Over the past 30 years, the nation has witnessed a material change in the status of Americans with disabilities: no longer are they at the periphery of American politcal and social life but now are increasingly represented ...

This thesis compares the perceptions of mid-level managers and frontline staff in a mid-Atlantic state’s parole and probation department. Specifically, this paper looks at staff perceptions of the organization’s culture ...

This dissertation investigates the industrial organization of criminal enterprise. We argue that differences in contestability across criminal industries crucially shape how producers in these industries organize. In ...

The Ironwood Iron-Formation, located in the Gogebic Iron Range in Wisconsin, is one of the largest undeveloped taconite resources in the United States. Interest in the development of this resource is complicated by potential ...

This thesis explores the impact of certain terms, categories and approaches, such as orthodox, heterodox, ghulāt (Shi’i extremists), and syncretism, on the field of Islamic Studies and maintains that these classifications ...

Otters are a charismatic species that are frequently overlooked and have been depleted throughout history by the fur industry, habitat degradation, and conflicts between otters and commercial fisherman, leaving several ...

This thesis is a selection of poems written during my time in the MFA program. These poems loosely fit the theme of “identity foreign-ness.” That is, how we perceive ourselves vs. the way others perceive/describe us (to ...

Our Shared Past is a collaborative grants program to encourage new approaches to world history curriculum and curricular content design in Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, and North America. Our Shared Past is premised ...