Kaitlin Patterson and Dr. Charles Nuckolls, Department of Anthropology I went to India to study gender relations in the family, but as I spent more time there I came to know a group of striking individuals and instead focused my research on a similar topic, film as a mediator of culture, but in this case […]
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Maintaining German Identity in Namibia
Nanci Johnson and Dr. Mark Choate, Department of History Research in the National Archives of Namibia started out very slowly. I arrived in Windhoek and met all sorts of challenges that I thought I had prepared for. I experienced an attempt at ATM theft against me and then needed to relocate to another guest house […]
Facing Reality: An Experimental Approach to Ethnic Identity
Drs. Michael Findley and Daniel Nielson, Department of Political Science Evaluation of how well the academic objectives of the proposal were met The research project has been successful, overall, and we are continuing to prepare research for publication. When we recruited students to assist us with the research, we asked them to develop their own […]
Understanding the Causes and Consequences of the Impostor Phenomenon
Jeffrey Bednar, Management The MEG grant I was awarded was used to fund the work of several undergraduate and graduate students as we sought to present academic research and generate academic research articles for publication in various journals. This included research we have been conducting related to the “Impostor Syndrome”, where some high-achieving individuals fail […]
A Regional Party in Yorkshire?: The Proof is in the Pudding
Elizabeth Whatcott and Dr. Joel Selway, Political Science Within the United Kingdom, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland have all gained regional assemblies which manage local affairs including health care, economic growth, education, and other services. However, the Parliament in Westminster has devolved few responsibilities to local authorities in England. Under the Blair premiership, the government […]
Slam Poetry in Suburban Schools
Madelyn Taylor and Christopher Crowe, English Introduction Since the birth of hip-hop culture as youth culture in the 1970s, exploration of hip-hop influenced pedagogies in formal schooling has grown increasingly popular (Hill, 2009). By centering classrooms on elements of hip-hop arts such as spoken word, graffiti culture, and hip-hop music, educational research has seen notable […]
Explaining Variation in Support for Refugees and Recent Immigrants in the United Kingdom
Katy Smith and Joshua Gubler, Political Science Introduction On the heels of the Brexit vote and growing anxiety accompanied with leaving the European Union, immigration in the United Kingdom persists as a breaking point between native Britons, immigrants, and recent asylum seekers. To dispel the fervent animosity between these groups, humanization needs to occur in […]
Product Design for Children with Limb Defects
Cecilee Petersen and Richard Fry, School of Technology Introduction Congenital Limb Deficiency (CLD) occurs when a fetus’s upper or lower limbs do not form completely during pregnancy. This project analyzes how girls aged seven to thirteen years with upper-limb CLD adjust to daily tasks and supports the design of a mechanism to help them perform […]
A New Turkish Voice: Culture, Politics, and Expression in the Cello Works of Ahmed Adnan Saygun
Max Olivier and Luke Howard, School of Music A few years ago, I happened upon a little-known recording of the cello concerto of 20th-century Turkish composer Ahmed Adnan Saygun (1907-1991), and I immediately knew that I had discovered a gem. From the opening bars, Saygun drew me into his unique soundworld and captured my attention. […]
Prejudice Against Religion in Japan -And its influence on Proselytism Of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints-
Shawna M. Lawlor, Dainan Skeem, L. Tom Perry Special Collections in the Harold B. Lee Library Introduction Despite missionaries from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints sharing the Gospel in Japan since 1901, its membership reaches only a little over 128,000, which is approximately one in every 1000 people living in Japan. There have […]
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