Social and Behavioral Sciences Commons^™

On Living Fully, Or, How To Not Be Made An Object, Fiona Pearl Miller

Senior Projects Spring 2023

An analysis of autonomy in the modern era through the lens of the Transcendentalists and the Frankfurt School.

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Social Studies of Bard College.

Overusing, Overposting, Oversharing, Subtitle (Some Things Are Better Left Unsaid), Samantha Dandridge

Senior Projects Spring 2023

Through a sociological perspective, this piece attempts to further understand social media dynamics, particularly the concept of "oversharing" online through original data collection and sociological theory. Centered around a month-long Instagram study, the objective is to further understand what compels some young adult users to overshare, the consequences of oversharing online and how they effect the poster, their following and social media platforms generally. Recruited participants were instructed to follow and engage with Loren's, an entirely faux persona created by the researcher, Instagram account where she frequently posted content most would label "oversharing". While participants understood Loren was a fictitious …

Definitions And Discourses: An Analysis Of Queer Identity Construction On Social Media, Gil Nehemya Bloch Messer

Senior Projects Spring 2023

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Social Studies of Bard College.

Fragments Of An Anarcha-Transfeminist Sociology Of Sex Work, Veronica Andrek

Senior Projects Spring 2022

The purpose of this study is to explore ways in which feminist and sociological theory can be expanded by looking at the experiences of transgender women who are engaged in sex work specifically with an eye for transfeminist and anarchist political theory. Based on qualitative interviews with five transfeminine sex workers, I found that transfeminine sex workers, while facing substantial obstacles such as criminalization, transmisogyny, and poverty, are capable of building communities and forging new meanings in their lives. Within sex work are opportunities by which to reimagine labor and its role in our lives, with the possibility of abolishing …

The Foundations Of Behavioral Finance: A Case Study Of Robinhood Users And The Impact Of Biases In Financial Markets, Robert Michael Arciola

Senior Projects Spring 2022

Financial markets play a vital role in economies around the world. They facilitate the interactivity between those who are in need of capital and those with capital to invest. While its own separate entity, the stock market is correlated with the economy in various ways in which one may significantly impact the other on a regular basis. Thus, investors and firms participating in markets have much power in influencing the economy. Human behavior is prone to biases that are not accounted for in standard finance theory but is the subject of behavioral economics by utilizing psychology and sociology to aid …

Boundaries, Expression, And Positivity: Investigating Commentary On Black Women Within Cosplay Fandom On Tiktok, Cymone Alexis Richardson

Senior Projects Spring 2021

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Social Studies of Bard College.

This Has To Meme Something: Social Polarization And Internet Memes, Adrianna Lyn Candor

Senior Projects Fall 2020

I am analyzing the ways in which memes function on social media, as a reflection of culture. Do memes fulfill a role of expression for people's identities and cultures in society? If so, how do they fulfill that role for various groups of peoples, and what are the implications?

Facebook, Twitter, Gender: How Social Media Allows For Fragmentation Of The Self In The Digitally Native Millennial, Clark Wolff Hamel

Senior Projects Spring 2017

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Social Studies of Bard College.