Language is a major part of identity in any context, but especially in situations of disenfranchisement and marginalization, in which heritage languages are often subject to repression and resultant shift and loss. One ...

The 2019-2020 CIRS Annual Report contains information about all the activities, research initiatives, publications, lectures, and events that CIRS organized throughout the year. Highlights include the publication of five ...

Anthropogenic processes have a profound impact on environmental health, and by extension, on human health. This thesis uses the sporadic emergence of dengue fever (DF) to explore how ecological transformation influences ...

Despite the growing priority to leverage information and communications technology as a tool of development (ICT4D), governments and multilateral institutions have yet to arrive at a global consensus on adequate digital ...

Over the past few decades, Iran has been facing an increasingly severe water crisis. The Helmand River Basin, which stretches from southwestern Afghanistan to eastern Iran, has been the site of an on-and-off dispute between ...

In introducing this special issue on South African and Irish literature and culture, this article offers a critical overview of the field of comparisons between these two former colonies. Though the cultural output of both ...

This thesis assesses the impact of the mainline American Protestant churches on relations between Japan and the United States during the Pacific War era and shortly thereafter. In doing so, it argues that the missionaries ...

This thesis synthesizes a Catholic theological understanding of work and the responsibilities of wealth. This understanding serves as the conceptual basis for understanding an emerging dimension of justice called contributive ...

What drives policy change and innovation when food policy meets health promotion and prevention? My dissertation studies contemporary and historical policy change in the context of obesity-related food and public health ...

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is charged by the U.S. Congress to investigate significant passenger rail accidents to determine the probable cause and to issue safety recommendations aimed at preventing ...