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Building a New Aesthetic for the Black Church Funeral: “Hello Black Church, I Am the Green Funeral”
(2022)The care of creation is the responsibility of all Christians. Consequently, the Black Church has a role to play and must attend to its responsibilities seriously. In this thesis, I take a comprehensive look into rituals ... -
Repairing Community
(2021)ABSTRACTThe subject of this thesis is identifying and repairing areas of broken relationships within church leadership community. Church leaders hold in tension the notion of serving while not being served. Leaders serve ... -
Fatherless Church: Addressing the Issue of Father Absence Through Divorce in the American Church
(2022)Fatherlessness may be one of the most critical issues facing American society. With the increasing prevalence of divorce in the twentieth century, more and more children face the harsh reality of growing up without their ... -
Gendering the Conservative Party’s Rise From The Ashes, 1945-51
(2022-04-20)The Conservative Party’s shock defeat to Clement Attlee’s Labour Party at the 1945 British General Election cast the party into a period of profound crisis. For the first time in its history, the Labour Party succeeded ... -
“The Word of God in the Hearts of All Men”: Hans Denck and Anabaptist Universalism
(2021-12)Throughout the sixteenth century, magisterial Protestants condemned Anabaptists for various of their tenets, from pacifism to proto-communism, facets that have attracted much scholarly commentary. Yet, another cause for ... -
A Diplomatic Sequel to the War of the Triple Alliance (1864-1870): United States President Rutherford B. Hayes' 1878 Arbitration for Paraguay and Argentina
(2022-04-20)Rutherford B. Hayes (1822-1893), the 19th United States (U.S) President, served as arbiter in 1878 for Paraguay and Argentina when the countries’ governments disputed a portion of the South American Grand Chaco after the ... -
Las actitudes e interacciones entre los médicos y la comunidad hispana: Un estudio de caso de Durham, NC
(2022-04)El objetivo de este proyecto de tesis es una evaluación de las actitudes e interacciones entre la comunidad hispana y los profesionales médicos, con un estudio de caso realizado en Durham, Carolina del Norte. La primera ... -
Who Saves the Day?: Racial Messaging in Superhero Cartoons
(2022-04-18)Literature shows the effects that portrayals of gender and violence in superhero TV and movies can have on viewers, but little is known about the effects of race. This study sought to understand the messaging of superhero ... -
Explorations of Black Health in America: The Effects of Trust on Health Care Utilization between U.S.-Born Black Americans and Black Foreign-Born African Immigrants
(2022-04)Historically, those that identify with the African diaspora have had a complicated and understudied relationship with the United States medical system. Available literature makes generalizations related to different populations ... -
Impact of Extreme Weather Events on the Grid
(2022-04-22)The rise in temperature due to climate change has increased the frequency and severity of extreme weather events in the past few years. The 2010s in the US saw a total of 119-billion-dollar disasters, with an estimated cost ... -
U.S. Market Prospects for Long Duration Energy Storage Technologies
(2022-04-22)Often thought of as the ultimate solution to renewable energy intermittency, energy storage has been one of the most sought-after technologies for a clean energy future. The market for long duration energy storage, or LDES, ... -
Evaluating the Marketing and Conceptualization of Farmed Oysters Along the NC Oyster Trail
(2022-04-22)North Carolina’s shellfish industry has grown due to increased attention to shellfish farming, specifically for oysters, through legislative actions by the North Carolina General Assembly and support from non-profit ... -
Participatory Planning: Addressing the Disconnect between Local and External Stakeholders
(2022-04-22)Participatory approaches are being increasingly utilized in conservation projects. The idea stems from critiques of previous practice being too exclusionary resulting in poor outcomes. A broad theme in these critiques relates ... -
Commercializing Kelp: Marketing and Growth Strategies for the Crop of the Future
(2022-04-22)Domestic kelp as a cultivated crop and as a consumer good in the US faces a variety of hurdles as it scales to meet the demands of the US market. Atlantic Sea Farms (ASF) has led the way in establishing kelp in the US and ... -
Nitrogen addition to a mixed pine-broadleaved forest under elevated atmospheric CO2 exacerbates phosphorus and potassium deficiencies
(2022-04-22)Forests are vital ecosystems because they capture and store carbon from our atmosphere; this is essential for maintaining the balance between carbon uptake and release in the global carbon cycle. However, human activities—mainly ... -
Solarizing the Island of Culebra, Puerto Rico: Rate-Design Model and Analysis
(2022-04-22)Power on the island of Puerto Rico has historically been served through a centralized generation system that has largely failed to provide reliability— ability of the grid to provide the right quantity and quality of electricity ... -
Regionalizing the Financial, Environmental, and Social Impacts of Water Scarcity on the Fresh Produce Industry
(2022-04-22)Water scarcity is a regionalized issue that threatens community wellbeing and agricultural operations. By sector, agriculture is the largest source of global water withdrawals. Life cycle assessment (LCA) has been used to ... -
Evaluating an Environmental Sustainability Program and Related Metrics at a Continuing Care Retirement Community
(2022-04-22)Xinyi Guo (MEM Cadindate) and Chelsea Sloggy (MEM/MBA Candidate) Charlotte Clark (Advisor) Spring 2022 Masters Project Executive Summary Evaluating an Environmental Sustainability Program and Related Metrics at a Continuing ... -
Incorporating Environmental Equity into NC DEQ’s Regulatory Impact Analysis
(2022-04-22)Incorporating Environmental Equity into NC DEQ’s Regulatory Impact Analysis is a project in collaboration with the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s (NC DEQ) Division of Water Resources (DWR) Planning ... -
Nags Head Electric Vehicle Action Plan
(2022-04-22)The number of electric vehicles (EVs) on the road in the United States is growing at a steady rate. More electric cars will necessitate more electric car chargers, both in public spaces and in private homes and rental properties. ...
