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Title: "No.. like you don't get it": The functionality of conflict speech and the construction of the young adult feminist identity on Tumblr
Author: Cosper, Caitlin
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Linguistics
Description: As social media grew in popularity, online discourse became a more frequent focus of study because it represented an entirely new form of communication. While technological innovations led to easier and more accessible communication on a global sc...

Title: BORDER STORIES: THE IMMIGRATION JOURNEY, SOCIAL AND ACADEMIC BELONGING, AND PARENTAL DETAINMENT IN CHILDREN’S PICTURE BOOKS FROM 1998-2018
Author: Mendoza, Christian
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Multicultural education, Latin American literature
Description: It is imperative for American students of all backgrounds to develop open-minded and respectful cultural awareness through education, empathy, and understanding. Latinx children’s books are valuable resources that are beneficial in instilling posi...

Title: Discursive Construction of the Female Identity within Official ISIS Propaganda
Author: Coughlin, Meghan
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Linguistics
Description: Having created a dominant online media strategy, ISIS (The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) has used the internet in order to spread its narratives beyond its geographical constraints to the largest possible audience. To this audience, they provid...

Title: Strength in Silver
Author: Seabrook, Raymond
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Creative writing
Description: ABSTRACTRAYMOND SCOTT SEABROOK. Strength in Silver. (Under the direction of BRYN CHANCELLOR, M.F.A.) Preliminary chapters to a historic novel, Strength in Silver follows the lives of three women of the same family over the course of more than one ...

Title: THE PROGRESSION OF AGENCY OF THE FEMALE ROLE IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY AMERICAN CHILDREN’S LITERATURE
Author: Prysiazniuk, Stephanie
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: English literature, Children's literature
Description: This thesis will analyze four American children’s novels written during the mid to latter part of the nineteen century and demonstrate how a progression of agency of the female role took shape in girls’ fiction during this period in history. With ...

Title: The Hybridity of Humanity: Posthumanism within Marissa Meyer's The Lunar Chronicles
Author: Gonzalez Caban, Jasmin
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: English literature
Description: In the twenty-first century, advanced technology has become an integral component to how humans interact with the world. Because technology is gradually transforming the lifestyles and compositions of humans, it is important to introduce the conce...

Title: The Institute: A work of Fiction
Author: Lazzara, Mishael
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Creative writing
Description: A historical fiction novel set in colonial Belgian Congo during World War II, The Institute: A Work of Fiction centers around Mary Elkhorn, an American agriculturist who travels to a farming institute located on the Congo River. En route, Mary is ...