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Branding Beyond the Rainbow: An Exploration of Authentic Advertising for Gen-Z's LGBTQ+ Community
(2022-12)“Brand authenticity” is an interesting concept. It’s difficult to objectively define, hard to effectively execute, yet remains a requirement in winning the hearts of consumer audiences. Generation-Z, the most diverse and ... -
Reflections on the Life of Ralph Sawyer
(2022-12)This documentary aims to explore the life of Ralph Stanley Sawyer, who was a physicist and engineer at NASA. Sawyer’s rigorous background in education, military, and research was the main factor that determined his employment ... -
The Unique Experiences of Incarcerated Women in the United States: Trends, Theories, and Policy Implications
(2022-12)Incarcerated women are a unique group within the United States and often face different challenges than incarcerated men. This literature review seeks to analyze the trends within the incarcerated women’s population, ... -
Demonic Sídhe: The Fabrication of Christian Hell in Medieval Pagan Irish Texts
(2022-12)All extant records of Irish pagan beliefs pre-Catholicism were written by Catholic monks, which has led to unreliable and conflicting tales that paint a fuzzy picture of what was believed. This paper aims to clarify this ... -
The Effects of Body Weight Discrepancy and Positive Mother-Child Relationships on Adolescent Peer Relations
(2022-12)The current study utilized the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (SECCYD) data set to examine if positive mother-child relationships buffer the ... -
The Representation of Speech Disorders in Film
(2022-12)A speech disorder can be defined as any condition in which a person has trouble creating speech sounds or difficulty with communication. For example, an individual with a stutter may have disfluencies in speech flow or ... -
The History and Implications of Cyberwarfare for Corporations, Governments, People, and Society: Case Studies Examining How Individuals Create Vulnerabilities in the Information Security Field
(2022-12)Cybercrime has been in existence since computers came into our lives. As time passed, computers became more sophisticated, along with the criminals exploiting them. Cybercrime has become a reality that many businesses, ... -
Evaporating Security: An Analysis of Water and Security in the Era of Climate Change
(2018-12)For decades there has been a national and international conversation about climate change and its effect on our planet. In the 2014 Quadrennial Review, the U.S. Department of Defense acknowledged that climate change is ... -
The Exurbs: A Video Game Design Document
(2022-12)The purpose of this project was to construct a complete design document for the video game concept, The Exurbs. The Exurbs is a short single-player explorative artistic experience intended to convey feelings of alienation ... -
The Emergence of Neurodiversity
(2022-12)Research compiled from thirty years ago is different from the research we compile in today’s time, no matter the subject. My first question is how much has research about Autism Spectrum Disorder changed in the last 30 ... -
Food Insecurity: A Marketing Plan for Food Gardens at Texas State University
(2022-12)Imagine you looked in your bank account and had $12 and no food in your home. You are not getting paid for another week. What do you do for meals? The United States Department of Agriculture defines food security as “access ... -
Workplace violence for EMS first responders and the relationship with mental health
(2022-12)It is important to study the relationship of workplace violence to mental health of EMS first responders. It is critical to raise public awareness of this issue. Research has shown that EMS personnel experience a 22 times ... -
Starving Martyrs: Nationalism, Anticolonialism, Gender, and Hunger Strikes in Ireland, 1913-1981
(2022-12)Throughout twentieth century Ireland, the anticolonial hunger strike was the most prominent method of nonviolent campaign against the British Empire. The violent conflict between militant organizations in Ireland and the ... -
Daisies in the Ruins Play
(2022-12)My thesis was writing and producing my own production of my original play, Daisies in the Ruins. My piece is about Gwyneth, the princess of Zarynia, who just turned 18 at the start of the show. Her whole world gets flipped ... -
Serving Stress: Impact of stress in nursing students. A stress management data analysis
(2022-12)Nursing has become known as a profession with one of the highest levels of stress, leading to a rippling effect in the community and in nurses’ lives. Stress is a natural part of human nature and is essential for humans ... -
The United States' Next Move in the China-Taiwan Conflict: The Argument for a Conditional Commitment
(2022-12)This thesis examines the United States’ role regarding the potential Chinese invasion of the island of Taiwan. By examining this ongoing case, I recount the history between the three nations that has led to the start of ... -
Four Short Stories About Maturation
(2022-12)This project is meant to represent a creative culmination of my time in undergrad. I wanted to do a project involving creative writing and storytelling and I also wanted to use the opportunity to reflect on my time I’ve ... -
A Practical Framework for Strategic Planning: An Entrepreneur's Guide to Organizational Structure
(2022-12)The number of entrepreneurs is increasing in the United States. Nevertheless, despite more entrepreneurs and more businesses being started, many ventures do not survive long term due to a number of factors including the ... -
The Color Line: Discussions of Colorism in 19th and 20th Century Black Literature
(2022-12)In his 1903 book The Souls of Black Folk, W.E.B. DuBois writes, “The problem of the 20th century is the problem of the color line.” This speaks toward the societal divide that segregated Black and White Americans and the ... -
I've Been Working on the Railroad: A Digital Reconstruction of the Southern Pacific Railroad
(2022-12)This thesis explores the history and archaeology of the Lower Pecos stretch of the Southern Pacific Railroad, specifically focusing on a bridge abutment along an abandoned section of track located near the town of Langtry, ...
