This two-fold study examines the status of women of Afghanistan and the reality of their lives as depicted in their Persian-Dari literature and a few of their autobiographies published in English. It presents several relevant objectives: first, it argues that the highly traditio…
The purpose of this interpretive study was to understand how students made sense of their experiences in a technology-based youth development program. This study was framed by James P. Connell and Michelle A. Gambone's, Community Action Framework for Youth Development, conceptua…
This thesis examines what drag is for drag queens and shifts the scholarly conversation from its previous two central efforts: theorizing drag performance and analyzing media representations of drag. I build upon the theoretical concepts and media representations of drag through…
Death is the most universal experience shared among homo sapiens. The traditional Western perception of death was shaped by Catholic classics Ars moriendi, which had blended into everyday cultural practices as a communal activity and an open discussion. However, as modern medici…
Queer/LGBTQ+ religious people face unique challenges in the development of their individual and spiritual identities given the fact that their religious identities cannot be developed in the public realm of public school or work. Similarly, queer/LGBTQ+ identities can often not …