Aimee Farnsworth and Dr. Valerie Hudson, Political Science Main Text The main goal of this research was to complete a cross-national survey of women’s property rights in law and in practice. Surprisingly, such a global survey has never before been undertaken. This is a large gap in the existing knowledge base. My goal in this […]
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Ethnicity and Public Goods Provision in an Indian City
Michael Davidson and Dr. Joel Selway, Political Science The provision of public goods is, on average, significantly poorer in ethnically-diverse communities (Banerjee et al. 2005). Three potential mechanisms have been put forward to explain this phenomenon: preferences, technology and strategy selection (Habyarimana et al. 2007). While the landmark experiment on this topic concluded that strategy […]
The Relationship Between Women’s Clinics and Hospitals Offering Women’s Services 1960-2000
Hayley Darchuck and Jessica Callahan Introduction and Literature Review The 1960s showed marked improvements in the realm of decreasing the inequality gap between men and women. For example, government acts called for equal pay and protected women against discrimination. However, in the area of healthcare, women felt that there was a disconnect between themselves and […]
The Growth of Women’s Clinics and Hospital Based Women’s Services 1980-2000
Jessica Callahan and Dr. Marie Cornwall, Sociology Main text The 1960s showed marked improvements in the realm of decreasing the inequality gap between men and women. However, in the area of healthcare, women felt that there was a disconnect between themselves and the way that their bodies were being treated. Doctors spent little time with […]
The Effect of Sex and Race on Letter Responses from the U.S. Congress and State Legislatures
Josephine Borich and Dr. Chris Karpowitz, Political Science Because of changing demographics in the United States, the way legislators respond to minority constituents and to women is becoming more important. My ORCA grant focused on the relationship between constituents who ask immigration related questions to federal and state legislators through letters. For the first part […]
Assessing the Splicing Variants of the Interferon Regulatory Factor 5 Risk Haplotype
Jared Lambert and Dr. Brian Poole, Life Sciences Introduction Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease which commences from the immune system producing antibodies which target the body’s own tissues and cells. There are various factors thought to be involved in the development of SLE. In this study I assessed how the splicing variants […]
Religiosity and Utilization of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Among Hispanic Patients
John Heathcote and Dr. Josh West, Department of Health Science The use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) has steadily become more widespread. For the first time, the use of traditional healers was included in the definition of CAM on the 2007 NHIS. Several Hispanic-specific CAM studies have included a variety of traditional healing and […]
How Religious Practices Affect the Rise of Populism in Latin America
Victoria Garcia and Dr. Kirk Hawkins, Department of Political Science Populism is “a Manichaean discourse that identifies Good with a unified will of the people and Evil with a conspiring elite” (Hawkins 2009). It is a movement that has been spreading in Latin America, in which a group of people consider themselves as the majority […]
I’m Glad They Called Me On A Mission: What Young Adults Learn From Serving An LDS Mission
Elizabeth Montgomery and Dr. Brent Top, Department of Religious Education Conducting this research project about missionary work in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) has been an interesting and enjoyable adventure. The purpose of this report is to chronicle my experiences and to publish a few of the research conclusions we have reached at this […]
Native Speaker Judgments on the Accentedness and Personal Traits of American and Korean L2 Learners of German
Charles Richards and Dr. Hans-Wilhelm Kelling, Department of German and Slavic Languages Everyday listeners make personal judgments about the people with whom they are speaking based on the accent or voice quality of the speaker. Studies have shown that a person’s speech– independent of accent–can influence a listener to make judgments about the speaker’s intelligence, […]