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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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"Well, I'm thinking about horse poverty": Teaching and Learning about Social Justice and the Arts with Elementary School Students

Publication Date
2020-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Kennen, Sophie
Department or Program
Education Department
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Abstract

This paper analyzes a social justice arts program that I developed and taught to third, fourth, and fifth grade students at one school in the Poughkeepsie, NY area. I begin this project by considering my own experiences in art class...

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Catching Herself In the Middle: How Chinese-American Adoptees and Their Parents Construct Narrative and Ethnic Identity

Publication Date
2014-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Mei Jiang Bresnahan
Department or Program
Sociology Department
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Abstract

Since 1992, over 85,000 children have been adopted from China by U.S. citizens (Miller-Loessi and Kilic 2001:246; U.S. Department of State 2013). Most of these adoptees are girls. They were abandoned as infants due the combined factors of patrilineal culture...

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Why Did Singapore Take the Gamble? To What Extent Did Legalizing Casino Gambling Lead to Economic Growth in Singapore?

Publication Date
2015-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
M. Jasmine Timan
Department or Program
Economics Department
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Access Level
Archive Only
Abstract

This paper explores the economic and social effects of the casino industry in Singapore and aims to tell whether the casinos had a positive or negative impact on total Singapore welfare. It uses data collected from Singapore Department of Statistics...

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