The full text of Senior Independent Study Theses submitted during and after 2012 are available to download only by College of Wooster users. Unless listed as an exemplar, all other theses are restricted.

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Senior Independent Study Theses from 2023

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Sexless in the City: Performances of Masculinity by Involuntarily Celibate Men in Online Forums, Dana Giffen
Department: Sociology and Anthropology; Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

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#MeToo Flips the Script on Representation of Women in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Sarah Gordon
Department: Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

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Breaking Out From Binaries Behind Bars: How Structural Identity Denial Influences Pro/Anti-Social Reactionary Responses and Corresponding Psycho-Social Experiences Inside and Outside the Prison Industrial Complex, Kate Larson
Department: Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

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Who We Are: Queerness Within Lockdown, Veda Christine Massanari-Thatcher
Department: Philosophy; Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

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A Portal to Transcend the Spaciotemporal Realm: A Queer Utopian Schemata for (re)Considering Emotion and Community Formation in 1970s Lesbian Feminist Periodicals, Aspen Rush
Department: History; Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Senior Independent Study Theses from 2022

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Barriers To Entry: Do Students’ Perceptions Of Economics Contribute To The Underrepresentation Of Women And Gender Minorities In The Field?, Madison Buckley
Department: Economics; Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

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Gender? I Barely Even Know Her!: Examining The Intersections Of Gender Identity And Neurodiversity, Kai A. Davis
Department: Psychology; Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

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Teammates On And Off The Field: Why Queer Athletes On Women’S Sports Teams Need A Safe Space, CC Dent
Department: Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

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Building Youth Power To Transform Education: Exploring A Detroit Area Teenage Activist Organization, Harry Susalla
Department: Sociology and Anthropology; Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Senior Independent Study Theses from 2021

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“A Big Opportunity for Everyone to not Hide Those Beautiful Bodies”: Building Community Among Women of Color in the Body Positivity Movement on Instagram, Lilia Federico
Department: Sociology and Anthropology; Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

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Birth Work, Reproductive Justice, and Communities of Care, Hannah Lindsay Lane-Davies
Department: Sociology and Anthropology; Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

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Catastrophic Imaginings: Human-Driven Catastrophe, the Anthropocene, The Skin of Our Teeth, and Lungs, Hayden Douglas Lane-Davies
Department: Theatre and Dance; Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Senior Independent Study Theses from 2020

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The Continuation of Violence: Analyzing the Retraumatization of Incarcerated Survivors of Domestic Violence and Evaluating the Potential of a “Trauma-Informed” Prison Model, Eliana Kahn
Department: Sociology and Anthropology; Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

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Write It Slant: Queerness and Form in The Argonauts and Time Is the Thing a Body Moves Through, Eleanor Linafelt
Department: English; Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

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The Scars and the Moon: Theatrical Monologues Telling LGBTQIA+ Stories, Casey Lohman
Department: Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

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Gatekeeping in the Transgender Community, Kevin V. Ortiz
Department: Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies; Sociology and Anthropology

Senior Independent Study Theses from 2019

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"Different Ways of Being American": Food as Culture and Host Parenting in a Foreign Exchange Program, Isabel Hannah Bonhomme
Department: Sociology and Anthropology; Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

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El machismo ridículo: Machismo From a Transmasculine Perspective in Santiago, Chile, Morgan Day
Department: Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies; Spanish

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Grand Slam for Gender Equality? Renée Richards, the History of Gender Testing in Sport and Trans Participation in Professional Tennis and Professional Sport, Matthew Harris-Ridker
Department: Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

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The Interaction Between Social Identities and Space at The College of Wooster, Alicea Anna Kouyaté
Department: Psychology; Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

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Very Happy Exile: The Life and Works of Charlotte Wolff, Abby Lang
Department: History; Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

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It's What You Make It! Modified and Queer: A Feminist Look Into Queer Experience with Tattoos, Hailey Elizabeth Malzeke
Department: Sociology and Anthropology; Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

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A Study of Gender Roles Amongst Second-Generation South Asian Women, Transcending Through Time and Space., Amrin Alnoor Remtulla
Department: Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

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Reshaping a Moral Dilemma: A Historical and Moral Investigation of Abortion in the United States and the Republic of Ireland, Emery Joy Stewart
Department: Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

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Princesses, Soccer Players, and Sheep: Understanding the Development of Gender Identities in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder in Germany, Anna S. Vogt
Department: Psychology; Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Senior Independent Study Theses from 2018

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Of Fallen Heroes and Courageous Mothers: The Making of Martyrdom and Maternalism in the Movimento Feminino Pela Anistia, 1975-1985, Marina Adams
Department: History; Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

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Clothing Makes the Man: Constructing Morality and Masculinity Through Depictions of Men's Clothing in the Victorian Era, Anne Carney
Department: History; Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

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Lo Bueno Y Lo Malo: A Critical Analysis of Mexican-American Machismo, Alondra Correa
Department: Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

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Mass Melanin Movement: Black Women's Perceptions of Body Images and Beauty Ideals Through Analysis of Reality Television, Meonyez Goodwin
Department: Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

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Gender Performance and Policy Issue Focus on U.S. Senate Campaign Websites, 2010-2016, Kiley Kinnard
Department: Political Science; Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

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She Can Brew It Ale By Herself: Women in the Male Dominated Craft Beer Industry, Cameron S. Smythe
Department: Sociology and Anthropology; Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

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No Church in the Wild: An Intersectional Feminist Analysis of Civilian-Perpetrated Sexual Violence during the 2002 Religious Riots in Gujarat, India, Vrinda S. Trivedi
Department: Political Science; Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

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Seen: A Photo Collection of Queer Markers, Evan White
Department: Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

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The Phoenix Among the Feathers: A Creative Memoir Analysis, Felicia Michelle Williams
Department: Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Senior Independent Study Theses from 2017

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Clara Schumann: A Look Into the Life of an Unrecognized Composer, Madeline R. Boreman
Department: Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

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A Lens of Our Own: A Feminist Photovoice Exploration of LGBTQ+ Experience at The College of Wooster, Foster J. Cheng
Department: Art and Art History; Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

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Laughing Against White Supremacy: Marginalized Performance of Resistance Comedy, Caren Holmes
Department: Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

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Rethinking Recovery: Women’s Experiences of Self-Efficacy in Court-Sanctioned Chemical Dependency Treatment, Sarah Onyx E. Marosi
Department: Psychology; Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

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PTSD in VR: Building Empathy for Survivors of Sexual Assault Through Virtual Reality Video Game Playing, Alexandra Pereyra
Department: Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

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Get You a Girl That Can Do Both: A Feminist Economic Analysis of Parental Leave Policies and Labor Force Participation in the United States, Germany, and Turkey, Heather Smith
Department: Economics; Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Senior Independent Study Theses from 2016

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All The Help We Can Get:The Effects of Mentoring on Women's Career Success in the American Political Arena, Emily Dean-McKinney
Department: Political Science; Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

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The Happiness Regime: A Feminist Critique of Positive Psychology, Sarah R. Freeman
Department: Psychology; Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

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Quantifying Identity: What a Study On Food Insecurity in the LGB Community Tells Us About Choice, Intersectionality, and the Construction of Knowledge, Emily C. Hrovat
Department: Economics; Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

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American Apparel: Queer People of Color Aesthetics and Professionalism, Jackson Tribbet
Department: Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Senior Independent Study Theses from 2015

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Once Upon the Fifteenth Year: An Exploration of Identity Formation Within the Cultural Practice of Quinceañeras in Contemporary Nicaragua, Ashley Melissa Chavez-White
Department: Sociology and Anthropology; Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

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Organizing on the Margins: The National Domestic Workers Union of America and the Development of Intersectional Labor Activism in the 1970s, Shannon Dade
Department: History; Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

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The Body Never Left Us: Theorizing Asexuality, Embedding Agency, and Unsettling Woman of Color Materialist Realism, Scott M. McLellan
Department: Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

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Beer, Muscles, and Show Tunes?: Gender Policing and Adherence to Hegemonic Masculinity among College-aged Men, Ashley E. Parry
Department: Sociology and Anthropology; Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Senior Independent Study Theses from 2014

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Sight May Leave You Blind to Beauty, Edith M. Anderson
Department: Sociology and Anthropology; Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

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Women Undeterred: A Comparative Study of How Lesbian & Heterosexual Young Professional Women Perceive Motherhood, Gina M. Christo
Department: Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

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Incubators, Battles, or Affirmation? A Feminist Exploration of Evangelical Purity Literature, Anastasia M. Jaeb
Department: Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

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"What's Race Got To Do With It?" A Feminist Analysis of Anti-Rape Discourse from Susan Brownmiller and Angela Davis to the Modern Feminist Blogosphere, Angela M. Neely
Department: History; Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

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Normalizing Abnormality: An Exploration of Social Forces Driving Gendered Disparity in Rates of Anxiety Disorder Diagnoses, Sara Tebeau
Department: Sociology and Anthropology; Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Senior Independent Study Theses from 2013

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Pray the Gay Away: An Examination of Masculinity in the Ex-Gay Movement, Christina Bowerman
Department: Religious Studies; Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

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A Dress is Not a Yes: A Feminist and Sociological Analysis of Slutwalk as a Response to the Politics of Victimization - A Longitudinal Analysis of the Population of Grand Forks, North Datoka Since the 1997 Red River Flood, Kelsey Jandrey
Department: Sociology and Anthropology; Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

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The Glitter Bath: a Feminist Study of Race, Class, and Gender in Five Disney Classic Animated Feature Films, Heather Kirk
Department: Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

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Making Fun of the World and Observing It: An Examination of Viewers' Interactions With Comedy About Gender and Masculinity in the Apatow Company's Films, Alexandra Muto
Department: Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

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Women Bleed. Period: An Exploration of Feminine Hygiene Companies' Print and Commercial Advertisments, Charlotte Shapiro
Department: Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

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M to F to Endangered: the Violent Consequences of Breaking the Gender Binary, Elizabeth Worrall
Department: Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Senior Independent Study Theses from 2012

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Welcome to Whose Life Is It, Anyway! Where Gender Is Made Up and Genitals Don't Matter: An Examinition of Ideas of Masculinity and Femininity By People Across the Gender Spectrum, Sarah Hunt
Department: Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Senior Independent Study Theses from 2011

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Shaken But Never Stirred: a Historical Analysis of American Masculinity Through the James Bond Films., Ethan Arenstein
Department: History; Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

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Sharing Food From the Master's Table: Working Towards Feminist Solidarity Through Bible Study, Abigail Heimach
Department: Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies; Religious Studies

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Blood, Spit, and Tears: Art As a Model For Feminist Theory and Dialogue, Zoe Van Dyke
Department: Art and Art History; Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

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Equal Opportunity Pleasure?: A Feminist Sociological Exploration into the Effects of Pornography on Young Women's Sexual Behavior and Body Image, Kristin Georgianne Whitlock
Department: Sociology and Anthropology; Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

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Young Bodies on Display: a Feminist Exploration of the Photographic Series and Surrounding Controversies of Sally Mann and Tierney Gearon, Marnie Zoldessy
Department: Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Senior Independent Study Theses from 2010

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Going Rogue: An Ethnographic Study of the Social Networks and Social Behaviors of Aging Women in the Red Hat Society, Victoria N. Early
Department: Sociology and Anthropology; Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

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Feminist Implications: The Life and Writings of Mary Baker Eddy, Kathryn D. Harvuot
Department: Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

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Re-Heading the Headless Fatty: a Look at Fat Feminism in Blogs, Alison Peters
Department: Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Senior Independent Study Theses from 2009

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From Women's Mouths: Eating Disorders Are Feminist Issues, Lindsay E. Galan
Department: French and Francophone Studies; Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

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Knitters For Equality: An Exploration of the Issues of Femininity, Masculinity and Gender Roles in Knitting Communities, Emily Neumann
Department: Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies; Sociology and Anthropology

Senior Independent Study Theses from 2008

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An Education in Possibilities Rather Than Consequences: The Sex Ed Wars, Roza Anthony
Department: Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

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It is a Wild Thing: Using the Connection Between Women and Horses to Ride into Myth, Antonia Ruth Clement
Department: Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Senior Independent Study Theses from 2007

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Money, Cash, Hoes: A Feminist Exploration of Black Masculinity in Hip-Hop, Jacquelyn Arcy
Department: Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

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Visual Articulations of Life in Place and Place in Life: A Feminist Visual Ethnography of Place, Identity, Home, and Community for Six Southern Women in Madison County, Kentucky, Catherine E. Grandgeorge
Department: Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

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Business of Brides: the History of the White Wedding in America, Elizabeth Marie Sorice
Department: Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Senior Independent Study Theses from 2006

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Sex Games: Bondage is More than Leather, Whips, and Chains These Days: A Study of How Advertisers Continue to Bind Women to Their 1950's Expectations, Erin Kathleen Donnett
Department: Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

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Can it be Done?: Creating an Advertisement for Planned Parenthood as an Exercise in Feminist Marketing, Amy Nicole Grammatico
Department: Communication Studies; Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

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Disentangle: Rethreading Feminism through the Creation of a Magazine, Mary Kate Hageman

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"A Word of Hope and Good News and Comfort, as Well As Challenge:" Reconciling Justice and Care in Women's Ministry, Emma Hayes
Department: Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

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While in BeTween: An Examination of Tween Fashion and its Implications on Tween Development in Society, Crystal Justice
Department: Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies; History

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Slut Alphabet: A Feminist Dictionary of Sex & Agency, Kory Sutherland

Senior Independent Study Theses from 2005

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Leading the Way: An Analysis of Leadership and Gender, Lane E. Green
Department: Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

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Discover the Oyster: Gendered Foodways in the United States, Sarah Michele Johanson
Department: Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

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Discover the Oyster: Gendered Foodways in the United States, Sarah Michele Johanson

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"The Story of Our Lives Becomes Our Lives:" Lesbian Readers and the Construction of a Lesbian Self Through Textual Experience, Sheila Liming
Department: Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies; English

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A Study of Adolescent Girls' Definitions of Sexuality and How Outside Influences Impact these Definitions, Aubrey Dawn LoCascio
Department: Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

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Sacrificing Self: the Loss of the Individual in Identity-Based Groups, Amy Pelak
Department: Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

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Reconstruction of Self Through Narrative: An Exploration of Who I Was, Who I Am, and Who I Will Be?, Elizabeth Ann Roesch
Department: Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

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Reconstruction of Self Through Narrative; An Exploration of Who I Was, Who I Am, and Who I Will Be?, Elizabeth Ann Rosech
Department: Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Theses/Dissertations from 2004

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Justice for Whom? A Feminist Inquiry into Rape, Stacia Lucille Kock

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"Jamming with the Boys": A Look at Women and Gender in Bluegrass Music, Christine Alkire Smedley

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This Bitch Has Her Own Bike: Women Motorcyclists, Social Position, and Gender Identity, Julia Wiesenberg
Department: Sociology and Anthropology; Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Theses/Dissertations from 2003

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"Every Soul is to be Cherished, Every Flower is to Bloom": Women's Studies as an Inviting Environment to Women of Color, Lauren Adelle Bailey

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"Every Soul is to be Cherished, Every Flower is to Bloom": Women's Studies as an Inviting Environment to Women of Color, Lauren Adelle Bailey
Department: Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Theses/Dissertations from 2002

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Waterbirth: A Feminist Alternative to Patriarchal Childbirth, Laura J. Fritzsche

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Waterbirth: A Feminist Alternative to Patriarchal Childbirth, Laura J. Fritzsche
Department: Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

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Artist Couples in the Early Twentieth Century: An In-depth Look at Effects of Significant Others in the Careers of Women Artists, Margaret Maus Hazlett

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A Feminist Analysis of Women's Low Representation in Physics: Scientific "Objectivity," Contextual Bias, and Barriers to Women's Inclusion, Michelle Anna Waugh

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A Feminist Analysis of Women's Low Representation in Physics: Scientific "Objectivity", Contextual Bias, and Barriers to Women's Inclusion, Michelle Anna Waugh
Department: Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Theses/Dissertations from 2001

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Junior High Girls' Experience with Sexual Harassment, Talley Burk Clyde