Some of the material in is restricted to members of the community. By logging in, you may be able to gain additional access to certain collections or items. If you have questions about access or logging in, please use the form on the Contact Page.
Some of the material in is restricted to members of the community. By logging in, you may be able to gain additional access to certain collections or items. If you have questions about access or logging in, please use the form on the Contact Page.
Knowledge, Power, and the IUD: The Biopolitics of Medical Expertise in Reproductive Counseling and the Anatomopolitics of Gynecological Interventions into the Uterus
This thesis focuses on the production of medical expertise over women’s reproductive health and the normalization of biomedical interventions into women’s reproductive systems. To unpack this, I analyze the American College of...
The amount of data stored on smart phones and other mobile devices has increased phenomenally over the last decade. As a result there has been a spike in the use of these devices for documenting different scenarios that are encountered...
Hurricane evacuation refers to an individual’s or household’s response to a hurricane threat by temporarily relocating somewhere safe. However, it is rarely the case that everyone will comply when he/she is ordered to evacuate by...
Elevated and prolonged exposure to extreme heat is an important cause of excess summertime mortality and morbidity. To protect people from health threats, some governments are currently operating syndromic surveillance systems. However, ...
An experimental study was conducted to examine the effects of shared book reading and video viewing on preschoolers' vocabulary and knowledge acquisition in informational text. The study included 60 preschool children who were randomly...
Extreme heat events impact a wide range of health consequences (McMichael, Woodruff, and Hales 2006; Hondula, Balling, et al. 2015). The United States Center for Disease Control (CDC) defined the most at-risk groups to be: older adults, ...
Situated Knowledges in Different World Regions: Reflecting on Mosquito Control and Malaria Prevention Knowledge and Curricular Approaches to Bring Diverse Global Knowledges into World Regional Geography
The primary objective of this dissertation is to scrutinize knowledge production. We recognize the work produced and shared by feminist geographers such as Donna Haraway and Gillian Rose that have asserted systemic biases in how...
Some of the material in is restricted to members of the community. By logging in, you may be able to gain additional access to certain collections or items. If you have questions about access or logging in, please use the form on the Contact Page.
