It is becoming increasingly important for resiliency in rapidly transforming cities that urban planning be inclusive of marginalized communities. The Deaf and signing community represents one example of a historically ...

In response to the Zika outbreak in the Americas, Washington, D.C. substantially increased mosquito monitoring activities. Facilitating a place-based characterization of the urban environment where disease-carrying vectors ...

Many observers assert that women played a front-line role in the Arab uprisings; however, such a claim has yet to be substantiated. This paper examines the role of women in the Arab protests and determines the extent to ...

The People’s Republic of China (PRC) has historically shared a contentious relationship with its ethnic minority population. This thesis delves into the ups and downs of the relations between the modern Chinese state and ...

This thesis analyzes Muslim-American post-9/11 activism on women’s mosque spaces by examining progressive and mainstream Muslim activists’ and organizations’ efforts to achieve gender justice. The thesis presents the ...

This thesis analyzes the role of drag performance in constructing a queer Lebanese identity and creating queer spaces and a queer community in Beirut, bound by a sectarian and communal context but also subjected to global ...

This thesis outlines the history of the US government’s use of torture as an official policy in its warfare. The thesis addresses the cases of the Philippine-American War (1898–1902), the Vietnam War (1965–1972), and the ...

This thesis narrates a refugee woman's story and through her experiences, preferences, aspirations and her own understanding of her circumstances, it challenges the stereotypical representations of Muslim and Afghan ...

In order to provide a better understanding of the current internal conflicts and political national identity of Sudan, this thesis examines the historical process of Islamization and Arabization of the region. It argues ...

Discrimination threatens the manifestation of cohesion in society and can create inefficiencies in market outcomes. Studying trust is important in this context because it can be used to infer discrimination and it can also ...