Browsing Undergraduate Honors Theses and Student papers by Issue Date
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Exploring Relationships with Food, Body, and Exercise at an Elite University: Determinants of Patterns of Disordered Eating
(2022-05-15)Diet culture, or the pervasive and far-reaching societal norms that emphasize thinness and control over one’s diet and exercise, tends to become even more pervasive during transition periods, such as when one leaves home ... -
Soldiers of Yellowstone: The Role of the U.S. Army in the World’s First National Park
(2022-05)By the 1860s, the United States’s colonization of the West was reaching its peak. Not even the most challenging terrain could escape European-American exploration, as was proven when groups began to enter the Yellowstone ... -
Non-Genetic Littoraria Fitness: How Size, Environment, and Health Affect Survivorship of Predator Interactions
(2022-05)Marsh periwinkles (Littoraria irrorata) have many predators. When they encounter one, traits of both the periwinkle and its environment should contribute to whether or not it escapes. A better understanding of how these ... -
Au Revoir Paris, Bonjour Pékin en Afrique Francophone ?
(2022-04-23)La géopolitique de l’Afrique francophone est en processus de changement rapide. La France a longtemps été un pouvoir sans compétition dans la région pendant des décennies mais doit maintenant prendre en compte une nouvelle ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Forgetting to Remember: The Creation of Seventeenth-Century French Calvinist Identities under the Edict of Nantes
(2022-04-20)The history of Calvinism plays an important role in any comprehensive history of reformed Christianity. This thesis is interested seventeenth century French Huguenots who lived under the Edict of Nantes, a treaty which ... -
"A New England in All But Name"
(2022-04-20)“Settler colonialism” emerged as an analytical tool in the twentieth century as scholars attempted to both understand and reckon with the history of colonization. It describes a distinct means of conquest that relies on ... -
"Our Seeds Sprouted:" The Human Betterment League of North Carolina, 1947-1988
(2022-04-20)Eugenics is largely remembered for coming into disrepute in the post-War period following the Nazi regime and the Holocaust. However, 21st-century scholarship has begun to assess the transformations and proliferations of ... -
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 ... -
La Promoción de la Salud en Intibucá, Honduras: Empoderamiento, Conexión Comunitaria, Confianza en Atención Hondureña
(2022-04-11)Esta tesis tiene una colección de conocimientos que adquirí por la curiosidad que tenía acerca de las brigadas médicas y su impacto en la confianza en servicios de salud, la influencia neocolonial estadounidense en el ... -
Equity in Healthcare Access: Using Cultural Competency Training to Bridge the Gap between Providers and Latino Patients in Durham, NC
(2022-04)Alongside Asians, Latinos are the fastest growing ethnic group in the United States with a projected population of 99.8 million by 2050 and 111.22 million by 2060. With this significant uptick comes an inevitable diversification ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Carceral Care: Examining the Quality of Health Care for Pregnant Women in Jails in North Carolina
(2021-12-06)Most women who are incarcerated are of childbearing age and some individuals experience pregnancy while incarcerated. However, research on pregnancy in correctional facilities is limited to within prisons, even though healthcare ... -
The Academic Impacts on College STEM Achievement of High-Rigor Secondary Courses
(2021-12-03)One of the most common ways that students can prepare themselves for rigorous and competitive STEM careers is by taking high-rigor STEM courses in high school, most likely through advanced placement (AP), international ... -
The Politics of Affirmative Action in North Carolina's Higher Education
(2021-12-03)Race-based affirmative action has been under threat for the past several decades since its rise during the middle of the 20th century. As several Supreme Court cases have upheld and rebuked certain elements of race-conscious ... -
Justice Delayed: An Analysis of Municipal-Level Proposals for Slavery Reparations
(2021-12-03)In this paper, I aim to comprehensively document and analyze all municipal proposals for Black reparations in the United States. I first analyzed the demographic make-up of all cities with reparations proposals, which tended ... -
Your Mental Health Data is For Sale! The Impact of Data Brokers on the Exchange and Use of Mental Health Data and the Related Implications on the Personal Privacy of Depressed and Anxious Individuals
(2021-12-03)The purpose of this thesis was to make more transparent the opaque data broker industry and its processes for selling and exchanging mental health data about depressed and anxious individuals. The research is critical as ... -
At Home or On Campus? How Duke Students Decide Where to Register to Vote
(2021-12)Before they ever step into the voting booth, eligible Duke students must first decide whether to register at their permanent home address or their Duke address in North Carolina. 84 Duke students were surveyed to assess ...
