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Familial and Cultural Conflicts as Related to Identity: the 1.5 and Second Generation's Imperfect Records
(East Carolina University, 2018-04-24)
The bicultural struggles of the 1.5 and second generation characters in Cristina Garcia's Dreaming in Cuban, Julia Alvarez's How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents, and David Wong Louie's The Barbarians Are Coming are ...
ENDOCRINE DISRUPTING CHEMICALS ALTER STEROID TRANSPORT PROTEINS AND STEROID FREE AND BOUND FRACTIONS
(East Carolina University, 2018-05-03)
The effects of endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) on the development of sexually dimorphic characteristics in vertebrates have been studied extensively for over sixty years. Throughout this time, studies have focused ...
Physical Activity and Obesity’s Relationship with Motor Skills in Children Ages 3 – 5 Years Old: National Youth Fitness Survey
(East Carolina University, 2018-05-02)
Purpose: The purpose of this study was 3-fold: (a) to examine the relationship between physical activity (PA) and motor skills in children ages 3-5 years old, (b) to examine the relationship between obesity and motor skills ...
CHICANA POETRY OF RESISTANCE: GALVÁN RODRÍGUEZ EXTENDING THE MESTIZA CONSCIOUSNESS AND ENCOURAGING POLITICAL ACTIVISM THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA
(East Carolina University, 2018-04-24)
This thesis presents an analysis of Chicana poetry of resistance by poet and activist Odilia Galván Rodríguez. Specifically, I examine three poems--"Geographic Dreaming or What it Means to be Chicana," "Collecting Thoughts ...
Text Setting and Harmony in Schumann's Myrthen Op. 25: Pedagogical Applications in the Theory Curriculum
(East Carolina University, 2018-04-27)
The vocal song cycles of Robert Schumann demonstrate the relationship between text and harmony in the compositional process. Schumann's passion for literature greatly influenced his works. The harmonic texture functions ...
Exploring the Effects of Hurricane Matthew: Perceptions of Elementary Educators
(East Carolina University, 2018-05-01)
Natural disasters have a traumatic impact that is pronounced in vulnerable populations such as children and areas of low socio-economic status. Children experience secondary effects from disasters such as anxiety, depression, ...
Between the Reservation and Me: Race Identity in the Works of Ta-Nehisi Coates and Sherman Alexie
(East Carolina University, 2018-05-01)
I will be analyzing the works of Ta-Nehisi Coates and Sherman Alexie, primarily as these works relate to how both authors tackle the issue of racial identity, as well its affect on their writing. In order to accommodate ...
Adverse
(East Carolina University, 2018-04-27)
The role of the photograph in the conversation of mental illness is fraught with misrepresentation. Since its infancy the photographic image has been used as a means of portraying those living with mental illness as frail, ...
Defining B-29 Airscapes in the Archaeological Record as a Predictive Model for Site Location
(East Carolina University, 2018-04-27)
The Boeing B-29 Superfortress made history when it dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, bringing an end to World War II. Based on a small island in the central Pacific Ocean, this colossal aircraft left ...
The Price of Bondage: Slavery, Slave Valuation, and Economics in the Albemarle
(East Carolina University, 2018-05-07)
This thesis examines the economics of antebellum slavery in the Albemarle region of North Carolina. Located in the northeastern corner of the Carolina colony, the Albemarle was a harsh location for settlement and thus, ...