Historical fertility studies and recent world demographic surveys have been kind to researchers who view contraceptive adoption as a diffusion mechanism. In the last decade, major theoretical breakthroughs have been achieved in helping us understand how such diffusion may occur;…
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Current approaches to post-war state reconstruction are primarily dominated by the liberal peace thesis. These approaches tend to ignore the indigenous institutions, societal resources and cultural agencies of post-conflict societies, although such entities are rooted in the soc…
This project seeks to answer the question to what extent do specific individual, domestic, and system level variables affect the U.S. decision to intervene in intrastate conflicts from 1948 to 1997? Using the Correlates of War intrastate war dataset and a newly constructed datas…
The biomedical model explains onchocerciasis as a disease caused by Onchocerca volvulus, a nematode transmitted to humans through the bite of the blackfly Similium. Physical symptoms of onchocerciasis include vision impairment, total blindness, severe itching, skin lesions, and …
The objectives were: (1) share common concerns for human needs and work together for peace; (2) design a framework for effective dialogue; (3) draw upon connections between Islam and Christianity to improve dialogue and peacemaking; (4) explore common commitments to peacemaking;…
The African language of Bandi has little written about its grammar. This thesis analyzes discourse structure based on a folk tale, an historical narrative, and a procedural text. The data was gathered while working for The Institute for Liberian Languages in Liberia, West Africa…
Between 1861 and 1885, the emancipation of African American slaves led to debates within white communities and within the United States government over what to do with the newly freed. The colonization of black Americans in lands such as Liberia through the American Colonization…
This thesis explores the tension between scientific and portrait photography in nineteenth-century United States through an examination of the daguerreotypes of African Americans who emigrated to Liberia under the auspices of the American Colonization Society. Through an analysi…
Ebola virus disease (EVD) is a deadly disease with no known cure and it caused an outbreak from 2014-2016 in Western Africa. Liberia had the highest morbidity and mortality; its capital city, Monrovia, was the focus of this study. The purpose of this research was to explore the …
This dissertation explores the impact of the American Civil War on the Liberian nation-building project. While the American Civil War serves as an end point in most studies of colonization and the making of Liberia, this dissertation argues that the war was a pivotal moment in t…
"The proliferation of 'new wars' since the end of the Cold War has forced scholars to re-open the debate about 'what is war?' For most commentators, 'new war' is 'mindless' mass action. It has become a behavioural problem. Like a disease, the risk of infection must be contained.…
Discusses the history of Liberia from prehistoric times to 1857, the year Maryland, an independent African state, joined the Republic.
Discusses the history of Liberia from prehistoric times to 1857, the year Maryland, an independent African state, joined the Republic.
