Jeff Gabbitas and Dr. Dale Pratt, Spanish and Portuguese, Through this grant I have been given the opportunity to explore a common thread that ties jazz and 20th century Spanish literature together. I put a large amount of time and thought into this interlinguistic theory by studying different Spanish literary works and comparing the content […]
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PERCEPTION AND SELF-PERCEPTION OF AFRO-GERMANS — A PORTRAYAL OF AFRO-GERMANS IN GERMAN LITERATURE
Valerie M.C.E. Dube and Dr. Michelle Stott, Germanic and Slavic Languages Researching on Afro-Germans in German literature proved to be a very fascinating, yet tedious task. The limited materials that were available to me enabled me to discover Afro-Germans as a people who are barely recognized by their fellow citizens and even less acknowledged by […]
Teaching Acceptance in Middle School: A Young Adult Literature Unit
Rachel Hoggan and Dr. Sirpa Grierson, English Education The Problem Does contemporary young adult (YA) literature belong in the secondary education classroom? That is the question that has been on everyone’s tongues in the last several decades. In 1973, The Assembly on Literature for Adolescents (ALAN) was created as a subunit of the NCTE (National […]
A Slice of Pye: The Unique Position of Henry James Pye in English Literature
Sean Johnson and Dr. Susan Howe, English Henry James Pye, poet laureate from 1790 to 1813, occupies a unique position in English literature. In the half dozen or so published retrospectives of the lives and works of the poets laureate, he is consistently called the worst poet ever to hold the office. Had he not […]
The Effects of Air Pollution on Endothelial Function: An Extended Literature Review
Douglas L. Rodermund and Dr. Clive Arden Pope, Economics Exposure to elevated concentrations of ambient particulate matter (PM) has been implicated as a risk factor for cardiovascular disease and mortality. Repeated long-term exposure to PM contributes to pulmonary and systemic oxidative stress, inflammation, atherosclerosis and increased risk of ischemic heart disease and death.1 Short-term elevated […]
Anna Oehler: Mission Literature
Lisa Jensen and Dr. Cindy Brewer, Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages Thank you for awarding me the ORCA grant. I have used it to travel to Vienna, Austria with Professor Brewer to research the works of Anna Oehler. Anna Oehler was a mission author of children’s literature in the early 1900s. Her work is […]
LOOKING BACK ON REVOLUTION: POST-REVOLUTIONARY POLITICAL SENTIMENT AS DEPICTED IN THE FRANCOPHONE LITERATURE OF MODERN TUNISIA
Quinn Mecham and Dr. Dilworth Parkinson, Humanities, Classics and Comparative Literature I began this research project with the intention of briefly surveying all of the major literature of post-revolutionary Francophone North Africa and extracting the domestic political themes from each text. I soon realized that this was an extraordinarily difficult if not impossible task for […]
Substance Abuse in Adolescent Literature
Megan Rogers and Dr. Sarah M. Coyne, School of Family Life Over the past 50 years the effects of being exposed to questionable material in the media has been studied. During this time, a large body of research has accumulated which suggests that exposure to behaviors such as substance abuse, sexuality, violence, and other forms […]
LITTLE WOMEN: MY VISION OF ALCOTT’S GREAT LITERATURE ON STAGE COMMENCES
Alisha Watts Christiansen and Drs. Robert Nelson and Tim Slover, Theatre and Film In October of 1995 I approached Robert Nelson and asked him to be my faculty mentor as I applied for this ORCA (Office of Research and Creative Activities) grant. I proposed to him that for my creative project I would like to […]
Multigenre Writing for Teaching Literature at Banneker High School in Washington, D.C.
Merinda Gurney Cutler and Dr. Sirpa T. Grierson, English Multigenre writing is a nontraditional style of writing developed by pioneers in education such as Peter Elbow, Tom Romano, and Sirpa T. Grierson. This form of writing is ideal for high school students who view writing, especially research writing, with apathy and boredom. Dr. Grierson’s approach […]
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