Janessa Garrow, Marie Orton, French & Italian Introduction Between 2002 and 2011, over 3.5 million non-citizens immigrated to Italy (International and internal migration, 2013). While there has been a decreasing trend in the number of incoming immigrants since the peak in 2007 (over 500,000), there were still over 119,000 migrants who came to Italy in […]
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Does The Name “Trumpcare” Mean Anything to You?: How the Colloquial Naming of Healthcare Legislation in the United States Influences Approval
Mandi Eatough and Dr. Jessica Preece, Political Science Background Legislation in the United States is often referred to by colloquial names rather than by the full bill title. Existing research suggests that the nomenclature used for legislation in the United States is often intentionally meant to influence the perception of the legislation by the public1. […]
Women vs. Men Who Makes Better Use of Financial Aid?
Nichole Christensen, Jessica Preece, Political Science We analyze how being a federal financial aid recipient contributes to a person’s likelihood of graduation. We theorize that women who receive financial aid will be more likely to graduate than men who receive financial aid. This hypothesis can be viewed as a test of whether or not the economic […]
The Birdcage as a Semiological Signifier for Submission in Ambrogio Lorenzetti’s Effects of Good Government
Claralyn Burt, Elliott Wise, Art History/Comparative Arts & Letters Ambrogio Lorenzetti’s fresco cycle, The Allegory of Good and Bad Government (1339), decorates the walls of the “Room of Peace” (Salla della Pace) in the municipal headquarters of the medieval, Tuscan city state of Siena. Traditionally celebrated for their secular subject matter, these frescos employ countless carefully […]
A Comparative Study on the Developing Impact of Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners in Utah
Lauren Bretzing, Julie Valentine, College of Nursing Introduction In 2016, a case report was published revealing that the prosecution rate of adult sex crimes in Salt Lake County from 2003-2011 was a shockingly low 6% (Valentine, Shaw, Lark & Campbell, 2016). This research quickly became a front news story, with one local news station launching their […]
The Effects of Moral Framing on Environmental Attitudes
Ashlyn Bodily, Darren Hawkins, Political Science Introduction Environmental issues are especially controversial in the current political landscape The purpose of this project was to better understand the effect of framing environmental issues in terms of the following values: (1) harm: disliking pain in others, (2) fairness: justice according to shared rules, (3) loyalty: standing with and […]
Young Guns: Lasting Changes in Communities as a Result of Gun Violence
Louisa Ballif and Eric Gillett, Department of Design Introduction On the subject of gun violence, the United States ranks high above any other country in frequency and fatality. In reaction to these violences, there are usually massive outpourings of support, concern, etc. However, with the rapidity of the current news climate, these events are lost […]
Seeing the World Through Humility-tinted Glasses: Exploring Social Cognitive Explanations for Outcomes of Humility
Chayce Baldwin and Dr. Robert Ridge, Psychology In recent years, psychological research on humility has burgeoned, highlighting the influence of humility in prominent aspects of life such as well-being (Toussaint & Webb, 2017), interpersonal relationships, and prosocial behaviors (Hilbig, Zettler, & Heydasch, 2012), as well as self-control (De Vries et al., 2013). Particularly, studies have […]
Populism and Emotions
Allison Adams, Kirk Hawkins, Political Science In November 2016, the United States elected a strongly populist candidate, Donald Trump, as President. This seems to be a part of a larger wave, one that includes the Brexit vote and parties that have come to power in Hungary, Poland, Greece, and Italy. Populism can have positive and […]
Fairy-Tale Teleography and Visualizations (FTTV)
Jill Terry Rudy, English and Jarom McDonald, Office of Digital Humanities (through March 2016 Evaluation of Academic Objectives This project has leveraged data processing and visualization methods that are becoming significant paradigms in digital humanities scholarship; specifically, we have repositioned the existing teleography of fairy tales on television from Channeling Wonder into a data corpus […]
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