American literature -- Mexican American authors -- History and criticism; Mexican Americans -- Ethnic identity -- In literature
The purpose of this thesis is to explore the complexities surrounding the acceptance of personal and cultural identity for protagonists in Chicano/a literature. By way of close reading analysis and methodological comparison, I delve into three...
Carpentier, Alejo, 1904-1980 -- Criticism and interpretation
This thesis explores ways in which the influence of composer Richard Wagner is manifested in various writings of Alejo Carpentier. This study is based on the hypothesis that the theories of the composer serve as reference to Carpentier for the...
Choctaw Indians -- Government relations -- History; Indians of North America -- Government relations -- History; Federal-Indian trust relationship
Charles Wilkinson asserts that the Supreme Court has responded to contemporary Native American pleas for justice by attempting to incorporate Indian understanding of past commitments into reinterpretations of old laws. The new accommodation appears...
The mouse frizzy (fr) mutation arose on a genetically mixed background and was first described by G.D. Snell of The Jackson Laboratory in 1951. Mice carrying this recessive mutation have curly vibrissae which can be observed as early as one to two...
College student development programs--Connecticut.; College freshmen--Connecticut.
"Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Counseling & Family Therapy."; Thesis advisor: Jane Fried.; M.S.,Central Connecticut State University,,2012.; Includes bibliographical references (leaves...
Drug traffic -- Colombia; Guerrilla warfare -- Colombia; Colombia -- Social conditions
During the 1980's, Latin America was one of the major concerns of the U.S. foreign policy. Countries like Nicaragua, Panama, Peru and Colombia had unstable governments and civil war created a clear and present danger to the national security of the...
English language -- Study and teaching -- Foreign speakers; Teachers -- Training of
Academically, English Language Learners (ELLs) lag behind their English-speaking peers. A review of the literature identified best literacy practices for ELLs. Additionally, beginning teachers were surveyed and teacher educators interviewed on...
Falkland Islands War, 1982; Monroe doctrine; United States -- Foreign relations
On April 2, 1982, the British held Falkland Islands, two hundred and fifty miles, off the southeastern tip of Argentina, the South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands were "invaded by several thousand Argentine Army, Navy and Air Force troops."...
Historic preservation -- Brazil -- João Pessoa (Paraíba); Historic preservation -- Connecticut -- Guilford
The process of historic preservation is complicated by a variety of factors. Given the economic and political exigencies that often exist it is necessary to develop means of effectively managing historic districts. The arguments for historic...
Honduras -- History -- 1933-1982; Honduras -- History -- 1982-; United States -- Foreign relations -- Honduras; Honduras -- Foreign relations -- United States
For the decade following the Nicaraguan Revolution of 1979, the United States organized, supported and sustained a group of counter-revolutionary forces in open warfare against a Marxist-inspired Sandinista government. Operating out of Honduran...
When immigrants arrive in their new host country, they find themselves surrounded by a completely different culture, and they must go through a renegotiation process in which they have to decide how much of their own culture to maintain and how...
As Denmark becomes increasingly part of the global economy, the ethnic homogeneity it has long experienced is changing. Beginning in the 1960s with the arrival of Turkish immigrants, Danes received their first experience with a resident population...
Land use -- Connecticut -- New London County; Tourism -- Connecticut -- New London County
This thesis explores the differences between land use commissioner and resident attitudes toward tourism in a region that has experienced a shift in employment from one primarily dependent on manufacturing, to more diverse service sector...
Literacy programs -- Connecticut; English teachers -- Training of; Urban schools -- Research -- Connecticut
This purpose of this study was to increase the knowledge base about the
literacy instruction of English Language Learners (ELLs). A comprehensive literature
review identified literacy best practices. Qualitative and quantitative methodologies
were...
Mathematics -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- Connecticut; Mathematics -- Remedial teaching -- Connecticut; Mathematical ability -- Testing
Information about student performance was obtained by analyzing the performance of twenty-three fall sections of developmental mathematics taught at a state university. The independent variables included student performance on three predictor...
In the tragic drama Samson Agonistes, John Milton transforms the protagonist
from a defeated hero in the Homeric tradition to a suppliant yet conquering hero in the
Hebraic tradition. Milton's source is the Old Testament book of Judges. W. H....
Although historians have long been familiar with an accepted picture of Eva Peron, the elusive personality of Argentina's most dynamic female has undergone a significant evolution in the past fifty years. As an unknown actress, Eva Duarte was first...
Science -- Attitudes; Active learning; Learning by discovery
How well students perform in academic science courses over the long run is not as important as their understanding of broad science concepts and their attitudes toward science. As adults, these factors will influence their reaction to issues that...
Time perception; Employees -- Workload; Job satisfaction; Organizational commitment
A number of studies have examined time perception (how people perceive time
to pass), but none have investigated time perception in the workplace. Studies
reviewed here indicate middle-aged people experience time to pass more quickly
than both...
Tourism -- Connecticut; Group identity -- Connecticut
The attraction of the vernacular : an examination of tourism's contribution to place image and vernacular region identification in Connecticut / Susan J. Winslow