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A critical re-examination of the liberal peace is conducted to explore the ways in which certain ideas around peace have come to dominate and to be regarded as “common sense”. The foundation of my critique comes in the personalisation of peacebuilding through the stories of peop…

Public health researchers and practitioners who study the opioid crisis contend that social connections combat addiction. Additionally, scholars who study Black communities have provided anecdotal evidence that the over-policing of Black public spaces contributes to social isola…

Globally oriented content and perspectives are urgently needed in United States secondary classrooms as the world continues to become more interconnected. U.S. secondary students are typically exposed to global topics in world history courses. There is limited research on the in…

This dissertation examines the positionality that informs both internal and external identity maintenance for the Greater Syrian diasporas of Circassians and Armenians post-Genocide through the deployment of fictional texts written in Armenian, Arabic, French, and English. Diasp…