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Thumbs Up for Retribution: Capital Punishment, Neuroscience, and Culture
(Friends and Foundation of Rochester Public Library, 2021-12)This second of two 3rd place winner in the SOKOL High School Literary Awards for Spring 2022examines the American Criminal Justice system,which he states does not exist apart from society; how we conceive criminality and ... -
Using Bioinformatics Tools to Study the Hypothetical Protein Rho Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factor 37
(Friends and Foundation of Rochester Public Library, 2021)In this studyby one of the two 3rd place winners of the SOKOL High School Research Awards, the hypothetical protein Rho guanine nucleotide exchange factor 37, was analyzed through the use of four bioinformatics tools: ... -
Polska Imigracja (Polish Immigration)
(Friends and Foundation of Rochester Public Library, 2021)The 2nd place SOKOL winner for Spring 2022 looks at the way in which immigrant groups continue traditions from their homeland, and how they develop and change over time. It also looks at the history of Poland and how that ... -
Spinning a Yarn: Newspaper Misrepresentation of Women Garment Workers on Strike
(Friends and Foundation of Rochester Public Library, 2021-12)This 1st place winnner of the SOKOL High School Research Awards for Spring 2022 examines the strike carried out in 1913 by women working in the clothing factories of Rochester, The author talks about the marginalization ... -
Harbingers of Change: Casement and Morel in the Congo
(2016-10-01)This paper was written for the History 390 (Research Methods) class focusing on the Congo Free State, the atrocities found there under the control of King Leopold II of Belgium, and the humanitarian effort surrounding the ... -
The Assistance of Counsel a Defendant’s Right
(2016-12-01)Class History 408 Dr. Alison Parker Abstract- The conclusion of my paper is given the complexities of the law and obstacles in the trial process, the Supreme Court correctly upheld the right for United States citizens to ... -
Why Carter Lost: Dissecting the 1980 Presidential Campaign
(2018-11-27)Jimmy Carter won the Presidency in 1976 on a platform which included reducing unemployment, curbing rampant inflation, and advancing human rights. Critical political decisions, combined with external forces, prevented him ... -
The association between owning domestic dogs as pets and the productivity amongst college students
(2017-12-05)In the class Research Methods in Healthcare, we explored an introduction to the different kinds of research that are commonly used in healthcare and the benefits and uses of each kind. Always having a love for dogs, I ... -
Great Lakes Water Levels Trends
(2017-01-01)This paper began as a literature review paper for Great Lakes Issues class and was adapted for an Environmental law paper. The paper explores the past, present and future trends of the Great lakes fluctuating water levels. ... -
Perceiving Emotion Through Music
(2017-12-10)Music is a vital aspect of life as we know it, in part due to the emotion it conveys. This paper examines the current ideas and theories regarding how music conveys emotion, and some of the varying opinions regarding this ... -
The Intersections of Empathy and Mobility
(2018-04-01)This essay fulfilled the requirements of ENG 472, the Capstone for the English Literature Major. In the essay, I explore the relationship between empathy and emotional disconnection at an individual and collective level ... -
Watergate: An Anatomy of a Constitutional Crisis
(2016-01-01)Written for HST 390 - Research Methods Abstract Legal Historians debate if Watergate should be considered a constitutional crisis. In 1973, President Nixon abused his executive power to cover up his office's criminal ... -
The Female Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking Epidemic: Awareness and Prevention
(2018-05-05)The author wrote this paper for the Spring 2018 course, Global Perspectives on Women and Gender (WMS330.61). Dr. Sharon Jacobson was the instructor. Female Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking (DMST) is a global epidemic requiring ... -
The Kingfish in the Sunday Edition: Senator Huey P. Long’s Media Presence, 1932-1935
(2019-12-01)This paper was created for Dr. Leslie's HST420, a research intensive history class. Huey P. Long was the Democratic governor of Louisiana from 1928 to 1932 before his final political engagement, a 1932 to 1935 stint in the ... -
Exploration or Exploitation? Wombs, Warriors, and Women in António Lobo Antunes’s Os Cus de Judas
(2019-12-02)This research paper was the final essay for my capstone class (ENG 472.01) with Dr. Sharon L. Allen. Abstract: Using postmodern technique, Portuguese author António Lobo Antunes forces his readers to stare into the soul ... -
American Solipsism: How Sectional Differences in American Culture Affected the Reception of the Congo Reform Movement, 1890-1905
(2019-12-12)As part of HST 390: Research Methods, this paper seeks to look at how Civil War sentiments regarding slavery, and Africans by extension, influenced American reporting on the Congo crisis by comparing news reports from the ... -
The re-emergence of seasonal hypoxia in Lake Erie: Causes and implications
(2019-11-01)Hypoxia is an extreme environmental condition occurring where dissolved oxygen is present at concentrations /L. During the mid-late 20th century, Lake Erie began experiencing exaggerated seasonal hypoxia in its central ... -
Positive Reinforcer Identification and Behavioral Training with Goats (Capra hircus)
(2020-05-11)This paper was written as part of an independent study, during which I participated in research conducted by Dr. Desrochers in the Psychology Department. As opposition to pesticides increases, the agricultural community ... -
From Conservation to Recreation: Al Smith and Robert Moses and the Dawn of the Modern Liberalism
(2020-04-01)Written for Doctor Jose Torre's "History of New York" course, this paper examines the early 20th century's shift from TR progressivism to FDR liberalism by identifying a vital intermediary between the two traditions. ... -
Understanding the Drastic Change in Public Opinion of Prohibition
(2020-01-01)In December 1919, the United States officially added the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution, which prohibited the manufacture, sale, and transportation of intoxicating liquors. This amendment ushered in an era of ...
