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Chican@ Printmaking in Los Angeles: The Role of the Arts in Empowerment, Access, and Community
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2014)Chicano printmaking served as one of the primary ways in which the Chicano movement of the 1960’s educated and mobilized the people behind its cause. It was through the art of political printmaking, amongst other mobilization ... -
Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention and Intervention: Best Practices in Theory and Application
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 1999)Child abuse, like any other social problem, has no easy answers. It is both a cause and a consequence, a self-perpetuating cycle whose resolution must take into account innumerable contributing factors. My goal in this ... -
Child Life Programs and Their Impact on the Stress and Strain Experienced by Hospitalized Children
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2010-04)The goal of a child life program is to establish a comprehensive approach that meets the emotional and social needs of pediatric patients and their families. The programs help hospitalized children continue, as nearly as ... -
Childhood and Adolescent Bullying of 21st Century America: The Effects on Health & Wellness
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2013)A popularly accepted definition of bullying is repeated interpersonal actions or behaviors that are specifically intended to cause either physical or psychological harm. In 2009 one in five American high school students ... -
Children of the Road: A Snapshot of Health Among Migrant Farmworkers’ Children in Northwest MI
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2012)Migrant farmworkers began traveling to the cherry orchards of northwest Michigan in the first half of the 20th century. However, current laws and regulations make this occupation increasingly dangerous to their health. ... -
Chilean Buddhism in a Global Market
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2013)I spent two months in Santiago, Chile observing and participating in a Nichiren Buddhist group in order to gain a better understanding of how Buddhism as a religion manifests in a Catholically-dominated country and ... -
Chipukizi Bapaya Productions' Campaign for Poverty's Children
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2001)I conducted my research in Kenya for a total of seven weeks. I arrived on July 27th, 2000 and left September 12th, 2000. During that time I traveled from the capital of Nairobi, to such places as Mombasa, Kisumu, Eldoret, ... -
The Chosen Frame(s) : Constructing STEM Groups for Underrepresented Minority Students at Kalamazoo College
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2018)In the United States, science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) is a highly valued discipline because it upholds the economic wealth in the nation. However, the number of underrepresented minority students ... -
Christianity in Post-Communist Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia: An exploratory study of Christianity and Christian mission work
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2000)Researching Christianity, Christian missions, and the general state of religion in Mongolia was certainly a joy, although not always simple. The research itself consisted of several stages, or sections: becoming somewhat ... -
Church and Community
(Kalamazoo College., 1963-03-14)If you are not a current K College student, faculty, or staff member, email dspace@kzoo.edu to request access to this SIP. -
Civic Participation in Orosi, Costa Rica: An Action Research Project
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2003)In 2002, the town of Orosi in Cartago, Costa Rica, was struck with a devastating landslide resulting in seven deaths and widespread chaos. Since that August, several workshops and meetings were offered to better prepare ... -
Classed Eating: The Social Factors Driving the Purchase and Consumption of Local and Organic Foods
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2017)Conventional agriculture is the name given to modern-day global agricultural production and is characterized as agribusiness controlled farming, utilizing large-scale monocropping that is dependent upon mechanization ... -
The Classroom Effects of Drawing Using Science Concepts: A Focus on How Children Learn
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2001)Primary school age children were exposed to various forms of learning in the classroom. Children who use drawing to facilitate learning are more capable of recalling what they know than other children not using this ... -
Click Here for Katya: An Investigation of the International Matchmaking Industry
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 1999)This thesis is an examination of the situation of immigrant women. It explores the international matchmaking process and its relationship to the precarious situation of immigrant women married to abusive U.S. spouses. ... -
Cocaine: Its History, Use, and Effects
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 1991)As I am sure is the case in many other Senior Individualized Project's, what I originally intended to write about and what I have actually written are quite different. Last summer I made arrangements with Eastwood Clinics ... -
A Collective Voice of the Consumer: Indigenous Knowledge of the Mentally Ill
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 1994)I have two goals for this report. First, I hope to relay the unique perspective of the consumer of which I was privy to over the last three months of this ethnographic research. Secondly, I want to use this study as a ... -
"Come Take My Hand" -- The Pre-School Education Program in Kalamazoo: Its Effectiveness as Determined by Observation of a Small Group on Children in That Plan
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 1967)In the f1rst section of the paper, I will discuss economic deprivation. Then I will go on to discuss the Pre-School Education Program in some detail. Thirdly, I will present my observations of this program as it affects ... -
Communal Threads: Weaving a Smart Growth Coalition in Rural, Resort Town Michigan
(2003)The fieldwork for this thesis was conducted during my three-month internship with the Michigan Land Use Institute (MLUI) at their Traverse City office, where I learned about environmental and land use policy. A strong ... -
Commuter Behavior at Kalamazoo College: Manifesting Ontological Security in Environmental (In)Action
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2010)In June 2007, Kalamazoo College became the second college in Michigan to sign the American College and University Presidents‟ Climate Commitment, a promise to address local and institutional influences on climate change. ... -
"Como Quiere Cuidarse?" Medicalization of Women's Bodies in an Ecuadorian Public Health Clinic
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2011)My research examines the doctor-patient interactions in a small public health clinic on the outskirts of the city of Quito, Ecuador. I used Emily Martin's metaphor of the uterus as a machine of capitalism to examine the ...
