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"I ain't no stranger, I been here before": Malcolm's Bullets and Ellison's Confetti
Contemporary cultural debates demand a close reading of Ellison's essays and Malcolm's oratory. For both within and without the academy issues of nationalism, identity, and "multiculturalism" are at the fore of discussion. ... -
I am not my mouth: A Poetry Collection (thesis)
I have spent the last six months thinking about what it means to tell a story. In my creative writing thesis, I wanted to explore poetry and its strengths and weaknesses as a mode of communication. I've been writing poetry ... -
"I am the law": The Life of Mayor Frank Hague of Jersey City, 1876-1956
Even in deat h, Frank Hague left a lasting imprint on his city. Today people vividly remember the Boss either from fear or loyalty. The mention of his name excites almost the same emotions it did twenty years ago. The ... -
I Don't Know How to Tell You (thesis)
My own project is multimedia, making use of prose, poetry, prose poetry, handwriting, images, and more. As it developed, I pushed myself to experiment, to discover the many ways a story can be told. It begins with general ... -
"I Made My Moves With Shackled Feet": Understanding the Subversive in the Poetry of Paul Laurence Dunbar and Kendrick Lamar (thesis)
Ever since the emergence of dialect speech into popular culture following the conclusion of the Civil War, black writers of vernacular in America have had to manage complicated relationships with both their white editors ... -
The Idea of Progress and the French Enlightenment
Lord Acton in his essay "The Heralds of the Revolution" declared that it was the combination of the American example with the influence of the French enlightenment that caused the French Revolution. Granting that generalizations ... -
Ideological Change and Governmental Growth
A fruitful approach seems to be an examination of ideological trends. As I have shown, this approach, when applied specifically to agriculture, yields valuable insight. It seems likely that the same approach, when applied ... -
If Walls Could Talk: A Case Study at Pompeii (thesis)
Building upon the work of Bettina Bergmann, who shows the critical importance of memory in the creation and reception of Roman domestic painting, I will explore the complexity and multivalence of Roman collective social ... -
If You Give a Boy a Baby: Encouraging Empathy in Preschool Boys through Toy Play and Emotion Talk (thesis)
Empathy, the ability to respond to another's distress with a similar emotion, develops in children as young as two to three years old as their role-taking abilities and emotion regulation skills increase (Feshbach, 1982). ... -
Igor Stravinsky: Perennial Russian Roots Grounded in His Neo-Classical Works
Stravinsky's works are typically categorized into three main periods of composition: Russian, Neo-Classical, and Serial. The most noteworthy works of his Russian phase, roughly 1902-1920, include the ballets made famous ... -
Il Miglior Fabbro, The Achievement of Ezra Pound
In assimilating briefly a body of literature as large as that of Ezra Pound, the urgent thing is to omit and the feasible thing to work in patterns that suggest more than they encompass. This thesis is planned to operate ... -
Illegally Black
Being a black woman is hard. I often hear my black male friends say that it is harder to be a black male in American than it is to be a black female, but I think for them they still have that male factor. And for us we ... -
An Illogical Policy Protecting the Dignity of Undocumented Immigrants with Chronic Illness
This paper assesses the implications of imprecision in federal legislation concerning emergency medical treatment of undocumented immigrants and the obligation of the U.S. to facilitate extended treatment of illegal ... -
IMF Conditionality and the Economic, Social and Cultural Rights of the Poor in Developing Countries
The policies that countries agree to follow as a condition for borrowing from the IMF have a profound impact on economic and social rights safeguarded by the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights ... -
Immigrant Access to Justice: Implications in Real Human Lives
This paper is divided into eight sections. I begin with a discussion of existing literature on the sociocultural factors which produce migrant women's disproportionate vulnerability. I then introduce three moral frameworks ... -
Immigrants and Health Care
This paper seeks to investigate health care related issues for immigrants in the United States, but in particular for the undocumented immigrant population, with a focus on Hispanic immigrants. Because of the inherent ... -
Immigration, Wages, & Ethnicity: An examination of immigration's effect on the wages of native Hispanic workers
Current literature is mixed on immigration’s effect on native wages in the United States. Some researchers find positive wage effects, while others find mixed or negative effects. The lack of consensus is due to variance ... -
The Impact of Monetary Volatility on Investment in Classical and Keynesian Models: Theory and Evidence
In the past several decades, monetary policy has gained increased popularity as a means for affecting the direction of the economy. For example, in the early 1980's the Federal Reserve's active intervention in the economy ... -
The Impact of Motivational Style on Perceptions of Online Exercise Information (poster)
Research shows that motivational style is essential to exercise participation and that intrinsic motivation is more effective for encouraging long-term adherence to exercise routines (Teixeira et. al., 2012). • The internet ... -
The Impact of Substance Abuse on Welfare Recipients
This paper explores many complex facets of the impact of substance abuse on welfare recipients. First, the prevalence of drug use among the total population and individuals on welfare are studied. Next, the barriers created ...