Ree Morton: Emotional Space 1971–77

This thesis will address the life, work, and legacy of the 20th-century artist Ree Morton. The themes that Morton deals with, such as the ambivalence of motherhood, the gestural nature of femininity, and the search for self, are universal, and her unique treatment of these themes keeps her body of work rich and rewarding for further study. Her dialogue with feminism is much different than many of her peers, but what her work contains speaks to a complex and beautifully rich personal understanding of what feminism is and could be. This paper will establish Morton’s legacy and influence on contemporary artists who have succeeded her and place her within the canon of feminist artists working in the 1970s, from which she has thus far been excluded. It traces a network of artists who have been inspired by Morton, and acknowledges her influence on contemporary art trends

Deterministic Machine Learning: Feature Importance of Persuasive Linguistic Predictors

Generally, people\u27s opinions are difficult to change. This study searches for the most important features of persuasion. Identifying social media as one of the most difficult modes through which to change people\u27s opinions, we discovered a subreddit dedicated to the sole purpose of changing opinions. Using the data set obtained from r/ChangeMyView, we identified opinion-changing comments and ran machine learning algorithms on those comments. We then further explore those machine learning models to identify how exactly they work. By determining the feature importance and weights of the models, we will specific aspects of persuasive linguistics that influence people\u27s original opinions

Cross-Level Trade-Offs: An Integrative Model of Trait Investment in \u3cem\u3eCallosobruchus maculatus\u3c/em\u3e

Life-history theory aims to understand how different environments result in differential investment in fitness associated traits. While previous research has demonstrated trade-offs between traits from the same phenotypic level (e.g. two morphological traits), many studies show positive or no correlation between pairs of costly traits. One hypothesis that may explain the inconsistency of trade-offs in the literature is that trade-offs may occur across phenotypic levels (e.g. morphology versus behavior). In turn, this study aims to identify the presence of cross-level trade-offs in the bean beetle, Callosobruchus maculatus. In this experiment, copulatory behaviors and morphology were analyzed for both males and females. While trade-offs were reported between copulatory behaviors and morphology for both males and females, traits, subjected to trade-offs, only covaried when analyzing cross-level relationships. This study is the first to report the novel finding that trade-offs may be the result of cross-level investment

Aqueous Hydroxylation of Halobenzene Derivatives

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The Effects of Language and Geography on Immigrant Employment and Wages in the United States

Immigration is almost always a topic debated when the economy is discussed. While some believe immigrants help the economy, others argue that they take jobs away from U.S. citizens. This thesis uses a sample size of over 1,800,000 people from the 2017 American Community Survey to analyze the effects of immigrant wages and employment in the United States using independent variables such as citizenship status, English-language ability, place of birth, and immigration year. The results indicate that American-born citizens are more likely to be employed but earn less than naturalized citizens and noncitizens. They also show that the longer an immigrant is in the U.S., the more money they earn. Similarly, English proficiency plays a large role, as those with higher English skills are more likely to be employed and earn more

An Economic Analysis of The Pink Tax

The “Pink Tax” broadly refers to firm pricing strategies and/or government policies that raise transactional costs (usually higher taxes or higher prices) for women. Conversations about the Pink Tax have been steadily growing over the past several decades; people have conflicting views on its existence, causes, and implications, to the point that there are substantive questions regarding its validity. More research is needed to determine where exactly the Pink Tax comes from and what are its true effects. For those who argue that the Pink Tax exists and is detrimental to females, a leading explanation for the transmission mechanism is through the propagation of gender socialization trough marketing strategies. Due to the lack of government data that allow for direct measurement of the Pink Tax, this study provides an analysis of consumers’ exposure to marketing. Specifically, this study correlates gender, age, race, marital status, and marijuana use (to proxy for preferences for certain types of behavior) with marketing exposure, to offer support for the claim that the Pink Tax benefits from this transmission mechanism. The findings demonstrate there is a strong inverse relationship between education and marketing exposure, measured by hours spent watching television in a week as a teenager

Black Rap 2020 v.1 issue 2

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