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- Title
- Marshallese Participatory Mismatches in South Central United States' School Systems
- Author
- Anderson, Katlyn
- Date Created
- 2022
- Subjects--Topical
- Linguistics, Education, Ethnology
- Description
- Since the Compact of Free Association between the Marshall Islands and the United States, many Marshallese Islanders have immigrated to the United States, leading to a growing number of Marshallese children enrolled in primary and secondary school...
- Title
- THE COLORS OF PRESTIGE: AN ANALYSIS OF THE FORMS, DECORATIONS, AND USES OF INCA STONE VESSELS
- Author
- Banikazemi, Cyrus
- Date Created
- 2018
- Subjects--Topical
- Archaeology
- Description
- The ethnohistoric and archaeological record provides ample evidence of the ideological significance of metals and pigments in the pre-Columbian Andean world. This study explores the use of these materials in the complex decorative techniques utili...
- Title
- ACADEMIC INTEGRITY AND CULTURAL CAPITAL: A CASE STUDY OF INCOMING INDIAN GRADUATE STUDENTS IN ENGINEERING AND COMPUTING
- Author
- Birkett, James
- Date Created
- 2018
- Subjects--Topical
- Ethnology
- Description
- As the number of international students studying in the United States continues to grow, it is important that educators and administrators at postsecondary institutions understand the diverse educational backgrounds of these students, which has th...
- Title
- Tree canopy networks in Charlotte: Challenges, strategies, and outlooks for more adaptive climate governance systems.
- Author
- Blanchard, Benjamin
- Date Created
- 2023
- Subjects--Topical
- Ethnology
- Description
- Tree canopies are an essential tool for climate change mitigation and adaptation, primarily due to their ability to store and sequester atmospheric carbon. They have a number of inherently appealing co-benefits that make them a key element of gree...
- Title
- Messages from the Heart: Agent Orange and Narrative Conflict in Contemporary Vietnam
- Author
- Blattenberger, Philip
- Date Created
- 2016
- Subjects--Topical
- Social sciences--Research, Museums--Study and teaching, History
- Description
- For six months in 2014 the War Remnants Museum in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam hosted a temporary exhibition on Agent Orange. Entitled "Agent Orange: A Message from the Heart," the exhibit’s politically benign narrative tone featured reconciliatory r...
- Title
- Spatial Analysis of Activity Areas at the First Charles Town Settlement in North Carolina
- Author
- Bowers, Nicolas
- Date Created
- 2020
- Subjects--Topical
- Archaeology
- Description
- Charles Town, North Carolina was an inhabited settlement just to the south of Wilmington, and was occupied from 1664-1667 and has only seen one major excavation, conducted by the University of North Carolina at Wilmington in the 1980’s-90’s. In th...
- Title
- Social Organization and Resource Sharing at Buen Suceso Based on the Analysis of Subadult Skeletal Remains
- Author
- Bowers, Mozelle
- Date Created
- 2023
- Subjects--Topical
- Archaeology
- Description
- The study of children in the past provides bioarchaeologists with the opportunity to understand not only the health and wellbeing of a society, but various forms of identity and power structures. In this study, I will present findings on subadult ...
- Title
- Same-Sex Parents' Hypervisibility: Effects of Panopticism and Reactions to Increased Visibility
- Author
- Bradley-Volz, Kathleen
- Date Created
- 2015
- Subjects--Topical
- Sex role, Queer studies, Ethnology
- Description
- The purpose of this project is to determine how same-sex parents in the Charlotte, NC area are affected by homophobia and restrictions on displays of affection. This research is unique to the study of gay parenting in its focus on comparing gay ma...
- Title
- PUT WHAT(?) IN YOUR PIPE AND SMOKE IT: A METHODICAL APPROACH TO THE SMOKING CULTURE OF A NINETEENTH CENTURY PLANTATION IN THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES
- Author
- Bubp, Rebecca
- Date Created
- 2018
- Subjects--Topical
- Archaeology
- Description
- Holly Bend, a prolific and successful late 18th and early 19th century plantation owned by the Davidson family in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina has seen multiple excavations and research projects over the past several years. In this project, ...
- Title
- A paleopathological and mortuary analysis of Guangala burials from Salango, Ecuador (100 BCE- 800 CE)
- Author
- Bythell, Abigail
- Date Created
- 2019
- Subjects--Topical
- Physical anthropology, Archaeology
- Description
- There are still many questions that need to be answered about the lives of the pre-Hispanic peoples of the southwest Ecuador. In particular, there are few archaeological studies that focus on the socio-cultural complexity and belief systems of the...
- Title
- MISSIONAL SUBJECTIVITY: NEOLIBERAL HUMAN CAPITAL AND CHRISTIAN CAMPUS MINISTRIES
- Author
- Caro, Lennin
- Date Created
- 2017
- Subjects--Topical
- Religion, Economics
- Description
- Since 2000, the anthropology of Christianity significantly grew in the scholarly literature. However, there remains this odd gap in examining Christians and their activities in college campuses. This paper attempts to fill this gap by doing ethnog...
- Title
- Variation in Patterns of Allocare In Captive Hamadryas Baboons (Papio hamadryas): The Potential Effects of Environment and Kinship in the Development of Novel Behavior
- Author
- Carter, Amanda
- Date Created
- 2016
- Subjects--Topical
- Biology, Physical anthropology, Zoology
- Description
- The goal of the this research was to examine the social dynamics among extended matrilines of Hamadryas baboons (Papio hamadryas) housed at the North Carolina Zoo (NCZ) in Asheboro, North Carolina, including the putative existence of allocare, def...
- Title
- Dietary Identity At Salango: Stable Light Isotope Analysis Of Guangala Period Burials (100 BCE – 800 CE)
- Author
- Cobb, Emilie
- Date Created
- 2021
- Subjects--Topical
- Biochemistry, Archaeology
- Description
- Salango is an archaeological site on the coast of Ecuador that has been inhabited for thousands of years by multiple different cultures, including the Guangala (100 BCE- 400 CE). While research about mortuary treatment and socio-cultural character...
- Title
- A Pilot Study of Gastro-Intestinal Parasites in Two U.S. Captive Free-Ranging Lemur Populations
- Author
- Corbett II, Philip
- Date Created
- 2021
- Subjects--Topical
- Physical anthropology, Zoology, Parasitology
- Description
- A comparative gastrointestinal parasite study was conducted looking at different lemur species and their parasite prevalence and diversity at two Association of Zoo & Aquarium accredited facilities, the Duke Lemur Center and Lemur Conservation Fou...
- Title
- Did They Belong: A Preliminary Study on Strontium Isotopic Analysis of the Guangala Culture Located at Salango, Ecuador
- Author
- Cruz, Zindy
- Date Created
- 2022
- Subjects--Topical
- Archaeology, Geochemistry
- Description
- Due to advancements in technology, questions once thought of as unanswerable concerning migration and mobility have become possible to address. Strontium isotopic analysis has begun to bring about a change in how bioarchaeologists apply migration ...
- Title
- Gaze-Following, Social Monitoring, and Joint Attention in the Great Apes: A Comparative Analysis of Visual Communication and Potential Implications for Cognition
- Author
- Downing, Danay
- Date Created
- 2014
- Subjects--Topical
- Animal behavior, Physical anthropology, Cognitive psychology
- Description
- Previous experimental studies indicate that gaze-following is a reliable indicator of advanced cognitive capacity in social primates. Group-living primates, in particular, must navigate complex social relationships among group members and other co...
- Title
- Preliminary Assessment of Lead Glazed Coarse Earthenware Trade Relationships During Mid-18th and 19th Century North Carolina Piedmont through PXRF Analysis
- Author
- Dyer, Monica
- Date Created
- 2020
- Subjects--Topical
- Archaeology
- Description
- Little documentation exists of the trade occurring in the central North Carolina Piedmont during the 18th and 19th century at wealthy farmstead sites or at surrounding sites of lower economic status. The intent of my research is to gain a greater ...
- Title
- HAZARA DIASPORA RELIGIOUS DISAFFILIATION: AFGHANISTAN’S SHI'A WHO TURN AWAY FROM ISLAM
- Author
- Fekrat, Nasim
- Date Created
- 2020
- Subjects--Topical
- Ethnology, Area studies, Islam--Study and teaching
- Description
- The topic of irreligiosity and secularism among Muslim immigrants is an understudied subject. Academic studies of Muslim immigrants, in particular, tend to focus on religious beliefs at the expense of other issues. This is particularly evident in ...
- Title
- "I can, but I can't": Kindergarten teacher perceptions of self-efficacy and agency in their use of formative assessment in the current high-stakes accountability climate
- Author
- Ferrara, Angela
- Date Created
- 2020
- Subjects--Topical
- Early childhood education, Education and state, Ethnology
- Description
- Early childhood formative assessment (FA) is a process by which teachers gather data about their students’ knowledge and skills across the five domains of early childhood development in order to scaffold and support their students’ unique learning...
- Title
- Life Course Theory and Dual Indexicality in Taiwanese American Households
- Author
- Fogal, Daniel
- Date Created
- 2022
- Subjects--Topical
- Sociolinguistics
- Description
- Minority groups in the United States face unique challenges that help to shape and mould not only the migrants but their children as well. This study is concerned with Taiwanese-American young adults that have grown up in migrant households, how t...