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Celebrating Diversity & Inclusion: The Evolution of Gender-Neutral Pronouns
(2016-04-26)
When the Supreme Court of the United States guaranteed the right to marry for same-sex couples in Obergefell v. Hodges on June 26, 2015, the issue of integrating the LGBTQ community into society was propelled into the ...
“Brotherhood” in War: A Rhetorical Approach to Understanding the Unity Among Soldiers
My research will elucidate the idea of “Brotherhood” as it relates to the soldiers fighting for our country. First, I will attempt to define a clear concept of Brotherhood as it relates to the American Armed Forces. Then ...
Working Nine to Five: Economic Impacts on the Gender Gap in Macro Politics .
(2013-09-28)
A difference in aggregate public opinion and policy preferences between men and women has long been assumed but rarely fully empirically tested. In this analysis, I look at multiple economic factors impacting men and women ...
Black African Women's Motivations for Involvement in Southern African Liberation Struggles
(2011-04-26)
Since the introduction of colonialism, African women have frequently been ignored in and excluded from political life in southern Africa. However, many women participated as freedom fighters and activists in southern ...
Michelle or Michael or Whatever
This creative piece was written to explore self-discovery in a new age. College has become an experience that more and more people are going through as they attempt to invent or reinvent themselves, and the protagonist of ...
Do Female Legislators Represent All Women and Marginalized Groups? A Study of Two Latin American Legislatures
This project, explores whether large numbers of women in the legislature are associated with the representation of interests of diverse groups within the group “women.” To begin to answer this question, I examine laws ...
The Effects of Gender of a Jury Member on Verdicts and Punishment
(2020-04-16)
This research addresses the understudied question of how the sex of a jury member, as well as the sex of the offender and victim, affects the decision-making process in the sentencing phase of a crime. I employ an experimental ...