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Friendship: The Super Power of High School and its Effects on Academic Performance

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2025-April-21
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The relationship between friendship and academics has been observed from many different perspectives; it is most relevant to education but has a lot of relevance to the sociological world of academia. The most researched facet of the relationship is how...

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It's Complicated: Desegregation and Belonging in the Boston Public Schools

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2025-April-21
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This podcast explores desegregation strategies in the Boston Public Schools and how they allow or inhibit families to find belonging. Accompanying podcast episodes 1-5 are linked below as multimedia files.

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Jamaica’s Democratic Socialism; Michael Manley’s Model

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2025-May-12
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Democratic Socialism has been widely criticized as being economically and politically
unfeasible. This political ideology has experienced mass support for the promises it pledges in its
inherent dogma of human welfare over profit maximization. It is often pitted against and...

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Mental Health Outcomes in Female Athletes After Suffering a Long-Term Injury Across Neurotypes

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2025-May-14
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This thesis focuses on neurological differences and how those affect the mental health outcomes after experiencing a long-term athletic injury. More specifically, I delve into neurodiversity and autistic women. For the latter topic, I explore how athletic identity affects well-being...

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Mental Health Outcomes in Female Athletes After Suffering a Long-Term Injury Across Neurotypes

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2025-May-14
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This thesis focuses on neurological differences and how those affect the mental health outcomes after experiencing a long-term athletic injury. More specifically, I delve into neurodiversity and autistic women. For the latter topic, I explore how athletic identity affects well-being...

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