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From Radian Waves to Data Streams: Media Environments in DeLillo and Shteyngart

Description: Undergraduate thesis examining representations of media and technology in two contemporary American novels, "White Noise" by Don DeLillo (1985) and "Super Sad True Love Story" by Gary Shteyngart (2010), with the goal of elucidating the attributes and significance of the technological contexts in fiction as well as contributing to a broader discussion of its operations on consciousness, society, and the cultural imagination.
Date: June 13, 2014
Creator: Young, Michael
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Partner: UNT Honors College
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Lessons from the Past: Possible Courses of Action for the Conflict in Syria

Description: Undergraduate thesis examining the Syrian conflict and the international community's struggle to find an appropriate response. This thesis reviews the conflicts that occurred in Bosnia and Rwanda, the interventions that took place within these states, and how a resolution to these conflicts was created. From this information, the author determines what conflict management strategies had the most success and what types of outside interventions were failures and the similarities of these instance… more
Date: June 8, 2014
Creator: Carter, Rachel
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Partner: UNT Honors College
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National Identity and Anxiety in the Captivity Narratives of Mary Rowlandson and Mary Godfrey

Description: Undergraduate thesis expanding exploring the 1836 captivity narrative "An Authentic Narrative of the Seminole War; and the Miraculous Escape of Mrs. Mary Godfrey, and Her Four Female Children." Unlike Mary Rowlandson's "The Sovereignty and Goodness of God," the anonymously-authored "An Authentic Narrative" is almost certainly fabricated. There are no records of a Mrs. Mary Godfrey being captured and redeemed, or even existing at all. However, like Rowlandson's captivity narrative, it attempts t… more
Date: June 13, 2014
Creator: Smith, Caitlin
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Partner: UNT Honors College
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Personification of Grief in Dostoevsky's The Idiot

Description: Undergraduate thesis exploring Fyodor Dostoevsky's portrayal of grief in his work, "The Idiot". When examining a work of art, it is crucial to look at the context surrounding the composition. "The Idiot" presents a fascinating example, in that Fyodor Dostoevsky wrote this novel immediately following the death of his five-month-old daughter, Sofya. This thesis examines the historical background, grief in Russian society, religious grief and guilt, grief in the characterization, and cyclical grie… more
Date: Spring 2014
Creator: Teel, Haley
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Partner: UNT Honors College
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Social Support and Type II Diabetes in Older Married Hispanic Americans

Description: Undergraduate thesis exploring psychosocial factors of type II diabetes in older married adults of the Hispanic American population. It is proposed that social support mitigates the effect of psychosocial problems on self-care behavior and posited that greater social support in the form of familial and spousal relationships is related to better health outcomes, specifically better self-reported disease self-management of type II diabetes in married Hispanics.
Date: April 22, 2014
Creator: Delk, Jenna
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Partner: UNT Honors College
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"Take, Eat": A Creation Based Perspective on the Eucharist

Description: Undergraduate thesis exploring the Christian tradition of the Eucharist. Throughout the history of the Church, many ideas have been circulated and debated regarding the Eucharist. The author centers on the question "Why a command to eat?" with the goal to provide a supplemental perspective on this ambiguous Christian ritual.
Date: 2014~/2015~
Creator: Puras, Alberto
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Partner: UNT Honors College
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The Influence of Self-Esteem and Perceptions of Infidelity on College Students' Relationship Quality

Description: Undergraduate thesis studying the relationship between self-esteem and relationship quality in college students, while also investigating the mediational role of perceptions of infidelity on that relation. The study uses three different measures in order to understand college students and the dynamics of their romantic relationships. Results indicate that there are possible associations between self esteem, relationship quality, and perceptions of infidelity.
Date: Spring 2014
Creator: Ruales, Dahyan Michelle
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Partner: UNT Honors College
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Impacts of Parental Health on the Psychosocial Functioning of University Students

Description: Undergraduate thesis exploring the effects of growing up with parental chronic illness on emerging adults. The current study utilizes self-reported questionnaire data on the psychosocial functioning of 635 students from UNT to increase understanding of how parental chronic illness affects university students' life satisfaction, psychological distress, and compulsive self-reliance. In an attempt to identify potential protective factors, the moderating effects of attachment and resiliency on the … more
Date: July 9, 2014
Creator: Askings, Diana Christine
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Partner: UNT Honors College
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The Legalization of Physician-Assisted Suicide

Description: Undergraduate thesis examining the legalization of physician-assisted suicide in the United States and its ethics. The authors' study provides that in states where, by legislation, physicians can aid a patient by prescribing a lethal dose which the patient can choose to ingest, the benefits well surpass any risk feared by opponents of physician-assisted suicide.
Date: May 12, 2014
Creator: Horner, Marjorie
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Partner: UNT Honors College
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Wither the Whip, Strengthen the Sword: Colonial Legacy and Geno-/Politicide in the Post-Colonial World, 1945-2012

Description: Undergraduate thesis examining the causes of geno-/politicides and the potential correlation between colonial legacy and the increased likelihood of seeing geno-/politicide across all newly independent states post-WWII from 1945-2012. This study reviews colonialism through an anthropological and sociological lens and applies it to state-structure's impact on political violence.
Date: May 8, 2014
Creator: Wood, Colin
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Partner: UNT Honors College
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