Building on the castaway narratives in both Gary Snyder‘s and Derek Walcott‘s poetry, I use Yann Martel‘s novel Life of Pi as a contemporary analogue for reading Snyder‘s Pacific journeys, in Regarding Wave and Turtle Island,...
Mot-clé:
Bioregion, Castaway, Derek Walcott, Ecocriticism, Gary Snyder et Yann Martel
Assujettir:
Snyder, Gary, 1930- -- Criticism and interpretation, Walcott, Derek -- Criticism and interpretation et Setting (Literature)
The body of work—works on paper, photographic paper, plastic, wood, canvas (plus curated audio)—created for this thesis explores technology, using both analog and digital tools and a conceptual process of deconstruction to...
Mot-clé:
analog, deconstruction, digital, Plato's Cave, time et tools
Assujettir:
Deconstruction, Time in art et Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941 -- Mrs. Dalloway
In a special edition of the Knoxville Gazette, commemorating the memory of Tennessee’s first governor, a state historian stated that although John Sevier had faults, we should find them insignificant to his heroism. Since his...
Mot-clé:
Honor, John Sevier, King's Mountain, Masculinity, State of Franklin et Tennessee
Assujettir:
Sevier, John, -- 1745-1815, Governors -- Tennessee -- Biography, Masculinity -- United States -- History -- 18th century -- Historiography et Masculinity -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Historiography
The purpose of this study was to investigate male and female perceptions of variables related to popularity in females. In this study, 120 college female and male freshmen were given a questionnaire asking them to rate highly...
Assujettir:
Popularity, Interpersonal relations in adolescence, Success in adolescence, Adolescent psychology et Teenage girls -- Psychology
Metal additive manufacturing has transformed the conventional design process. With the assistance of additive manufacturing, complex and novel geometries that were previously unfeasible to construct using convention methods,...
Mot-clé:
ANSYS, Crank Arm, Design for Metal Additive Manufacturing, Metal Additive Manufacturing, Optimization et Topology Optimization
Assujettir:
Three-dimensional printing, Bicycles -- Parts et Manufacturing processes
Implicit racial bias has a measurable impact on the judgments and evaluations of Black individuals by Whites, as well as communication between these two groups. The purpose of this study was to develop an efficient,...
Mot-clé:
Aversive Racism, Cultural Responsiveness, Education, Impact Awareness, Implicit Bias et Race
Assujettir:
Student teachers -- Attitudes et Racism in education -- United States -- Prevention
Theory-of-mind (ToM) describes the ability to understand other's perspectives, thoughts, emotions, and beliefs that may differ from one’s own (Pavarini et al., 2013). A child’s ToM development may be influenced by parenting...
Assujettir:
Parenting, Emotions in children, Preschool children, Philosophy of mind et Parent and child
Pediatric summer camping is a comparatively recent development within the camping industry. These camps are designed to give chronically ill children, who are unlikely to be able to participate in a more traditional camping...
Mot-clé:
Camp et Pediatric
Assujettir:
Camp counselors -- Psychology, Camp counselors -- Recruiting, Camps for children with disabilities et Big Five model
The relationship between anxiety and working memory capacity (WMC) andperformance is a widely researched topic in the field of psychology. Typically, anxiety has anegative effect on working memory performance (Coy, O’Brien,...
Mot-clé:
anxiety, personality et working memory
Assujettir:
Short-term memory -- Psychological aspects et Anxiety -- Psychological aspects
The purpose of this study was to examine induction programs in North Carolina during the 2010-2011 school year to determine beginning teachers received the support as recommended by State Board of Education policy. Participants...
Mot-clé:
Beginning Teachers, Engagement, Induction, Mentoring et Student Achievement
Assujettir:
Teacher orientation -- North Carolina, First year teachers -- In-service training -- North Carolina et High school teachers -- In-service training -- North Carolina
