In a multi-disciplinary interrogation of L. Frank Baum’s “Introduction” to his 1900 novel, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, this dissertation traces the historical, academic, cultural, and aesthetic definitions for the term ...

Media have potential to alter people's perceptions towards unfamiliar subjects (Davis, 2006). In the case of disability, danger can occur when representations are inaccurate. Previous research on portrayals of disabilities ...

One of the most significant television directors, in terms of innovation, quality, and influence, is the Emmy and Directors Guild of America Award-winning auteur, Dan Curtis (1927-2006). In the 1980s, Curtis was lauded ...

In his autobiographical novel, David Copperfield, Charles Dickens created a hero for the nineteenth century. Dickens based Copperfield not only on his own life, but also on archetypal heroes of mythology and fairy tales. ...

The American Civil War is too often studied from the top down, focusing on the lives of army commanders and politicians. More recent scholarship has focused on the men in the ranks and their view of the war. Left out in ...

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Pentobarbital is a leading drug for euthanizing large farm animals [Wolfgang et al., 2009]. However, pentobarbital tends to leach into the surrounding soil and become a source of contamination once these euthanized animals ...

Commercial loan volume in the United States is a function of loan demand by businesses and loan supply from banks. The purpose of this dissertation is to identify those factors that determine commercial credit on the supply ...

Length of time teaching shapes educators’ competence with intentional integration of democratic engagement in the classroom. This study finding stems from a pivotal understanding of civic engagement refocused and defined ...

Habitat degradation and loss has been identified as one of the major causes of amphibian declines worldwide. Alterations to the terrestrial landscape can alter or eliminate migrations of amphibians and disrupt amphibian ...