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"In the Near Future": Decolonial Perspectives on Subjectivity in Her and Ex Machina

Description: The rapid and radical integration of artificially intelligent (non)human beings into public and private life has reshaped humans' everyday interactions in varied spaces, from the medical examination room to the bedroom. I contend that it is humanity's charge to agitate an onto-epistemological shift toward a post-anthropocentric future grounded in existential equality between all beings. A shift toward better ways of being and knowing is accomplished through a new materialist and decolonial inte… more
Date: August 2020
Creator: Brooks-Hall, Leah
Partner: UNT Libraries
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The Decolonization of United States History: Exploring American Exceptionalism

Description: Like many institutions of high education throughout the United States, the University of North Texas requires all students to pass introductory United States History courses. While the purpose of these courses should be to create a population well versed in U.S. history and sociopolitical and economic context, the foundational textbooks utilized in these courses promote American exceptionalism and U.S. supremacy. Their omission of the complex and controversial history of the United States creat… more
Date: May 2021
Creator: Walsh, Leah Sydney Pearce
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Creating a Public Pedagogy for Anti-Rape Activism: How We Learn to Advocate for Others

Description: This thesis explores the way we learn to advocate for sexual assault survivors. This multi-methodological, qualitative study examines both popular cultural representations of sexual assault and official training materials provided by rape crisis centers and domestic violence organizations as sites of pedagogical messaging. I argue that it is imperative to incorporate intersectional feminist frameworks into understanding how advocacy is animated in these different sites of learning. This project… more
Date: August 2021
Creator: Garcia, Kayleigh Elaine
Partner: UNT Libraries

Diversity Without Inclusion: The Experience of Female Graduate Students of Color at a Minority Serving Institution

Description: Graduate education can be psychologically taxing, and the academic tasks that graduate students are required to perform can cause a great level of stress, insecurity, and uncertainty. The unique experiences that female students of color face at the intersections of gender, race, and class may have negative effects on their academic performance and attainment. This research explored the experiences of discrimination among the female African American/Black and Hispanic/Latina graduate students an… more
Date: August 2021
Creator: Khalaf, Zahra Fazli
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Just Reproduction: Explorations of Struggle, Resistance, and Empowerment Imbued in Labor and Birth in Black Bodies

Description: By analyzing the lived experiences of Black birthing people through a plurality of medical and emotional ethos, I illuminate themes of experience that allow or disallow the subjectivity of the birthing person to thrive or falter. I specifically focus on a spectrum of dynamics of reproductive trauma versus empowerment, resistance versus trust, and feelings of fear versus safety expressed by the birthing person. In the face of birth trauma, the Black birthing community is creating care alternativ… more
Date: December 2022
Creator: Langlitz, Margaret
Partner: UNT Libraries
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