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An Examination of the Value of Waste : Resource Recovery and the Kalamazoo College Composting Program
(2019)This paper examines the value of resource recovery services as alternative methods for the disposal of municipal solid waste (MSW). By taking into account program costs, environmental consequences, and the commodity value ... -
Constructing New Realities in Dzaleka : Exploration of Power and Agency in Dzaleka Refugee Camp, Malawi
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2019)The purpose of this research is to explore power and agency within refugee camps. To do so, this paper surveys relevant literature overviewing broad institutions that manage displacement, and then centers the conversation ... -
The Influences on Intention : Albany, NY as a Case Study of Refugee Agencies in Relation to the State and Neoliberalism
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2018)This research project investigates the motivations and priorities of local refugee agencies in Albany, NY, as compared to the U.S. federal resettlement system and its corresponding neoliberal objectives. The focus is on ... -
From Eve to Euodia : Women's Representations in Children's Bibles
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2017)The children's Bibles recommended by the Mainline Protestant Churches for children between the ages of three and five have fewer female characters than male characters, and the women are often poor quality representations. ... -
Consumption and Commodification of Buddhism in America
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2017)In America, Buddhism operates in many different forms such as a religion, spirituality, or philosophy. As it is represented along this spectrum, ranging from purely religious to fully secular, Buddhism is adopted and ... -
Religious (Dis)Affiliation in the Catholic Church : A Social Identity Approach
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2017)This project seeks to examine one group, former-Catholics, how they view Catholic identity, and why they felt they must leave it behind. Utilizing Social Identity Theory, a psychological concept that has recently been ... -
Women’s Ordination in the Catholic Church
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2017)For the first millennium of Christianity’s existence, women held ordained leadership positions in the Christian Church. While the definition of ordination was changed in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries to exclude women ... -
The Relevance of Native Son and African American Oppression Today
(2018)My Senior Thesis aims to both analyze Richard Wright’s Native Son and compare today’s oppression for African Americans in relation to issues and themes arising in the novel. I constructed my thesis in two chapters in order ... -
Mind(fulness) Over Matter
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2018)Stress causes unwarranted tension onto all living organisms and triggers many physiological and psychological responses. An accumulation or being in a constant state of stress has detrimental effects—especially in humans. ... -
Screaming Xicago: How Identity Built the Lower West Side
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2018)This report utilizes the majority Mexican Chicago Neighborhoods of Pilsen and Little Village alongside the majority suburb of Cicero to examine the relationship between space and power. Specifically, the communities within ... -
Outcomes for Pediatric Supracondylar Humerus Fractures Treated by Orthopaedic Surgeons with and without Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery Fellowship Training
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2018)This retrospective chart review study evaluated the outcomes of pediatric supracondylar humerus fractures treated by orthopaedic surgeons with and without pediatric orthopaedic fellowship training. The outcomes evaluated ... -
A Review of the Teaching Methods Applied in the Introductory Physics Class at Kalamazoo College
(2015)The goal of this study is to examine and evaluate the teaching methods used in the introductory physics course at Kalamazoo College. Previously the class was taught as a lecture course which included some peer instruction, ... -
Energy Efficiency and Sustainability Efforts at Kalamazoo College, 2006-2017
(2018)This SIP is intended to offer the reader a general overview on the various sustainability activities that have occurred on campus in recent years, beginning with the recycling program started by Rob Townsend in 1993. Since ... -
Ethical Journalism in the “Fake News” Era
(2019)Using her internship experience in production of the local Kalamazoo Newschannel 3, a Sinclair station, the author reflects on the history of journalism, the three key issues facing broadcast journalism: resource scarcity; ... -
Thoughts of a Cave Woman
(2019)The author describes how her original thematic plans held back her poems and how reflecting on Audre Lorde's essay, "Uses of the Erotic," freed her to create an original voice that could reflect her Judaism, her personal ... -
See Dick Run : Truth, Silence, and Reconciliation in the Face of Intergenerational Trauma
(2018)The author describes the process of constructing a longform journalistic narrative of a family story: how her great grandfather left his wife for another woman and how that effected the family, particularly the author’s ... -
魔女 : Ma-Jo
(2019)The author describes how the transcendent beauty she found in the parks and shrines of Tokyo while studying abroad in Japan influenced her original novella. -
Path : A Biomythography of the Progression of my Subconscious Mind A Poetry Collection
(2018)The author describes her collection of poems as “poetic, mythic autobiography….an exploration of my spirituality and the synchronicities I have found within the Igbo Orisha tradition, and astrology… I have been influenced ... -
Hood-Ass Weirdo : Poetic Writings Exploring The Queer, Latinx Body’s Relationships with/to Sexual Liberation, Temporal Urban Spaces, and Immigrant Familial Relationships
(2019)The author discusses the many relationships between her Chicago neighborhood, gender identity, literary theories and influences. She writes, “To balance out the theoretical frameworks used in my thesis, I incorporated ... -
The Threshold Between Self and Everything Else : A Collection of Poems
(2018)The author introduces this collection of poetry with a discussion of the relationship between his spiritual meditation practice and writing. He also discusses the influences of Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson.
