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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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“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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Covering Islam: National Trauma and The Politics of the Imagination

Publication Date
2015-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Celia Garrity
Department or Program
Media Studies Program
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Access Level
Vassar Only
Abstract

My thesis scrutinizes the U.S. media construction of the events of September 11, 2001 as "national trauma," and the way in which this framing of the attacks has allowed '9/11' to invoke a visceral imagination of the deterministic relationship between...

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