American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism; Beat generation; Sex role in literature
ABSTRACT: In "Hipsters and Chicks: Sex, Lies and Beat Literature," I consider the importance of gender roles within Beat Literature. One of the many facets of American life that the Beats came to question was predetermined gender roles. My...
American literature -- 20th century -- Women authors; Hispanic American women -- Intellectual life -- 20th century
The purpose of this investigation is to discuss and delineate common issues and themes which are apparent in contemporary Latina literature of the United States. I have witnessed, by way of reading and comparing the works of various...
American literature -- Hispanic American authors; Masculinity
This thesis focuses on how the male-male relationships in contemporary Latino novels by Piri Thomas, Abraham Rodriguez, Jr., Junot Díaz, Arturo Islas, and John Rechy help or hurt the protagonists’ developing masculinity and overall sense of...
Considering the pleiotropic manifestations of the rare, inherited, bone marrow failure disease, Fanconi Anemia, afflicted patients must be evaluated and monitored by specialty physicians (such as dermatologists, opthamologists, gastroenterologists,...
Art -- Study and teaching (Elementary); Art and technology -- Study and teaching (Elementary); Discovery Education (Firm)
Our world is immersed in and enthralled by technology. The appealing quality of images, communication and music on-demand can possibly be put to good use by teachers of the visual arts. The curriculum could include multimedia as a core...
This study investigated how a modified curriculum for the artistically talented affected the drawing performance of eight middle school students in heterogeneous art rooms. This study was undertaken because I was concerned about the lack of...
Autism in children -- Diagnosis; Autism in children -- Case studies
Autism has many definitions, but its most specific definition describes it as a developmental disorder that affects verbal and non-verbal communication as well as social interaction. It affects a person’s ability to respond appropriately to their...
The number of encounters between black bears (Ursus americanus) and people is increasing in Connecticut. This increase necessitates management planning, which cannot occur until the actual population size of black bears has been determined. A...
Bullying in schools -- United States; Bullying -- United States -- Psychological aspects
School bullying impacts approximately 32% of adolescents in the United States. Peer victimization is linked to a number of adverse consequences for children and adolescents, including high rejection sensitivity, high social avoidance, and low...
As an Advanced Placement Calculus (APC) teacher I have observed many students struggle with the transition from pre-calculus to calculus. Many of these students were successful in algebra, geometry, and even pre-calculus but the concepts of...
Calderón de la Barca, Pedro, 1600-1681; Salvation -- Christianity
Pedro Caldern de la Barca (1600-1681) has been called the theological poet of the Counter Reformation. Among the many dramas he wrote are a group of mythological plays. These plays include several groups in which the same mythological theme is...
Capital punishment -- Connecticut -- History; Executions (Law) -- Connecticut -- History; Women prisoners -- Connecticut -- History
The Purpose of this thesis was to add to the general information about the women executed by the state of Connecticut. It also sought to examine why the only executions of females took place in the seventeenth and eighteenth century. The subject...
Catholic Church -- United States; Hispanic American Catholics -- Religious life; Hispanic American Catholics -- United States
The thesis examines the influence of the Hispanic community of Puerto Rico, and other communities of Latin America, in Fairfield County since their arrival during the last half century. The study focuses on the discrimination that they faced...
Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616. Don Quixote -- Criticism and interpretation; Muslims -- Spain
The purpose of this thesis is to examine the presence of the Moorish in Miguel de Cervantes' novel, The Adventures of Don Quixote de La Mancha. The Moorish population was an Arab minority in Spain, converted to Christianity after the Reconquest of...
This study attempted to indicate that females and males are judged differently by society when they participate in situations of childcare. The experiment utilized a 2 X 4 factorial design pairing males and females with a male and female protocol...
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834 -- Criticism and interpretation
This thesis proposes the Samuel Coleridge's poetry attempts to forge an interdependent relationship between imagination and faith. In the Biographia Literaria Coleridge suggests that the imagination is an entity separate from man and similar to the...
Conflict management -- Study and teaching (Elementary); Literacy -- Study and teaching (Elementary)
Over the last three school years, horrific acts of violence have taken place in America's public schools. The reality of children killing children has sparked a national debate over school violence and what can be done to prevent it.
As an...
Connecticut Academic Performance Test; Mathematical ability -- Testing; Mathematics -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- Connecticut; Achievement tests -- Connecticut
The debate over the effectiveness of a "reform" mathematics curriculum verses a "traditional" mathematics curriculum in student achievement has been widely discussed and studied. Standards-based, or reform, programs emphasize applications to solve...
Competition has been demonstrated to be a major factor in the distribution and abundance of adult marine invertebrates. Although most marine invertebrates have complex life cycles that include larval stages, studies of interspecific competition...
Cuba -- Politics and government -- 1933-1959; Cuba -- Politics and government -- 1959-1990; Cuba -- Foreign relations -- United States; United States -- Foreign relations -- Cuba
This thesis represents an overview of the Foreign Relations policy of the United States toward Cuba, and its leadership, in the time period leading up to the Cuban Revolution and culminating with the Bay of Pigs invasion. The thesis also examines...
