Michel Foucault argues that power is everywhere, all of the time. He describes it as concrete, "capillary," acting in, on and through the actual body. All "knowledge" a[...]

ABSTRACTCURTIS D. KENDRICK. The case for building on students’ proportional reasoning for slope-related tasks. (Under the direction of DR. DAVID K. PUGALEE)The purpose [...]

This study sought to describe the communicative aspect that should be part of any secondary mathematics classroom and, more specifically, the statistics classroom. Focusi[...]

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 technologic[...]

In an era marked by globalization and digital connectivity, the consumption of culinary content has undergone significant transformation. This study delves into the intri[...]

This dissertation is a mixed-methods exploration of neighborhood change in Charlotte, North Carolina focused specifically on the impact of mortgage lending patterns leadi[...]

ABSTRACTPATRICIA LEE FURNISH. Context matters: Pragmatics and political discourseanalysis of the presidential speeches of Michelle Bachelet, Barack Obama andJosé Luis Rod[...]

ABSTRACTThis qualitative research study investigated how literature circles provide an optimal differentiated learning context for high-ability (sixth-grade) readers that[...]

While many communication studies and feminist scholars study gendered discourse and the medicalization of the female body, no work has been done to understand the term "I[...]