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  • FUBAR: A Narrative Analysis of War Remains

    Creator:
    Williams, Clay R.
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    The virtual reality (VR) experience War Remains created by Dan Carlin claims that it is an immersive memory in attempt to give its audience the “tiniest taste of” what-it-was-like to experience a WWI battle (Carlin, 2020). This claim aligns with the growing belief that VR can be the ultimate empathy...
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    for your good sense of humor, sincerity, and generosity. Next, I would like to thank Shari Clough

  • A Bayesian Treatise on the Replication Crisis in Science

    Creator:
    Gibson, True E.
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    Over the past decade, it has come to light that many published scientific findings cannot be reproduced. This has led to the replication crisis in science. Many researchers feel that they can no longer trust much of what they read in scientific journals, and the public is becoming ever more...
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    Honors College Thesis
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    ______________________________________________________________ Sharyn Clough, Committee Member, representing Department of Philosophy

  • Psychedelics and Entheogens : Implications of Administration in Medical and Non-Medical Contexts

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    Kirk, Hannah R.
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    Psychedelics and entheogens began as religious sacraments. They were apotheosized for their mind-expanding powers and were thought to open realms to the world of the Gods. It was not until the first psychedelic compound was discovered in a laboratory setting a mere hundred years ago that they entered into formal...
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    _____________________________________________________________________ Sharyn Clough, Committee Member, representing School of History, Philosophy and Religion

  • Justifications for K-12 education standards, goals, and curriculum

    Creator:
    Creighton, Sean
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    In the contemporary U.S., the state, through the Legislative Assembly, the State Board of Education, and the Department of Education, sets policies for K-12 education. These include goals and standards that affect the kinds of influences local officials, parents, and students can have on various education programs, required and elective...
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    philosophical investigations that Professor Kaplan does. Finally, I am fortunate to know Dr. Sharyn Clough

  • Beyond free will: an empirical case for a capacity model of human agency

    Creator:
    Helzer, Erik G.
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    Although the question of free will has persisted throughout the history of philosophy as an important metaphysical consideration, rarely does the inquiry include empirical evidence from other disciplines concerned with human behavior. In this interdisciplinary paper, I combine the wisdom of psychologists, metaphysicians, and philosophers of science to comment on...
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    Leibowitz, and Professor Sharyn Clough. And to my those who have questioned me, encouraged me, and above

  • Self-Care as Moral Responsibility: Contemplative Practice in Interdependent Communities of Care

    Creator:
    Davidson, Hunter M.
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    This thesis analyzes the ways in which the practices of yoga, mindfulness and meditation can be of benefit to hospice and palliative care practitioners in addressing job-related stress. The research suggests that these contemplative practices can be effective in addressing compassion fatigue among hospice and palliative care professionals. The thesis...
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  • In the Margins of Representation: A Critique of Plascencia's The People of Paper

    Creator:
    Turk, Tully
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    This thesis explores the common features that unite postcolonial and posthumanist theories, finding that the Cartesian notion of representationalism has enabled the humanist hierarchy that both fields decry. This humanist hierarchy coalesces in the figure of the author, and as such its most effective criticism takes the form of metafiction....
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  • Linguistic Choices as a Feature of Engineering Identity

    Creator:
    Capehart, Ron L.
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    Engineering practice is aptly described as a unique culture, shaped by a long history of social learning, norms and values. As these systems and values have been constructed to the benefit of white men, it is unsurprising that the study of engineering culture has revealed many structures working against the...
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    education, and Dr. Sharyn Clough for her feedback on my research. I would also like to thank Dr

  • Ancient Greek agricultural soils of the Venella River Valley, Metaponto, Italy : An exploratory analysis

    Creator:
    Carpenter, Burl L.
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    Approximately 2700 years ago, Greek settlers from the Northwestern Peloponnese region of Achaea emigrated to the central coast of Southern Italy along the Gulf of Taranto. The city they founded, Metapontum, served as an important center for Magna Graecia, the lands on the Southern Italic peninsula wholly populated by Hellenic...
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    - Rebecca Lybrand, Loren Davis, Sharyn Clough, and Jay Noller. Jay - For being my PI, funding me, sending

  • Encoding Accuracy in Interpersonal Relationships : A New Measure of Encoding Ability

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    Raymond, Alyssa M.
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    The ability to accurately convey an intended nonverbal emotional message is critical for competent interpersonal functioning. To examine encoding ability, a replication of Noller’s (1980) study employing content standard methodology was conducted. This method is essentially an acting task where participants are given a hypothetical social scene within which they...
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    academic career. My committee members, Drs. Aurora Sherman, Sharyn Clough, and Colleen Bee, and all of my