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The Racial Disproportionality of the Foster Care System
(2020-12-01)
Racial disproportionality has been a factor in the foster care system since 1950 when the American foster system began accepting children of color. Since then children of color have been significantly overrepresented. This ...
Pregnant and Afraid: Opioid-Using Expectant Mothers Facing Injustices in Rural Appalachia
(2020-11-12)
The United States Food and Drug Administration first approved several opioids—oxycodone, hydrocodone, codeine, etc.—for prescription use in the late 20th century. What started as simple, effective painkillers quickly led ...
Blessed are the Peacemakers? : Christianity's Perpetuation of Violence against Women of Color
(2020-12-01)
Violence against women of color takes many forms. These forms include domestic violence, racialized violence, and institution-initiated violence. While Christianity may not be a direct cause of violence against women, it ...
The Systemic Plague: Racism in the American Health Care System
(2020-12-01)
While health care for Blacks in modern America has improved since colonial times, there are still underlying systemic problems of racism in our health care system. In this paper, I discuss how health care for Blacks in ...
Bauhaus in Modernity: Photography, AI, Gesamtkunstwerk, and Bauhaus Theory in the 21st Century
(2020-04-03)
Through the research gathered in this project, I examined how the methods, vision, and basic design fundamentals of the Bauhaus School have translated in twenty-first century photography. Further, these century old principles ...
Recidivism and Reintegration: Barriers Facing Ex-Offenders of Color in Employment
(2020)
Studies have found that job placement is a great way to combat recidivism, but for many ex-offenders finding work can be difficult. Despite job training and placement programs, many ex-offenders are rejected by companies ...
Synthesis of Unnatural Dipeptides Against Pseudomonas Aeruginosa
(2020)
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a bacteria prominent in the lungs of patients with Cystic Fibrosis. The current antibiotics against it are becoming less effective due to the rise in antibiotic resistant strains of P. aeruginosa ...
Attitudes Toward the Black & Blue Lives Matter Movements
(2021-03)
The Black Lives Matter movement, created in 2013 after the death of Trayvon Martin in order to
bring awareness to police brutality and racial injustice, and the Blue Lives Matter movement, a
countermovement created in ...
Does This Bumper Sticker Make Me Look Reckless? Stereotypes About Driving Ability Based on Perceived Gender
(2021-04-28)
Driving has traditionally been viewed as a masculine activity, producing gender stereotypes in driving. Pravossoudovitch et al. (2015) found males were rated higher in driving skills, but females were rated higher in ...
Eight Melodies for Children
(2021-04-16)
Before the development of written music notation, musicians transmitted both sacred and secular songs through an oral tradition. But even after a reliable notation system emerged, the practice of passing down songs in a ...