While most scholarship grants Paulina uncanny power only insofar as she relates to Lucy, this thesis submits that Paulina evinces an uncanny liminality of her own in Charlotte Bronte's Villette. After exploring the development ...

This study examined the financial literacy of high school seniors. The survey instrument was created by Dr. Lewis Mandell (2006a). The six aspects of financial literacy measured by the questionnaire were financial ...

This project considers how the sensation fiction genre popular in the 1860s fits into the canon of nineteenth-century literature and considers how its depiction of gender and class reflects its context of social change. ...

Despite the significant progress American women have made in the last century, even a cursory exploration of women's political, economic, and cultural status, in comparison to men’s, yields depressing results. Schools are ...

The commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC) has become a growing topic of concern among the public and broader anti-trafficking movement. Previous research focused on the causes and consequences of CSEC, but less ...

What role do peer effects play in college math course taking and STEM persistence and major choice? This paper tests the hypothesis that peer effects affect female and male college students differently in their math course ...

Clarke County, Georgia, has a higher average number of students who do not complete high school than for the state of Georgia as a whole. Only 70.1% of the 834 eligible students in Clarke County earned a high school diploma ...

This study examined the motivational needs of Business and Computer Science secondary students. The survey instrument used was created by Turner (1996). The questionnaire measured motivational needs (e.g., need for ...

Even the earliest feminist critics expressed concern about the tendency of popular entertainment to reinforce negative gender stereotypes on impressionable young women. This paper examines the role of media in the construction ...

This study contributes to a body of literature that looks for effective responses to the decline in academic performance and success in college men, the research into the effects of peer-led mentoring programs and the ...