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Vassar Scholarship, the institutional repository formerly known as Digital Window, reflects the research and scholarly output of the Vassar College community.  It provides access to a variety of collections, including senior theses and projects across a wide range of disciplines.

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A classroom experiment on exchange rate determination with purchasing power parity

Publication Date
2007-February-01
Document Type
working paper
Authors
Mitchell, David
Rebelein, Robert P.
Schneider, Patricia
Simpson, Nicole B.
Fisher, Eric
Department or Program
Economics Department
Document Type
Working Paper
Abstract

We develop a classroom experiment on exchange rate determination appropriate for undergraduate courses in macroeconomics and international economics. Students represent citizens from different countries and need to obtain currency to purchase goods. By participating in a sealed bid auction to...

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Resisting Binaries? Multiracial Black/White Identity and the U.S. Racial Project

Publication Date
2014-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Natalie Ward
Department or Program
Sociology Department
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Access Level
Vassar Only
Abstract

The multiracial population is growing rapidly in the United States. With President Barack Obama, a self-identified black man with white and black ancestry, as the face of our nation, and as the face of this growing population, it is evident...

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ThemTube: commercializing the digital public sphere

Publication Date
2017-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Maher, Jamie Bellomy
Department or Program
Media Studies Program
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Abstract

ThemTube is a 3-part video essay, running about an hour in total. I aimed to characterize the contradictory, ambiguous status of YouTube, a site that claims to level the playing field for video creators while promoting certain users over the...

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Water the Roots: The Fluidity of Blackness and Time

Publication Date
2021-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Stevens, Lena
Department or Program
Media Studies Program
Film Department
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Abstract

This project is a meditation on Blackness, life, death, loss, and spirituality. Although this thesis was executed in hopes of fulfilling an academic requirement, each frame provides insight into my experiences as a low-income Black and Native Hawaiian woman living...

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