This thesis draws on the ideas of Homi K. Bhabha’s hybridity, mimicry, and third space theory in conjunction with American regionalism, and situates Zitkala-Sa as a “landscape-reliant regionalist,” a term I coin to address ...

This thesis explores themes in queer history and the concept of archival activism to argue for development of LGBT archival collections in the South that adequately reflect the region. Chapter One discusses trends in queer ...

Meaning Maintenance Model (MMM) predicts that violations in meaning can result in the affirmation of alternative or novel meaning frameworks. These violations, known as meaning threats, often occur unconsciously yet have ...

Despite the compartmentalization of academic fields, philosophy and literature enjoy an impressive amount of cross-fertilization. This interplay was especially notable during the early 1900s, when American modernism developed ...

The inflammatory response protects our bodies from foreign pathogens. However, when inflammation is uncontrolled it can lead to inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. The drugs currently used as treatment for these diseases, ...

Overweight and obesity has become one of the leading public health concerns of the 21st century, especially among high risk minority populations. The cause of overweight and obesity is multifactorial, encompassing genetics, ...

Students who harbor misconceptions often find chemistry difficult to understand. To improve teaching about the dissolving process, first semester introductory chemistry students were asked to complete a free-response ...

The FBI states that identity theft has been the fastest growing crime for more than five years and many experts believe this will continue to increase. There are countless ways an individual's personal information can be ...

African-American millennials seem to have distanced the movement for Black Lives Matter away from the Black Christian church. The movement of Black Lives Matter does not have one leader or leadership group, which has ...