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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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How Do We Learn and Think about Sex? An exploration into the effects of popular media and media literacy on sex education

Publication Date
2024-May-09
Authors
Puckrein, Gari
Department or Program
Media Studies Program
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Access Level
Open
Abstract

This project is an exploration of the ways popular media interacts with sex education and sex-positivity. This paper is a mixture of scholarly research and auto-ethnographic work. While data and critical analysis often feels reductive to lived experiences, I approach...

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Making Knowledge, Making Power: The Impact of Restorative Discipline Practices in Three New York City Schools

Publication Date
2015-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Shubert, Rebecca J.
Department or Program
Education Department
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Abstract

The rise of standardized testing and zero­tolerance discipline measures in the United States over the last decade has resulted in public schools that prioritize order and obedience over deep learning and interpersonal relationships. While detrimental across the board, these austere...

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Struggles in the Human Realm: Huang Zunxian’s “New-Style” Poetry and the Question of Self-Positioning in the Late Qing Poetic Revolution

Publication Date
2022-May-02
Authors
He, Feinuo
Department or Program
Asian Studies Program
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Access Level
Open
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The Man in the Mirror: Self-awareness and Self-Criticism in the Satires of Persius

Publication Date
2011-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Pinggera, Anthony
Department or Program
Greek and Roman Studies Department
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Abstract

Persius is often ignored in favor of Horace and Juvenal, largely because he is misunderstood. Most critics consider him little more than an "angry young man," but Persius' anger is only the means to an end. His <em>Satires</em> are in...

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