Electronic thesis
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Found in 885 Collections and/or Records:
Essential Hands, Invisible Labor: The Lives of Black Migrants in America, 2023
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Identifier: cw_2023spring_kakande_yasin.pdf
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"This thesis is my personal story of just how elusive the American Dream can be. I share my struggle as I work long shifts as a caregiver and Uber driver to make ends meet while I apply for legal status, hoping to bring my wife and children. But this is more than just my story. It serves as a clarifying backdrop for the global migrant crisis and a rallying cry for change. Here, I share not only my personal experiences as someone who has to take 3D (dirty, dangerous, and demeaning) jobs to...
Dates:
2023
Este, 2020
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Identifier: pf_2020fall_chalmers_anna.pdf
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"Este is a new student at a St. Xavier's Preparatory School, and is just trying to make it out in one piece after her troublemaking past got her expelled from her previous school. After witnessing a mysterious gathering of a secret club, Este's darkest secret is revealed to the entire school. The underground club tries to force St. Xavier's back to its more conservative past. With no help from the principal, Este must identify the group members on her own and stop them from bullying students...
Dates:
2020
Evelyn's room, 2016
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Identifier: vm_2016fall_georgallas_nicole.pdf
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"A film that tells the story of a girl who revisits her grandparents' vacant house five years after their deaths to find it is still filled with thousands of their trinkets. Exploring the house and remembering her past, she attempts to let go. This film is inspired by true events." --Abstract.
Dates:
2016
Everything that is mine, everything that was yours, 2016
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Identifier: cw_2016spring_stulga_michele.pdf
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"A collection of short stories that examines the themes of loss, indecision, and peculiar circumstance."--Abstract.
Dates:
2016
Exact change only, 2017
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Identifier: cw_2017fall_zazzarino_matthew.pdf
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Two short stories and an excerpt from The unbecoming of Ernie Thomson, a novel in progress.
Dates:
2017
Examining caregiver knowledge of shared-book reading practices for children with hearing loss : a pilot study, 2018
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Identifier: cd_2018spring_babeu_carolyn.pdf
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"Shared book reading (SBR) is associated with many aspects of language growth for children who are deaf and hard of hearing. Parents of children with hearing loss often report difficulty engaging their children in successful reading experiences. The goal of this research was to examine the extent to which a 4-week SBR training influences caregiver knowledge of important early literacy concepts and results in increased confidence levels. Three caregivers with deaf or hard of hearing infants...
Dates:
2018
Examining Early Intervention: Factors Associated with Family Well-Being, 2023
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Identifier: cd_2023spring_carreras_caroline.pdf
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"Early intervention is critical for young children with autism spectrum disorder to provide the child and the family with necessary support and services to increase family well-being. This study uses a mixed methods design to investigate early intervention factors that contribute to family satisfaction and well-being, among a small sample of mothers of children with autism spectrum disorder or other related conditions (PDD-NOS, aspergers, etc.). The results revealed that families expressed...
Dates:
2023
Examining Perspectives of Bilingual Latinx Caregivers and Speech-Language Pathologists Through Dyadic Interviews: Implications for Latinx Children on the Autism Spectrum, 2021
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Identifier: cd_2021summer_esquilin_nieves_astrid.pdf
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"This qualitative study explored cultural perspectives and needs of bilingual, Latinx caregivers with children on the autism spectrum through conversations, with their children's Speech-Language Pathologists (SLPs). The purpose was to examine the perspectives of both of these groups, through dyadic interviews, and how they mutually informed one another. Two dyads (mothers and SLPs) participated, completing background questionnaires, dyadic interviews, and post-interview written reflections....
Dates:
2021
Excarnation, 2021
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Identifier: vma_2021summer_barksdale_aurora.pdf
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"Excarnation is an interactive film about horror: the anxieties and comforts it creates, views of it from the outside and inside. Viewers turn on/off layers of audio and video to create varied experiences, and bring attention to film as an active, participatory medium. The first film, Corruption, remixes "social guidance" films from the 50's and 60's, as well as public domain horror films, to contemplate fears around consumption of horror media. Layers include gorier tormenting visions, and...
Dates:
2021
Experiences and Perspectives of Bilingual Adolescents Receiving Speech-Language Therapy: A Photovoice Journey, 2021
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Identifier: csd_2021summer_loewenstein_toby.pdf
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"This qualitative study explored the experiences and perspectives related to communication and speech-language therapy of four bilingual adolescents (aged 11-14) using photovoice. In response to prompts, students took photos representing their perspectives on communication and speech-language therapy. Participants met first with the researcher to discuss their photos and create captions, and then, as a group, to share photos, discuss themes, and create a photovoice video exhibit shared with...
Dates:
2021
Experiences of Discrimination: Basic Science Academic Research, 2023
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Identifier: te_2023spring_kelleher_thomas.pdf
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"This study identifies discrimination experienced by academic researchers in basic science in order to understand impacts on professionals in this space. Experiences shared by participants exposed experiences varying from microaggressions to discrimination that pertained to their roles within their lab, gender, and race. Methods of data collection consisted of a review of existing research and qualitative interviews with fifteen voluntary participants. This study analyzes shared experiences...
Dates:
2023
Explore the Fairmount line by Virtual Tour, 2023
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Identifier: md_2023summer_chen_yuling.pdf
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"The goal of environmental justice is to ensure that all people are equally protected from environmental harm and that all communities have equal access to opportunities to participate in environmental decision-making. The Fairmont Line (FL) is a commuter train line in Boston that serves many of the neighborhoods that surround it. However, many of the groups surrounding the line are low-income or minority. Telling stories of injustice can be a powerful tool for promoting change and drawing...
Dates:
2023
Exploring Client Perceptions of Gender Affirming Voice Therapy Supporting Voice Feminization, 2021
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Identifier: cd_2021summer_harris_kaila.pdf
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"Past research has demonstrated the validity of using client-led measures of success in gender affirming voice therapy (GAVT). Despite this, the existing body of research supporting methodology for voice feminization relies heavily on acoustic-perceptual measures. The current study seeks to fill knowledge gaps around client perceptions of GAVT supporting voice feminization and the methods clients find most helpful. Using a mixed-methodological approach, we employed a survey (completed by 21...
Dates:
2021
Exploring Fanfiction's History, Legality, Stigma, and the Importance of Commodification of Fandom, 2023
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Identifier: cw_2023spring_salvati_tara.pdf
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"This project explores fanfiction's history, legality, and future in fandom. In order to best understand fanfiction's current status within the United States legal system, its history, both on and offline are explored. Additionally, fanfiction is analyzed through the legal lens of copyright, fair use, and libel, with other defenses for both copyright holders and fanfiction writers being considered. The commodification of fanfiction is also explored, as well as its moral and legal...
Dates:
2023
Export My Love, 2019
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Identifier: vm_2019spring_li_jinglin.pdf
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"Export My Love is a documentary about four divorced or widowed women trying to persue love by finding U.S. husband. It tries to raise the discussion of how the society treats those single women with kids." -- Abstract
Dates:
2019
Express Yourself: First Impressions and Perception of Gender Expression in Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders., 2022
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Identifier: cd_2022summer_baer_meghan.pdf
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"The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between first impressions of individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and their perceived gender expression. Additionally, we investigated the role of rater identity on first impression formation to determine whether rater characteristics including gender and autism related traits influence how they perceive others. Previous perception studies have shown differences in the in the first impressions formed by autistic...
Dates:
2022
Fairmount Stories, 2023
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Identifier: md_2023summer_dave_riddhima.pdf
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"This work aims to address the confluence of racial justice, air quality, and transportation equity in the Boston neighborhoods of Roxbury, Dorchester, Hyde Park, and Mattapan within the
context of the Fairmount Line branch of the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority Commuter Rail train. Our research demonstrated that it is imperative that residents are educated about the Fairmount Line's negative environmental and health impacts. Additionally, we found that simply highlighting the negative...
Dates:
2023
Fairmount Stories, 2023
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Identifier: md_2023summer_holloway_emerson.pdf
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"This work aims to address the confluence of racial justice, air quality, and transportation equity in the Boston neighborhoods of Roxbury, Dorchester, Hyde Park, and Mattapan within the context of the Fairmount Line branch of the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority Commuter Rail train. Our research demonstrated that it is imperative that residents are educated about the Fairmount Line's negative environmental and health impacts. Additionally, we found that simply highlighting the negative...
Dates:
2023
Fake Chill, 2022
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Identifier: cw_2022spring_kirkland_colin.pdf
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"Fake Chill grapples with my ongoing quest to get real with myself, and in turn, the world around me. In nine essays, I come to terms with how I move through the world, while attempting to hone my craft. Eventually, I'm able to understand what it means to rely on myself as a person and a writer, and how that self-reliance provides me with the confidence to pursue difficult questions on the page. Through this examination comes the diligence to explore my relationship with my father, race,...
Dates:
2022
Fall of a God, 2023
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Identifier: sf_2023spring_grant_jacqueline.pdf
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"FALL OF A GOD is a feature-length film that explores the concept of what society deems a "good person" and a "bad person" through a cast of questionable characters in a horror-inducing dream world. It aims to challenge society's assumptions of the relationships and power dynamics between various types of people. This horror film follows an anti-hero protagonist who attempts to regain control of herself from a volatile god in a modern-day retelling of the story of Hades and Persephone with a...
Dates:
2023