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Yesterday and Tomorrow
(East Carolina University, 2015-12-16)This thesis is written in support of the creative body of work entitled Yesterday and Tomorrow, a work of digital weaving and printing that examines memories, familial history, and cultural identity. This work presents ... -
YIELD STRENGTH OF THE EGADI 10 WARSHIP: USING NONLINEAR COMPUTER SIMULATIONS TO EXAMINE COLLISION DYNAMICS IN GRECO-ROMAN NAVAL CONFLICTS
(East Carolina University, 2019-12)The study of ancient Mediterranean naval warfare expanded dramatically with the emergence of maritime archaeology and the subsequent discovery of artifacts and ship remains such as the Athlit and Egadi rams. The ship ... -
You Can't Give What You Don't Have: A Community of Care Among Special Education Supervisors
(East Carolina University, 2019-04-24)Purpose: The caring professions, including those working in the field of special education, are at increased risk of compassion fatigue and burnout. As they take care of vulnerable students and adult providers, it is ... -
"You Have Herpes. Now What?": Stigma in Healthcare Systems and Disclosure Rhetorics
(East Carolina University, 2019-12-12)Cultural beliefs about sexually transmitted infections, and herpes specifically, are rhetorically constructed and, crucially, the medical realities of such conditions do not often align with the socially constructed ones. ... -
You Never Know What's Going to Happen: Exploring Factors that Influence Older Women's Decisions to Make Arrangements for Future Long-term Care Needs
(East Carolina University, 2016-07-20)While 70% of US elders will require long-term care, few plan accordingly and most decisions are made in a crisis. Data from two-waves of semi-structured interviews with a sample of 10 White and 10 African American, ... -
YOU WILL ALWAYS HAVE A PLACE AT MY TABLE
(East Carolina University, 2022-04-22)It's time to eat is a simple phrase that holds a privileged comfort for satisfying hunger and a time for bonding, gathering, and reflecting. I write these words as I make homemade cavatelli pasta in my parents' kitchen; ... -
You, the Candidate
(East Carolina University, 2019-07-25)This thesis investigates the relationship between graphic design and political campaigns with a focus on color and typography. The extent to which the general public identifies typeface and color palette characteristics ... -
Young Adult Perceptions and Participation in the Hawaiian Cultural Renaissance Movement
(East Carolina University, 2014)While the Hawaiian Cultural Renaissance Movement has existed and thrived since the late 1960's, there has been little recent investigation into how the movement has changed over time or its young adult participants. This ... -
"Your Message Here" : An Analysis of the U.S. Navy in Photo Postcards
(East Carolina University, 2013)The purpose of this project is to analyze photographic postcards with images of the U.S. Navy between 1913 and 1945. This analysis will explore how the postcard images portray the Navy as powerful, competent, and happy. ... -
YURI ANIMATION : QUEER IDENTITY AND ECOFEMINIST THINKING
(East Carolina University, 2010)Yuri or Shojo-ai, a sub-genre of Japanese Animation and Manga, can be defined as women-loving-women narratives that explore the relationships between women. Although the sub-genre has only been recently introduced to the ... -
Y’all Call it Technical and Professional Communication, We Call it #ForTheCulture: The Use of Amplification Rhetorics in Black Communities and their Implications for Technical and Professional Communication Studies
(East Carolina University, 2019-07-23)This project seeks to define and identify the use of Amplification Rhetorics (AR) in the social movement organization TRAP Karaoke and at three Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). In highlighting the AR ... -
ZOOPLANKTON COMMUNITY STRUCTURE AND ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION ACROSS A SALINITY GRADIENT
(East Carolina University, 2016-05-05)Pre and post-colonization factors differentially affect community structure. Sea level rise is mixing formerly isoloted freshwater communities with salt water communities. These ponds have a large range of salinity, which ... -
Untitled
(East Carolina University, 2018-12-06)I believe in the practice of empathy. Einfühlung is the ability to put oneself in the shoes of another and is the inspiration for this thesis exhibition. My work elicits emotion through sculptural representations of ...