This creative thesis consists of a collection of six short stories following the main character, Annabelle Jones, through the National Forests and Parks of Western North Carolina as she faces difficult life choices that will...
Palabra clave:
Appalachian Studies, Connected Stories, Fiction, Short Story, Western Carolina y Writing
Tema:
Forest reserves -- North Carolina, Western -- Fiction, Young women -- North Carolina, Western -- Fiction y North Carolina, Western -- Fiction
Mussels are an indicator species for water quality due to exposure to acute water pollutants from their filter feeding life style (Augspurger 2003). Mussels are also more susceptible to trace metal exposure than many other...
Palabra clave:
Biology, Geochemistry, Little Tennessee River, NC, Water Quality y Water Resource
Tema:
Freshwater mussels -- Little Tennessee River (Ga.-Tenn.), Freshwater mussels -- Effect of water pollution on -- Little Tennessee River (Ga.-Tenn.) y Water quality -- Little Tennessee River (Ga.-Tenn.)
In 1916, the town of Erwin, TN was made infamous for hanging the circus elephant Mary for the murder of her caretaker. Ever since, the town has carried around the moniker, “The Town that Hung the Elephant.” Appearing on...
Palabra clave:
Appalachian Studies y Southern Literature
Tema:
Erwin (Tenn.) -- In popular culture, Stereotypes (Social psychology) -- Appalachian Region, Southern, Appalachian Region, Southern -- Social conditions y Railroads -- Economic aspects -- Tennessee -- Erwin
Throughout the 1980s, President Reagan’s administration waged an undeclared war on feminism by defeating the Equal Rights Amendment and employing both the Department of Education and U.S. Supreme Court as weapons against...
Palabra clave:
Bikini Kill, Feminist, Kathleen Hanna, Punk, Radical y Riot Grrrl
Many people fail to realize the actual cost in time and labor that was spent in constructing the Western North Carolina Railroad from Salisbury to Murphy. They also fail to realize that this railroad was built almost entirely...
Tema:
Western North Carolina Railroad -- History y Railroads -- North Carolina -- History
Students who age out of the foster care system may no longer be eligible for federal and state support services and immediately become responsible for maintaining their wellbeing. This loss is multiplied as students lose their...
Palabra clave:
FCA outcomes, FCA support y foster care alumni in higher education
Tema:
Foster Care Alumni of America, Western Carolina University, Foster home care -- College students -- Social networks y Foster home care -- College students -- Student counselors
Many individuals who suffer from psychological distress and mental illness experience barriers to seeking help, including an individual’s level of mental health literacy and self-stigma of seeking help. Religious individuals...
Tema:
Mental health, Religious adherents, Religious adherents--Mental health, Mental health education y Stigma (Social psychology)
Foodborne bacterial pathogens like Salmonella genera remain of interest to regulatory agencieslike the FDA and CDC. As a foodborne pathogen, capable of causing serious illness in bothhuman and non-human animals, the CDC has...
Salmonella -- North Carolina, Western, Salmonella -- North Carolina -- Piedmont Triad, Environmental sampling -- North Carolina -- Piedmont Triad, Environmental sampling -- North Carolina, Western y Nucleotide sequence -- Data processing
At its current state, mosquito control is all but reliant on the work of the entomologist. The entomologist and other mosquito control personnel are society’s first line of defense against harmful vector-borne diseases that...
Palabra clave:
Chemometrics, Classification, Data Processing, Mosquito, Species y Spectroscopy
Tema:
Chemometrics, Mosquitoes -- Species, Classification, Data processing y Spectrum analysis
Fire can impact an ecosystem by changing environmental factors and small mammal abundances. Historically, wildfires have been uncommon in high elevation northern hardwood forests of the Southern Appalachian Mountains. In...
Tema:
Mammal populations -- North Carolina -- Nantahala National Forest, Mammals -- Habitat -- Environmental aspects -- North Carolina -- Nantahala National Forest, Mammals -- Effect of fires on -- North Carolina -- Nantahala National Forest, Mammals -- Behavior -- North Carolina -- Nantahala National Forest y Wildfires -- Environmental aspects -- North Carolina -- Nantahala National Forest
