Adrienne Rogers and Daniel K Judd, Ancient Scripture Introduction There are over 4,000 religions in the world today. One of the core functions of religion is to help individuals find meaning and purpose in life. Several researchers have found that this religious function impacts psychological well-being, often for the better. This relationship between religious belief, […]
Search Results for: literature
Literature Survey to Understand Why Parents Don’t Receive Tdap Vaccine
Analisa Dawson, Janelle Macintosh, College of Nursing Introduction The purpose of this project was to understand the reasons expectant and new parents don’t receive the pertussis vaccine and then to provide educational materials for parents on the importance of receiving vaccinations, specifically to protect infants from contracting pertussis. Studies conducted over the past several years have […]
Antiochus IV and the Origin of Jewish Martyrdom Literature
Allen Kendall and Faculty Mentor: Stephen Bay, Comparative Arts and Letters The study of ancient martyrdom literature has typically revolved around early Christian literature. Many scholars view the concept of martyrdom as a Christian construct, which borrowed only minimally from earlier literary traditions.1This assumption exists largely because Christian writers first used the term “martyr”—originally a […]
Green Literature at a Distance: Topic Modeling the works of Selma Lagerlöf
Emily Livingston and Faculty Mentor: Christopher Oscarson, Scandinavian Studies The aim of this project was to examine themes common to the works of Selma Lagerlof using a revolutionary method allowed by modern technology: computer modeling. The corpus of Lagerlof’s work was run through a computer program which then output, or modeled, topics based on nouns […]
Social Stratification and Inequality in PreModern Korean Literature: A qualitative research on slavery and its impact on Korean society
Moeun Jeong and Mark Peterson, Department of Humanities Introduction Introduction This project seeks to explore the social stratification and inequality by examining the premodern Korean literature, in order to determine the meaning and significance of the cultural and social roles the slaves played in the premodern era (i.e. before 1900s) in Korea. Through preliminary research, […]
Unter den Heiden: Exploring the Motives Behind the Demonization of African Natives in Colonial German Missionary Literature
Kristen Jacobsen and Cindy Brewer, German and Russian Department Introduction Although the German colonial period only lasted for a relatively brief time, from the late nineteenth century through the beginning of the twentieth century, this period spawned a large body of fiction written by missionaries. Many missions had serial newsletters, in which were published fictional […]
Problems with Mission Literature and Imagination: German Mission Literature, 1885-1918
Eric Smith and Cindy Brewer, German and Slavic Language Late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century mission literature differs from most colonial texts, due to the missionaries’ treatment and focus upon the “native” population. Yet, most literary critics believe that Catholic and Protestant mission literature—particularly texts in African and Polynesian island missions—share the same roots and literary forbearers […]
Caring for Dying Children: A Systematic Review of the Literature
Megan Watts and Debra Mills, Nursing Introduction The death of a child is experienced with great resistance because it is understood as an interruption in the life cycle—often seen as untimely and unfair. Pediatric nurses care for children in high-mortality environments, such as the pediatric intensive care and oncology units and, as a result, are […]
The Intersection of Child Abuse and Parenting Self-efficacy in a Teen Population: A Systematic Review of the Literature
Madeline Goodfellow and Dr. Janelle Macintosh, College of Nursing Introduction: Over three quarters (79.6%) of rape victims are assaulted before the age of 25 years (Black et al., 2011). In a nationwide survey, 11.8 percent of female high school students report being abused (hit, slapped, or physically hurt on purpose) by their significant other in […]
The Children’s Literacy Project: Classic Literature as a Graphic Novel
Joshua Talbot and Professor Robert Barrett, Illustration In the fall of 2011, my fellow classmates and I decided to create a graphic novel anthology of classic literature as an encouragement for young children to read great, time-tested writing (I decided on Treasure Island). The following is my continued experience on this project, the project’s outcomes and […]
- 1
- 2
- 3
- …
- 96
- Next Page »