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When Death Gave Birth to a Writer : A Collection of Essays and Poems
(East Carolina University, 2012)This personal collection of creative nonfiction sheds light on issues of abandonment, victimization, and dysfunctional relationships. It is accompanied by poems that serve as prefaces to each individual story, as well as ... -
“WHEN THIS HAPPENS AGAIN”: ANALYZING COMMUNITY PERSPECTIVES OF FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO REPEATED DISASTER VULNERABILITY AND THEIR IMPACT ON RECOVERY
(East Carolina University, 2018-07-31)Storm-related flooding is one of the greatest disaster risks facing communities in eastern North Carolina. After flood events, communities of limited means may be incapable of pushing for reconstruction agendas that increase ... -
Where Science Meets Users Needs: Storm Surge in Eastern NC
(East Carolina University, 2019-11-26)The coast is well researched because of its intrinsic value to visitors, the lives and property of those who live at the coast, and the environmental services it provides through tourism, natural resources, and as a natural ... -
Where Were the Whalers? An Investigation of the Archaeological, Historical, and Cultural Influences of North Carolina Whaling
(East Carolina University, 1/13/16)The purpose of this study is to examine ex situ material culture associated with North Carolina shore whaling in an attempt to clarify, contest, or confirm the nature of the industry as it existed on the coast of North ... -
WHICH NIGHT TO REMEMBER? WHY SOME MARITIME DISASTERS LIVE LONGER IN PUBLIC MEMORY THAN OTHERS
(East Carolina University, 2020-06-22)This thesis compares twelve maritime disasters from the twentieth century in order to determine why some are kept longer in public memory than others and why some are largely forgotten. No apparent correlation was found ... -
Which Resources Matter? : Resources And The Impact Of North Carolina Environmental Organizations
(East Carolina University, 2015)This paper focuses on the role that resources have in predicting the impact of an environmental organizations. This study contributes to an emerging stream of research literature on social movements that explicitly uses ... -
Who Are You? An Archaeological Examination of the Human Remains Associated with Vasa
(East Carolina University, 2017-05-03)When the Swedish warship Vasa sank in 1628, approximately 30 lives were lost. The ship was raised and fully excavated in the 1950s and 1960s, and through the course of the excavation, over 1,500 human bones were recorded ... -
Who Watches the Watchmen : The Revaluation of the Superhero in the Nihilistic World of Alan Moore's Watchmen
(East Carolina University, 2011)Alan Moore's comic book series Watchmen is unique in comic book history in that it possesses a multi-layered, multi-interpretive structure and complex philosophically driven narrative. One of the novel approaches of Watchmen ... -
Why Won't You Leave?: An Evaluation of Employees' Willingness to Take Time Off
(East Carolina University, 2018-07-17)Presently, there is little empirical research that considers why some employees are more inclined than others to take advantage of their organization's leave benefits. This study aimed to explore employees' willingness ... -
Widespread impact of horizontal gene transfer on plant colonization of land
(2012-10)In complex multicellular eukaryotes such as animals and plants, horizontal gene transfer is commonly considered rare with very limited evolutionary significance. Here we show that horizontal gene transfer is a dynamic ... -
Wild Horses
(East Carolina University, 2022-03-23)Wild Horses is a Literary Fiction novel that intersects with Queer and Indigenous Literature. The narrative is a close third point of view following the perspectives of primary protagonist, Amanda Sloan (Mara), her father, ... -
Wings and Wrenches : The History of the 6th Air Commando Squadron 1967 to1969
(East Carolina University, 2010)This thesis examines the history of a United States Air Force fighter squadron created during the Vietnam War. It focuses on the circumstances prior to the squadron's creation, the selection of what was considered to be ... -
With All Deliberate Speed : The Pearsall Plan and School Desegregation in North Carolina, 1954-1966.
(East Carolina University, 2011)The decision of the United States Supreme Court in Brown v. the Board of Education legally ended the operation of segregated schools in the South. In North Carolina, a series of legal challenges began under the Pupil ...