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Vassar Scholarship

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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“Starting Strong: The Case for Comprehensive Sex Education at the Elementary Level”

Publication Date
2024-April-26
Authors
Kahle, Mya
Department or Program
Women, Feminist and Queer Studies Program
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Access Level
Open
Abstract

This is a senior capstone project that explores the landscape and functionality of current sex education practices within the US. Through an extensive literature review and original empirical research, this thesis aims to illustrate how comprehensive sex education in early...

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Assessment of the Diversity and Abundance of Marine Species around Appledore Island Using Remote Underwater Videos

Publication Date
2023-May-02
Authors
Carolan, Melanie
Department or Program
Earth Science and Geography Department
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Access Level
Vassar Only
Abstract

The Gulf of Maine, located in the northwest Atlantic Ocean, is biologically, ecologically, and socio-economically important. Humans have interacted with this region by overfishing cod, implementing bounties on harbor and gray seals, instigating warming through human induced climate change, and...

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Recording COVID-19: "Escape" an Autobiographical Graphic Novel on Pandemic Experiences

Publication Date
2021-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Jiang, Tianyi
Department or Program
Media Studies Program
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Access Level
Archive Only
Abstract

This senior project includes a project statement and an autobiographical graphic novel that documents the author's personal experience during the pandemic. The purpose of this project is to reflect on the continuing situation of the coronavirus pandemic. Specifically, it hopes...

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Techno-Orientalism in contemporary Hollywood cinema

Publication Date
2016-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Shui, Yuhan
Department or Program
Media Studies Program
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Access Level
Vassar Only
Abstract

Within the last few decades, cyberpunk has burgeoned in various fields of art, literature, and cinema. "Techno-Orientalism," the depiction of the "orient" in a digitalized environment, has been a major theme in cyberpunk. In works like Neal Stephenson's <em>Snow Crash </em>...

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