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Title: The Brazilian Secret Service During the Military Dictatorship: The Herzog Case
Author: Milligan, Bruna
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Area studies
Description: The objective of this thesis is to use the case of journalist Vladimir Herzog to analyze the Brazilian secret service’s role within the government during the military dictatorship. I use the term secret service when referring to the Brazilian inte...

Title: The Catholic Church and the Free Womb Law in Recife, PE, Brazil: An Analysis of Its Social Development, 1870-1878
Author: Andrade Diniz de Araujo, Maria Paula
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: History, Area studies
Description: This research examines the role of the Catholic Church in the Brazilian Northeastern city of Recife with the advent of the Free Womb Law, in 1871. It delves into the complex dynamics of the Church and the children the law affected. That way, this ...

Title: The Embattled Lens: Looking for Perspective in Evangelical Subcultural Identity Narratives
Author: Boaz, Stephen
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Religion, Area studies, Folklore
Description: This paper primarily examines how white conservative Evangelicals engage narrative constructions of identity through the use an embattled lens. The paper does also consider two other Evangelical groups (black Evangelicals—largely civil rights lead...

Title: The Haqqani Network: An Underestimated Force?
Author: Davis, Shelby
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: International relations, Area studies
Description: The catastrophic events of September 11, 2001 and the beheading of James Foley on August 19, 2014 were the tipping points in the United States’ infamous war on terrorism. The countless tragedies and years of war have demonstrated the unprecedented...

Title: The Insta-Hijra: South Asian Hijra Photographic Performances
Author: Flaherty, David
Date Created: 2023
Subjects--Topical: Area studies, Religion, Art--Historiography
Description: Indian hijras have captured anthropological, religious, and media attention as they have been categorized as "third-sex," "neither men nor women," and most recently, indexed under the identity structures of "transgender" and "kinnar." From their s...

Title: The Jewish Problem: Anti-Semitic Admissions Quotas in Southern U.S. Medical Schools, 1920s-1960s
Author: Marks, Taylor
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Judaism--Study and teaching, History, Area studies
Description: Anti-Semitism and worldwide Jewish immigration quotas informed the implementation of Jewish quotas in medical schools around the country from the 1920s to the 1960s. While many are aware of immigration quotas and the anti-Semitism that ran rampant...

Title: The Middle Segment of the Society and Socioeconomic Polarization: A Multidimensional Approach Applied to Colombia
Author: QUINONES, MAURICIO
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Economics, Area studies
Description: The purpose of this dissertation is to demonstrate the relevance for Colombia of analyzing the middle segment of the society – as the core concept – and socioeconomic polarization due to its linkage with the middle segment of the society, with a m...

Title: The Persistence of Images: Mūrti, Monotheisms, and Museums
Author: Bowmer, William
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Religion, Aesthetics, Area studies
Description: Even anciently one finds debate among Indian sources as to whether image-worship is unacceptable, ignorant, tolerable, laudable or ideal as a means of connecting with divinity. Yet it has been ubiquitous in Indian society for thousands of years, t...

Title: The Representation of Guatemala at the World’s Fairs in the Late Nineteenth Century
Author: Almengor, Candie
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Area studies, History
Description: The Representation of Guatemala at the World’s Fairs in the Late Nineteenth Century is a case study among many Latin American countries’ desire to display modernity in an attempt to rid of any uncivilized notoriety. This thesis juxtaposes Guatemal...

Title: Three Essays on Conflict and Displacement: Experimental Evidence from Nigeria
Author: Thompson, Peter
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Political science, International relations, Area studies
Description: Establishing peaceful post-conflict communities requires returning and reintegrating those who left during the violence. With the United Nations and other institutions investing substantial resources to rebuild communities that have experienced vi...

Title: UNDERSTANDING THE CRISIS OF UNDOCUMENTED MINORS FROM CENTRAL AMERICA COMING TO THE U.S.A: A Case Study in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
Author: Yao-Kouame, Koffi Possone
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Area studies
Description: Children migrating from Latin America to the U.S. have always been part of migration fluxes. But, roughly since the early 2010s, the number of unaccompanied minors began to dramatically and historically surge. It is reaching such levels that the U...

Title: Vietnamese American College Students’ Racial/Ethnic Identity Development and Campus Engagement Experiences at a Predominantly White Institution (PWI)
Author: Nguyen, Nhu
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Education, Education, Higher, Area studies
Description: Prior studies on student engagement in U.S. higher education focused mainly on the experiences of Black and White students (Meyer, 2014). Southeast Asian American students also face challenges regarding engagement on campus. Due to the influence o...

Title: We Are Paraguayan: Construction of Paraguayan National Identity Through Guaraní Language Use, 1814-1870
Author: Hanna, Nicole
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: History, Area studies
Description: This research project examines the creation of the Paraguayan national identity from 1814 to 1870 as a mestizo, Guaraní-speaking people. It explores the language ideology of the Paraguayan government, which placed importance on Guaraní versus Span...