Matthew Winterton and Dr. Deryle Lonsdale, Linguistics and English Language Main Text Since Madagascar gained its independence from France in 1960, the country’s leaders have tried to promote a unique sense of identity for the Malagasy people and culture. Part of this effort has been spent in preserving the Malagasy language. However, due to the […]
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Teaching Tolerance: Anti-Racist Pedagogical Intent in Frieda Plinzner’s Mission Literature for Children
Claire Sorensen and Dr. Cindy Brewer From feminism to Marxism, moral to multi-racial criticism, writings from the colonial era have been intensely analyzed by scholars. Thanks to their studies, we have been provided with important but general contextual knowledge of colonial literature. However, one vital subset of this field, colonial missionary literature particularly by women, […]
Critical Factors in Standard English Acquisition
Adam Prestidge and Dr. William Eggington, Linguistics and English Language The ability to acquire Standard English is requisite for upward mobility in the United States. As English-language-learners are able to acquire command of a higher code, society rewards them with greater opportunities for success. For people who immigrate to the United States from Mexico, this […]
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Katharine Anderson and Dr. John Bennion Main Text When I set out several months ago to write an honors thesis, I had a pretty clear idea of what I wanted to do. I was going to craft a progression of essays examining myself, beginning with the most basic personal information, and slowly progressing, layer by […]
Feminist and Marriage-related Issues in Seventheenth Century French Fairy Tales
Susanna Allred My project studied the discussion of feminist and marriage-related issues in seventheenth century French fairy tales. Though Charles Perrault is now the most famous writer of fairy tales, he was part of a larger literary trend of fairy tale-writing. This literary vogue was dominated and actually started by female writers. Though Perrault’s tales […]
After-School Violence in Samoa
Devan Stevens Introduction In the Polynesian Islands of Samoa, there is a prevalence of after-school violence associated with school rivalries that is of serious concern to the local governments and community members. There is a paucity of research done in Samoa concerning adolescent aggression. Thus, the need for research is great. Samoan newspapers frequently report […]
We are Widows, We are Women: On the Oral Histories of Low-caste Indian Widows and How They Maintain a Sense of Self in the Face of Social Role Change
Suzanne Powell and Dr. Charles W. Nuckolls, Anthropology Department Main Text As a student of anthropology, my ORCA grant enabled me to work on analyzing and writing up my results from a field study trip I took during the Fall 2009 semester to Visakhapatnam, India. My study focused on collecting oral histories of Hindu windows […]
Modern-day Conceptions of Marriage in Visakhapatnam, India: “Bridging the Gap” Between Globalized Young Women and Their Parents
Courtney Petersen and Dr. Charles W. Nuckolls Main Text The city of Visakhapatnam hugs the shoreline of the Bay of Bengal on the East coast of Andhra Pradesh, India. Once a small collection of fishing villages, this city is now a bustling metropolis housing businesses, universities, travelers, students, and families from both metropolitan and rural […]
Parental Stress as a Mediator for Relationship Satisfaction and Child Well-being between Two Adult Developmental Groups
Heather Perkins and Dr. Brian Willoughby, School of Family Life In the last 15 years, a new body of research has emerged looking specifically at the development of individuals between the ages of 18 to 25. Historically, this developmental period has been marked by the emergence of new responsibilities such as marriage and parenthood that […]
An Observation of Public Behavior among Ecuadorian Orphans
Emily Miller and Dr. Charles Nuckolls, Anthropology Identity within a social structure is easily analyzed when found in a culturally traditional setting. However, when physical and mental handicaps, parental figure transience, and varying levels of familial contact become factors the social structure and the roles within that structure are not as easily defined. Research for […]