nonprofit Narratives: Faith-Based Organizations, The Gospel Mission, And You, Jennifer Myers
Nonprofit Narratives: Faith-Based Organizations, The Gospel Mission, And You, Jennifer Myers
Honors Projects and Presentations: Undergraduate
This study involved an in-depth investigation into how overtly Christian 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations incorporate the use of storytelling into their external communications through the lens of Walter Fisher’s narrative paradigm theory. Key theoretical streams examined as a part of the literature review include organizational mission communication with an emphasis in faith-based nonprofits, as well as organizational storytelling. This research study explored the following questions: “How do faith-based nonprofit organizations use narrative storytelling via social media to communicate their organizational missions within their circle of influence?” and “How do faith-based nonprofit organizations use narrative storytelling via social media to invite their …
Finding Home: (Re)Thinking Identity Through Texts As A Queer, White Woman, Lydia Pebly
Finding Home: (Re)Thinking Identity Through Texts As A Queer, White Woman, Lydia Pebly
Honors Projects and Presentations: Undergraduate
Within these four sections, I decided, for the purposes of this project, to focus on my interactions with Borderlands/La Frontera by Gloria Anzaldúa; Passing by Nella Larsen; Sister, Outsider by Audre Lorde; and Not Vanishing by Chrystos. Anzaldúa’s work focuses on her identity as a queer, Chicana woman inhabiting the U.S.-Mexico border. Passing details the experiences of a Black woman who can pass as white. Lorde’s work is a collection of essays which center her experience as a queer, Black woman. Chrystos’s work is a book of poetry centered in their queer, Two Spirit, Indigenous identity. Additionally, I draw from …
Enlightened Empathy: Applied Theatre Transforming Society And Self, Abi K. Johnson
Enlightened Empathy: Applied Theatre Transforming Society And Self, Abi K. Johnson
Honors Projects and Presentations: Undergraduate
While working on this project, I struggled with what to actually call this category of theatre. Augusto Boal uses the term “theatre of the oppressed” to describe his model of theatre. Other theatre artists use terms like social justice theatre, grassroots theatre, political theatre, or popular participatory theatre. I decided that the best-fitting term was applied theatre, which is described by Prendergast & Saxton as a type of theatre that “works overtly either to reassert or to undermine socio-political norms, as its intent is to reveal more clearly the way the world is working” (Prendergast & Saxton, 2009, p. 8). …
Sustainable Community In Literature And Lancaster County: Finding A Way Forward On Small Farms, Christine Bye
Sustainable Community In Literature And Lancaster County: Finding A Way Forward On Small Farms, Christine Bye
Honors Projects and Presentations: Undergraduate
"There are very few things that will motivate a thirteen-year-old child who has grown up comfortably and surrounded by supermarkets to pick green beans and to pick them joyfully. Dusty bean plants covered in yellow beetle larvae and located beneath a glaring sun do not exactly inspire an adolescent (or any sane person, really) to caper and sing. Neither do interestingly mottled rashes on the forearms - which appear after extensive rummaging through bean leaves - encourage the picker to return readily to the task. When my parents bought the family farm from my grandparents, they had some idea (as …
Playing God: Legacies Of Narrative Control In Danticat And Walker, Sarah Becker
Playing God: Legacies Of Narrative Control In Danticat And Walker, Sarah Becker
Honors Projects and Presentations: Undergraduate
In The Dew Breaker by Edwidge Danticat and The Color Purple by Alice Walker characters experience and manifest power through the production of narrative, naming and labeling, and bodily interactions. Abusers such as the Dew Breaker, Duvalier, and Alphonso understand power as hierarchical, gained at the expense of others. These men commit acts of physical violence, spin scapegoat narratives which justify torture and rape, and attempt to name reality and define morality for their victims; in short, they pursue the power of a god to assert hegemony and control others. Scholars such as Bellamy suggest that the Dew Breaker is …
Liberation Theology: The Power Of Religion In Revolutionary Movements, Katherine Preudhomme
Liberation Theology: The Power Of Religion In Revolutionary Movements, Katherine Preudhomme
Honors Projects and Presentations: Undergraduate
No abstract provided.
Prostitution Policy: Ending The World's Oldest Profession, Jamie Bishop
Prostitution Policy: Ending The World's Oldest Profession, Jamie Bishop
Honors Projects and Presentations: Undergraduate
When it comes to prostitution, “a prostitute treats herself like a chair for someone to sit on. Her mind goes blank. She just lies there. You become just an object…After a while, it becomes just a normal thing.” As the “world’s oldest profession,” prostitution 1 permeates all countries and cultures. So for centuries, women have endured this “chair” reality, an object to service men. Most societies would point to sex work as a black mark on society, but even that is up for debate. It is unusual for any social practice to have the kind of longevity and breadth of …