First-Year Research Seminar – Page 4

Paradoxical Pandemics

by Nurit SchwartzPosted on December 2, 2020December 2, 2020

The responses of Christian organizations to the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s and to the current coronavirus pandemic reveal how faith is interlaid with freedom and emphasize Christianity's impact in secular realms.

First-Year Research SeminarResearchchristianity COVID-19 health hiv/aids medicine public health religion

The Untold Story of California Missions

by Katie McIntoshPosted on November 6, 2020March 30, 2023

On religion and capitalism as motivators for colonial exploitation

First-Year Research SeminarResearchcalifornia christianity colonialism education indigenous peoples religion united states united states history

Education and the Immigrant Experience

by Yasmine Marie GarayPosted on November 3, 2020November 3, 2020

US curricula embed a warped sense of nationalism, and their lessons are especially problematic for immigrant students.

First-Year Research SeminarResearch21st century education globalization immigration multiculturalism nationalism united states

Elvis Has Left the Building

by Hannah-Rose WallerPosted on October 26, 2020August 23, 2023

Does America need him to come back?

CriticismFirst-Year Research Seminar20th century 21st century appropriation literature music pop culture race united states

The Latino Vote

by Allison Argueta ClarosPosted on October 13, 2020February 3, 2021

Spanish-Language Media and its Political Implications

First-Year Research SeminarResearch21st century latinx politics united states

Black Environmentalism

by Naomi ThompkinsPosted on October 9, 2020October 9, 2020

The environment is more than plants and roads, including also how one is treated or perceived. All Black politics have an environmental dimension because Black people are still unable to simply exist in The United States.

First-Year Research SeminarResearchenvironment environmentalism food mental health Nature place race united states

Placeless Architecture

by Connor LambrechtPosted on September 11, 2020

For the first time in recorded history, one can now travel to any large urban development and perceive architecture that appears familiar regardless of its geographical location. How did this standardization come about?

First-Year Research SeminarResearch20th century aesthetics architecture modernity place urban planning

Performative Woketivism

by Isabella CohenPosted on May 1, 2020May 1, 2020

Fashion has become a way to wear a statement, and brands have decided to capitalize on stances against injustice to make money and secure their place on the imaginary wokeness scale of which the public seems so conscious.

CriticismFirst-Year Research Seminar21st century activism capitalism fashion feminism performance social media

Guinea’s Ethnic Conflict

by Aisatou DialloPosted on October 29, 2019March 30, 2023

When West Africans resettle in the United States, Europe, or elsewhere, the tension disappears and they take on one identity, as Guinean, in a new foreign land. I am interested in exploring the factors that suddenly leads to unity and eventually the formation of a community in the foreign land but doesn’t seem to happen in their own home country.

First-Year Research SeminarResearch20th century 21st century guinea history identity politics postcolonialism