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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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Can You Hear Us? A Content Analysis of Queer Representation in Audio Dramas

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

In this thesis, I analyze queer representation in seven popular audio drama podcasts. By studying examples of implicit and explicit mentions of sexuality and gender identity, queerness as an integral plot point, and general discussions of sexuality, along with fan...

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Music Mentorship for Empowerment

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

This thesis project in education rolled out a program for training Vassar student musicians to be educators who then gave individualized music instruction to Poughkeepsie middle school music students. Great care was given to the positioning and approach to service...

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Whose 'Nature' is it in? The Navajo Generating Station and the Politics of Nature, Space and Colonialism in Northern Arizona

Publication Date
2015-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Robinson-Welsh, Alicia A.
Department or Program
Economics Department
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Abstract

Page, Arizona is home to the Navajo Generating Station, a coal-fired power plant that provides the power for the Central Arizona Project (CAP) and other consumers of electricity in the Southwest. Though the plant is not owned by the Navajo...

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