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The 2008 Financial Crisis and the Resulting Regulatory Changes
(2013)My essay examines the 2008 financial crisis, the regulatory changes that resulted, and recent cases of bank failures. My intention is for readers to form their own educated opinions and understand what really happened ... -
A beekeeper's guide to Varroa destructor: dissecting its invasive nature and methods of treatment
(University of Washington Libraries, 2021-05)This website explores the pathology of parasite Varroa destructor, a mite that preys on Eastern and Western honey bees, inflicting especially harmful effects in the latter host. This medium functions as a short, yet credible ... -
Accommodating Public Space to Uphold Rape Myths: The Danger of Using Environmental Design to Prevent Sexual Violence
(University of Washington Libraries, 5/7/2018)This paper investigates the ways environmental design perpetuates rape myths through critiquing of the use Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design strategies as a preventative measure against sexual assault in public ... -
Against the “Hun”: Anti-Germanism at the Seattle Public Schools and the University of Washington, 1917-1918
(2006-05-21)In 1917-1918, during World War I, anti-German feelings swept the United States. Educational institutions were not immune. This paper describes in detail events at the University of Washington and the Seattle Public Schools ... -
Albanian Sworn Virgins: A Visual Representation of their Transformation
(University of Washington Libraries, 2016)This piece of art is a flipbook, analogous to the ones children play with as they make cartoon balls bounce with the quick flipping of pages between their thumb and index finger. However, instead of a playful scene, this ... -
‘All of this Belongs to Us’: Land, Horses, and Indigenous Resistance on the Yakama Indian Reservation, 1900-1950
(University of Washington Libraries, 2016)In the early 1900s, the Yakima Indian Agency welcomed non-Native ranching operations onto Yakama tribal lands, taxing rangelands, and resulting in widespread overgrazing. By the 1920s, agency concern for the welfare of ... -
All the President's Women: Barbara Hackman Franklin's Women Power in the Nixon White House 1971-1973
(University of Washington Libraries, 2015)In April 1971, President Richard M. Nixon appointed Barbara Hackman Franklin, the first ever White House women’s recruiter, as Staff Assistant to the President in the White House Personnel Office. Her recruiting efforts ... -
An Assessment of the Intricacies Surrounding the Visibility of Royal Mughal Women in Visual and Written Sources During Akbar’s Reign
(University of Washington Libraries, 2021-05)Royal Mughal women have played an immense role in consolidating the success and power of the Timurid-Mughal Empire. They have made significant contributions to, and influenced, several key sectors such as the Political, ... -
An Overview of Brazil's HIV Epidemic: From Past Challenges to Future Directions
(University of Washington Libraries, 5/7/2018)This research project aims to investigate the course of the HIV epidemic in Brazil. After exploring the history of HIV/AIDS and the current state of the epidemic, this paper explores the current challenges that Brazil faces ... -
Animal Agriculture and Antibiotic Resistant Disease
(University of Washington Libraries, 12/10/2017)What social, economic, or political factors affect the way antibiotic use is regulated in the US? In the United States, farmers feed their animals antibiotics at low doses to prevent disease and promote their growth. Because ... -
Are We Living in the Racial Capitalocene?: Anthropocene Discourse, Racial Capitalism, and Ta-Nehisi Coates’ "Between the World and Me"
(University of Washington Libraries, 5/7/2018)As global temperatures continue to increase, it becomes clear that we are living in an era of human-induced climate shift. This era has commonly been labelled the “Anthropocene” in both the sciences and the humanities, a ... -
Aurora Avenue: Highway Culture in Transition
(2006-03-15)In the twentieth century, Aurora Avenue grew into a major highway in the middle of Seattle. Homes gave way to businesses which advertised through bright highway signs. This paper documents these signs, and reports on ... -
Automatically Classifying Art Images Using Computer Vision
(University of Washington Libraries, 5/7/2018)Millions of art images have been digitized over the last several decades. This has created new opportunities for art scholars and historians. However, searching and navigating these art images is difficult because of the ... -
Bad Girls: The Role of the “Mala” in Ancient Greek and Roman Literature
(University of Washington Libraries, 2014)The figure of the mala or “bad woman” is present in much of Ancient Greek and Latin literature. In this context, being a mala means being a woman who participates in the process where an older woman advises a ... -
Battle of the Filter Feeders: Bacterial Transmission in the Presence of Ascidians
(University of Washington Libraries, 2017)Marine diseases are a major cost to fisheries and aquaculture industries, and as we continuously rely on marine organisms for protein, we increase our interaction with illnesses like gastroenteritis from undercooked oysters. ... -
Benthic-pelagic decoupling and walrus responses to a warming Arctic
(University of Washington Libraries, 3/18/2019)A walrus diet typically consists of invertebrates that live on the seafloor, consumed in large quantities with the help of special morphological traits. In addition to the threats posed by diminishing sea ice in their ... -
Beyond the Mosque Walls: Legal Constructions 'Apostasy' and 'Blasphemy' in Egypt's Public Sphere
(2007-08-07)Apostasy, or the renunciation of belief, was criminalized in Egypt in the 1990's. What followed was a robust debate in the public sphere about the issue. This paper analyzes the Egyptian press to find substantial evidence ... -
Blackhawks and Human Rights: The Impact and Consequences of Short-term Incentives in Militarizing “Plan Colombia”
(University of Washington Libraries, 2014)This paper asks: why do United States policymakers continue to support the militarization of the international drug war despite criticism from human rights advocates and a failure to meet its stated goals?” ... -
Bleaching of Coral Reefs Due to Ocean Acidification and Warming
(University of Washington Libraries, 2021-05)Climate change is impacting marine ecosystems in a multitude of ways. Consequences of greenhouse gas emissions, due to anthropogenic factors, include ocean acidification and warming. Under these conditions, corals are ... -
Bollywood Images: The illusions and realities of arranged marriages, weddings, dowries, and attitudes toward the girl child in the lives of women in India.
(2012)My intent is to explore three Bollywood films and the depictions of Indian life that they offer, especially as they relate to attitudes toward women and girls. The ideals held up within each film will be discussed side by ...