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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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“ Simultaneous Victimization and Complicity”: Intersections of the Indian Settler, Caste, and North American Settler Colonialism

Publication Date
2023-May-05
Authors
John, Ann
Department or Program
American Studies Program
Political Science Department
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Access Level
Open
Abstract

This project aims to concurrently theorize how settler colonialism, white supremacy, and brahmanism manifests in North America through the actions and implications of high caste, first-generation Indian immigrants in the second half of the 21st century. I assert that dominant...

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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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From Alternative to Integrative: An Exploration of Acupuncture Within the Western Medical Paradigm

Publication Date
2014-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Spitz, Sarah
Department or Program
Sociology Department
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Access Level
Archive Only
Abstract

I argue that our current health care system—which is based in Western medicine—is inadequate, not only because it is costly, but because it is failing to keep individuals healthy. I posit that this is due to a number of factors...

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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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