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Conversations with ancestors: A theoretical analysis and interpretive application of Gloria Anzaldúa’s theory of la facultad
(2023-05-01)Conversations with Ancestors: A Theoretical Analysis and Interpretive Application of Gloria Anzaldúa’s Theory of La Facultad” is an archival analysis and theoretical application of Chicana queer feminist Gloria Anzaldúa’s ... -
The sexualization of Blackness in China: Race, counter-images, and hypervisibility
(2022-08-01)Encounters between Black women and citizens of China are marred by physical assaults, sexualization, and exoticism—masked as curiosity—and carried out physically through excessive photos and touching of their skin and hair. ... -
HOME DEPO[R]T: [Un]Documented nostalgia and memories in Vietnamese/American diasporic stories at the center of [Re]Alienation
(2022-12-01)Viet Thanh Nguyen poignantly yet hauntingly recognizes that “all wars are fought twice, the first time on the battlefield, the second time in memory” (Nothing Ever Dies 4). The Việt Nam War continues to produce untold ghost ... -
Escaping culpability: An intersectional feminist analysis of gendered whiteness
(2022-08-01)White women’s pivotal involvement in the maintenance of white supremacy in the US points to a necessary exploration of their whiteness. Historically and presently, many white women demonstrate their commitment to uphold ... -
Towards a post-oppositional womanist pedagogy
(10/25/2021)Building on the definitions and work of womanist scholars such as Alice Walker, Layli Maparyan, and AnaLouise Keating, this dissertation explores the possibility of a post-oppositional womanist pedagogy that can serve as ... -
Decolonizing childbirth: Women, traditional birth attendants and reproductive justice in Nigeria
(8/13/2021)This research study is a decolonial qualitative exploration of indigenous Yoruba birthing perspectives in Nigeria. Adopting feminist and African indigenous methodologies and using the theoretical framework of birth and ... -
“Imagining it differently, dreaming it passionately”: Examining women-of-colors science fiction as womanist spiritual activism
(7/28/2021)In this dissertation I explore the ways in which women-of-colors science fiction can be regarded as womanist spiritual activism. Building upon the work of Gloria E. Anzaldúa, AnaLouise Keating, and Layli Maparyan, I define ... -
Light in the classroom: Contemplative practice as a resource for navigating uncomfortable feelings and difficult conversations in Women’s and Gender Studies’, anti-oppression, and social justice classrooms
(5/25/2021)This dissertation, “Light in the Classroom: Contemplative Practices as a Tool for Navigating Uncomfortable Feelings and Difficult Conversations in Women’s and Gender Studies’ Anti-Oppression, and Social Justice Classrooms,” ... -
Womanism, work, and wealth: (Re)Framing the business administration contributions of Marie Thérèse “Coincoin” Métoyer and Henriette Delille
(4/23/2021)Womanism, Work, and Wealth: (Re)Framing the Business Administration Contributions of Marie Thérèse “Coincoin” Métoyer and Henriette Delille analyzes the business administration contributions of Métoyer and Delille through ... -
Intersections of religion and race in Women's and Gender Studies: Possibilities for teaching introductory courses
(4/16/2021)This dissertation study aims to improve social-justice education by investigating an area of diversity that is often overlooked within the field of women’s and gender studies (WGS): religion. Using introductory WGS courses ... -
Shared blood: An analysis of menstrual blood as enchanted matter in depictions of menstrual art on Instagram
(6/3/2021)This dissertation explores the myriad ways in which images shared on the social media platform Instagram convey menstrual blood as a form of vibrant matter. The study interprets the inherent fluidity of menstrual blood as ... -
Biracial identity development: A study of colorism and racial invalidation
(8/17/2020)I examine the impact familial and social dynamics play in bi/multiracial (my term for non-monoracial people) women’s sense of their own racial identity. I argue for the need to reevaluate our understanding of colorism when ... -
The power of the Appalachian trail: Reimagining the nature narrative through Autohistoria-teoría
(4/13/2020)This study situates the Appalachian Trail (AT) as a powerful place connecting multiple communities with varying identities, abilities, and personalities, a place where we can consider our radical interconnectedness in a ... -
Environmental materialism: A study of relationships among matter.
(6/5/2020)Environmental materialism is a theory of relationships split out in a tripartite formula that looks at the relationship between A and B, with C being the relationship between A and B. Currently the status quo of human ... -
The canine-human interrelationship as a model of post-oppositionality
(4/7/2020)This dissertation is premised on the theory that the predominant westernized social paradigm is rooted within a system of oppositionality, a way of believing, being, and behaving through which concepts and entities are set ... -
African Native American women’s rhetorics of survivance: Decolonization and social transformation
(2019-04-04)This dissertation expands a lively conversation on American Indian rhetorics of survivance initiated by Anishinaabe Scholar Gerald Vizenor, who used the term “survivance” to describe Indigenous peoples’ simultaneous acts ... -
Adult women with and without Autism Spectrum Disorder: Perspectives on the menarche/menstruation experience
(12/19/2019)Framed in select MWGS feminist theories, this study’s 335 adult women/assigned-female-at-birth responded to the Autism Spectrum Quotient-10 (AQ-10, 2012) and Menstrual Attitude Questionnaire-2nd version (MAQ, 1980a, 1980b). ... -
Seeking sex in the archive: Orientation, metadata, and sartorial fetish items
(9/20/2019)This thesis seeks to illuminate how museums orient users towards clothing items associated with kink and fetish communities (sartorial fetish items) in their collections. Sara Ahmed’s queer phenomenological work guides ... -
“I can be the kind of parent that I wish I had”: Exploring multigenerational involvement in former foster care parenthood
(8/12/2019)The purpose of the foster care system is to promote safety, stability and wellbeing for children who have experienced maltreatment with the intent that children will heal and become stable adults. However, adolescents who ... -
A qualitative exploration of women-of-color professional academic advisors' perceptions and experiences
(7/10/2019)Within higher education institutions and research, Women-of-Color’s (WOC) professional experiences have become more visible. Yet, the lived experiences of WOC professional academic advisors working in colleges and universities ...
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