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  • Constructing Citizenship through Creative Mediums : An Exploration of Cuba and Puerto Rico

    Creator:
    Bennett, Sara
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    This paper critically examines the notion of citizenship and how its construction has evolved over time. As the world becomes increasingly more globalized and connected, it becomes even more important to consider forms of citizenship that are transnational and move beyond the traditional borders of the nation-state. This is especially...
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    : Abstract approved: _____________________________________________________ Amy Below This paper

  • Drone Strikes : The Moral, Political, and Legal Implications of the Changing Character of War

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    Khalife, Ryan A.
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    Drone strikes have become a defining strategy in the US War on Terror. Since the first combat drone strike in 2001, the executive branch has intentionally increased the deployment of drones for counterterrorism operations throughout the Middle East and North Africa. This thesis explores the moral and legal justifications for...
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    _____________________________________________________________________ Amy Below, Committee Member, representing Political Science

  • Militant and nonviolent social movements

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    Robinson, Blake
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    While much has been written about why people join social movements in general, little has been written about why people specifically join either militant or nonviolent social movements. Using the Black Panther Party as an example of a militant social movement and the mainstream Civil Rights Movement as an example...
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    and Amy. Kent, you have always set the bar high for me, and although I have never reached it, just

  • The Great Hall: A Story of Promise, Lost Opportunity, and the Value of the Liberal Arts

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    Proctor, Jenna Marie
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    The liberal arts have always struggled to find their place in the technically oriented land-grant university. Land-grant universities were tasked by the 1862 Morrill Act with providing both a practical and liberal education for all students. The liberal arts, however, were quickly sidelined from this dual purpose with the increasing...
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  • Illegal to Exist : The Criminalization of Houselessness in the United States

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    Waite, Mariah E.
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    In the United States, the state of housing and the lack thereof has been declared a national crisis. In response, cities have taken measures to police behaviors that are associated with what they perceive to be disorder and decay. These behaviors are also commonly associated with houselessness. Laws that criminalize...
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  • Understanding Oppression

    Creator:
    Clark, Dean Allen
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    Institutionalized oppression is a large multifaceted system that is regularly unrecognized and misunderstood. Marilyn Frye’s birdcage analogy of oppression (1983) demonstrates why this complex system is often invisible, yet always immobilizing. In this analogy, Frye relates the various manifestations of oppressions to the wires of a birdcage, demonstrating that it...
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    life. For helping me even when retired, and for keeping me in check when I’m wrong. ! To Dr. Amy