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In Absentia: The Lost Ones of America’s/Motown’s Revolution(s) is a non-traditional documentary dissertation film contesting and adding to the history of Sunday, July 23, 1967—the 1967 Detroit Insurrection—from Black residents and eyewitnesses using their oral history testimonie…

This collection of essays examines two important episodes in the U.S. economic history. First two chapters explore health and economic legacy of pesticide revolution in the United States. Chapter 1 aims to understand how environmental legacy of modern farming will affect health …

This dissertation explores the relationship between public policy, demographic change, and politics. It is split between three papers, each exploring a different question on these topics. The first paper examines the impact that electoral systems have on minority representation …