"In this classic work of feminist political thought, Iris Marion Young challenges the prevailing reduction of social justice to distributive justice. The starting point for her critique is the experience and concerns of the new social movements that were created by marginal and …
Rompant avec l'approche historiographique traditionnelle, ce savant ouvrage aborde l'étude du duplessisme en privilégiant essentiellement ses déterminants socio-économiques. Examinant à travers une grille marxienne l'évolution des rapports de force économiques, l'auteur s'attach…
Hollywood Fantasies of Miscegenation analyzes white fantasies of interracial desire in the history of popular American film. From the first interracial screen kiss of 1903, through the Production Code's nearly thirty-year ban on depictions of "miscegenation," to the contemplatio…
This study explored mental illness and treatment stigma, acculturation, and mental health help-seeking behaviors and preferences among Filipinx residing in the United States. Filipinx individuals disproportionately utilize mental health services less than any other Asian America…
The study of nineteenth-century novels has greatly expanded since F.O. Matthiessen’s previously definitive declaration in 1941 of the “American Renaissance” as all male and all white. Women-driven scholarship of second wave feminism pushed to include female authors and rediscove…
Since at least the Cold War and with renewed fervor in recent years, citizens have acted on the urge to topple memorials and other visual reminders of historical violence. However, societies show no signs of ceasing to erect new commemorative markers, and people continue to live…
How we remember, narrate and teach the past is an inherently political and ethical act. This is especially true when teaching about race and racism within the context of United States history. In this dissertation, I ask: how do young people narrate the durability of racial ineq…
The field of Disability Studies (DS) generally avoids addressing the problem of suffering and disability due to the long history of harmful stereotyping of disability as being a bad state of existence. When suffering is addressed, it tends to be conceptualized and criticized as …
In this thesis, I examine the alliance formed between the American Indian Movement and Irish nationalists from 1968 to present day. Through a series of public displays of support and visits by AIM delegations to Northern Ireland and the Republican of Ireland, it is clear that th…
In this thesis, I investigate fairy culture through its music. Fairy music, the music that intersects with these communities, is incredibly diverse, ranging from the protest music of gay rights movements, to music emanating from Irish fairy-forts, to TikTok video soundtracks. I …
The purpose of this sacred ethnography is to examine the implications of living at the intersections of dis/ability, race, gender, sexuality, spirituality/religion, and class, while persisting through doctoral education in what is referred to as the United States. To further hel…
This thesis argues for and models three new critical reading practices that enable us to garner a more profound understanding of women’s published, English language testimonies of the Holocaust. It works at the interface between history and literary studies, and uses gender, que…
This is a study of the constructions of femininity and gendered identities within four Pentecostal Charismatic churches in Alexandra Township, Johannesburg. I study these churches and the gender discourses they produce both by looking at their pastors’ sermons and by conducting …
This practice-led research focuses on the relationship between power and the exercise of speech. It considers connections between silence and the body that form a space where vulnerability and social injustice become manifest. It examines these through ideas of muteness.
Many models of White racial identity include some form of antiracist behavior or ideology as part of a mature White racial identity. However, antiracism is not exclusive to a mature White racial identity. Diverse Christian faith communities have demonstrated antiracist action th…
Not every student identifies with the lessons that are being scripted by many educational institutions. Teachers need to be informed about the backgrounds of their students; therefore, culturally relevant pedagogy should be utilized when teaching elementary students in urban sch…
Walt Disney Studios possesses a checkered past in how its films dealt with racism and representation. Some of the earliest films involved songs and characters that go against modern sensibilities. In recent years, the studio's films have attempted to go against their forebears' …
This thesis argues that the narrators of nineteenth century slave narratives used their knowledge of America’s economy of enslavement to condemn the cruelty of White enslavers, showcase the morality of enslaved people, and depict the triumphant liberation of enslaved people. The…
Every Sunday morning, whether for an hour or more--depending on your community—our sacred gathering time is the most common and can be the most consistent public witness Christians do. It is in this space, amid celebration and ritual that we grapple with the pathos and ethos of …
