Theses (2017)

Early education programs are the perfect opportunity to begin incorporating the arts as a means for the cultivation of many different developmental appropriate skills for children. Art therapy can provide the bridge between iconic and linguistic communication, better foster individual skills, and promote healthy emotional and social structures. At a local Boston program, children from two classes and their art works are discussed in relation to the progress they have shown throughout the semester's sessions. It is natural for children to want to explain their art work, or have stories to tell when asked about their art work.

The United States has seen waves of Feminism and political revolutions led bywomen forwomen, yet there is still a striking lack of female representation within elected government. Specifically, women only make up 24.8% of the United States' State Legislative body at this time. This lack of representation leads to an absence of women's voices in government. This absence is especially noticeable on issues that directly pertain to women across the nation like 'women's issues.' In this paper, I hypothesize that female legislators advocate for women throughout the country when elected into office. Particularly, female legislators will do their part to ensure positive legislation gets introduced on issues related to abortion, equal pay, contraception access and maternity leave.

As indicated by their genre, women's magazines are not typically 'for' men. To examine how men respond to such texts requires asking them to step out of their gendered world and into another. Through this study, I will investigate, and hopefully come to a better understanding of, men's subjective experience with women's magazines.

Globalization has been rigorously studied amongst academics who examine portions of the economy that are not directly linked to monetary policy, including analyzing its impact on wealth and income, the environment, and specific industry sectors. However, globalization's effect is more far-reaching than analysis on subsections of the economy reveal. In fact, evidence from recent years suggests that increased financial and economic interconnectivity has impacted key metrics, potentially altering the mechanisms by which central banks approach monetary policy. This study seeks to unpack the complex interplay between trade, international financial markets, and the various means by which their integration could change macroeconomic orthodoxy.

This project will explore the unique experiences of black females attending predominately white high schools, and the possible effects that this environment can have on them. I argue that the emotional and mental challenges black girls may face in predominately white school environments stem from the historical degradation of black women, which leads to the inability to assimilate and be accepted into the dominant culture. I will outline the major dilemmas that have historically been attached to black womanhood and how these perceptions can make this group more susceptible to social isolation in schools