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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 ...